Evening journal., 1920-06-24
FAVORITES near
TENNIS TITLE
Cracks All Make Good on
Local Courts, Though
Scores Are Good
TWO COAST
STARS ARE LEFT

Despite the slow condition OF the
courts. excellent progress was mace
yesterday in the annual lawn tennis
tournament for the championship OF
Delaware, which Is being held at
the Wilmington Country Club. The
one match left over from the FIRST
round in the singles was decided
the entire second round OF singles
was completed. several matches were
played In the third round OF singles.
ana IN the doubles most OF the first
round events took place and one In
the second round.
Again there were no upsets, all OF
the favorites coming through In good
style, although some Of the matches
were close. Two OF the Californians,
wallace Bates and .Tevis Martin. still
remain IN the singles. other leading
lights who have not been eliminsted
arc Wallace +. Johnson, Dean Ma
they. Stanley w, Pearson. Alexander
Thayer, II. B. Endlcott, Paul Vanne-
man, Paul Gibbons and Thomas
The doubles, which began Yesterday
brought two OF the best teams to-
gether In the FIRST round, Wallace
johnson and Stanley Pearson draw
Ing Dean Mathey and Carl Fischer.
rms match, however. was not play
cd, because when johnson and Pear
son got through their singles # was
late ana a storm was approaching.
which made II prematurely dark.
This match viii be played this after
noon az l.30 o'clock, standard time.
Paul Gibbons and G. r. Powell came
through In the flrst round OF the
doubles, beating Jones and Richards.
OF the Merton Cricket Club. f. w.
French and Thomas Graft. another
Philadelphia pair, were winners IN
their first round doubles match, as
were Ehret Howell and j. NJ. Vanne-
man. Leon de Turenne and Morris
Duane, the Harvard representatives
also won in the doubles, trlumphing
over Cassard and Martin. The only
match In the second round doubles
was won by the Californians. Bates
and Levy, who disposed OF Ellis A.
Gimbel' Jr., and J. B. Kerrigan.
One Of the prettiest single matches
or the day was between Paul Nanne-
man and Ed Cassard, the former one
Of Cynwyd's stars and the latter from
the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Van
neman won after a hard battle, Go.
The turf was soft and both players
made many errors IN attempting to
play In the backcourt. After the lrst
set. which he lost az 6-3. Cassard de-
cided to use a chop rather than his
| driving stroke. This worked much
better and kept Nanneman on the
jump throughout the second set.
Cassard was not as steady as Van
neman, ad that alone lost him the
long second set which went 20 elgh-
teen games Both men PLAYED hesdy
] tennis and Tina and
/ rounds Of applause from the gallery
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
First Round
Henry Il. Endicott. Merton Cricket
Club, defeated Ellis A. Gimbel, Jr.. Phil
Thomas W. Harris. Wilmington coun.
try club defeated Albert Cross. cynwyd.
Second Round.
II. B. Endlcott won from Albert Hos.
kins, Merton Cricket Club, by default
J., A. Horty, University Of Pennsyl-
yania, defeated Norbert Fen. Whining
ton Country. Club. 81, 60.
Club, defeated L. II. Richards, Jr, Mer.
ion Cricket Club, 6.3, 81
Thomas Gratz, Merton Cricket Club,
defeated g. C.. Jones' Merton Cricket
spick Hail. west Walnut Tennis Club
defeated Dr. Robert Klein, Springfield
| fdul Nannemdn, CynWyd. defeated y
6. Cassard, Philadelphia Cricket Club
Alex Thayer. Phlladelphia Cricket
Club, defeated Thomas W Harris, vii,
mington Country Club, 6-i, 81.
Dean MATHEW, West Side Tennis Club
won from Nathan Hamburger, Wood
ford. by default
Third Round.
Wallace +. Johnson, Cynwyd defeated
J., A, Horty, University Of Pennsylvania
Wallace Bates. University Of califor
mia, defeated Andrew Morgan, German
town Cricket Club, rs. 10.
Stanley W. Pearson, Germantown
Cricket Club, defeated W. S. Carpenter
! Wilmington, 6-3. so
CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES.
First Round.
Norbert Fell and p. A. Hntcheson de-
feated Packard and Coleman, 81, 6-s
Paul Gibbons and g. r. Powell de
feated Jones and Richards, 90 81
r. W. French and Thomas GratE de
feated Steele and HUI, 81, 6-4.
Yanneman aud De Cazenoye defeated
Stirling and Mode, 60, So.
Ehret Howell and J. y. Vanneman, Jr,
defeated Paul Nowland and j. B. JeSsup
Leon de rurenne and Morris Duan
defeated Cassard and Martin, 6-i rs.
Second Round.
Bates and Levy defeated Gimbel an
J. r. Kerrican. So 0-3.