The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-18

tional Champion. and of Nathaniel w.
Niles. the Longwood star, and the down.
fall of Robert lie Roy. former intercol-
legiate champion. gave color to the
play to-day in the invitation lawn ten
mis- tournament at the Casino turf courts.
Both Williams and Niles had to go
Ave sets TO win. while lie Roy went the
full route before he succumbed to Row
land Evans, Jr., of Philadelphia. The
national champion barely pulled out
ahead of Charles NJ. Bull. Jr, OF the
Crescent Athletic Club at 81, "a,
St, IL, 81, while on another court
Niles had just as hard a time win
ming from ID. s.. Waters Of New Orleans
at Is, G-i, e., SO, e.. In
still another arena lie Roy was going to
defeat stubbornly at the hands of Evans.
the youngster who surprised every one
yesterday by beating Ward Dawson.
He downed lie Roy at Cd, 2-6, Sc.
"a, -.
Taken all in all 1t was a day in
marked contrast To the opening day Of
the tourney. The morning gave promise
OF a holdup in the play. for an hour
before the time scheduled for start
ing a heavy shower softened the courts
a little. and there was no sign OF the
sun In the sky. BY 10 o'clock. how
ever, the weather had cleared up and
a hot sun chased the last vestige Of
clouds away and baked the turf into
excellent condition for playing.
In spite OF the threatening sky. a big
crowd was IN hand long before the
matches were started. 1t was thought
by some that because the tourney did
not have the glamour Of a titular affair
the attendance would be slim. but the
crowds Of the first two days have been
FAR In excess OF those at the national
championship events here in other
years for the same period. The crowd
had a terrible time Of 1t. too, for there
were so many good matches going on
together that 1t did not know which TO
watch and 50 kept shifting constantly.
Although Maurice +. Mclaughlin
played Theodore X. Pell on the cham
plonship court. the crowd did not stay
there long. for the rumor that Williams
was being hard pressed elsewhere soon
spread and everyone wanted to see what
the matter was. Mclaughlin was having
no great trouble In eliminating Pell.
The Californian won in straight sets
at 6-2.7-5, 6--l, although he was not
at his best. Pell was wild and threw
away every good harce he had by
overhitting the ball. Mclaughlin. showed
~ = ~ t's cAu Z y
game OF coming into fore court. and
when he did, he was MS mighty as ever.
Williams was not the same Williams
that beat Kari Behr In the challenge
round at Seabright last Saturday. He
wes unsteady and uncertain. while Bull
was playing a great deal stronger han
he has for many a day. Had the Phila-
delphian played half as badly against
Behr as ne did to-day he would have
been fortunate 10 take a game from the
Middle States champion. Bull had some
consolation in his defeat. for the ma
tionai champion won only two more
games than he and was Outscored on
points. l79 to l73.
II was apparent from the start that
Williams was going to have the time
of his life winning. lie started service
and lost three of the first four games.
He came back strong for a brief period
and took the lead at 81, but could not
get going right and was not taking
strongly to Bulls hard drives. Bull
tore around the court in great style in
the next three games and won them all.
with the first set in. Bull played his
best tennis in the early games of the
second set. for Williams was hustling
too to gain back the ground he had lost,
Although the national champion was
working hard at this stage Bull forged
to the front at 81, and still led at
tSs u iiil WIZ III 81 Dolila va
winning the eighth game on the Phila-
delphian's service and had the same
chance on the tenth, but dropped both
games and the set. Williams made an
suspicious start in the third set when
he won the first three games. but
promptly dropped the next four. Bull
looked to have the set in hand n little
later, for he led at "a. and 80 love
In the tenth game, but lost the next four
points. letting the set go to deuce. Deuce
was made again before Williams won
by Bulls errors in the last two games.
williams finally came to the realiza-
tion that he had "A fight on his hands
and rather h take a chance OF Tight
ing hard for the fourth set, which would
have given him victory at 3 sets to /,
he decided to rest VI for the NTH. lie
seemed pretty tired at the end of the
third set and probably figured that II
he worked hard he might lose anyway
and his chance of winning the hfth and
deciding set would be lessened. AT any
rate he contented himself with chasing
Bull around the courts while he care
fully avoided moving any more than he
had to in order to keep his adversary
working. As IL result Bull won the first
two games at love and tho next two
with little more trouble. Williams
finally broke through for the NTH game
but dropped the next two and was out
| scored III VI S'N ~ 10 W -
egy of the champion proved good, for al
though he had to fight hard in the ma
set he was much stronger for the hgh'
than his adversary. Bun got only one
game in the set, and that after 1t mac
been to deuce twice, The point score:
r.. Norris Williams I'd W.. Charles NJ
Bull, Jr.; ,
W HdmI fSiitstiSisi 50
SECOND SET,
w TlIFn iaiitti5ts- si-'
= THIRD SET.
: W H5 s5sGl0Sisi3s5Sa-Ss-,
4 FOURTH sET.
MiI!iam'.. ! 10 / t-5s-,
t FIFTH SET.
3 W Tgt" ! : ! SIS
i The defeat of lie Roy by young Evan
. was AS much IL surprise as the latter
), victory over Dawson yesterday. TIL
= Merton Cricket Tub player used hi
= head in the match, just MS he dt
: against Dawson yesterday, and the re
suit speaks for itself. lie reversed hi
!, attack of yesterday and instead of play
= ing TO the New Yorkor's forehand an
\ playing deep he kept the bail on l.
= Roy's forehand and got into fore cour
= as much aS possible. 1t was a syster
I. hat worked well n he stuck to II un
I'll he had won.