The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
JOHNSTON HAS HARD
TIME TO NIP CHURCH
Californian Beats Princeton
star, 6-3, 81, 81, and
VIII Meet Pell.
HALL TO Play WASHBURN

SOUTHAMPTON, Aug 2S.-play in the
invitation tennis at the
Meadow club courts here to-day was
brought down to the semi-final round
Francisco player In the running. Wal
ter Merrill Hail. former Middle States
champion Watson VI. Washburn, Met
ropolitan champion Theodore r. Pen
and william NJ. Johnston are the quar-
tet remaining of the eighty-odd start
ers. Hail and Washburn will come to-
gether In the upper half tomorrow,
while Johnston and Pcll will clash in
the lower half.
Johnston, the speedy young Califor-
nian. defeated George VI. Church. West
eTu. Northwestern and Intercollegiate
title holder. In the match that featured
the fifth round, at Ga, 81, 81. The
fiery Wcstcrner played the best tennis
he has shown since his arrival hire and
except In the second set found no trouble
scoring when he wanted to. thurch
took the lead In the opening set. but
only for the shortest time. After john
ston got going Church did not get an
other chance to- shine In that set. The
Californian drove superbly and played
4 beautiful fore court game in the early
part Of the second ST and led AZ Al.
At this stage of the match thurc
lobbed quite a bit and did some very
good fore cOur playing himself, with
the result that he threw the Californian
on his game and took the set after II
had gone to deuce. Johnston moved
along AZ full speed IN the tnal set. lie
took the first two games with ease,
dropped the third just as easily and
then ran the set out.
Like Johnston, Washburn had to q
three sets TO win his match from q.
Colket Gamer Of Philadelphia, at 60.
6-S, s-2 This match was not nearly
as productive Of good tenlis as was the
Johnstuu-Church affair, hut was some
what remarkable because NJ the frequent
form rcv,rsals. The New Yorker
played above himself in the opening set.
while Gamer WAS showing novice lik"
form. and In the second - the reverse
was true, while IN the third set neither
played especially well. but Whshhurn
wac quite a hi murr steady.
Hall aud Pei won their matches N
straight Scts. Hall accounted for Ed
ward H. Whitney, former captain nf the
Harvard tennis team. with the loss OF
only one anne IN each set, completely
uutclassing the ,rstwhile Crimson star
from start to finish. pcll disposed uf
Leonard Beckmau. the national inter
scholastic champion. a. 6-3, SIS, but
nad To- fight all the way 10 do IL
Neither " e Mclaughlin nor
Thomas e Bundy, the national doubles
champion. Put i'm an appearance. SO their
match was defaulted to ". Compton and
IRVING RiLpp Tho gusnnNrlaS.
Meadow clubs Invitation SinCles- ruth
round -Wsltsr merrill Hal defeated ~
NIrl n. whitney. G-l. Il. Watson VI
WaShAurn defeated &. g Gamer. e q IS
-. r II Pei defeated 10 mari Rs"L
man. s.7. St. u. VI Johnston deieaisl
g. VI church. o. % :. st.
Mau D,u1I"-- SECOND rpuu ~ comp
ton and Irving Hk.r Won from Miuri
r. NrLnugHnu and Tn mas 90 RuuIv 10,
default. 7 r Pc'l and y : Prentice de
fcAtrl e. G. ran'r AMI " Rand 49, g."
Sc. Ct. C,tr"u," 4 G"inlu a1l W NJ
Johnston dcfst,ei e. Gtr'ruI aui "
Blair, "a. TO
Third R~ouri-G-inIu and q. hrsrou ds
fst'el r + Frc''nghVF son and Eric Mn
stnu. - G-a. l. pnl-"y amt X SW.t.
defeated ". Compton and : Bikor. c.
-, WLrl Dawson and " A THO, X
,'oss, Go. O.. g. NJ 'Nur. 81 AMI " VI
Han detected ". r. Snyder and j Law
Foui'h Epnul. p,v,on anil Thrp,kupr
TON defeated T.. Oakley and X Smir'
do ID