New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-27
johnston by His Fast Play
Defeats Church After
Hard Struggle.
!. ALL. WASHBURN AND
pELL ALSO WINNERS
n.wson and Throckmorton Ad-
vance 10 Semi-Final Round
in the Doubles.
D. FRED HAWTHORNE.

l-Aoodore Roosevelt feil anu "liii"i'
l., roArs.on went into the seml-hnal
4 ..to,s to-day in the singles OF the
4 I'll invitation lawn tennis tourna-
Int of the Meadow Club. This leaves
-. FASTENERS and one Californian,
,.hns,on 10 continue the fight to-mor-
-. for the final brackets.
T,. match that attracted the most
10y; IN the afternoon was that be-
a''en''T pall and Leonard Beekman, ma
|,;onsl interscholasuc CHAMPION anu
|pcI came through by a score OF -
l. g In the final set Pell was eNten1-
IL 70 his limit by the bronNVliIe
,ou+b. who used bewildering change
~ mace in his efforts TO stave on oe-
'I Hor had a runaway match with +. h.
wL n4,' the former Harvard player
MING AZ 6-1. 6-1, but the score IS
sar5lv = fair indication. of their rela-
.:,o merit. for Whitney was utterly
~ che form he had shown carrier IN
y. tournament. and fell an easy We
IN 10 Halls hard driving and severe
play overhead. C.,,,o. Conan
d. noculiar match, winning the frst
.;,a gsmes in succession, dropping the
-e,t three. and then alternating with
Corer nm 10 the eleventh game, after
vb;cb Gamer ran out the last three
I'd fook the second set at S.. In
The final session Gamer could only get
,be first and fifth games, Washourh
az 60
Ward Dawson and Harold A. Throck--
norton advanced to the semi-hnai
round in the doubles by two straight
20. victories. and Johnston and Grimm,
cballengers for the national doubles
lille al Forest Hills on September q,
Icained the round before the semi
nails through a victory over r i.
lfrslingbuysen and Eric Winston, at
81, IS. Church and nan also
gained their bracket by their defeat OF
|W. P. Snyder and J. Lawrence. Inc
score was 60, GO.
Church won the toss in his match
with Johnston and chose to begin the
service He rushed to the net at every
opportunity, blocking off Johnston's
drives 50 effectively that ne took three
|games out Of the first four, and appar-
|ently had his yong opponent We'll IN
hand
But the Californian, who had been
unable 10 keep his forehand drives
within the court limits at hrst, sud
denly began a whiIlwind attack from
m back Of his court that overwhelmed
the Princeton man, who was unable TO
Withstand the fury Of the tile Pacific
Coast stars assault. Johnston kept
crashing his foreh nd drives through
|Church's court with terrific speed, and
|nany times as the Fastener attempt
I'D to block them of on the full volley
bis racquet was spun around IN MS
Band by the impact.
Occasionally Church, in his despera-
.ion, tried to hold his opponent back
|by deep lobbing, but Johnston was just
IL deadly overhead as when the ball
lame TO him on the bound, and
Imashed the ball into the smallest Of
Openings without an instant's delay.
Although Church was working at his
lopmost speed Johnston simply would
rot be denied, and ran out FIVE games
In a row. giving hin the first set at
b.
The Californian gained lead of Al
. 5n games in the second set, and the
gallery thought the end was in sight
Church selected this time to make a
sihrilling stand, however, and threw
caution 10 the winds as he charged TO
,the net and smothered his opponents
attempted passing shots with beautiful
block volleys that dropped the ball well
'ap in forecourt.
Johnston began to falter at this
stage, seemingly taken by surprise al
the suddenness of Church's change ia
.lhe offensive, and could only get one
|rore game. the eighth, before his OBJ
|ponent Won the set, at IS, and was
even with his rival again.
The last set was quickly over. John
'ion was a veritable fire0rand and
vent into every rally with the fury
hat used TO be the great Mclaughlin
he took the last set at 6-1 and the
match.
The point score of the Johnston.
Church match follows:
First set.
s 'aa.'' ..:.::::::::55 stittitfts-is
5 3a,.'' ........:,..:::.....sitt8333}i}EZs
Third set:
04 ''i1 .......''.................''i iiIsf&i-i
Pell continued playing strongly, a,
he has throughout the tournament, ir
his match against Beekman, and while
Johnston should defeat him tomorrow
IPell is going at such a rate that hi
may spring the surprise of the week
BY humiliating the Californian.
IL was Pell's ability TO send his
sizzling backhand drives to the ex-
ueme corners of Beekman's back court
that brought him through a winner
His shots had plenty of top. and Beck.
man was frequently caught out of DO.
auOn and was unable TO reach mid.
court. where he usually shines. The
hrst set went TO Pell, at Go.
Beekman was wild in the early stages
81 the second set, and Pell soon held q
cad Of Al on games, but then the
Sfonxvlle youth wrought the specta.
Tors up to high pitch of enthusiasm
oy the brilligncy Of his play. He took
NE next four games and led. at "a
ana 1t was Pell's turn TO fight for the
lead.
The rallies were desperately fought
. the end, with Pell generally forcing
me attack and holding back until he
lad opened up Beekman's court by his
wei! placed drives before he went Ia
me net to finish his points with severe
smashes. The last game went to deuce
~ times before Pell won the match
Win a cross-eourt volley that Beck.
nan dived for in vain.
The summaries follow:
Meadow Climb. Invitation s,p.lss fnob ,o,,ud,-
sef Merrill Han defeated Edward II. Whitney
- t-l. Watson NJ wsshbun defeated g. c
-, sd 30. IS 6-z r. X Pell defeated Leon
~ 5e,smAn, e-S. Sc; ". NJ. Johnston defeated
~ church, IS. 81 81
I..s.sn doubles (secoud tOundl-W Compton snC
A., hlkef won from Maurice d. McLoughlif
Ihenas c Bundy By default: T. K. PelI snt
a = ffeuce defeated q. G. Gamer and w. Rand
80 s-6. &C. Clarence ] Ghrln and W. N
80 "'" y "af'Ah" Snu W. pie'' v
ihiid found-Grinin and Johnston defeated D. J
~ sen and Erie winston e.. 6-S; I
k1.o and N. Smith defeated w Compton and !
49,. 80 -; Ward Dawson aud II. A. ThIock
f35on ~ eated l.. Irving and ~ AuchinclOss So
i = - 1i Church and W NJ Hall defeated W