New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
New Jersey Champion
Triumphs Over Day
Rain Cuts Into Schedule
BY Fred Hawthorne

They had scarcely got warmed to
their work yesterday afternoon, in
the mems annual New Jersey state
championship lawn tennis tournament,
on the clay courts of the Montclair
Athletic Club, before black clouds
gathered, turning day into night; dry
ness into rain. and clay courts into
mud lots: Eight or ten matches were
wiped off the slate, however, before
the deluge came.
One of those who tucked away
match was Harold A. Throckmorton,
the playing through champion. In the
second round he played p NJ. Day 3D.,
and defeated him at Cd, GO. The
last half of the second set was fought
out in the gloom, with rain drops
splashing on the court The champion
was hitting hard, both overhead and
off the ground, and his service was
gong at such pace that Day had
dlff1culty in seeing the ball at times.
In the third round Throckmorton got
default from Donald Keresey.
George E. Mclean and George Dixon
joined Alfred D. Hammett and Throck-
morton in the fourth round yesterday.
Mclean defeated Norman Comes a,
6-1, 7-5. while Dixon eliminated
Milton Soper at g. 6-3, 6-3. Will
lard Botsford of New York. took the
lead IN his first set against Seichiro
Kashio, the Japanese. leading at So
on games when the rain came
Botsford's Play Improves
Botsford has shown steady and
striking Improvement in his play this
season, his ground strokes having
gained in speed and his overhead play
being far more reliable than was the
case last year. The young English
man has acquired fine control of change
of pace, and many times yesterday he
won his points from Kashjio by clever
stop-volleying at the net, with the Jap
anese anchored in back court
Hammatt Norton, the referee of the
tournament, was sadly put out by the
rain, which set back the entire sched-
ule Of play, but after conference
with Fred Hovey and Frank H. Dewitt,
members of the committee, he an
nounced that all attention will be
given to the singles day, so that
the survivors will be brought into the
round before the semi-tinal, before
play ceases.
Tomorrow there will be one round
of singles played. bringing the men
into the seminal brackets, and the
rest of the time devoted to the doubles,
schedule calls for the forty-nine teams
entered to play two rounds day, with
the final to be played on Sunday The
singles final will be played on Sat
rday
Stars to Play in Doubles
The championship doubles tourna-
ment will see some of the greatest
teams now in the East in competition,
Throckmorton and Ichiya kumagae,
Leonard Beekman and Walter Merrill
Hall, c. A. Anderson and Vincent
Richards and Ben Letson and Fred C.
Anderson being among the most prom
inent
The draw for the doubles follows:
First round (top halt)-F. H. Dewitt and
Dean Farnsworth vs.. j. Spencer and Ham
matt Norton; A. Baldwin and F. Sayles vs.
F. l.. McWatty and c. Boocock r. NJ.
Hirkland and i C. C. Thomas vs. Il Jones and
son vs. j. Mclaughlin and j. Cuskley; S.
f. Palmer and L. W Knox vs.. DR.. B. F.
Drake Drake and partner r,;I: p r. Blankarn and
Carl Joliffe and J. II. Steinkampf vs. A.
Bassford 80 and /. Robinson; Alricl< Man
ir. and G. A. Major vs. w. Greernan and
shaffer vs. W Yard and j. Farson
- Second round sfrst round, byes)-H.
Day and shaffer vs.. Yard and Farson
match; r. F. Benrett and partner vs.. II.
A IhrockmortOn ana lChlya Eunlagae, /,
Donald and Paul Keresey VS. H. w. IIol-
brook and C. Farouhar; Sigmund Spaeth
and partner vs.. A. Player and partner;
L. and j. Van Deventer vs.. J. Wettlaufer
and J. P. Walden: B. Kikuchi and partner
vs.. e. Oesner and II. Oakley: G. Colby
and c. f. Cameron VS.. q. E. Mclean and
G. Dixon; J. d. Ewing and partner VS.
c. A. Anderson and Vincert Richards
First round dover haf)-F. Seller and
heoSarS IL sa%n peoknan y1 a. WoodTord s9% and J. Lee
McMann and A. Rudolph; r s. Norton tr
and partner vs. G. s. Groesbeck ard part
ner; L. g. French and partner vs. 4. ID.
Hammett and Embree Henderson,; G
Ghurchkill and J Dali vs. w. and D. Nc
Burney, r. V. Lake and partner VS. A
Player and partner; G. r. Emerson and
W. II Botsford VS.. II. G. Leverich and ].
Ritchie: r. w. Seabury and Val Havens VS.
j. van Allen and G. Hewitt
Ne" Jersey state championship mems
singles (second und)-Valentine Havars
defeated o. r. Pankard. SIS. 50;