The sun., 1916-08-26
VASHBURN TO PLAY
CLO7HIER IN FINAL
ysw Yorker Beats Armstrong
Former Tennis Champion
Finds Roberts Easy.
DOUBLES NEAR End, TOO

eorrrAMproN. L. T.. Aug. est will
h. william J. Clo,hier. former national
avn tennis champion. ssains; Watson
n washburn. erstwhile Harvard cap
tain. IN the nnal Of the Meadow CLUB
saslss tomorrow afternoon. Clothiof
IA washburn reached the Anal round
to-day, the former defeating Roland
ROBBERS, the youthful champion OF San
rnpcisco. In two sets. 6-3. 60. while
washburn eliminated Joseph J. Arm
strong Of Philadelphia In three sets.
-. as. s-S. There was a good
asal Of the unexpected about both re-
me Anal Of the doubles was also
cached. With william NJ. Johnston and
cls,ence J. Grimm. national titleholde.e,
.nA Richard Norris Williams. I'd. and
Richard Harte. both of Harvard, in the
,up bracket. Johnston and Grimm de-
ssstsd Washburn and Lyle f.. Mahan OF
New York in the semi-fnal round. 10.
al. s--<. Washburn and Mahan had
OBVIOUSLY scored over Fred G. Bags
and Hachishi~o Mikami. So. g. In
,hsiY advance into the Anal VILLA ms
and Harte defeated Armstrong and
theodore r. Pell. the famous b~ackhander
Of New York. 70. 81. 81.
IN addition 20 the tournament matches
there wal an attraction In the form OF
a practice match between Maurice l..
Mclaughlin and william A. Larned. who
handed the national title to the Comet
I-.t. - 1910 N(rI ,uChtin 0.hn
v,sh Ward Dawson Is to play Johnston
and Grimm for the national doubles
,,us At Fores, Hills next Monday. also
rot IN some work with Dawson.
Roberts IL O%utclassed.
NcLoughlin vas given sone much
reeded practice In ground strokes. which
Iarned fed him with regularity II con-
.stency. The veteran also worked Nc
Lcushlia's b%ackhand. which gave signs
Q. being no better than 4; was las, sum
rsr. The Comet, was evidently in top
notch physical condition. He radiated
hesl,h and power and was very fast in
covering the court. However. his old
dsacienccies we're still there. The qucs-
lion as 10 McI.oughliu's real status Is n
hard one 10 answer just from what he
IA. shown he.e Yesterday and to-day.
The s%cmi-hnals in singles were not
ne kind Of competitions for which the
gallery was 20, 'rg. Great as were the
lpsets, neither Itch developed startling
ennis. The g. y looked OH with
~lackadasical f. ..est. Some Of the four
PARTICIPANTS was a champion and NJ n
-esul, tie onlookers were disappointed.
The fac, tina, Clo:hier. champion a dec
ade ago. was able TO outplay. ou'Ruess
sud ou'ranpuvre tho young ROBBERS IN
s,ra'gh, acts was not given II credit.
!, did no, take Clo:hler very long to
and out that Roberts's ground strokes
,rd his low backhand were weak. That
settled the match. Whenever the
'steran needed the aces he Just played
.or the weak points and Roberts was all
a. sea. Roberts found hat rlothler's
,olleying attack did not depend alto
se,her Upon change OF pace, for the erst-
~hile champion had both power and
direction In his smashes.
Hardly . Real Match.
was great fun for Cloth.er. He
Tented Roberts into knots time and
again. The veteran had the youngs,er
hopping all over the court. hut usually
n me wrong direction. for Roberts was
utterly unable to diagnose his rivals
attacks. Roberts could not fight him
either at the net or from the base line,
I was hard to believe that Il was
re same Roberts who not so long
ego, at Newport, had given Williams a
very keen battle. Whenever Clothier
came up to the net he had no trouble
IN smottering the Californian with
rapid Are cross court shots.
II was hardly n match. In the first
et Roberts opened n II he mean;
business lie scored a lov game on
his service. Then Clothier got going
ard ran on Hyc games In a row. Rob-
sr'a won the seventh and eighth, both
deuce games, but The ninth game was
easy for the veteran.
In the second set Roberts "a abso-
la,ely outclassed from first 20 last, al
though he succeeded In driving three OF
The games TO deuce.
The battle between washburn and
Armstrong, though not the struggle ex-
pected, was titanic when ed with
he other semi-hnal. Armstrong was
clearly on his game. for his lobbinE
usually a strong feature with him. n
Ineffective, and his chop stroke a bl'
out OF gear. Washburn was al his best
Ne played the long u game for this
corners with great effect. and when Inc
came 10 The net he was eve more
formidable
washbsrn's Overland Fine.
Armstrong had a lot Of trouble viii
washburn's overland drives. Wash
ourn % played them that Armstrong hat
70 return them upward. making II cas-,
,or the New Yorker to bring of his kills
Arm3rons's chop strokes made Wash
pun cautious at times. but the Philadel
them.
Because Of his easy advance to tn,
ssmi-hnals Washburn had attracted lit
" attention. His victory indicated tina
msn At the pinnacle Of his form and will
o. q contender in the national tourney
hs versatility and accuracy were re
narkable.
In the doubles greatest interest nat
Irslly centred In the match in which
.ohnston and Griffin tuned up. for the de
lencs OF their title by beating Wash
ourn and Mahan. The New York tear
vas hardly we'll balanced. for Mahai
v.me nowhere near the form OF hts NOR
,rus!rlous partner. In the first Sc
"Ashourn managed to night of thu
,n,mplons almost single handed. Tn
I'VE holders were slow getting theil
ossnnss. However. once they got goinl
~ inc second set there was nothing 4
ny match. Johnston and Grimm wer,
''s 10 work all their favorite tricks.
Harte 4, Great retile.