Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-18
WILLIAMS TOPLAY
PELL FOR TROPHY
|PhiIadelphian Defeats Clothier
in Straight Sets in AcheIis
Cup Games.
M'LOUGHLIN UP TO MARK

lMLUUuf1LIN W ~ MANN
r. Norris williams. I'd, of Philadel-
phia, who was successful in the final
round of the Achelis cup on the turf
courts of the Seabright Lawn Ten
mis- and Cricket Club yesterday by de-
feating William J. Clothier, former,
national title holder, will face Theo-
dore Roosevelt Pell, the cup holder, in
the challenge round today Williams
won from Clothfer in three straight
sets at 6-1, 6-7, 81.
The match was in the final of the
singles test tournament and Clothier
had just--come through decisively
against Gustave p Touchard in the
semi-fnal at S. Go. He found
williams unfathomable, and as elu
sive as an eel The forcing play of
the young Davis cup star made
Clothier look like a novice He was
always in the wrong part of the
court. clothier fought with determi-
nation to at least get set. Williams
toyed with him, passing him and
outdriving him with comparative
ease.
In the opening match Williams
completed his contest with Karl H.
Behr, in which Williams led, Ga, 0--6,
81, when rain stopped the play on
Thursday, Behr started off on an ag-
gressive attack. He played a des-
perate game, and was strong with
his volleying. Behr ran the games to
ball before Williams settled down to
his game The Davis cup player then
gave a short but brilliant exhibition
of passing his opponent, when the
latter came to the net and finished
the match by winning the set at 10.
Clothier was kept busy by Gustave
f. Touchard on an adjoining court,
and had difficult task to defeat his
opponent, Sc, 60. The physical con-
dition and remarkable reach of
Clothier helped the latter to win the
match. Touchard ran into the lead
in the first set and frequently baffled
Clothier in the matter of position.
Clothier showed plenty of speed, and
pounded away at his drives and half
volleys The rapidly of action proved
too much for Touchard, who grad
ually fell away in his play. In the
second set Touchard played weakly,
and offered little resistance to Cloth
ier's attack Clothier scored rapidly,
ana 1OucndTQ WAS weak DIT Int emu
of the match.
The appearance of Maurice e. Nc
Louglin and Thomas E. Bundy. the
national champions, in the doubles at
tracted big gallery. The Cali
fornians in the second round disposed
of w. M Washburn and G. F.
Touchard, the winners of the Eastern
doubles last year, in straight sets at
"a. 7-5. and in the semi-final round
won from George NJ. Church and
Dean Mathey, the Princeton cham
pions, at g. Cd. The pair qualified
for the finals against 7. R.APell and
K II. Behr. who defeated Wallace F.
Johnson and Hugh Tallant, who were
substituted for William M. Johnston
and R. Norris Williams.
Before the end of the first set 1t
was seen that Mclaughlin was fully
up to championship standard. -
service was deadly,and his back-couyz
work splendid. His playing gave
great satisfaction to the members of
the selection committee. Bundy dis
played unevenness of form. There
were times when he failed completely
on his cross-court shots and the little
short ones that just dropped over the
net However, as a feeder for his
brilliant partner, he showed clever
ness, but on the whole Bundy's first
appearance was disappointing as
compared to that of Mclaughlin,
whose whirlwind smashes have lost
none of their sting and accuracy.
The big surprise of the day was the
defeat of Nathaniel w. Niles and A.
S. Dabney, the Boston pair, by john
son and Tallant The latter was re-
markably brilliant at the net. and
Johnsons driving for passes, often
straight through the court, contri-
buted to the liveliness of the en-
counter. Niles showed that he had
not recovered ffom the effects of the
heat of Thursday. The final match
in the doubles will be played today.
The summaries:
Achelis Cup, Mems Singles.-Semi- final
Round William j. Clothier defeated Gus
tave f. Touchard, S-6 60; r. Norris
Williams, I'd, defeated Karl H. Behr, Ga,
0-6, 10.
Final Round-R Norris Williams de-
Mems Doubles.-Second Round-Mau-
rice e. Mclaughlin and Thomas e.
Bnndy defeated Gustave +. Touehard and
w. M. Washburn, 60, 7-5: George NJ.
lam l.. clothier and George p. Gardner
by default; Wallace L. Johnson and
Hugh Tallant defeated N. W. Niles and
A. s. Dabney, SO, Ga, g.; Theodore
X. Pell and Karl H. Behr defeated H. H.
Hackett and Frederick c. Inman by de-
feut.
Semi final Round-Maurice e. Nc
Loughlin and Thomas e. Bundy defeated
George NJ. Church and Dean Mathey, go,
Cd; Theodore II. Pell and Karl Fl. Behr
defeated Wallace +. johnson and Hugh
Tallqnt, 6-3, 6-3.
Reach Final Rounds.
After California had eliminated all