The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-20
WILL MEET WEST
IN BOTH MATCHES d
Will Play Griffin and Niles Will Face
Mclaughlin in Semi-Final Round of New
port Tennis Tourney.

went to the line he had u little Of the
old smile on his face, which foreboded
no good for Johnson. Mac let loose all
the furies of his old service II served
four consecutive aces, not one OF which
the Philadelphia even could get near.
The row was pleased to see that Nc
Loughlin could still do II n gave him
a great hand.
In the opening set 1t was monotonous
the way the players used their "
service to advantage. Neither of the
deliveries was particularly deceptive,
but each man won on his W up to
Ave all. Johnson was always in the
lead. for he had the first service and
he won the set when he managed to
break through McLoughlin's on the
twelfth game. The same conditions held
good In the second set until McLough-
lin reversed the order Of things and
broke through Johnson's delivery, get
ting the lead at "a and later the set
at ca. Mclaughlin took the lead at
al in the third set, but began to play
listlessly and lost the advantage by
dropping the next three anne They
divided the following four games but
the Californian finished the set after
IL had been to deuce twice by carrying
of three games with the loss OF only
one point. Although "A period of res
pite was granted here Mac did not
stop when he came out until he had
annexed four games at the start OF the
fourth set. johnson won his next two
service games, but they were all he got.
Harry Johnson showed himself TO b,
somewhat of a chop stroke artist too
In his match against Niles. HIS ability
to drop them over the net gave him
the first two sets and made IL appear
as IL at least one Johnson would bt
in the semi-final round. He did not try
bard in the third set, but was con
tent to let Niles chase the ball while
he rested. His tactics looked SOUND
when he ran away with the first three
games of the fourth set and later led
at Al. He was pretty tired, how
ever, and dropped the set by losing
five consecutive games. In three Of
these he came within an ace OF win
ming. but the ace he needed was elusive
In the ffth set Niles prevailed Grit
fin never had any particular troubl,
winning his match after he got &C
customed to Wright's style.
The double too got down to tn,
semi-final round. with the Williams
Washburn. Grinin-Johnston Il Little
Alexander teams joining Niles and III. {
Johnson in the semi-f1nal bracket. II
spite of the fact that Grif1n an
Johnston. the challengers for the ma
tional championship. were on on
court and the Eastern title holders, VIII
Jams and Washburn. on another. the vet
eran pair Little and Alexander go
the most attention. In their match III,
two former princetonians beat tv,
other erstwhile Princeton men. Crail
Biddle and Gene Dixon, Ga, e.. TIL,
other advancing pairs won their matche
In straight sets too. The challenger
beat |. c. Wright and Wallace John
son. Ct, 6-3. and the Eastern It'll
holders vanquisheds J. II. Pell and +
c. lnman of New York by the sam
score. The summaries;
Casino Invitation Singles, Fourth Roun,
Clarence j. Griffin san Francisco. de
a.. 6-l; Richard Norris WlIlitms "a
Philadelphia, defeated Wi'tom VI. Johns
ton, san Francisco. Sc. 10. 6-L. "a
Nathaniel w Niles. Boston, dctclte
Harry c. johnson. RpstOn, IS, IS. 81
a.. Is, Maurice L Mclaughlin. "a
HTsnct'C" defeated Wallace T. Johnson
Philadelphia. 81, g., IS G-2
Invitation Doubles. Thlsd Round
Richard Norris Williams "a OF Philade,
phia and Watson NJ Washburn Of Ne,
York defeated Theodore r. Pell and Ere
c. lnm4n, Nrw York. st, G-3 C1arenc
J Griffin ana William NJ Johnston. "a
Francisco, defeated Irving = Wright, Bn-
phkt, Ct "a Raymond II Little an
FREDERICK Il. Alexander, New YORK, he
feated Gene Dixon and Craig Biddle. Phila
delphii. 6-3, Ga.