Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-18
Schedule Being arranged to
Prolong Tennis Meet;
Johnston Trims Niles in
Deciding Trophy Match
JAYNE-BRAIN OUT
BY SPTCK HALL
,orgvood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill

fnppwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill
Roston, Mass, Aug. 1S.
NNLY six matches in the tourna
" ment for the national doubles lawn
tennis championship were played yes
terday. although eleven were scheduled.
n appears that the committee wants
to have the finals staged on Saturday
and TO that end they are seeing to II
that some Of the matches are being held
over each day so that the semifinals
cannot be played before Friday.
This may be all right but 1t wouldn {
he and won't be IL there happens 20 be
day of rain. In that case the tour
namcnt would have to go over IT, I'll
next week, when the Southampton meet
Is booked to begin.
Thus far. Billy Johnston and Peck
Griffin have not played at all in the
played singles yesterday against Nat
\ Iongwood trophy, but It is also true
that the match was such an easy one
that there was no excuse for his not
being able to meet Fenno and Ingra-
ham in the second round. 49,
The same thing Is true in Niles's case.
He and A. s. Dabney were supposed
10 meet their Longwood 1clubmates, Il.
N, Williams and Dick Harte, but there
was nothing doing. Likewise, Craig
Biddle and T. II. Pell were booked to
meet the winner Of the Hayes and Bur-
dick Foster and Wheelright match,
but as that wasn't played until yester
day, this contest was also left over
for today. -
Tilden. Garland Win
After yesterdays pray all of the
Philadelphians, with the exception OF
W. ]. Clothier, who was eliminated
Monday, remain in the tournament.
Bill Tilden and Chick Garland pranced
through the Northwestern sectional
champions, n. Jayne and Philip Brain,
q very fine rhyme but very sad tennis
team. The Davis cup players trimmed
this pair 60, 60, 6-2, which goes to
prove that the method of selecting the
teams for National doubles play Is, not
as It should be.
There are many teams in Philadelphia
today who are better than Jayne and
Brain but just because they won sec
tional contest they are allowed to play
here in this annual classic. ..
But to get back to the Quacker City
players, Craig Biddle and his partner,
T. r. Pell are still in the lineup and
so are Stanley w. Pearson and Wallace
+. Johnson. Yesterday the middle
states champions beat father and son
team, j. q. and A. w. Jones, Of Provi-
dence. The count was 90, 6-2, 81,
GO.
The third set, which was won by
the Jones's. was little better than 0
gift from Johnson and Pearson. While
they didn't exactly donate the set, they
so far outclassed their opponents tina,
they became careless and took little in
tercst in the match after they had wor
the first two so easily.
This often happens in a one -sidet
match. and the players themselves are
not in the lehst to blame. because nc
team can go at high speed when they
are so certain of victory that they car
afford to toy with their rivals.
Another Philadelphian who shont
brightly yesterday was Mrs. William J
Clothier. She is entered in the invi
tation women's doubles which are beinl
placed in the mornings on the Brooklint
turf courts. Mrs, Clothier yesterda,
paired with" Mrs. George Gardner ant
they won close match. due largely tt
the excellent playing of Mrs. Clothcr
whose game was followed by big gal
lery, including her husband.
No Upsets
lhere were not any upsets in yester
Gay play, although there was almost
one, W. It. Hayes and X. Fl. Burdick
the Chicago pair, who won the western
doubles, met j. W. Foster and i