New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Tilden Victor
Over w ashbllrn
In Hard Match
yoshell Eliminates s'Comet"
bv 6-3, So, 10,
60, % Williams
and Johnston Also Win
By Fred Hawthorne

Evans Mcl.CNEnlfn. OF \dillOTnIa, once
hailed as the worlds greatest tennis
nlaver. has passed out of the picture.
The man who. in the Davis Cup matches
Of 1914 at Forest Hills, N. Y. van
au;shed Norman Everard Brookes and
Anthony f. Wilding on successive days
;s no longer the flaming "comct of the
courts
This morning, IL The third roNnd OF
the Newport Casino Lawn Tennis Asso-
eiation's annual invitation tournament,
s Howard Voshell, OF Brooklyn. a for
NOR national indoor champion, defeat
cd the Californian in desperate five
set match by a score of 6-S, 81, 10.
. %. And as the former king OF
tho courts walked of toward the locker
r,on, at The finish OF the hatch i semed
- thosc who had been watching hi
Sownfxll that 1T marked the exit OF
sped Mae from championship tennis
There was a time, during the playing
of the second and third sets, when Nc
Jouchlin flashed with some of the
br;IIance that made his name famous
The world over. Up at the net. eager.
srh+inc mad, he smothered Voshell's
returns with dazzling volleying shots
for the corners. and when Noshen,
driving with all his speed, sought to
dislodge the Californian from the net
position Mclaughlin curbed the flighS
Of the ball with those same wonderful
hlock-vollovs that helped to make him
great in the days when he held su-
preme sway on the courts.
Storms Way to Victory
But alone rest period. after the third
set faileC benefit Mclaughlin aNd
in the las. two sets. NoShell fairy
storpcd his way 20 victory, rushing the
net with Great determination and send
ine across his sharply y-angled volleys
with such speed and splendid direction
that the Californian was we'll nigh
folpless before the onslaught. 1t WAS
Vosheil. and not the Comet who was
scoring the kills" then, as he smashed
McLoughlius 5 defensive lobs with fu
riols aggres siveness.
Thus en- the same court where he
first gained fame by winning the ma
cessfully defended it against Norris
Williams the following year, only to
fall before the latter in 1914, McLough-
lin to-day returned to taste defeat
again, and this time at the hands of
player who IS an older man than
the twcnty-ei ghtyear-ol Californian,
and who only once has been ranked in
the first ten
In the other singles matches played
to-day all the favcrtes came through
with flying colors. Clarence j. Crit
iin defeated James S. Cushman, of New
York. at O., i-e. 6-1, 6-3 Will
IAN r. Tldcn. ID defeated Watson N.
Washbuvn 1t I. 4-6 6-3, 10-S;
land, ir.. of Pittsburgh, at 1-6, Cd,
So. 6-l; lchiya Kum4gae, of Japan,
eliminated AXel Craven, OF California,
BY G Il, e-3, 6l William M. Johns
ton, Of California, defeated Thomas c.
Bundy OF Sam Francisco, by score of
G-l, 6 >. 10 s, and Wallace I. John
son. Of Philadelphia, won from W. p
Burden, of Newport, by default.
Murray TO Play Niles
This left nine players still in the
competition. Robert lindley Murray,
Of California. present national cham
pon and Nathaniel W. Niles, Of Bos-
tor. were originally scheduled to play
their third round match on the cham
ponshlp court in the morning, but at
the last minute the committee decided
to put ON Tildcn and Washburn IN
stead. and to hold Murray and Niles
for the feature match in the afternoon.
This would have worked out very
we'll ff.. for the fact that it started
10 ram about . o'clock. and shortly
after Craig Biddlc, chairman OF the
tournament committee, announced that
there would he no more playing until
tomorrow. This also put a stop to the
p!aving of the doubles, bat the entire
morning session Will be given over to
them.
Biddle also announced that Norman
t. Brookes, Gerald Patterson, Ran
dolph Lycett and K. Y. Thomas. the
Australian Davis Cup team, VINO were
entered in both singles and doubles at
Newport had been further delayed IN
their trip across the Atlantic, but were
expected i. New York at I: 80 to-mor-
row morning and hoped to catch a
morning train for Newport. when
would bring them to the courts here
late tomorrow afternoon, IN time to
play thcir first matches.
Voshcll and McLoughlin came out
on court No. :, one OF the outlying
courts, promptly at II o'clock TO be
gin their singles match, with Elon II.
Hooker in the umpirc's chair. Many
Of those who had started Tor the
erandstand court. where Tllden ana
Washbum were starting to warm up;
changed tnelr mlndS ana sa " "
about all through the two hours ana
more of play. Even when it began TO
rain, very gently at first and later
with more determination, these ON
lockers remained in their places, such
vas the lure Of the "Comet" IN acVloh'
Breaks Through Service
: NeLoughlin began the service, but
Noshel sprang the first sensation by
breaking through, aided by spleNdld
solleying, and then won his own game
at love The Californian squared the
match by taking the next two games,
racing TO the net and smotherlng
lOshell's returns by brilliant WORK at
the barrier.
Voshel made it 4-2 on games, how
ever, following his own service INTO the
ret position With fine speed and then
cutting off McLoughlin's shots BY Sc
we're volleying. Mac" could only wan
sne more game, the seventh, before
Noshell had taken the first set at 6-3.
In the second set Voshell quickly
ian into a lead of 5-3 on games and
adeLoughlin was going very. badly,
clubbing" his ground strokes often and
falling to get up to the net quickly
enough to cut off Voshell's returns.
once, in the third game, the Gomez
swung his racquet furiously above ms
mead as he started to smash short lob.
u looked like sure "kill,' but TO the
sstonishment of the crowd McLoughlln
missed the ball completely. He STOOD
sof moment looking at the ball on the
ground and then with sheeplsh smile
'emarked, "Nice shot"
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