The sun., 1917-08-22
Champion Hard Pressed by
Observation-Disclosures
Beats Washburn.

After the record breaking number IT
'upssts on the opening day Of the na-
tional tennis singles At Forest Hills tho
cnlookers yesterday were somewhat dis
appointed when all Of the matches went
along smoothly and finished according
to expectation. In spite Of the facf
that there were none Of the surprises
which always add q zest to any sport
Ing event. the tone of competition was
much higher and the display Of tennis
was nearer TO the standards Of other
national Journeys.
OF course, II would have bean sx-
pected under ordinary circumstances
that once the tourney got into the third
round the play would be better. In for
msr years tho hrst couple Of rounds al
ways has marked the rapid expulsion of
the poorer players who had managed to
squeese their way into the event. As .
result those who were left to battle
among themselves In the third round
were pretty much Of q class and the real
strenuous drive for the title began.
However. the hrst two rounds Of this
tournament, which were completed on
Monday. were so different from any
early rounds Of former tournaments that
the devotees Of tennis did not know
what to look for yesterday. 30 many
Of the stars had been forced TO make .
hasty and graceiess exit from the tour
ney on the opening day. ushered out BY
players who only short time ago would
not have been regarded a. serious con.
tenders, that yesterday the logical
favorites were not favored. And In this
respect only. that the favorites really
Military Men Present.
A. on the opening day the crowd was
literally sprinklsd with military men.
tho olive drAb uniforms Of tho officers
standing out In contrast to the hight.
summery attire Of the many women and
girls In the stand. Among the better
known Of Uncle Sans fighters who foe<
got war affairs long enough to enjoy
| some tennis from the gallery were Lieut.
Col Paul Wolf. Commandant At Platts-
burg. who has been down from the
training camp for q few days; Chaplain
States Cavalry. and Capt. H. G. StAhl
". 8. A., who came over from Gov
ernors Island. Lieurs. williams, Grif'
Nm, Mathey and Washburn enjoyed the'I
tennis on the courts and Lieut.. Kslleher
another tennis player. looked on from
the side lines.
incidentally, Lieut. Richard Norris
williams I'd. the national champion. the
fact that no was beaten At Plattsbur1
by Lieut.. Col. Wolf notwtthstAnding
figured in the feature match OF the day
It Is no novelty for williams to hguF<
in feature matches, but then yesterday
playing at top speed. he had quite
time Of II to beat Leonard BesSmAn
former national intsrschoiastic cham
4 pion, At S-o, 6-l. 81. 81.
The williams -BsekTnan match nsvel
laggsd Q minute and was replets witt
tennis of the highest class. Rallies wer.
long, and the crowd was taken abacs
to see young Beelman frequently out
playing his rival At the net or IN desl
Driving duels. Many Of the games wen
to deuce, and two Of the sets were force<
to extra gameA Most Of the point
were won only after bitter struggles
In spite Of the fact that both men wer'
continually trying to score on clesl
placements.
Williams IL Passed.
IN the opening set, Williams led a
5 games to 1. but Beekman playe