The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-25
BEHR AND PELL GET 4
IN SEMI-FINAL ROUND
Each Beaten in Opening Set Of,
His Match Only to Rally
and Triumph.
ARMSTRONG AMAZES AI.Lr
Makes Former InternatiOnalistr
Play at His Very Best
Ward Wins Again.

SOUTH ORANGE N j. June 24--Kari
Behr. former internatonalist. and Theo. :.
dore II. Pell. holder OF the Achells chal- a..
lenge cup. reached the semi-f round -.
In the lawn tennis tournament for tho .
Middle States championship at the turf
courts OF the Orange Lawn Tennis Club, /,
here to-day. Both Pell and Behr were T.
forced to three sets before they won their.
fourth round tussles the former defeating r.
Charles NJ Bull. Jr., OF the Crescent :,
Athletic Club at 6-s. Ga. e.. and the
latter winning from Joseph ]. Armstrong
of the Harvard tennis team, 6-S. Ga.
6--l.
That both OF the matches went 10 an
extra set was due TO the fact that the
losers In each case played surprlsnglys-
good tennis. The work OF Bull was q
surprise to a great many. for he has
not been playing in anything like his
usual form this season and in giving Peli -,
, such a fight he showed tina, no IL round
ing rapidly into his Stride.
The young Harvard player. on the
other hand. has been doing very well all
season. and II was expected generally that
he would give Behr some trouble The
brand OF tennis that he showed In The
first set left nothing to be desired. for :
he not only outplgyed Behr but even :
| outgenerailed him. lie slowed down. how.
| ever, in the second set. probably with the
| intention OF resting for tho third, ou:
when the th!gd was reached Behr. Who
| had been going at top speed ell along.
| set too hard Pace for the collec!an TO
uolCombc Ward, who played on the iirst
| HOicome Ward, who played on the ftrst
! Davis cup team, continued to via and
! reached the fourth round, vanquisning
Henry y. Balch in straight love sets
! Ward placed with wonderful accuracy ana
| his soft cut shots Just over the net had
Baich baned from the start.
Mrs Marshall Mclean. holder OF the
! New Jersey and Metropolitan titles.
| reached the third round in the wonens
singles. which started to-day. Mrs NC,
Lean defeated Mrs David G. Mills ana
Miss Edith Condit in order The sum
maries:
second Round--H s. Baich defeated stan
= COOKE 3 sn Debated '- David K MsSiay ~
Ts'$ reg Si n Ff S S;ls%
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Waiter N' 5 T R.n,s sHs' 81 T PSio.
Fourth Fq sn;i pen dei1 x.r1
seSr defeated Joseph j Arm',FOns' 6-s
Round--Miss Eiesnore Roche defeated Miss
Dorothy Enger Go, 6--l. Mrs, Robert lie
Roy defeated Miss Pauline f. Bettischer. by
default. Miss Edith Condit defeated Miss
Lois Scheerer, 6--l. 6-1 Mrs. Marshall
\ Mclean defeated Mrs. David c. Mills. Is.
, TO. default.
SECOND Rouud--Mis. Margaret Seymour
defeated Miss GLADYS Robbins. g.! 80
Taylor, Go 90; Mrs. Robert lie Roy De
ieated Miss Eieanore Roche. -, ga; Mrs
dit Ga. 6-c: Mrs. William Fl. underhil
defeated Miss Katherine Potter 81 81
wiggin, ga. 6--i; Miss Polly sheldon de-
, feated Miss Marion Blagden. -. SO.
Mems Championship Doubles. First Round
-Hoicombe Ward and W. u. Miles won from
T. Curran and partner by default; G. r
Watson Jr., and George l.. Wrenn defeated
I Allen Tobey and Leonard Beekman by de-
fault. Harold Throckmorton and Lindsay
Durham defeated X Konger and y. Doyle,
/. 8--i. As. DO; william F. MeKim and
J Robert S. Stoddart defeated A. Roche and
Robert Il. Bennett, C--l. ca.