New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-25
Throckmorton Easily De.
feats Johnston in Mid.
die States Tourney.
HALL VICTOR, TOO.
OVER E. p. LARNED
Miss Bjurstedt Keeps Her Stat,
Clear by Taking Two Matches
in Women's Singles.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Harold A. Throckmorton, Prinee,o,,,
interscholastic champion, defe,,,s
Charles L. Johnston, jr, and W. N.,.
rill Hall vanquished Edwin P. Larrss
yesterday afternoon in the semi.sr,l
round Of the thirty-frst annual middl.
states lawn tennis championship ,o,,.
nament on the turf courts OF n.
Orange Lawn Tennis Club, at Nom.
tain Station, y. j.
Throckmorton simply walked avn,
with his match against Johnston, lead.
ing his tall opponent at 81, 50. Ana
Hall triumphed over Larned by seer.
Of "a, 81. The winners will n..,
this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the fn,i
round for the right 10 meet Kari n
Behr, the holding-out champion, In Tia
challenge round tomorrow afternoes
at the same hour.
Halls defeat OF Larned came n,
great surprise TO the majority Of tho"
in the gallery, but the humiliation o,
Johnston by the youthful Throckmo,
ton was even more in the nature ota
sensational upset, particularly after
Johnston's brilliant defeat Of Gustays
f. Touchard on Wednesday.
In the women's singles Miss Molls
Bjurstedt, national title holder; Miss
Clare Cassel, Miss Ina A. Kissel ard
/ Miss Helene Pollock advanced 10 IA.
semi-fnal round, and will, in that or.
der, this afternoon play for places IN
the final bracket. As Mrs. Edward H.
Raymond, the present champion, win
not defend her title this year, the win.
ner of the final round will be the nev
Middle States champion.
Miss Bjurstedt and Miss Cassel and
three other pairs also reached The
semi-fnsls in the women's champion.
ship doubles.
The Throckmorton-J Johnston match
came at the close Of busy day for
the racquet wielders and was decided
on court far removed from the club
house, 30 that only q few saw more
than the last few games. Hall has Just
/ finished with Larned when the word
came back TO the clubhouse ,bs,
Throckmorton had taken the irst set
at 81 and held an overwhelming lead
/ in the second. That was sufficient,
and the crowd ran pell-mell to he
scene Of the Struggle.
Throckmorton played with all the
confidence in the world. as though he
/ had mapped out his plan OF camrsign
before going on the court. while John.
| ston was not the same Johnston who
Rad triumphed over Touchard the day
before.
The schoolboy played with great
speed, beginning by driving very deep
TO the baseline, until he had Johnston
/ afraid TO approach the net, then he
/ followed in on service swiftly and
smashed with great severity and IN.
usual accuracy.
Steadily the games went to Thrcek
morton, with Johnston never able 70
I hit his stride of the previous day. n,
winner fairly excelled himself in he
mastery manner in which he cut.
( played and outmanpuvred his older
opponent, and many figure him to give
. Hall hard battle in the final round
. to-day.
( Halls experience with Larned was
almost similar. The latter was utter.
. ly off the form he showed on Wednes'
day and his errors Of judgment were
many. Countless times he crashed the
ball into the net when smashing, end
/ his drives landed far out OF court
/ Only occasionally did he volley win
any degree of effectiveness. Hall, on
{ the contrary. played strong foreins
game, his forehand drives to does
court opening up the way for XIII
at the net. and his work overhead wa
extremely severe.
The summaries follow:
! Mem, singles fourth round, ". MriIlc ~
G GsfsaiSa G. A s,!;,,e G0T r. wooSSag
q; Harold A, Throckmorion defeated "H'a
p. Iarned s"l 6-i. n A T6roekmortou y
feaied {. l. Johnston IT,. 81 s-2 -.
easel Won from Mr., BARGE wsiiscb Ss @.,.s,
Adams 81 80. So MIS- VOL, Bil w.: ~. 4
! Runk defeated Mrs Robert Le Roy. SO ~
! Miss Helene Pollock defeated Miss Doris A1al'
Third iound-,n" ca,,sl defeated W. Or.
stance Mordecsi 90 81: Miss Bjars,et
'eatod Mss Brandon. G--l. C--l Mss Polos I"
fcs,.i Mis- Evelyn RUM 81 w,xs
r.. and c. VI. Bull f.. defeated lrT,ns RE- ~
W. + dS Somg,9n1 va yif ;, s s1d w. ~
S"s So 2 60 T. Johnston r.. and A NJ L0,ioosss
won rom l. b Cooper ana v Ely by, d.''%i
IL Mic End D , WoodoaT Won ,5 ~ Sosr
Won from T. Tolsnd End partner BY deitgt :
~ Man. ir. and Cedric 4 MAJOR tess'ei
+ Thomc>. IT, and A. J. Reed Is 49,
Third rouad-Wa'sou and Bull won from I. -.
= Diounc and partner by default. Man ana VIZ
won from ROGERS and Rogers by dSanl ca,
Women's doUble5 ffrst round MIS- -.
Wlllcy End Miss Jevcu defeated Mrs hoc>r ~ -
: Roy and Miss Florence sheldon. SIS, 49,,
Misses Edith and \ Ism Runk Is. 80. a..
Second round-Aliss Ina A kisse .ao o..
/ Florence Billiu defeated Miss Barr and MS ",
J Ter. e-3 - Miss Glare CaSsel and hl~ 80
[ Bjurs,edt defeated Miss Constance Mordrn
! Miss Gwendolyn Brandon. Ct. 81; Mss VIZ VIZ
B and Miss IeNctt defeated Miss Fore ane NJ.
/ Dickinson s--a. ST. %, MIS- ~.
Wlnkle and Miss ABBY Morrison de'fiso
Rand and Ms Newton Adams. -. -.