Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-19
MATCH CONSISTS OF FIVE SETS
Endurance Proves Victor, for at
One Time vanquished Within
Point of Triumphing.
PRETTY PLAY Is EXHIBITED
Fotrell Is Almost Exhausted During
Part of Contest.
HIS DRIVES ARE SHORT CHOPS
Miss Mary Browne of Los Angeles
and Mrs. williams of Chicago
Defeat Miss Lyons and
Miss Dndd.

CINCINNATI, July 1s.-Clarence Grif-
Fin Of San Francisco today won the clay
court championship tennis title from
Ella Fottrell. also OF San Francisco. but
Il was by the closest possible margin.
The match went five sets. three OF which
were hard fought, and in which some Of
the prettiest exhibitions OF tennis skill
ever seen here was shown.
Endurance proved the victor in the
match, for ut one time Fottrell was
within single point of annexing the
honor. The scores were 3-e, 6-s, Sc, so,
So Fottrer had his man at his mercy
during the first set. The steady, careful
game for which Griffin Is noted, proved
successful In the long run, however. for
after the first set, the points began to
grow on the side OF Griffin. While he
lost the second set by a close margin, yet
his steady drives along the lines began
20 tell on the fast firing Fottrell in the
third set, II was at this point that the
climax OF remarkable situation was
reached.
wins First Three.
Fottrell annexed the first three games
in this set after all ot them had gone
to deuce several times. Griffin's won-
derful placing then began to tell. for he
took the fourth and fifth games rather
handily Fottrell gathered in the sixth
and Griffith came back strong, winning
the seventh and eighth and making the
score four all. Fottrell took the ninth
and Griffith the tenth.
Then Fottrell took the eleventh and took
the first three points in the twelfth,
thereby being within one point OF the
championship. Here, however, Griffin
rallied, deuced the game and then won It,
making the games 6-6 on the set. Fottrell
had been noticed to falter.
His drives lacked the force that had
characterized them during the earlier
games and after two hard fought games
Griffin won out and won his first set
| BY this time Fottrell was almost in a
state of complete exhaustion and II re-
quired a ten minutes rest before he waA
able to resume play.
Efforts Almost PItiful.
When he did his efforts were almost
pitiful. What had heretofore been drives
developed into short chops and his re-
turns were of the weakest, Griffin, gain
ing confidence at every stroke, ran out
tho set. 60, allowing FottreIl only a few
scattered points during the entire set. In
the fifth and final set Griffin took the
first three games easily, but Fottrel
braced, getting back to something like
his old form and by tremedous effort won
the fourth and fifth games. This, how
ever, used up all of his reserve endurance.
and the remainder of the match was easy
for Griffin. he winning the next three
games with Fottrell scoring only a point
in each game.
Miss Mary Browne, Los Angeles. and
Mrs. r, II. williams. Chicago. defeated
Miss Mary Lyons, Louisville. and Miss
Marjorie Dadd Cincinnati. for the finals
In the clay court championship for ths
women's doubles. Score. 6-2. 81
Wayne and Browne. Los Angeles, woE
the mems doubles clay court champion'
ship by defeating Griffin and Fottrell
San Francisco 6-3 6-4 6-s.