New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
GRIFFIN CAPTURES
CLAY COURTSCROWN
Defeats FOttrell After Five
Gruelling Sets at
Cincinnati.
LATTER WITHIN A
POINT OF THE TITLE
Miss Browne Defeats Sister in
Women's Sirgies-Pair Then
Win Doubles.

Cincinnati. July Is. Clarence Griffin.
o. San Francisco. won the clay court
tennis championship from Ella Fott-eil,
also OF San Francisco, to-day. but II
was b. The closest possible margin.
Inc match went ave sets, three OF
which were hard fought, and in which
some O. the rretticst exhibitors of
sSi!l ever seen here were shown. En-
Gurancc proved the victor in the match,
for ~ one time Fottrei vas within "a
single point OF anncxing the honor.
The scores were 9 8, 5, s +, Go,
,.
Fottrell had his man at his mercy
during the first set. but the steady.
careful game for which Griffin is noted
proved successful in the long run. FOR
after the first set the points began 70
grow on the side Of Griffin While he
lost the second set by a close margin,
yet his steady drives along the lines
began 10 tell on the fast firing Fot
trell in the third set.
Il was at this point that the climax
o. a remarkable situation was reached.
Fottrell annexed the first three games
IN this set after all of them had gone
10 deuce several times. Grifin's Won
derful placing then began to tell. for
he took the fourth and fifth games
rather handily.
Fottreli Needed 4 Point TO Win.
Fottrel gathered in the sixth. and
Griffin came back strong, winning the
seventh and eighth and making the
score all Fottrell took the ninth
and Griffin the tenth
Then Fottrell took the eleventh and
the first three points IN the twelfth
game. thereby being within one pc Mt
cT ~ 81 IN
Griffin rallied. deuced the game and
then won 1t. making the games &c on
the set.
Fottrell began to falter. His drives
lacked the force that had characterized
them during the earlier part OF the
match and after two hard fought
games Grain won out and won his
first set. By this time Fottrell was al
most in a state OF complete exhaustion
and required a ten-minute rest before
he WAS able 10 resume play. When he
cd his efforts were almost pitiful.
WnAt had heretofore been drives de-
veioped into short chops and his re-
turns were Of the weakest. Griffin,
gaining confidence al every stroke. ran
out the set C. allowing Fottrell only
a few scattered points during the en-
sire set.
In the fifth and final set Griffin took
the first three games easily, but Fot-
,-el braced. getting back 70 something
ike his old form, ana by tremendous
ceolt won the fourth and fifth games.
This. however. used Up all Of his re-
serve endurance. and the remainder OF
rhc match was easy for Griffin, he win
ming the next three games. with Fot-
tI-N scoring only point IN each game.
Miss Browne Catches a Tartar.
Hiss Mary Browne, of Los Angeles.
likewise had quite struggle IN WIN
r.-g the vomcr's championship singles.
She defeated her sister, Mrs. r. II:
williams. OF Chicago, but it required
two ont Of three sets. Mrs. Williams
Only succeeded in winning the second
same OF the first set, but in the second
Sc. the Chicago woman brought the
audience 20 its feet By taking the first
I'VE games from the champion.
Miss Browne then won the six.,. sew
cr-h and eighth. but Mrs. Williams oT
sheer pluck and good service won the
ninth game and the set. Miss Browne
took no more chances. and ran out the
third ard deciding set by score OF
SIX games 20 two.
Miss Browne and her sister. Mrs.
Williams. also won the women
doubles. defeating Miss Mary Lyons, Of
Louisville. and MISS Marjorie Douu' VI
Cincinnati.
Il had been previously announced
,ba- Jobn Strachan. the title holder in
mems singles. would not defend has
larrels. and The championship round
will not be played.
The terrific play in the mems singles
completely wore out both participants
% such an extent that Claude wayne
and Nat Browne, both Of Los Angeles
had rather an easy time defeating
Griffin and Fottrell IL the final round
IN mems doubles.
At no time during the contest were
the San Francisco boys dangerous. and
a. no time did they show any Of the
tennis skin FOR which L is known they
arc capable.
The point score of the Grifin-Fot-
trell match follows:
FIRST SET