New-York tribune., 1918-08-14
Overwhelr1 Pelham Bay
Sailors in National
Ournament
By Fred Hawthorne

BOSTON. Aug. 1s-Eight teams sd
vanced into the round before the semi
finals day IN the national champion
ship doubles tournament on the turf
courts of the Longwood Cricket Club
and in every case il was the survival
Of the f-test
There were several tive-set matches,
but these were between ina less proml-
nent teams, the favorites coming
through in straight sets. In the upper
half of the draw it begins 10 look as
though Nathaniel ". Niles and Theo-
dorc Roosevelt Pell would clash with
Vincent Richards and William T Tilden,
ID, IN the fight Tor the final bracket,
while in the over section the semi
analists should be either Frederick 4.
Alexander and Beals {. Wright or
lchiva Kumagae and Eerold l. Taylor
egainst Walter Hayes and Ralph Bur
dlck, the Western pair.
P Tllden and young Richards went
through their match with +. F Thomas
: and J. B. Hughes. the Pelham Bay
sailors, in 1-2-5 order this afternoon,
winning with the loss Of only three
games, the sets going at 60. 81,
-. Thomas and his partner never
rad d chance against the free hitting,
lightning like style OF play shown by
:Tilden and the national boy champion,
both of whom tried out all their
strokes as they swept through 10 an
easy triumph.
Richards Improves
Richards worked his way into the
rallies with greater success than he
had done on the opening day and his
Vo!leyine was very fine as ne took his
place al the net and slipped the ball
deftly through the openings. Tilden
brought of many sensational shots,
both overhead and of the ground, and
his cannon ball service gave the op-
posing pair deal Of trouble as 1t
crashed into court and broke sharply
and with such speed that the receiver
sometimes missed it cleanly
But whea the match was over and
they mad picked up their three lone
games Thomas and has partner came
up smiling You may mark my words
we'll declared Duke Thomas. but
il Jimmy and kept on playing those
fellows we would sooner or later get
set from them. A you may see by
the score, We improved IN each sue
ceeding set.
Alexander and Wright did an honest
days work on the courts this after
noon. playing total OF six sets IN the
scorchlng sun in the two matches that
brought them level with the ned. In
the irst round they defeated II. B
Bretz and r. {. Seaver. local pair
by score of g, 10. 6-2. and with
few minutes rest they went on an
other court and took the measure OF
Julian s. Myrica, vice-presldenr of the
L. S. n. L. T A, and Edwin {. sheafe
president OF the Longwood Cricket
Club, winning at Cd. 60, s.
IL was Alexander's splendid volleyin ing
and his severity overhead that was the
deciding factor in both matches
Wright's knowledge of court tactics
stood him III good stead in many Z
tight hole, bur ms game to-day lackeC
the severity that 1t used to possess a
The time he vas national champion
He nj ght have saved himself and hi.
partner lot Of hard work had he beer
able to "kilN' the bail vnen IL came
to him overhead. but, instead he played
carefully and softly SO tnat Bret anC
SeaveY saved many a point that neVe'
should have been theirs.
The team work Of the veteran inter
nationalists was faulty also and hole.
we're opened IN their court at the mos
unexpected times. Bretz was the bet
vice being severe and well placed anC
his smashing good.
Wyrick and Sheafe Astonish
An astonishing feature Of the mattel
between Alexander and Wright anc
Myrick and Sheafe was that the late
pair, who hardly asrire to travel il
3 such fast company, actually led at d
Q on games in the first set. Myrick acte,
Q susp piciously Ike Maurice WcLoughli,
! at this stage, scoring kills" time anc
0 again when Wright was short with hi
y lobs by smashing Of the most volen
. description Sheafe dumbfounded Il.
former Davis Cup PLAYER by his grea
gets from all over the court. and hat
D the satisfaction OF passing both W.Nyh
and Alexander with drives down tn
side lines.
Twice in this set Myrick brought of
8 his notorious 'mahoganv" smash
: which consists in hitting the bali witt
the throatpiece Of his racquet, and j,
I both cases he scored the point "Wha
are you going to do against fellow
Ike that Wright appealed TO Alex
K ander IN desperation. and "F g." ad
> vised his partner TO give them eas,
shots, since they returned all the d IF
Thereafter Alexander and Wr.ghe 90
e to work in earnest and started to rec
o OF the games al such rapid rate -
Q they took fourteen IN row befor
MyricA and Sheafe ver able to breaI
o into the winning colurnn again.
o Aumagae and Taylor defeated II
Taylor and Richard Currier at 81
0 6-3, -. in the second round. ex
, periencing their only trouble in th
third set, when Currier and his partner
by going after everything, managed I,
2 BRING the games TO deuce.