Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

DEFEATS WASHBURN
Nv sPICK HALL

srylT,LIAM ]. CLOTH1ER'S lawn
w ,orr;s victory over Watson NJ.
~, .hhmrn. Of New York. yesterday at
" ru.aa,thamnton. stands out ms the most
.u,a1ing unset of the 1920 athletic sea-
BON.
c,othier won his match by putting an
.,n,ost crrorless scoring game against
Mo usually steady Washburn great
nnstcadiness and with the inevitable re-
snlt II would have required wash
hnrn Mt his best to have defeated the
pbilodplphnn yesterday. d,
CIotbicr was driving with marvellous
.ccuracy and control. Only once did
10 forsakc the back court for the net
gosition. and then it was to finish off a
short. low lob with a perfectly played
aycrhand vollcy to the corner.
Woshburn made sporadic attempts to
rork his way into the volleying posi-
t;on and sometimes with success in the
socond set. but as rule he found 1t
dangerous and almost impossible to
force force his way past the deadly line--cut-
ling drives that came in an unending
stream from Clothier's racquet.
T, The Philadelphian won the national
s;roIes cham,ionship in 1906. defeat
,ny Reals G. Wright, the Boston left
handler in the challenge round In
straight sets, 6-3, 60. Ga. The New
York Times in its issue of August 30.
1oO6. commenting on the match. said:
NThe result was the biggest upset Of
year Of surprises.
Which only goes to prove more con-
ehsiyely than ever that Bill Clothicr's
life has been one of upsets, most of
which resulted in fitful, but unparal
leed series of injuries that only tho
hardest constitution and stanchcst
physique could have survived.
Still Great Athlete
In spite of the many injuries be has
received in his long. brilliant athletic
cereer and the passing of fourteen years
since he was crowned the greatest tennis
nlayer in the sountry. Clothier today
Il thc perSOnification of the American
athlete, Last week at Longwood. he
distinguished himself in doubles with
his old singles rival, b. G. Wright - as
partner against the cyclonic Califor-
mans, Roland Roberts ard Willis Il.
Davis. national doubles runners up.
Even after that gruclling four set
match, in which he bore the brunt of
the attack and carried the offcnse
against his opponents, Clothier looked
as fresh as n player in his teens.
He is still the same 1.-the. straight
| athlete that he was when he played on
| the Harvard varsity football team in
| 1908. Bronzed by the summer sun.
| Cother today looks as though he could
start at the kick off and go full
seventy minutes at top speed on the
grdiron, the length of n game in his
| playing days.
Washburn No. 10
And this veteran in dozen branches
Of athletics after lapse Of decade
in serious tennis competition. steps on
the turf and trims a man who was
ranked No. 10 last year in American
tennsdom and who bids fair to get an
even higher position on the list this
season. Not only that. but Washburn
Is being seriously considered as men,
Der, of the Davis Cup team to 80 to
Australia in November to help win
back our famous trophy.
Clothier not only beat Washburn,
but he showed him up in every depart
Ipent Of the game.
The New Worker is considered one of
the best tacticians on the court, one of
the SteadieSt performers in the country
and man who never tires. Yet
COthiCr displayed far better tactics,
was twice as accurate and was just as
strong at the finish as he was at the
beginning. hard combination to beat
and one which Washburn found far too
good for him.
Among the branches of athletics at
which ClOther has eXccllcd are football,
lawn tennis. horsemanShip. swimming,
polo, hockey, skating and baseball. He
began his athletic career at the Haver-
,ord School. From there he went to
Swarthmore where he soon developed
INTO an all-round athlete. Later he
entered Harvard, making the football
team and playing tennis and hockey
ior his Alma Mater. After his college
gays, Clothier devoted a good deal of
llme to tennis, although he always was
participating in other sports at the
same time While at the pinnacle of
MS tennis career, he was a member of
lhe United States Davis Cup team and
was dominant figure on many courts
In Europe.
elothier has added one more to the