New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-16
7brockmorton Anxious to
Defeat Jap in Match
To-day.
MAURICE M'LOUGHLlN
FAILS TO APPEAR
pfafmann Carries Griffin
through Four Hard Sets
Japan Flag Still Waves,
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

-, - the Newport Casino invitation
=. saw the favorites, except IN
s.w ;nconspicuous cases. move along
h.;r way 70 the finals without eX-
..-;sneinr great difficulties.
u,rold Throckmorton, national inter
,.,,s,sc champion, was a late conner
.hs courts, but started well, first
..,;,r the measure Of the veteran base
49, sxpert, Richard Stevens, at O.
60. 60. and then creating a
IA sensation by defeating William j.
c,,,hier national champion in 1905
n. sehoolboy, going at fine speed, van
.r;,bed the former titleholder with
s--,,isine ease, winning at Go, CO,
81. go,
This morning Throckmorton will
-.,t Hachishiro Mikami, the japanese,
- defeated him last week at Sea-
t.;ch, and there is certain TO be the
s;tierest struggle, for the interscholas-
". sLemnion is keen TO reverse the re-
'"l, ~ their meeting. Playing in the
s-,r, he showed to-day. Throckmorton
.Sn~lS have no trouble in defeating
V;ksmi. who is essentially Of the back
..rTt school and weak at the net posi-
ton. Co.Il so+ .bo
-.iisrv To e-ossiping when he sent Joe
1,rstronr. runner-up at Dongwood,
Down 10 defeat by a score Of @, 6-S,
"a. 6-3. Hunters severe torenanu
S-ive was working at top speed, and he
,lat his returns back into deep court
,..b such speed that Armstrong found
dfculty in meeting the ball
Second Round Bracket Blank.
The second round bracket opposite
,bs names Of Maurice Mclaughlin ana
Carey Morgan still remains plank. ne
treat comet did not arrive mere To-Day,
and il seems probable that he Will not
he on hand in time 10 play through the
tournament. Craig Biddle, OF the tour
lament committee, had not yet gwen
On hope this evening that the man VINO
onee ruled the tennis world by the
brilliance Of his play would show up.
even if only TO play an exhiol'loi
match. 81. rres-
s,re Of Mclaughlin, those who wateneG
ne matches from the clubhouse found
nientv Of opportunity TO applaud when
W;Uiam NJ Johnston, national CHAM
MON and r. Norris Williams, "a,
rbampion Of 1914, went through their
PAGES on the courts. go.
Williams was wild and brilliant by
streaks to-day, and found in w. Mer-
riU Hall. Of New York, a player quick
10 take advantage of openings. Hall 5
powerful forehand drives went ripping
through Williams's court with deadly
precision, and many times the former
Champion was clearly aced by splendid
D2ssing shots down the side lines as
he rusfed for the barrier. After drop
pinr the first set, however, Dick stead
ieJ sufficiently to pull out the match
bva score of 4-6, rs, 6-3, Ga.
Johnston dropped q set to George
Wjgbtman, of Boston, before he won al
50 "a. 3-6, 6-3, but it was ap'
parent all through this match that the
champion was holding something. II
reserve. When he chose the Cailtor
man battered down Wightman's de-
fence with slashing cross court Volleys
from forecourt, or else finished the
points more decisively by severe
smashes from mid-court.
Uncomfortable for Griffin.
Clarence J. Griffin, another of the
CsIfornians entered, spent a very un-
comfortable two hours on the court
with Young j. S. Pfafmann, Of Har,'
ward. who carried him along through
four hard sets before Peck won al
%. 6-4, "a, Is. Pfaffmann GOV,
cred his court remarkably well, and
Griffin was finding the net and sending
the ball out of court just frequently
enough TO make the struggle a close
one
Griffin was losing weight in beads
TIA, dripped from the tip Of his nose
as he left the court after the match
but he smiled happily and remarked
Some Of you fellows have got me
wrong. Pm better than you think !
an"
The flag Of Japan was still nailed
iss, TO the masthead when the sun
ven. down this evening, for lchiya
Kumagae, Mikami's doubles partner,
entered the third round by defeating
the giant Lyle Mahan by a score OF
e-3, GO, 6-1. Ichiya reached up
from the ground about as far as
Nshan's belt buckle, but he covered his
court so well and shot the ball down
he side lines with such accuracy that
2shan, with all his great reach, 1ound
| almost impossible TO intercept those
lightning passes, and fifty minutes
after the match began Kumagae had
agurstiyely, brought his opponent down
| TO his own size.
The weather was perfection itself,
| 'iom tennis standpoint, but the gal
'sly vas not so large as on former oc-
sssions. A possible reason lies in the
\ lac, that the Narragansett Bay IS
crowded with a great fleet of warshipS
ana the men Of the sea are proving a
| strong counter attraction with teas,
unners and dances going on at pace.
Hall brought forth the fastest lawn
ennis he has shown this season In
| af match with Williams. His service,
"a Particular, gave the former national
hampton lots of trouble, for the ball
.'oke with a high and battling bound,
CID his topped drives, both from
T gie and back hand. This compelled
Villains TO delay stroking the ball
-ai Han lad a chance TO get well
~i~d Tor the hesitation.
l Feared TO Rush Net.
ae result was that the Philadel-
man was either tricked into staying
PACK court and engaging in driving
rs with Hall, or else feared to rush
"' net too promiscuously for fear Of