Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-16

rorgwood Cricket Club. Boston, Mass''
. Aug. 16.
1yyTNG with the Westside Tennis
Y Club, of Forest Hills, L. l., in
~.,;np the most impressive lawn tennis
tournament of the year, Longwood to-
I.v opened its doors and barred its
.,,s,did. yelvety turf courts to the
,,emier players of America for the an =
ma, battle for the doubles champion
Min Of the United States.
last night the majority OF the players
.,d many of the visitors who saw Peck
Griffin capture the Casino trophy from
1;nr Johnston at Newport Saturday
arrived in Boston and were out here
sorlv this morning to see the first of the
tTts thot marked the beginning Of this
yearly athletic classic.
There we're thirty teams here ready to
o,ov This morning, the unalloyed cream
W p'Americap tennisdom. representing
., sections of the land. William Il.
ridden. 81, of the Germantown Cricket
CInh Philadelphia, was among the early
orr;vals. He was given rousing well
come when he appeared with his doubles
oortnor Charles s. Garland. known
.pt Vale and elsewhere as Chuck. This
no;r of worlds champions, for Garland
won the doubles with X. \. Williams
~ wimbledon. were rank favorites for
mis- years doubles title. Tilden did not
.nter the Newport tournament because
be felt that he was stale after the
long grind abroad. He stated today
tbst & he felt perfectly fit and while he
Made No predictions as to his and Gar
iond's chances, he did say that there
nas no reason why both Of them should
not nut up the best games of which
they were capable.
johnson and Pearson
Other Philadclphians who ore here
% compete are Wallace +. johnson
Crnwyd. and Stanley w. Pearson
Germantown Cricket Club. Recently
Jobnson and Pearson won the Middle
States doubles title at Mannheim. Phila
dsinhia. Later Johnson beat his part
nor at the same place for the singles
Middle States crown. johnson also wor
tbe Pennsylvania state championship
early in the year on the turf courts oi
Tho Merton Cricket Club. at Haver'
lord, Pa. In the finals of that tourna
ment. he defeated Carl Fischer. who
ropturcd the Eastern Pennsylvania
Championship at Cynwyd two weeks
Craig Biddle. who ran the tcurna
ment at Ncwport, another Quaker Cit!
star. is paired up with Theodore Roose
welt Pell. One of the teams that at,
tracted n lot Of attention was composed
Of two former national champions
Reals C. Wright. of Boston, ant
William J. Clothier. Philadelphia
These two masters of the game have
been playing in excellent form this sum
mer in spite of the fact that the former
won his crown in 1908 and the latter
IN 1906. In the recent tournament a
seabright. Clothier's playing was ont
Of the big features. His play with hi
left handed partner will be FOLLOWED
closely here.
Another Strong Team
R. W. Williams. I'd, and Dick Harte
both boys members of this club as the!
say at the Olympia. form another com
binaton that will make hard fight fo
the doubles title. They ure fresh from
their Newport victory over Griffin ant
Johnston and this has naturally put |
lot Of confidence in them. This team
formerly represented Harvard on tn
courts and won the intercollegiate it'll
twice. in 1914 and 1915. Johnson ant
Griffin. by the way, have twice woi
the national doubles championship.
Another pair that is sure to be in tn
running for several days are the West
ern Sectional champion, W. II. Haye
and r. H. Burdick, from Chicago
Hayes was ranked No. o for last sea
son. On par with. or better thar
this team are the Westsidc players
Watson VI. Washburn and Dea
Mathcy. Mathey has been playing bet