New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-25
pacific Coast Stars All
Come Through, but Meet
Real Test To-day.
JOHNSTON LIKELY
TO FACE CHURCH
Throckmorton Wins 2 Matches
and Is Due to Play Old
Rival, Beekman, Next.
Rv FRED HAWTHORNE.

oetlflOn for the MSaVV" N'~'
.rv;tation lawn tennis tournament cup
vben play ceased this evening. These
,,rvivors will be re0uced 10 eight by
,o.norrow. and a start also VIII De
csde in the doubles, with some OF the
.,rnrrest teams in the country entered,
;.clnSinr William NJ. Johnston and
clarence J. Griffin. Of California, chai-
lengers for the national doubles TUE
Al Forest Hills next week.
Griffin. Johnston and Ward Dawson,
I'll from the Pacific Coast. came
through successfully to-day, winning
both morning and afternoon matches,
IN, Tomorrow their real test Will come.
Iobnston will probably be called upon
% fsee George Meyers Church, North
western champion, in the round before
tho semi-fnals. That is, If the little
Californian succeeds in disposing OF
The veteran. Robert Leroy, IN the morn
ING and everybody expects Billy TO &C
complish that feat.
Griffin will have TO put Theodore S.
peU ont of the tournament in the
mornine II he expects 10 continue IN
no hunt for the chief cup, and Dawson
viii have 10 combat the furious driv-
inr Of Watson " Washburn, the final
ist last year.
Advantage with Church.
Church was the farthest out toward
the final brackets to-day, gaming the
round before the semi-fnals by his de-
feat OF Frederick c. lnman, former
Metropolitan and New York State
champion, by a score OF 10, 6-3.
Lyle /. Mahan, W. VI. Hall, f. H. Whit
new. Harold A. Throckmorton. Leonard
Beekman, Griffin. Leroy, Johnston, Pell,
Washburn. Dawson, DR.. William Rosen-
baum and G. c. Gamer were the others
70 occupy the winning brackets.
Southampton presented its choicest
brand of sumner weather for the play
srs and the gallery to-day, and al
though some of those engaged in the
asrd-fought matches looked the worse
Tor wear when they got through on the
courts there was always the broad At
4 ;antic pounding on the beach hard by,
and a dip in the water proved great
tonic and bracer.
One Of the best matches of the day
s found Johnston opposed by Frederick
T. Frelnghuysen on the championship
stretch Of turf directly in front of the
4 clubhouse veranda. Johnston is a
4 fsvorite with the spectators and Ere
4 lnghuysen is well known in the sum-
mer colony, so interest was high all
4 through the contest
Johnston's strongest asset on the
i courts is his forehand drive, into which
be puts remarkable pace, in spite Of his
4 slight physique, but in Frelinghuysen
he found a worthy opponent at this
style Of play. so the match became
driving game, with Johnston generally
having the advantage.
Several times Frelinghuysen. when
hard pressed by the meteoric attack Of
4 the California player, sought relief by
1 trying to lob over Johnston's head.
Upon such occasions, however, the Pa
z eifc Coast man crashed the ball back
With such severity that Frelinghuysen
was glad TO get back TO the base line
4 and try 10 pass his opponent with deep
drives Johnston was all over the
court, though, and generally managed
TO cut off ,Frelinghuysen's best efforts.
Surprise for Griffin.
4 Griffin was treated to a surprise by
- W Cole. the old Yale player. who
4 made the stocky Californian go three
hard sets before bowling at q, 3-6,
a 10. Griffin followed into the net
4 quickly after service and tried to force
i bis openings with tricky volleying
shots, but Cole was going with great
Il speed. and frequently passed MS op-
ponent By edging low drives down the
side lines. After dropping the first set
Cole played faster than ever and rapid
a y ran into a lead on games. so that
despite Grifin's earnest efforts to win
IN straight sets Cole took the second
session by a score of 6-3.
a With the match again even both men
vent at IL with renewed speed and the
games went steadily 10 Cole until he
led al II. Then Griffin began d vigor-
Gus net attack, came up even and finally
broke through his opponents service
BY a session Of brilliant volleying, TAX
ing the last set at IS and the match
II Harold ThrOckmOrtOn, Princeton in
ierscholastic champion and holder Of
The junior metropolitan title. won two
matches, and tomorrow will face his
4 Old rival, Leonard Beekman. The
Railway schoolboy first defeated Elon
h. Hooker at 60. 63. and then van
Qushed Louis du Point Irving, the iiar-
YARD squash champion, by score Of
H-S. 6-1.
n Throckmorton's terrific service ere
ated havoc with both Of his opponents,
neither Of whom could find an effective
way Of handling the ball. which struck
me service court with tremendous
a speed. The schoolboy soon discovered
II 'hat Irving's backhand was a tender
spot and hammered his returns ~ the
Vulnerable point with great persist
snee he also was very deadly over
nesd, and smashed 70 the corners and
,ne base line with all the fire Of Nc
NCughlin and the other Coast stars.
lhfoekmorton and Beekman have
Ie' on many occasions, and Beekman
nas almost always been the victor in
Mese encounters. but tomorrow will
w different story. il the Railway
hampton is to be believed.
A Stirring Struggle.
uInureh, after defeating c. w. Mac
.'uiien by score Of 6-l, 60 in the
1ofnlng. took on Fred lnmaE in the
trhoon and had a stirring struggle
p.iore ne won at Is. 6-3. The
nnecton University captain ran into
Nsd on games IN both sets. but IT.
sh came from behind IN the first ses-
n and by dazzling volleys brought
-, score TO Sail. The former metro
,an champion had a way of hold
h PACK his strokes until the last sec
s, IN and then shooting the ball over
IN oewildering speed just as Church
"ued IN the opposite direction. In
urea badly in the latter stages
tne match. however, and Church.
n rIning IN speed and accuracy, went 10
DRY. NO wy Wv
lyle NJ han as at his best. and fin
sned the day with two victories to his
Sson First he defeated Stanley i.
..',mer, at "a, 6-3, and then put
ID" EDWARD Toland, jr., BY score OF
-. SO. Mahan mixed his game
uefly, combining deep drives with
arp volleying at the net and smashes
W lne lar corners Of the cnnrt 10.