New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-21

the case yesterday on the turf cour
Forest Hills, Long Island. The tour
the Red Cross ambulance fund.
Most startling to the gallery Of
or stood about the courts was the
singles and doubles champion of 19C
indoor title holder and winner of
Ward won at Ga, 1-6, 6-3, and
matter.
Always noted as a master court gen.
eral, Ward, out of active competition
for some ten or twelve years, baffled
Noshell by the craftiest of tactics.
Against the indoor champions great
speed of stroke and battering attack
Ward brought to bear the trickiest Of
block voleys, remarkable change Of
pace. beautiful placing and with It
all the softest of strokes. IL was the
very slothfulness of the ball as 1t came
gently over the net that started Vo-
she'll wavering and caused him to lose
control of his own rip-tearlng style
of game.
Another thing, Ward rarely if ever
gave Voshell the opportunity TO take
the ball overhead, and thus, by keeping
his shots low, robbed his opponent of
one OF the strongest features Of his
attack Voshell is a man who likes
to come in after service and smash
his way through to victory. 1t was
seldom indeed that he got the chance
yesterday.
This was a morning match. In the
afternoon Ward, now the centre of in
tercst upon the part of both gallery
and veteran players, continued his un-
interrupted sweep with a win over II.
S. Parker, Of Providence, scoring the
match at 60, 6-2, and displaying the
same skill that had yanquished Voshell
previously. This afternoon the veteran
will be tested in his match with Ma
thaniel ". Niles, of Boston.
Karl Behr Beaten
Only slightly behind the sensation
produced By the defeat of Voshell, was
the downfall Of Karl II. Behr, the great
internationalist, by Charles 5. Garland,
of Pittsburgh, a schoolboy, in the sec
ond round Garland BUNDLED Behr in
straight sets. at GO, %, having pre-
viously taken the measure of Lyle T..
Mahan, by a score of 81, IS.
Garland, not yet seventeen years old,
achieved his victories by the soundest
Of tennis. lie is basically a player OF
the back-court school, yet, against such
a fiery net player as Behr, the young
ster was GOODNESS personiiied, and ne
soon had the flashing internationaliSt
on the defensive in the back OF the
court. Behr, of course, was far from
his real strength yesterday, and nc
never seemed able TO put the leash on
his wild volleying and smashing. A
majority of his attempts 20 gain the
net position met with disaster. Either
Garland succeeded in scoring on Keen
drives down the side lines as Behr
came tearing in, or the former DAVIS
Cup star bungled matters up hlmselt
by crashing the ball into the net or tar
back of the base line.
But Behr had only praise Tor the
youth who had vanquished him. v; $
a fine thing, the way the youngsters are
coming through to-day; it's good tor
the game. Yes, can give you all the
horrible details of the match said the
man rated as among the most brilliant
of the worlds players, and then ne IN
sisted that il was not his own WEAKNESS
so much as Garland's great playing
that had brought about the result Gar
land will meet Douglas Waters, the
Southern star, this afternoon.
Craig Biddle Defeats Alexander
Frederick B. Alexander, long famous
as an internationalist and formar ma
tional doubles champion, went down TO
defeat at the hands of Craig Blddle,
of PHILADELPHIA, in the second round,
by score Of 6-l, 2-6, 60. Biddie
is a veteran himself, having met all
the great players of the world, both
here and abroad and yesterday he was
i'm 3 rare vollsying vein, placing ms
shots so skilfully that Alexander was
compelled TO do a great amount Oh
running.
The latter showed only too plainly
the result of his unusually severe
campaign this season in the Red Gross
tournaments, and has lost the Keen
edge off his game.
The crowd got another thrill, m the
afternoon. when Miss Molla Bjurstedt.
national woman champion, defeated
Miss Mary X. Browne, of California
former champion, in the special eXhl-
hilton match, by score OF 10, 30,
Ga. The great player from Norway
gave striking evidence of the beneht
she derived from the several days OF
rest from the almost ceaseIess grind
of tournament play she has undergone
all summer.
For the first time since she has OPP
posed her noted rival on turf courts
in the East this season, the. national
champion was "stroking" th- ball
with her usual power and spes3s and
with these weapons Of attack came IN
creased confidence. As a consequence,
Miss Browne found it far more diff
cult to bring off her dazzling place
ment shots, and, likewise, to gain the
net position for kill" or a cross
court yolley. Miss Biurstedt kept her
rival continually on the run in the
back of the court in the first and third
sets. and il was she who dominated
the net position when the openings
presented themselves.
In the second set the girl from the
North grew little erratic, and Miss
Browne was quick TO attack. Working
her way to the barrier, she thrilled the
spectators by her superb low volleying
and her strong play overhead. But
Miss Bjurstedt soon regained com
mand of the situation and swept
through to victory impressively in the
last set. Her placement shots were
WORKING 10 perfection, and she had