New-York tribune., 1916-06-19
Man and Bull Win Play-Off
for First HOnOrS in
Doubles Event.
ONE SET GOES TO
THIRTY-SIX GAMES
Early Morning Gallery Sees
Match That Requires Two
Hours of Play.
BY JAMES S. O'NEALE.

The latest Of the Calfornians, Van
Dyke Johns, Of Leland Stanford, ap-
Feared in the round robin invitation
doubles tennis tournament on the turf
courts Of the Richmond County Coun-
try Club, Dongan Hills, Staten Island,
yesterday. and with Willis +. Davis, the
Coast Bullet, almost walked away with
the prize.
The only rift within the Lutte and
the picturesque surroundings of the
club was the fact that Davis and Johns
fell, 81, 6-3, 2-6, in the play-off for
first place with Alrick II. Man, jr.. and
Charles VI. Bull, jr, the team that de-
feated K. Lindley Murray and Harold
a. Throckmorton last Saturday
Johns. and Davis also bested Throck
morton, who is badly overpayed, and
Murray, the Meteor. who is under
played. Man and Bull disposed Of
Johns and Davis in the morning, but
lost later to Frederick C.. lnman, the
southpaw, and Theodore Roosevelt
Pell, the famous backhand expert. This
defeat necessitated play-of with
Johns and Davis for first honors.
Many Miss Matches.
Many enthusiasts missed the best
doubles which have been played in
this vicinity this season, for faster
play was shown in the morning
matches. Man and Bull had time ter
rife with Johns and Davis in the first
set Of their before-luncheon aifray.
The final score was 1917, 6-l. Another
great match for early risers or nom
churchgoers was that IN which Muir
ray-Throckmorton took smashing meas
ure of Pell-lnman, ell, 6-3, Ga
Johns, and Davis, particularly Davis,
who was the sensation at Sleepy Hol-
low. had oodles Of speed against Man
and Bull in the morning match. in the
typical California style. This time,
however, moderate speed and steadi-
ness won the day. The first set was
wonder. with Bull, the Crescent Ath
letic Club star, flashing some wonderful
voneying and Man serving superbly
and showing equally well in back or
fore court.
The match took more than two hours,
and is almost a record for doubles
two-set encounter. The length OF the
first set reminded many OF the titanic
struggle between another Californian,
Maurice f. Mclaughlin, and Norman +.
Brookes in the Davis Cup matches OF
1914 at Forest Hills, and of the des
perate encounter between Walter Mer-
rill Hall and Wallace +. Johnson in the
national championships at Forest Mills
last summer II was as unending as
the bowefed vista stretching out 70 the
bay from the courts.
Bitter Struggle.
One hundred and eleven points went
TO Man and Bull IN that opening set
and l04 20 the coast lads. The set start
ed a trife slowly, as each team felt the
other out. The order OF service was
Bull. Davis with his bullet delivery.
Mans severe American twist and
Johns.
The last named, by dropping two ser
vices. paved the way for the victory.
Neither Davis nor Bull lost delivery.
the latter mainly though Mans great
net covering. and Man dropped but one.
Several times the ultimate winners
were within set point, but could not put
across the victory till the thirty-sixth
game In the second set Bull kept his
record clean. while Man dropped d ser
vice and Davis also lost one.
Davis, the former University OF Cali