The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
3EHR SHOWS SOME
UNBEATABLE TENNIS
voshcll. Also i'm Fine stroke.
Is Within Ace of Victory
When Behr Starts.
CLOTHIER ALSO FINALIST

c,rN COVE. July 4-wiliam J. Cloth
,er NJ Philadelphia and Karl H.. Behr Of
New York came through to thc i,nai
round Of the invitation lawn tennis tour
namen, at the Nassau Country club
here to-day and will meet tomorrow
morning at II o'clock in the Anal round.
clo,hier will play in h final of the
doubles also -morr afternoon. for
he advanced with Alfred s. Dabuey NJ
Roston and will play against Calric A.
Major and Alrick II. Man. Jr, the Man
haitian doubles champions.
Clothier got into the final round by
heating ]. J. Armstrong the Minnesota
champion. and Walter Merrill Hall. bolt
in straight sets. the former at Ga. IS
and the latter at O.. 81. Behr. al
though he had an easy time defeating
Theodore r. Pell in the semi-inal
round at Sc. 6-i, was almost put out
Of the running in the third round be-
fore he succeeded in defeating S. II. Vo-
she'll. Long Island champion, at s-2,
4-s. SIS.
voshell continued TO display the form
he showed In the final round Of the Long
Island tournament yesterday and gave
Rehr the fight OF his life. He WAS
within an ace OF beating the Middle
states champion in the third set whe'i
he led at SIS n 4O-15. Noshe,l 8
zane against Behr VAS all the more
remarkable in that he started with
Behr Immediately after disposing II
Alrick II. Man. Jr.. In the second round
Al, Ga. 10. Is. Only the third sc'
vi. played against Man to-day, for they
had finished the two other sets on Fri
day.
q Rehr played wonderful ennis agaius'
Voshell and lost the second set only he
cause Voshell played a little better. Ia
~ Behr's tennis was good In the hfc
two sets 1t was ~superlative when Noshe!
all but had him beaten. He seemc'
unable TO miss anythins. and he kept "a
the good work not only until he ha'
disposed of Noshell but also until he go
Pell out Of the way. Clothier was neve
hard pressed to win either of hi
matches.
In the doubles the feature of the da,
was the play OF Major and Man. The
earned a clean cut victory over Pelt an
G. NJ. Bull, Jr., at IS. "a. and the
climbed TO the final by doing the un
expected. namely. beating Harold y
Hackett and Walter Merrill Hall. tn
metropolitan champions, at g.. o.
e.
voshell also played well in IN
doubles and with Fred Baggs game
the semi-fnaI round by winning froi
Ned Larned and Fred 1nman at !
IL. The pair kept up well In N
semi-fnal round against Clothier an
Dabney for two sets. but cracked in n
third. After dropping the opening 81
at 6-3. Voshell and Baggs took n
second at 6-1 and then went to piece
and lost the third at 80. Thu sun
maries:
Nassau Country Ciub Mems I~nvitatie
slngles-Second rounds. IL. Noshell- d
feated Alrick II. Man. Jr., 6%3 - /.
Third R1unamwilI,am J cl9thier "a q
II Behr defeated $. II. Noshell' g
. semi.hn Round-wn,am J clothe
sefeatsd Walter Merrill Hall; g. O.
Invitation Mems Doubles-second rou,
: H. vcshsil and Fred c Bagss q
rs, Lis: Cedric 4. Major and ART
II Man. Jr,defeated T r. Pell al
Charles NJ. Bull, Jr;. -. So; Hare
i Haeket, and Walter NJ Hal dsfeai
semi-hnal Round-w. J. Cllothier and
$ paoney defeated 5. II. Vos!heii ana
and X H Man, Jr., defeated H..
Hscket, and W. ii. Han. 6-i, Of, g.