The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-08-31
MLOUCHl|N GOES
TO NET WITH PEll
IN TENNIS TOURNEY
light thousand at loresl lliils
zee Californian Tackle
HarJ Opponent

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opposition IN tne thIri round - th"
hli Cum.rs' ,trupiun.h.p here t'-
daJ. Maur,,r Mclaughlin ir'N
Teddy Fell. who eliminated ffci
Alexander YESTERDAY There we're
over eight thousand ians In the
stands when ~, California comet
strulled out 'of the cluphuuse shortly
b"for. 4 o'clock fof his match. ~hich
NY sconHldered one of tina hardest
ia Mac would D." called ON 10 tackle
IN this entire tuurnhmen,
Johnston va ~ HE bot against
Stiles and rainri ample revenge To-
a previous defeat Tho national
champion was al over the court
sending back the best shots tho Ions.
wood star could willup in his terri
tory. John-ton's fast serNico was
working ON hi,h speed and his pow
.rful forearm drives earned many
points
Niles ON hts own twisting service
lie improved rttl" In the next set
and annexed three games Johnston
luikly decided th, match a. tn" thlrd
set when hc allowed SHES only two
games.
The meeting Of Wallace Johnson %.
Philadelphia. reserve member ut the
1919 Davis cup team that hruus
homo tho famous world trophy, and
Howard voshcll, the Brooklyn star,
gavo an early indication uf the
closely contested matches that we're
to come.
This pair battled continuously for
three hours under bro!ling sun be-
tora johnson succeeded In winning
Tho scores were 6-e, SIS, g, -,
ca.
The match was marked BY bbth
sensational and superior tennis. No-
shell did oil the leading In the early
sets, his hard cruss-court wallops
bothcring johnson considerably.
The Philadeiphian captured the
third set when his famou choI
strokes began landing In uncovered
spots for many points. Tho fourth
set WAS a see saw AFFAIR. Noshell wa,
within a point OF winning the match
when. In his anxiety to score the de
| Gliding point. he sent the ball era hint
our Of court.
Johnson. after this error, rallied
| quickly and evened the score n
seven all. Then he broke througi
! voshell's service and captured the Sc
! in the sixteenth game ON two beau
/ ti:ul placements.
! Voshell weakened greatly In tn
afth and deciding sets. The spec
gradually went out ~ his shots
which made II easy Tor Johnson u
= win six games to three.
II. Lindley Murray. the tall. fier'
Californian who Is making strenu
Gus fight to come through to tn
title round. easily disposed Of Rich
ard stevens OF Newport. Murra'
only allowed hts veteran opponent
single game In the entire set. Muir
ray was going at top speed all tn
time and Stevens did not even haV
n look In.
r, Il. Mccormick. another Cal,
fornian. also survived tho thir
round after a long drawn match Wit
Harry Parker. Mccormick won. Il
Is, 6-1. O.,
Leonard Beekman. the schoolbo
wonder. increased the number {
Eastern players remaining In th
tournament when he advanced to III
fourth round with victory over {. v
Mac Mullen.
Beekman easily won in 60, g.
CO. because MacMullen never foun
) way to stop the youngsters terrlf
net attacks.
Third round sum mmaries-R, Lindle
; Murray beat Richard Stevens g.
co, 90: Leonard Beekman beat
w. Macmuilen 6-2, 6-3. Go: W. Me-
rill Fan beat A. II. Man 81. g.
|, ,I36, Ga; Wallace +. johnson hes
Howard Voshcll 6--s. SIS, 6-2. 9
6-s: T.. II. Mccormick beat Harr
Parker 7-5. "a. 81, "a.
william VI. Johnson beat Nat Nile
6-2, 6--S. 6-2. Watson Washbui
hat Dean Mathey, 4-s. s-l. O.
"a.