The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-05
SEABRIGHF BOWL
- MAY REMAIN HERE
Californians VIII Have to I'm
prove to Defeat Eastern
Stars in Tennis Final.

the SeAbrlght mVltAtlon men sihbicS'
That much was made certain on the
historic turf courts to-day when Roland
p. Roberts and Willis e. Davis of Cali
,ornla both reached the same bracket in
bo semi.nnal round. with Watson NJ,
7Nashburn and Dean Mathey of New
York In the other half. One OF the coast
.,ars will be eliminated tomorrow, and
the consensus seems to be that II VIII be
Davis, and that when the cup match Is
decided on Saturday Roberts will be on
one aide of the net and Washburn on
tne other, which remains TO be seen.
Another thing is certain. namely. that
yhc,haP II Is Davis in the final or Rob
arts, either Californian will have to play
more convincing tennis than he did to-
'dAy 10 win tho Seabright bowl. Both
men we're hard pressed and had little to
snare at the end The standard of their
nlay ebbed and flowed and never was
convnclngly brilliant. Roberts was
forced into two long deuce sets, 11-9,
81, before he could dispose OF William
j. Clothler, who was national champion
fourteen years ago. In both sets the
veteran was 7riously close to winning,
DID a little more speed at the critical
sa.ages might have accomplished an up
set Davis's experience was similar II
lnt quite the same
In A spectacular match against 8.
Howard Voshell. Davis won two out OF
three sets, 11-g, 4--6, rs, but he was
twice within two points Of dropping the
first set and once within two points OF
losing the third,
-r Not the CIOthier of old.
.Clothlers game hau lost some of its old
tine dash and speed He does not come
AID TO the net as he did in his prime, but
lps great experience and skllrul placing
kcpt him in the running from start to
finish. He did some brilliant getting
Lack of the base line, and he mixed
1lye with lob in a way that proved dis
,,ll,rting His tactics served to slow up
thc Californian's game, and the latter
does not relish scft return, prcferring
To meet a hard hit ball, either drive or
eolley. Roberts was not smashing any
10 accurately in the early games of
ea ch set but he managed 10 steady
.Sshen he had to, end he had enough re-
serve speed TO call upon when hard
!!Akessed.
,msVoshell easily held his own with Davis
An a match that saw both men forcing a
'Yblleying attack. The New York left
,hander made a determined fight OF 1t
Sid with trihe better luck might pos
'Gibly have won the match In straight
Aets After the opening set had run
Aito deuce games. Vooshell twice broke
rsirough the Californian's service. lead
Ing first at rs and again At 81. In
each case he brought tho score to 30--all
Oh his own service, but failed to
get the two points necessary for
the set, Davis retaliatinG by win
ming Eoshel's service. The coast
player brought OF Il series u brilliant
passing shots in tho nineteenth and
twentieth games. and ended the set in
Ms favor.
s.They won on service in the second set
Nth one exception, and that exception
ms sufficient to give Noshell the set at
~. Then came The third set. and
Es.!n games alternating on service. On
he ninth game finally Voshell. playing
srllliantly at the net, broke through and
look the lead, 5-4. He had golden
opportunity to end the match In his
fiyor in the next game. but again his
ser7'ice failed to give him an advantage,
Nnd Davis, stroklng boldly OF both fore
hand and baekhaud. passed him fire.
quently and took three straight games
for the set and match.
Washburn Defeats HaPtc.
Practically a repetition of the e""tGh
that eliminated Richard Harts OF Boa
ton as a Davis cup team candidate two
months ago ut Forest Hills was staged
to-day when Watson NJ Washburn de-
itated him again with comparative case
!: will be remembered that in their pre-
Hous meeting WRshburn won decisively,
wovng far too slxilful and too much of
court general tO1 his hard hitting op-
pcnent. 1t was Ghe same to-day. Harte
6 usual tried 20 force the net, but was
cithec passed clcauly or compelled to
race back for perfectly placed lobs. with
bis accuracy and splendid choice OF
shots Washburn had Harte running all
over the court. and he caught him out
oI position repeatedly.
Wnshburn won five games in a row
before Harte finally took one on his own
service In the second set the games
went % 3--all. Harte came through
with apeedier forward court attack,
hu: Washburn soon broke up his net
game again and ended the match by
taking tho three straight games.
Roberts and Griffin. The Californian
team. came through to the semi-fnals
In doubles after dropping one set to
Frank 7. Anderson and Willard Bots
ford, who made splendid showing. The
Nesserners did not reach their best
:snais uatil the final set but once In
The stride left little doubt as to their
Superiority. Watson NJ. Washburn and
Beal5 c. Wright also reached the semi
arRlS and will meet the Californians to-
morrow.
In wonen's singles the closest tussIe
Of the day saw Miss Florence Ballin o.
New York ana Miss Edith Sigourney OF
Boston on opposits stdes OF the net. IL
developed into q long three set afralr
and was fought out from the base line.
with Miss Sigourney the winner at e--f.
C-S, ca. There was little to choose
between tho women. The rallies were
Exceptionally long and the fast pace told
oa Miss Balm in the last set, which
slipped from her grasp despite splen-
I'D effort to prevent defeat. She was
completely tagged out at the end.
Miss Margaret Grove won with sur
prialng ease from Miss LesIIe Bancroft
'nt Boston, Ga, 6-0. The latter led
"a in the fi1st set and then droppeu
four games In a row. In the second set
Miss Bancroft by dint Of hard hitting
brought the score from 0-3 to 3-4, but
Miss Groves superior skill and steadi-
.Ress proved too much for her.
s"The summaries:
Tcmen's slngles-second Round-Mlss Clare
ha'sl defeated Mrs. Doforest Candee' 6-3'
Hi
Tslrd Round-8iias Edith sigourney de-
rat-i Miss Florence Ballin, Cd, 6-S, 6-l.
niis Margaret Grove defeated Miss Leslie
bancroft. 6-3 Ga. Miss Marion Zlnder-
N,n defeated Miss Glare Cassel. 60, 6--3.
Women's Doubles-Second Round - Mss
Sarle Wagner and Miss Glare Cassel de-
.ta'-d Mrs. Samuel waring and Miss Mar
sac Grove. 81, G-1. Miss Edith Handy
~ Mr.. Edward V. Lynch defeated Miss
leslie Bancroft and Miss Edith Slgourney,
~, 60, G-1. Miss Marion Znderstein and
s A',s Eleanor Tenant defeated Miss Florence
oalIin and Mra nafnraaf Ca ndna- R-n. d.