The sun., 1914-08-29
NOTONE NEW YORKER
LEFT IN TOURNAMENT
Touchard Put Out by FOttrell
and Williams Disposcs
Of Bchr.
sTWl-fINAL ROUND NEXT
NcIoughIin Reaches II Over
Griffin and Clothier by
Beating Johnson.
sEMl-fINAL ROUND NEXT

NfN IN'I.|s NuE. sNs--NiduTlCe r. NC
Loushlr and Ella Fottrell OF San Fran
rs.D t"d Richard Norris Williams I'd
sri William ! Clothier OF Philadelphia
r,,rr,I t,e scmi-nnd round In the tour
raulrrt 'or the lawn tennis championship
~ irc United states At the Casino courts
h,rc to-day. Williams and Fottrcll came
throgsl u the upper half and Will meet
tomorrow morning. while Mcloughln
w. ''tv against Ciothier IN the lower
lsf Tine winners Will play In The hnal
round 'u. the title on Monday.
When pJiy started to-day there were
thre. national champions still In the
runnu-. uut only one remains. Gustave
+ rucl,rd ot New York. national in
door champion, was eliminated by Ella
lot'-,l easily In straight sets at 81.
6. q % and Clarence J. Griffin, holder
" ito national clay court title. was put
cut o. the running by Mclaughlin. three
lets to onc. 6--i 6-i, IS, Sc. Will
,n,y advanced over Kari Behr OF New
york % straight sets at 6--1, 6-2, 7--5.
and Clo'hlcr vsnquishcd Wallace II. John
son another philadclphan, ut 6-2, 81,
e.
outside ot the Mci.oughlin-Griffin
match 'ue day uas one OF disappoint-
ineu'y fp- jn the other matches the los
,r, II not snow anything like their real
,,rrf TN. performance OF Behr was es-
reIaHy ont Of line with his usual ab'-
,ty 1r. N.W Yorker was as Wild as the
prov,rirN hawk IN the first two sets OF
Liza r.,'.t Whil. Williams was going
strong and took advantage Of every open-
ne I'm tine third set Behr braced little
md tool, AN early lead. but he could not
u,t away from MS orratic play aud soon
,loy.l Williams to catch and pass him.
CIu,uIcr p y'd better tennis to-day
than .1 "a long while, but his brlllisncy
uts lost sight Of in the miserable work OF
rouus.r. his opponent Johnson. as usual
trf,d his soft. easy game, using sharp
GUS So every chance. This hlhd OF
gam. did not bother tluthier in the least,
ior unlike the other men that Johhson mas
met. Clothicr took his position at the
net early IN the m tch and never left IL
unit he had gained the last point lie
mp'v STAYED in fore court and dropped
al of Iohnson's returns back over the
not leaving his opponent high and dry
H '1, hack court.
Fu'trrlIs play was nothing ABOVE the
,..ifn,iy for II Tuuchard had shown any
a. his real ability he certainly would
nav, pushed the Californian further and
would have had a good chance to win
p. u.uard. however, WAS very careless
and stood around the court taking things
ts they came apparently not trying To
l h. his returns effective. once IN
while no would warm UP to the tussIe,
md When he did vollcys wsr" sharp ana
sustained the Westerner usually coming
out ON the wrong end.
GRIM Was by far the toughest opponent
that Mclaughlin has met so Tar, nut even
Ne did not appear dangerous until arer
're Champion had lead OF two sets
Drh.u worked hard IN the third set ana
Nou Ii handIv. but then Mclaughlin was
not going at top speed. After short
rest the two started the fourth set and
G-ltfin carried IL to deuce twice before
ne dropped H.
A. least one championship will stay
n the East. for Leonard Beekman or
NeV York carried off the national inter
scholastic title beating Edward H. Me
corInick OF Los Angeles, In straight sets
A. g. T. Is, g-7 Beekman was the
,vinner Of the Columbia University pre-
Nminarv tournament, while Mccormick
cane East after beating the best school
hoys in the University of Southern Cali
fIr0ia event,
Tie Wcst,ruer was no match for the
slilll ana gcncralship Of Beokman and II
vas due only to loose playing on the
part NJ the Sew Yorker that Mccormick
managed 20 make the third set last so
Wild and had "A hard time in keeping the
hall within bounds.
Norman T. Brookes, the Australian
ravng Will Miss Eleonora sears IN the
mixed doubles. was eliminated In the
second round hy Mrs Bishop and Ma
'rsu,el W Nies. The match went TO
'N'es sets with scores AT SIS, IS, g.
TNA summaries:
National Championship. Mems singles
S,'h Round Ella Fottrell. san FRANCISCO
d''el'cl GustAVe 4. Touchard New York,
s-' s-l s-g; u Norris Williams I'd, PhIa-
delrh'a defeated Karl Rehr, New YORK
- s-e 7--5. william ], Clothier, Phlla-
f.phid. defeated W Y. johnson, Phila-
'.'rhia. e, 81, al; Maurice 70 Nc
Iougl.'u. San Francisco, defeated Clarence
! Griffin San Francisco, 6--i, o--i, IS
t-s
W',si Doubles First Round-Mrs BarEer.
va t.n aud Harry g. johnson defeated Miss
L. ..4 bean Mathcy. 6---s. st, Sc; Mrs
" " Hull and &. NJ. Bull, Jr., defeated
~, Na'hauirl W Nlles aud r., W. Leonard,
s.i 60 Miss Carey and II. Llndley
Mlrfav defeated Mrs. Minott and 7. G.
W'gh', b -2, "a Miss Kane and Robert
- Nrtun won from Mrs II Gushing and
W " Hsll hy default.
Second Round Mrs Bishop and Nathaniel
W Niles defeated Miss Eeonora Sears and
Nc2r'1an = hrookcs. 3-6, 6-9; s-2
National ln'ersCholastlc Championship.
F-a. Round Leonard Beekman. Columbia
,nhersii' defeated r. r Mccormick
.','rsiy ~ southern California. e.