New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Deck Griffin Figures in Un-
finished Match with
Armstrong.
MI rs ENGAGES IN
BOUT WITH HARTE
o.,laud Causes Upset by De-
teating George Gardner
Gamer In Long Match.
re- JAMES S. ONEALE.

,...o, Mass, July 27.-ln showers
,hsn the heavy mists that creep
49,, their native Golden Gate to
s.rop, course Of Golden Gate
~, where they and other famous
,'r,o,n;a tennis stars were developed.
~-r;,n NJ Johnston. national cham
~. and nineteen-year-old Roland
V.As-,s again had it out on the courts
:c-dsy.
rhs little San Franciscan again
.,owss the qualities that made him
rsu,;o, last sumner in the mem
s-.hls drive at Forest Hills. and
Eliminated Roberts in straight sets
,,or, the LonCwood tournament The
,.ore was 6-2. 81. %. Roberts
,,essjng his opponent almost as hard
!, when the younCster had the cham
.;os within a point Of defeat on the
Cosst this spring.
Ii.er q DAYS intcrmission because
= sin. and showers this morning. the
- favored. and some 5000 tennis
%-s gathered. Showers came again,
t.Tsver. and some matches were
| .orrbed through in the rain. some
,.-s prevented altogether. and two
rs,s started only 20 be stopped at the
end Of the second set
Clsrence J. Griffin. who has been
-r-rjng amuck IN this tournament. ng-
,-eo In an unfinished encounter with
I.eph Armstrong. the Philadelphian,
Tho ranks in the second ten. The
,'irrery condition Of the turf courts
lsined Armstrong; low chop game,
,rd ne took the first set from the San
franciscan, 6-3. Then the national
5gbles champion began 10 set sail for
~ net. and reversed the score IN the
second frame.
Niles Match Unfinished
IN the other unfinished match Ma
hauiel ". Niles and Richard Harte
,,gaged in q New England battle for
,opuIar favor Niles has for years
zen the tennis idol of the section, but
Esrte. who is the Harvard catcher, is
tso a popular hero. and made HIM
,s!i more solid by taking the second
SET @. from the sixth man IN the
,stonal ranking. Niles captured the
Inst. 6-3. and the score was Sail in
Ne third set, when Jupiter Pluvius in
ruied his personality.
Three ether matches held the singles.
Charles s. (Chuck) Garland, the sen
nsonal Pittsburgh youngSter, caused
n upset by defeating George Peabody
5Jfner. ir.. next to Niles the local
-,,dbv. ID. 6-3, O-6, 6--2. Gar
- III harder than. usual. and used
n, head in the third set, when he let
Gsrsne~ play himself out George c.
Cs,sr and r. n. Dana, the veteran
ProTiaence baseliner, provided the
lorgsst match Of the day.
The gigantic Gamers net game won,
e-3. IS. g, 81, 6-L Dana was
exhausted in the last set, and ms two
double faults ended the match.
Craig Biddle, the Philadelphlan, was
in fine form both in back court and at
the net He eliminated II. K. Scott, OF
Longwood, 6-3, 6-1, 60. What with
the elimination of r. \. Williams IN
singles, of Niles and Gardner in
doubles, and Of several other Long
wood men, the New England faces OF
the Hub gallery are longer than ever.
there is, in fact, great hubbub.
The fayorite teams for the Eastern
doubles championship, George N.
Church and Willis Z. Davis. and Will
JAMS and Theodore Roosevelt Pell, ad-
yanced without the loss OF set. Zach
eliminated q strong pair. Pell and
Williams won from f. II. (Ted) Whit
ney and Irving c. Wright. 81. 6-3,
|CS, fairly smothered the southpaw
Whitney and the chopstroker, Wright
under a fusillade OF smashes. clean,
hard drives and fast services. Pell and
bis partner also took another match
Doubles Veterans Beaten
Davis and Church, the Coast-Tenaf1y
|tombination, bested the veterans, Fred
srics c lnman and +. p Larned, 6-2,
|E2, GO. The speed Davis, in serving,
|npsrted TO the wet, heavy balls was
|smarksble. Church's all-around play
vss wonderful exhibition.
Despite the rain, Billy Johnston and
Roberts played fast and furious tennis
IN the typical Coast style. Each went
% the net whenever possible, although
.w time Johnston's passing drives
we're acing the youngster repeatedly on
as fast service and Roberts was
forced 20 hang back. In the first set
Roberts, nervous, erratie and. because
Of his long legs. slipping all over the
court, despite his spikes, took but two
games although he made those he lost
close.
The second set provided the hre-
works. It followed service 20 2-all,
when Johnston broke through Roberts.
The lad came right back, however. and
pasted the champions delivery TO a
isre-ye-well on the next game. Then
lhe set followed service again until
me fifteenth game, when the server,
Aooerts, after repeatedly holding on
u long deuce game, when Johnston
hSo advantage point many times, final
/ couble-fsulted the game away. The
\ champion then took his own service.
Hard Tussle in Last Set.
" the last set Johnston ran up a 81
.saa, but Roberts hung on, and only
.;'ef the hardest sort Of tussle, so ex-
uung that it kept several hundred
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