The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-30
DAVIS AND JOHNS
TO PLAY FOR TITLE
They Earn Right to Meet
Church and Mathey in
Challenge Round.
DAVIS WINS IN SINGLES
~ 4. n. ~O'CONNELL.

| MdtNeN OF the west SIDE 1ennls Club
tomorrow in the challenge round for the
rational clay court doubles champion
ship. The Californians earned the right
AZ the Lakewood Tennis Club here late
this afternoon by defeating c. II. Doyle
OF Washington and W. b. Knox OF Pitts
burs In the nnal round. 3 sets to /. at
IS. 60, 6--l, s..
TIE winners had reached the final
round earlier In the day by winning from
A I. S~paulding and T. W Hendricks OF
Buffalo at 81. 81. SIS. while Doyle
and Knox disposed Of Charles Benton
and H. r. Petite. Cleveland city cham
rions. at Ga. Ga. 6-i. The SENT
FINALS and final Of the doubles were both
played this afternoon TO accommodate
Na,hey, VINO has TO get back TO New
York on business Saturday.
Big Crowd sees Doubles.
\ The lsrseet crowd OF the week came
out 10 see the doubles matches. and II
rs applause may be taken as a criterion
Il was well pleased with the tennis.
However, the enthusiasm shown by the
cnlookers over some beautiful rallies was
g. nothing compared with what they
showed when a number OF train. loaded
with soldiers bound for the front went
by. The trains passed right by the back
end Of the courts and as each one Of
them went by every man. woman and
child IN the stands stood UP and cheered
Until they became a mere speck far down
the line. The players left their racke:s
or the courts and climbed INTO the stands
70 get a chance to see the boys on.
:. sides the two rounds OF doubles and
TIRE passing Of the troop trains the spec
tators had plenty more sport to round
the day out. They saw Davis climb into
the final round Of the singles by defeat.
trg Charles :. Garland OF Pittsburg at
IS, 6-2. 81. s. In one of the most
spectacular cont. SITS of the tourney. In
The woinen's singles both semi-hnal round
matches were staged and brought Miss
Martha Guthrie Of Pittsburg and Miss
Molla Bjurstedt. the playing through
Champion. into the anal round. Miss
Guthrie gained revenge for her defeat In
the titular round OF the Ohio state tour
ney last year by disposing of Mrs. H.. W.
Bickle Of Toronto at 81. Sc. e..
and Miss Bjurstedt won as easily as
usual, d.featine Miss Florence BALM Of
New York at 81. SIS. Miss Guthrie
will play Miss Bjursted, for the cham
pionship Tomorrow. and IL she does as
well as she did to-day she should make
a better showing than when she played
:he Norwegian girl FOR the Metropolitan
title.
Practically every one in the galleries
was anxious TO see how Doyle would
shape up against Davis when the two
played opposite in III, doubles The rea-
son FOR this is that Doyle Is generally
picked a. the man who will have to meet
Paws In the final round for the right to
challenge Richard Norris Williams The
Washington player will play William :
NcElroy of Pittsburg. New York state
champion, In the upper half seni-hnsl
tomorrow afternoon. and the quality Of
his game hrnnghouf tho foprpay hos
made him the favorite 1t might be said
right here that in spite OF the fact that
his team lost, Doyle suffered none by
comparison with Davis. lie played the
best tennis OF the four on the court. but
his partner. Knox, was terribly weak
after the first set.
During that ars, set Doyle rlayed
beautiful tennis. He made gets that
seemed superhunan and was as steady
a. time. He seemed anxious to try
what he could do against Davis and AT
every possible opportunity directed his
attack against the California State
champion In the dueis between the two
Doyle almost always prevailed. His
sharp chop drives had Davis guessing
from start 10 finish. and should the two
meet IN the singles the battle should he
q merorable one. Knox had little "a
DO in the opening set. for the Califor.
mans seemed unable to draw their Are
s"H iIpNH boNie. lHdl ~ l1e maj III
reason why they lost the opening set.
In losing the set. however. Davis and
Johns found out that the washingtoniar
vas not 10 be tr!fled with. and they also
learned that Knox was apparently toe
tired TO play chan pionship calibrs
tennis. Their knowledge was turned &c
Use in the remaining sets OF the match
They pressed their attack so persever
,arly against the Pittsburg lad tina
DOYLE practically became a spectator
The chances he had 10 get a crack a
f2e ball except when he was serving ol
answering service were few and IA
between
The work OF Johns was one Of the bis
surprises OF the match. Throughout tn,
tourney he appeared to he a weak spo
~ the team. but to-day ne showed how
really well he can play. lie WAS re
tnarkably steady in the last three set
am his brilliant work At the net &c
counted for many OF his teams points
y Davis did not play quite az well as II
ne singles, but was laboring under tn
disadvantage OF using a strange racket
having broken all his own bats earlier II
the day.
The summaries:
po Sfi!.n; 4. Ga.T cG" FoS GssmE!TpishiED' p pss%@,
an u Van Dyke Johns, San Francisco. de
iT''sa 4 R;urr sD.glAi"s and T W co nsa
= 10y 'H IN " !" ID ~
pi'rshlrg, d~efeated Charles Benton am
u T Pott"e, Cleveland, ca. C., 81.
DAVIS AND JOHNS vs. sPAULDINC
AND HENDRICKs-FIRsT SET
pavy and Johns;
spsuilinr and Hendrickst
e 10
SECOND SET,
bs' sud johns:
60? 1T
Spa ans and Hendricks
? SIT
THIRD Set
'"' ''f"' ..7b2.- SIS
frs- ding snd Hendricks,
DOYLE AND KNOX VS. BENTON AM
pETTEE-FlRST SET
b' q and Knox I'll
h'.''9 and Pettee.. / 53? j.. O-2O--
SECOND SET.
/, 4, "a Neo..' st
THIRD SET.
i%s...o' amt P.,tso,,., s-is-
q! Round-wn!I f.. DAVIS and Il
va 70 ~ Johns. San Fra ncisco, defsate
j. 'H. o.. Warrington. and ". H. kno,
FF' ~ 81. al, ca.
ba,i. and Johns vs.. Doyle and Knox.
FIRST SET,
bs. an. K;nSoGfs, 10
ANALYSIS.