The sun., 1917-08-21
FAVORITES FALLIN
NATIONAL SINGLES
yoshcll. Pell, Rehr and Alex.
andcr Eliminated at
Forest, Hills.
MISS BROWNE ALSO LOSES
Big Gallery Treated to Sur
priscs in Play for Ambu-
lance Fund.

rrscts. great. slight and middiing
marked the openlrs days play In the
mems national singles tennis tournament
yesterday on the turf courts OF the West
Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, l.. l..
r 3. Alexander. T. II. pell, Karl H.
Brhr and S. II. Voshell know Gen. Shcr-
man was right in his famous comment on
war All four OF these players, who in
other years when the tourney was played
as championship instead Of a huge
patriotic AFFAIR as Is the case this year.
we're factors worth consideration, fell by
the wayside during the first two rounds.
which were completed by nightfall.
Because no championship Is decided
hy the tournament the matches of the
first two rounds were OF best two In
three advantage sets instead OF best
three In FIVE. as heretofore. Incidentally.
because the tourney II an exhibition
syent, the committee deemed II hest to
make as much headway as poesible so
as to finish on scheduled time in spite Of
the weather. II bad weather comes. As
. result Of the expedite manner in which
the matches were run cff only sixteen
OF the original sixty=four starters are
left to battle. In this sixteen the army
IA well represented, with Iieuts. r. Nor
rs Williams Cd. Clarence ]. Griffin.
watson NJ. Washburn and Dean Mathey,
other NotabIes Defeated.
Besides the defeats OF the four stars
mentioned further up a number Of other
men who have held titles Of one kind
or another dropped out Among these
we're Lyle e. Mahan, Frederick c. In
man. Harry s. Parker. @. A. T. Dionne.
Harry c. Johnson. Irving Wright. Fred
BasSs and pr. William Rosenbaum.
Owing to the fact that the opening day
was productive OF so many surprises
followers of the game are now prepared
for anything. They will hardly bet that
tomorrow will be Wednesday.
Judging from the manner IN which the
devotees of tennis turned out Yesterday
there is no doubt that the Tennis Ambu-
lance Fund will get a healthy boost
from the tournament. There were
nearly 1000 persons on hand for the
morning matches and In the afternoon
the crowd had swelled to twice that
number Among the interested specta-
tors was Lieut.-Col. Wolf, the COM
mandant at Plattsburg. He spent q very
pleasant afternoon. for he saw the
Piattsburg entries win consistently. and
winning consistently Is the job that is
cut out fo, them from now on.
Tho courts on which many a stirring
battle has been contested were In perfect
condition and therefore eliminated any
element of luck which bad turf some
times creates. The sun had baked the
playing surface to a sufficient degree to
make 1t fast. and except for = short time
IN the afternoon there was not enough
wind to bother the players.
voshclps Defeat Surprises.
The tourney had hardly got under way
when the frst big surprise was regis
tered. That was The defeat in the cham
rionship enclosure OF 8. Howard voshell,
national indoor champion and the only
man who has defeated John r. Strachan
OF California in the East this year. by
Holcombe Ward. national champion Of
thirteen years ago. The veteran gave
an exhibition Of court generalship that
was nothing short Of marvellous In beat
Ing the hard hitting lefthander two sets
to one at 6-4. Is, 6-3.
In day that was as full Of features
a. the ocean is of water the feats of
Holcombe Ward and OF Charles 8. Gar
land. PittsburG youngster, were pre-
eminent While Ward was disposinR of
Noshell Garland was beating Lyle E.
hahan. veteran. in straight sets at
VI, Is. Later In the day Ward. con-
trary to all expectation. downed Harry
Parker. the Cedarhurst crack. at Ga,
III,
behr. former internationalist, at GO,
&C.
Wards victory over Voshell was such
An upset that Il was practically a shock.
The former national title holder has not
been playing tennis seriously for a num-
Der Of years. Now and then he had
entered tournament but seldom dis
played a great deal Of his old time skill
and very little Of his former craftiness.
This year. however, he has been prac-
Using some. and gave evidence yester-
day Of having recovered much Of his
form and cunning.
Ward Plays Steady Game.
Prior to the match voshell was "a
vored not only to beat tho veteran but
10 he there or thereabouts in the final
stages or the tournament. Voshell PLAYED
hard to win. but could make no head
way against the style OF play used by
his rival. In the first set Ward PLAYED
steadily and was careful to reserve his
strength for crucial stages He out
Guessed Voshell time and again. Dur
ing the second set he let up on his at
a'E and was content to chase Voshell
around the court, while he saved him
sen In the third set he depended al
most entirely on his craft. for he was
pretty tired, and his craft prevailed
The point score:
Ward W. voshell.
FIRST SET.
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SECOND SET.
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