The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Mclaughlin Faporite
To Meet Williams
Present Title Holder and California Comet Are Ten
mis- Players Thought to Have Best Chances to
Survive Sem-Finals.

FOREST HILLS. l.. l., Sept. 3.-From
a field OF l8 survivors Of the 12s who
started Tuesday in the national tennis
though r. Norris Williams "a. present
titlehoider; Maurice McLoushlin. the
California comet would survive TO
ny; n%sy;eh. Both Isssay are yrte off oa form but
at that appeared today to have SUI
ficient edge on all comers-kari n.
Bshr possibly eXcepted--to pull through; lsi,;
matches. semi-nnaIs Of which were
scheduled today. has developed some
tennis form almost on a par with the
big" matches.
tional tennis tournament lost a set yes
terday, but Behr was harder pressed by
lie Roy than either Mcl-oughlin or VII.
iiams. When 1t came to the fourth set
gave ga hi him a lea Of 30. and it began
to look serious for the old International
list. lie Roy was playing well off the
ground and hts strokes had more than
the usual amount of sting to them: ,,S,t PVT
At various times through the match
II looked as II lie Roy's cool ways were
Sc. sSnh +. to S st states S sshs led nTs'
three points in the next four games.
which went to Le Roy and gave hin,
set. but could not hold the pace. In the
third net Behr led at love and an as
cension cost him three grames IN a row.
but he recovered In time to win two
BY Sy the The rest after the third set, took the
| first three games Of the fourth and then
was smothered by Behr.s bri!ilance.
which gave the latter five straight
games and later the match.
| The point score:
FIRST SET.
Behr .................S4 S4a4641l 49,
Ie Roy ............ 5ll07l 4-3l-s
SECOND SET.
sehF te Roy :'.......:.: ::.:::.... 80
THIRD SET.
EsAF Be Rcy :::::::::: 80:
FOURTH SET.
Ie E Roy :..:...:.... S 5t5oI3ols s 49,
johnson, the Californian. who will
oppose Behr this afternoon on one OF
the championship courts. did his best
work since his arrival in the East In
running through a straight set victory
over Douglas 9. Waters, No. 1 In the
South, at 60. 81. 50. Some little
| edge, however. was taken of the vic
tory Of the Californian BY the fact that
1
j. Griffin 10 the only other Californian
still in. He dropped Ward Dawson, of
San Francisco. from the list Of surviv-
ors yesterday at 6-3. IS. 60. Griffin
| will meet Buzz Law, the Princeton
gridiron star. today. the latter having
displayed remarkable ability In beating
George Wightman, Of Boston. at 81.
k26, a., IS, 6-. %.-x~
Adoue and Alexander. who will meet
Williams and Mclaughlin. respectively
today. won their matches IN straish,
/ sets. The Texan downed r. C. Thomas
at So. IS. -. while Alexander der con: on:
tinued to display the skill that hat
brought him to the fourth round II
beating S. Howard Voshell. the Ions
iIsland champion, at S-. 81. 6-2
Peirs straight set victory over Wash
burn at Ga. 6-, 6-3. was quite
feature 1t was a foregone conclusion
} that Pell would win II ne was gotne
right, in spite Of Washburn's steadiness
Some thought that Washburn woult
win because he vanQuished Pell at Soutn
ampto1. when the latter was OF MI
game. Pell was right today. however
and there Is no reason now why M
should not gain a place In the semi fina
round. He meets Charles NJ. Bull. 1r.
Of the Crescent A. c. today.
Beekman's showing against McLougn
lin was rather an agreeable surprise
, for the schoolboy played an excellen
match before succumbing to the proves
Of the Comet at ga 3-6. 60. Ther'
Twas an added pleasure In this mater