New-York tribune., 1920-07-05
'IhrOcknortOn
uts Out Two
Stars ON Court
New Jersey Tennis Cham
pion Defeats Voshell and
Matfley in Single Day
By Fred Hawthorne

harold A. Throckmorton, New Jersey
state champion, won two brilliant and
impressive victories on the splendid
turf Of the Nassau Country Club. at
Glen Cove, L. l.. yesterday IN the mems
annual invitation lawn tennis tourna-
ment. In the morning he vanouished
> Howard Voshell, former national ~
door champion, by score of 7-o
6-3, Is, in the fourth round In TIC
afternoon. playing Dean Mathey New
straight sets a Is, 81, coming from
far behind in both sets, and landing
in the final bracket
Watson NJ. Washburn defeated Wal
ter Merrill Hall in the other semi-hnal
round match by score Of 81, 6~-l
scoring in surprisingly easy fashion.
for Hall was not hitting the ball Glenn
ly whereas Washburn was going very
well. hrockmorton and Washburn
will meet at II o'clock this morning
for the challenge cup.
Four teams reached into the semi
final round in the doubles, with Wash
NJ. Bull jr in the upper half. and I:hiya
Kumagae and Beals Wright and
Noshell in the lower. Semi-fnal and
final round matches will be played this
afternoon.
Loses on Own Service
The fact that he is a ft-hsnder
weighed heavily against Voshell yester-
day morning, in his match with Throck-
morton-that and the presence of
brightly shining sun-and this is
the reason: The courts at Nassau are
so placed that a eft-hander, when serv-
ing, gets the sun directly in his eyes
as he throws the ball above his head
This seems little thing in itself, per-
haps, but to Voshell it meant that he
lost most of his games on his own
service.
The former indoor title-hoder man
stirring struggle, with the points gen
orally being finished as the result of
hard, brilliant, volleying or smashing.
Both men were moving at top speed in
this session, and the sun had not yet
begun to seriously affect Voshell's
eyes
In the second set, however, with
Throckmorton setting an even faster
pace Noshell began to slow up a trifle.
He was not getting into the volleying
position as quickly as before, with
the result that Throckmorton caught
him out Of position frequently By play
ing his returns to Noshell's feet as the
latter was on his way to the net. The
New Jersey champion took this at 6-3.
squarng the match, and then they
began the third
Noshell Lacks Speed
Voshell knew his danger. and that
he must break through Throckmorton
service consistently if he were to win,
for he was dropping his own almost
without fail. Playing with all his pace
overhead and on the volley, Noshell
marked his high point. for Throck-
by brilliant driving and overhead play,
and his low volleys, beautifully angled,
sent many a shot into the corners for
the points. Voshell was not able to
foot about his court With his usual
speed in the rallies, and impressed me
as being short of work. Mid-season
is here and it is time to speed up.
In the afternoon Throckmorton won
a really fine match from Mathey COM
ing from the rear in each set and
drawing even and then passing his man
by hard and accurate low and overland
volleying and wonderful gets In
the first set Mathey ran away to a
lead OF 81 on games, volleyinc very
true and putting the ball safely awav
when it came to him overhead. He
was faster in reaching the net than
Voshell had been, largely because he
took ThrockmortoN' fast service on
the rise, we'll inside the court
Matters looked bad for the New Jcr
sey champion, but he steadied down
from his rather wild stroking. and then
came a struggle of speed against speel,
y y u.
fore in many dazzling rallies from
wid-court. Although it looked like Z.
hopeless task, Throckmorton made /,
all. then ran out the next two 10.
the set, at -.
Winner Stages Rally
It was almost d repetition OF these
tactics in the second set, rhrockmo.-
ton trailing at Ii on games before
he reused himself, and came throdgr
with another inspiring session G.
lightning voliey, severe overhead Lila,
and very forcefli driving. The sparks
fairly flew before Throckmorton could
hammer out the set at 81 for the
match.
Hal was far from good against
Washburn. hitting the ret cord tim
and again on MS forehaAd drives
WAS making few errors, n
-. using his peculiar fat drive IL the
best advantage but following in to the
let for splendid sessions OF volleylng.
The Summarizes:
Mems invtaiien singles fourth -ound)
Harold A. Ihroe<norton defeated
sshey wo3 aS3s5 from / d Nahsn M by desaulI au1I
Sen sem-tins! Il! ronna-Wss9n VA ~ Washburn
Harold \. Throckmorton defeated Dean
VI s. they %, S..