Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
HARD MATCHES SURE
IN T0DAY'S TENNIS.
Surprising Upsets Yesterday
Bring Stars Together Again
at Forrest Hills.

FORREST HILLS, N. Y. August I'll
Surprising upsets in the first two
rounds of play in the national patriotic
singles tournament added interest when
the tourney continued today on the
courts of the West Side Club. Hol-
combe Ward, the Seabright veteran
who furnished the unexpected yester-
day by defeating S. H. Voshell of
Brooklyn and H. S. Parker of Cedar
hurst, meets N. w. Niles of Boston.
Another good match is promised in the
meeting of r. Norris Williams. I'd. the
champion, and Leonard Beekman.
Craig Biddle of Philadelphia and
Charles S. Garland. the Pittsburgh
youngster play Dean Mathey and Doug
las Waters. the latter of New Orleans.
r. L. Murray. Clarence j. Griffin and
j. K Strachan. the westerners. are not
expected to encounter much opposition
in their matches.
Col. Wolf oficiates.
Col Paul Wolf. officer in charge at
Plattsburg, who had fitted. among
others. r. Norris Williams, I'd. the ma
tional tennis champion. for a lieuten-
ancy. and himself player of some
ability, was at Forest Hills yesterday
to do his bit. He served as a linesman
in the match between Miss Mary
Browne and Miss Moila Bjurstedt,
which resulted in spectacular three
set victory for Miss Bjurstedt by the
score of IS, 3-6. 6-4.
The play among the men was also
productive of spectacular competition.
Players who were regarded as possible
winners fell by the wayside in the first
and second rounds. Among those who
figured in these surprising defeats We're
S. Howard Noshell, the national indoor
champion: Frederick b. Alexander and
Karl H. Behr. veteran Davis cup play
ers: Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Lyle
E. Mahan.
voshell, who had been the sensation
of the seasons tournament play.
regarded as the dark horse" as one
who had a good chance to emerge the
victor. He had for the last few
weeks been playing the best tennis of
his career. and there were many who
expected him to reach at semi final
bracket at the very least.
But early in the morning he met Hol.
combe Ward. who saw his best days
back in 1903, when he won the ma
tional championship. and. playing
crafty. resourceful brand of tennis
tennis which was suggestive of the
days of his prime-Ward won by the
score of 6-4, Is, 6-3.
Late in the afternoon Ward engaged
in a second round match with Harry
S. Parker. and again he was successful,
winning in straight sets. at g. g.
Veteran Cup Player Loses.
Craig Biddle of Philadelphia provided
the next upset. He defeated Alexander
at 6-1. 2-6. 60. His victory was
largely due to his superior court craft
and excellent placement
Hardly had the officials on the club
veranda recovered from the effects of
Alexander's astonishing defeat than a
courier came dashing in wildly with
news to the effect that Behr had been
defeated on an outlying court by
Charles Garland. Pittsburgh boy of
nineteen, in straight sets. by the score
of 60, s..
Garland. trim-looking. studious.
bespectac1ed youngster. had provided
an upset in the morning. when he won
over Lyle E. Mahan at GO, g., but
1t was in his afternoon match that he
played his best tennis.
Seichiro Kashio. who came on from
Toxic to represent Japan in the tour
nament. survived the first round, but
was eliminated in the second by Doug
lass Waters Of New Orleans
Kashio defeated F. B. Ransom of
Beaver Falls. Pa, in three long sets
in the morning. at 10. rs, 10-s. but
succumbed to Waters in the afternoon,
in straight sets. by the score of 6-3
ca.
r. Norris Williams. I'd. the present
national champion. had little difficulty
winning his first and second round
matches. He appeared to be more at
ease In his tennis toys than in his new
lieutenant of the artillery uniform.