The sun., 1919-08-05

IlVaf . early
During the fourth set the men had
no respect for service and the breaks
came regularly with the result that the
lead seesawed.
Grimm starts strong.
Griffin started by winning the opening
game on service after 1t had gone to
deuce. Richards then carried Off brace
OF games. Griffin retaliated by. taking
two games. Richards was not to be
outdone and he took a couple. His ex-
ample was followed once more by Qrif-
fin, which brought the net score to 81
in favor Of Griffin. They won on service
until the fourteenth game. In which
Grimm brouge through and won the
match. The point score follows:
GRIFFIN VS.. RICHARDS. FIRST SET.
S5afaai i.:., ssiessi fss-ss
SECOND SET.
sIisfiP :. ..'.. sit3S1 i tS-aa
THIRD SET.
s Ssfl1pi ,..: tiiista 80 -;
FOURTH SET.
Griffin: ........ 5o17t12451e14+-5-i
Richardson. S+tbo442S4+41 1-4s-t
Another match in which there was
| plenty Of good tennis resulted In a vic
tory for William NJ Johnston, national
| champion In 1915, over J. w. Foster OF
Boston In straight sets at SIS, "a
( "a. This match was particularly re-
markable because the play for points
was so even. In the opening set. al.
though Johnston won after fourteen
games had been played, on the points he
was even with Foster at Sc. Again IL
he trA uAN oh txoA alxrs
games, the players were equal on point!
at AZ.
Johnston Almost Beaten.
The Californian had the lead in tn,
opening set at SIS, but had a streak O
bad playing which Foster took advan
tage of and came up to even terms b,
carrying of the next two games. o.
tbs eleventh game, which went to deuc
nine times before decision wa
reached, Foster came within an ace o
winning four different times, but coul,
not get across the conquering stroke.
Had he been able to win the eleventh
game the set probably would have gon
to him, for he carried on the twelfth a
love.
In the second set Johnston outplaye
Foster with considerable to spare an
lost only two games. the first and tn
fifth, both OF which went to deuce.
Johnston led at al in the final Sc
but slackened a bit While he wa
, loafing Foster pulled up and took tn
lead at 5-4, but Johnston settled dow
to steady play and ran out the ne1
; three games. The eleventh and twelft
games of this set went to deuce thre
: times before Johnston won them TIL
point score follows:
JOHNSTON VS.. FOSTER. FIRST SET
Foster. 5a25osS444 So
Johnston....... S54343beo2 500 t-eS-
!. SECOND SIT.
e JohnstOn............. I : ss -
THIRD SET.
Z Johnston. ........... 054421 7-ls-
Foster. .............. 43224 944425 SIS
t Among the players who had no troub
e winning their matches were Robe
: Lindley Murray. national champion
8 Dick Williams, champion in 1914 ar
y 1916; Tom Bundy, S. H. Voshell. w.
s Tilden I'd, Chuck Garland, Wallace
e johnson. Watson Washburn, Nat Nil
n and Ichiya Kumagae. Kumagae WI
q the only player who won three straig
i love sets. Hoffman, Nidderson was h
" opponent. The summaries:
- Invitation Mems Singles, First Round-Har
q 5. Parker defeated O. X shaw, -,
6-1; Clarence ]. Grifnth defeated vince
II Richards, 6-3, Ga, 80. Sc Maurice Z.
!. Loughlin defeated ]. Hartman, 81. 60, G.
~ s. Howard voshell defeated ]. l.. Werner,
~ 6-3 go; Robert 'Kinsey defeated Craig b
% die. IT., 50, 81, 60.
1t william T. Tilden I'd defeated Stanley Nor
m mer, Jr., 60. ell 81: K. n. Dana
:. feated g. D. Biddle, 81, 50. 6-1; Watts
10 NJ washburn dereated E. II. Hooker, g.
ia, 6-i Richard Norris williams I'd
Il feated Josiah Wheelwright. 81, 6-a. g.
Charles S. Garland Jf., defeated Charles
N Bull, Jr., 90, 60 Ga. .
% Frederick c. Inman defeated W. p. Compt
"a - 1865 eli Ichiys kumagae dsfea
In defeated Ben Yamasaki. 81, 60, 6-3; ;
er thaniel W. Niles defeated A. D. Champlin, 6
n 60, 60; J. d. L. Jones defeated J.
a Ewing, 81, 81. e-1 Robert Lindley MUIR
10 defeated ]. C. Devereux, 80, 80, 81.
~ r. C. Seaver defeated S. W. Merrihew. g.
as e-S, CO. Harry c. Johnson defeated Fra
or Anderson, 6--l. "a, So; William NJ Johns'
- defeated j. w. Foster, Sc, So, Is Thon
c. Bundy defeated Paul W. Gibbons. e.
is GO, 6-3.
n. wallace F. johnson defeated Alfred S. d
=, ney CO, 6-3. 81; Major e. b. Harran
feated e. Raynal, 81, 6-3 81
sc The point scores follow:
n. an naDONALDSON AND VA