Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-26
C. GRIFFIN RISES
AS TENNIS STAR
BY BEATING PELL
Californian's Victory Over
Two Great Players Adds
to His Prestige
B1DDLE IN FOURTH ROUND

BOSTON, Mass. July 2e.--The Callfor.
nlan tennis web entangled another eastern
star in the Longwood singles yesterday,
Theodore Roosevelt Pell, ffth in the nation
al ranking, being vanquished by Charles ].
Griffin. of San Francisco, In straight sets,
with the score 6-1. s-1, s-7. The famous
backhand exponent was no match for his
coast rival, who played the same superla.
tive tennis as that which brought him n
victory over r. Norris williams, I'd Mon.
day. That he could win from two such
leading lights in the game In straight sets
has raised Griffin high In the opinion OF
those who have been watching the play in
tho early rounds.
In eliminating Pell from the tournament
Griffin played at the top OF his game
Crafty and resourceful, he held the New
Yorker at his mercy in the fret two SETS
and though he was forced to a harder battle
in the third, he still had the reserve TO pull
out OF the fire a deuce set. The Califor.
mans game fell off bit in this last set
after he had gained q lead of al. UP to
this time his carefully Judged placements
he'd kept Pell in difficulties, but now Griffin
with the end In sight, became bit un.
steady. Errors piled UP against him and
helped Pell TO bring the set to deuce and
even to the vantage game, but Griffin was
able to recover in time to close out the set
to his credit.
Biddle Advances
Among the other prominent players who
advanced to the fourth round are watson
NJ. Washburn, Craig Biddle. William NJ.
Johnston and Roland Roberts In the upper
Joseph G. Armstrong, his next opponent,
and Ichiya Kumagae. Of TOXIC three times
victor over the Californian.
William S. McEllroy, former New Hamp-
shire State champion, dropped from the
tournament under the persuasive influ-
ence of j. G. Armstrong, of Philadelphia,
who won a four-set match at 60, 1-6, 8-S,
8-2 Roland Roberts. the San Francisco
prodigy, won In straight sets over A. N.
Reggie. of Longwood. all of the sets going
to him at 6-S. f. II. Whitney and Craig
Biddle had a stirring battle in the morning,
which the Philadelphian' finally managed to
win from his New York opponent at SIS,
6-3, rs. T-5.
The national champion. William NJ, John
ston, has been having an easy time OF Il
since his arrival here, BY strange luck he
has not yet met an opponent worthy OF his
mettle He advanced to the fourth yester-
day morning by defeating T.. +. Denison at
6-3, 6-3, 6-2. and not at any time did he
have to extend himself. The match today,
however, promises better, for Johnston will
then be pitted against Roland Roberts. OF
San Francisco, who has several times sue
oeeded in taking a set from the champion.
Watson NJ. washburn, of Now York. had
and Harvard. being the victim. The swarthy
son of the East found washburn's slap
drive dangerous offensive stroke, and gave
up the struggle at 6-3. 6-s, go.
laps Win and Lose
The Japanese players tasted OF both sue
cess and defeat MikRnli. the lesser In abil-
ity played against Irving Wright, and the
latter's chop stroke game broke up the
OrientaIs attack from the base line. He
was drawn into the fore court by we'll
placed shots. and then was an easy victim
to a passing stroke. Kumagae. however
advanced TO the fourth round by q victory
over NJ. A. Conant
The doubles matches for the eastern
championship were ushered in yesterday, and
the first round produced a brilliant contest
In which George NJ. Church and Willis e.
Davis vanauished Nathaniel w. Niles and
G. p. Gardner, Jr.. in a five-set match at
6-3, 2-6, 5-7. Ga. as This match was
played In the court beside that on which
Psll and Griffin wero nghting for suprem-
aoy. and the crowd divided attention be-
tween the two. The play teemed with
thrilling moments. SometimeS the sharp
vollsying brought all four men to the net
and there was then swift atrokinK that
was almost too fast for sight to follow.