Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
.FAVOR|TES WIN ON
OCEAN CITY COURTS
DR.. Hawk Advances Two Rounds
by Default and Straight
Set Victory.

Ocean CITY ~ J.. Aug 20 All the
favurltcs came through N accordance with
cxDrctatIons IN the South Jersey cham
plonship tennis tournament on the
courts of the Ocean City Yacht Club
DR. + B. Hawk, the rulIng tavorite i"r
the tltle. moved up two rounds, the hrSt
by virtue Of he default OF Harry Lake
and the second as a result Of victory
over Herman Schacfer. Bclhcld. SChacicr
plaved well throughout the match and
earned many of the games 10 deuce
repeatedly The Doctor uncanny
stcadincss proved too much for the Bel
field player, and he was forced TO sue
curnb 10 crcdltahlc defeat.
Forrest r. Adams former Atlantic
CITY champion. who is expected to bracket
with Dr nawk IN the upper scm-hnai,
earned well-played win over young
Milo Miller. Adams was too steady Tor
the vuungstcr, who, despite The tact that
he was handicapped by sore leg. played
pluckily and all but won the second set
lie could not quite put the punch over,
however. IN the crucial stages
Richard Myers, the Ocean CITY 1acht
Club star JUNIOR, moved INTO the thlTd
round after a close match with Nllhain
Sherrcd Myers wildncSs had him IN dit
DCliltAtS StNtI1 t4ALtNs tfAA stte' h'4Ai'A''tA'
shots ALWAYS cxtricatcd him. Arthur
Uawcs. Of the Capc MAY Yacht Club, de-
fcatcd L. Y. Wilson. the Cynwyd player.
The strong wind gave those affecting the
steady. defensive style OF play an advan-
tagc over those attempting an aggressive
system, and this was the story OF 4tawcs
win over Wilson, The former permitting
the latter to defeat himself.
Arthur Reed. Who II expected 10 rcaeh
the finals in the lower half, moved INTO
the third round n the expense of William
MacAlurtric Reed WAS not extended, the
scores beng 6-3, I'll A. J. Batty, the
president Of the tIberon County Club
also moved up two rounds and will meet
Forrest Adams tomorrow for the privilege
Of meeting Or Hawk IN the sem-inals
First round Fred NGnhemaycr, Vest
PhiladclphIa II =. won from Herman
Dornhcim. Frankford u s, 10y default;
Herman Schacfer, Belheld, won from
William Anderson, T. d r, by default
~ B. McClatchv, Cynwyd, won from
Wallace Rhodes Bclfcld, by default;
4 !. Batty, Eberon. defeated Leighton
p Stradlcv, Stenton A G., 6-3, 6-3;
+ :. Adams, Atlantic City Yacht Club.
defeated r F. Brown, Philadelphia
IS. o., William Sherrcd, Ocean City,
won from Harry skinner by default
William McMurtrie, Elberon { {,
won from II NJ Donovan, CynWyd by
default: Albert Rowland, Mcron Cricket
Club. defeated J { Haines, Ocean City
Yacht Club, SO, SO, 6-3; Rev. i. T.
Pancoast, Indiana, won from Harvey
Y. Lake, Ocean CITY Yacht Club, by
default
second round Erie Wood, Ocean City
Yacht Club, defeated Fred Weinhemayer
West Philadelphia II. $, 6-2, co Dr
p b. Hawk, Cynwyd, defeated Herman
Schaefer, BelfeId, 90, 6-3i +. T. Adams,
Atlantic City Yacht Club, defeated Milo
Miller. Penn Charter, 6-3, So; Richard
Myers, Penn Charter, defeated William
Sherrcd, ca, 10; Arthur p. Hawes
Cape May Yacht Club, defeated 7. v
Wilson, Cyn~yd, 6-2, 6-3; A. l.. Reed,
Belfeld defeated William MacMurtric,
Elbcron G. G., 6-3, 6-I; A J Batty,
IIberon G. c., defeated J. b. McClatchy
Cynwyd, by default.