Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-25
FIELD IN TENNIS
DOWN TO FIVE STARS
Fas. Matches in Tournament Are
Being Played at Wilmington
Country Club Grounds.

Tho field in the Delaware State lawn
tennis tournament has narrowed down 10
Eve men i'm the singles. The remaining
nuintct is Wallace +. Johnson, Cynwyd,
stanley W. Pearson, Germantown CrlcRet
Chh. Paul Nannemann, Cynwyd; Thomas
Cra,z Merton Cricket Club Dean Mathey
WeStside Tennis Club. Johnson and Pear
son will meet this afternoon In the upper
hracket of the semi-fnals, and Dean
Nathev will clash with the winner OF the
Nannemann-Gratz match !,
Considerable progress was made IN tne
doubles. The feature match was that In
which Wallace +. Johnson and Stanley
" Pearson defeated Carl FISCHER, oyn-
wvd. and Dean Mathey. The score was
So, 6-3.
This event was not only yesterday fea-
,ure but the best of the tournament IN
loublcs Mathev opened with service,
and after deuce had been called, he and
FISCHER won the first game. johnson and
Pearson managed to capture the next TWO
games. then the score was tied Wheh
Flscher's brilliant overhead strokes en-
ablcd his team 10 take the fourth game
The game were closely contested untli the
rount reached GALL. Fischer was o trlfe
prratlc I'm the next two, and johnson ana
Pearson captured them and the tlrst set
q, ST The second set went to PEARSON
and Johnson at 6-3. and was not nearly
the contest that the first set was
Johnson and Pearson made an excellent
team Mathcy was also steady, but ms
voIleying was not quite up to his stand
ard In the first set Fischer played cX-
rellent tennis for the most part. HIS
driving was good and his kills overhead
we're ungcttable, many of them bounding
% high and far that Johnson and Pear
son made no attempt to gett them. lScher
service was slso working we'll
.ill of the Californians were eliminated
in tho singles Wallace Bates was again
nut out of the tournament by Stapley
Pearson. This match was hare one
for Pearson. but he trimmed the young
Wcsterner in straight sets as 10, 64.
This makes the fourth time that Pearson
has nut a Californian out in week. lie
defeated both Bates and Levy IN this
tournament. and did the same thing last
week at the Merton Cricket Club IN the
pennsvlvania State tournament.
Lewis Martin was eliminated by Wallace
johnson. who lost only one game IN the
two sets. Johnson fairly bewildered his
Younger opponent with his cool, steady
nlay and his marvellous shots to the cor
ncrs and cross court. As usual Johnson
also won many points by short-courtlng
Martin.
Before this match, Martin defeated
Henry n. Endicott. Merton Cricket Club,
%, 6-l, 6-l. In the first set Endlcott
nlaved remarkable tennis and had the
Californian completely at his mercy. Tie
drove with accuracy and good pace and
went TO the net with effect whenever he
chose. However, Martin was fresher
than Endicott, and the result was that
he won the next two sets, losing but one
game in each.
There was considerable surprise at the
score Of the Mathey-Alex Thayer match.
The Westsider won from the Phlladel-
phian 6-l. 6-3. But the score In this
case does not adequately describe the
match. Thaver PLAYED we'll. but Mathey
Was superb. His volleying was marvel.
He took a central court position, from
which he shot back Thayer's drives with
world Of speed and with deadly &C
curacv.
Ehret Powell and Marshall Nannemann
nlaved exec llent tennis as team. They
defeated the crack Wilmington team,
,Toh nson and Harris. 6-1, 6-2. Both OF
these young players hit overhead with fine
effect and showed good form on their
services
Paul Gibbons and G. r. Powell de-
feated Norbert Fell and P A. Hutcheson.
of Wilmington. in q thFee-set match.
Gibbons PLAYED heady game and was
well supported by his part ner. The score
was Ga, 40, g..
The summaries:
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES.
Dean Mathev. Westside Tennis Club.
defeated Leon De Turenne, Harvard,
los, 6-3.
Lewis Martin. University Of California
defeated Henry B. Endicott, Merton
Cricket Club, 20, 6-1, 6-1.
Paul Vannemann, Cynwyd, defeated
Paul Gibbons, Plymouth, 6-3. 20, 6-3.
Thomas d. Gratz, Merton Cricket Club,
defeated Spick Hall. West Walnut Tennis
Club, 60, 6-3.
Fourth round:
Wallace Johnson defeated Lewis Martin, |
Stanley ". Pearson, Germantown
Cricket Club, defeated Wallace ]. Bates,
of California, rs, GA.
Dean Mathey, Westside Tennis Club, /
defeated Alex Thayer. Philadelphia
Cricket Club, 6-1, 6-3.
CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES.
flrSt rouDQ.
Wallace johnson and Stanley ". Pear
son defeated Carl Fischer and Dean
Mathey. sc, 6-3.
". p. johnson and Harris defeated
Frederic H. Strawbridge. Jr., and Spick
Hall, SO. -, 60.
Paul Gibbons and G. R. Powell de-
feated Norbert Fell and p A. Hutcheson,
Sd, 4-6, 90.
4. w. French and T. D. Crate defeated
Steel and Huff, 6-l, Ga.
Andrew Morgan and Hardy defeated
Lammot du Pont and Carpenter, 81, 6-3.
Hopes and Evans won from Paul
Vannemann and de Cozenove by default.
Alexander and Ed. Thayer defeated
ie Turenne and Duane, 6-1, 6-2.
Second round:
Wallace johnson and Stanley Pearson
defeated Gratz and French, 60, 6-1.
NJ Vannemann and Powell defeated
and Harris, 6-1, 6-2.