Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-26
STATE NET TITLE TO
Be SETTLED TODAY
Wallace johnson and Dean Ma
they in Final for Singles Title;
Dazzling Form Displayed.

Dazzling Form Displayed.
Wallace r. Johnson, Cynwyd, will
meet Dean Mathcy, Westside Tennis
| Club. this afternoon on the turf court.
of the Wilmington Country Cub for the
| singles lawn tennis championship OF
Delaware. This match will begin at 3
o'clock and Immediately folliwing il
johnson and Stanley Pcaison will clash
with Joe and Alex Thayer, for the doubles
title.
johnson won his way to the finals in
singles by defeating his doubles partner
Pearson, in straight sets, 6-2, "a. Mnthey
came through his semi-fnals round by
trimming Paul Vanneman, Jr., Cynwyd,
6-3. 6-2. In one of the brackets of the
semSfinals doubles, Johnson and Pearson
took over James Horty, University Of
Pennsylvania, and Andrew Morgan, Ger
mantown Cricket Club, 90, 6-l. just after
this the real big match of the day took
place, the Thaycr brothers working their
way into the final round by eliminating
the California pair. Edmond Levy and
Wallace J. Bates, in u thu ec-set match,
4-6, rs, 9-7.
In this hnal set it looked as though the
Californians would walk away from the
hdNNinf 'ti iitN tpth tHf H4IA TWO
games easily, then after losing one,
added another, which gave them 81
lead The next two were split, and the
westcrncrs followed this up by adding
the seventh to their string. giving them
the commanding lead Of 5-2 II seemed
then that nothing could head them, but
the Thayers took q mighty brace and
Ieeled of foui games IN row, two of
which were Mt love. This gave the
Philadelphians the lead at 6-5, but the
CalIfornians evened it up Mt six-all
The next two games also were split, then
the ThayeIs came through and took Levys
service for the final game. after Alex
Thayer had won his own service.
The point score of this match follows:
FIRST SET
Thayer and Thayer
8 3 4 , { 2 6 | 0-2S-4
Bates and Levy
3 504Ia 4 1875
SECOND SET
Thaver and Thayer-
A IA 2 FL 5 4 ? ) 4-4i-7
Bates and Levy
26oi4 44432 2-33-5
THIRD sET.
Thayer and Thayer
2l425 52444 e PAPA A. 90 q
44O4374 2404l422 to-
II was generally expected that Stanley
Pearson would give Wallace Johnson a
hard battle IN the semi-hnal round, and
he did Although Johnson won az 90,
Ca, Pearson forced Johnson TO win every
point The match was witnessed by
big crowd that constantly applauded the
brilliant plavs of both men Pearson and
Johnson both PLAYED the back court,
neither going up except on rare occasions.
Perhaps IL Pearson had gone up more he
might have turned the tide Of battle: on
the other hand, Johnson was going so
we'll that it is possible that he would have
passed Pearson repeatedly If the latter
had essayed 10 play at the barrier. The
point score.
FIRST SET.
johnson - "a ) 4 : 4 3 5-34 e
Pearson @ 2 3 | 3 3-25-2
SECOND SET.
Johnson 424 ) 4 4 o s-358
Pearson !. 2 ( ST & & 81 4
Dean Mathey's match against Paul
Vanneman was another feature that
attracted a lot of attention. Mathey won
with the loss of but FIVE games I'm the
three sets because he played almost per
feet tennis His volleying was a marvel
back that on the average player would
have been passing shots, but, in spite Of
the fact that he crowded the net very
closely, Mathey seemed always to be
able to reach Nanneman' shots, although
in doing 50 he often had TO extend his
reach TO the limit But the wonderful
part of Mathey 8 work was that. no matter
how much out OF position he had To get TO
make a volley, he shot almost invariably
for point.
The point score.
FIRST SET
Mathey 4 3 3 4 2 4 2 4-37-6
Vanneman . 2 Z | 04 2 1-27-3
SECOND SET.
Mathey 4 . 4 6 4 4-2S-6
Vanneman 49, 0 0 2 6 4 0-17-2
The summary of yesterdays matches:
Championship singles. fourth round
Paul Vanneman, Cynwyd, won from
Thomas d. Gratz, Merton Cricket Club
by default.
Semi-hnals- Dean Mathey, Westside
Tennis Club, defeated Paul Yanneman,
6-3, 6-2; Wallace F. Johnson, Cynwyd
Stanley w. Pearson, German
town, Cricket Club, 6-2, Ga.
Championship doubles, third round
Edmond Levy and Wallace ]. Bates, Uni
versity of California, defeated Ehret
Howell and Marshall Vanneman, Cynwyd,
rs, o.; Alex. and Joe Thayer, Philadcl-
phia Cricket Club, defeated Paul Gibbons,
Plymouth, and G r. Harris, Cynwyd, 6-l,
6-1; Wallace F. Johnson, and Stanley
Pearson won from Hopes and Evans,
Wilmington, by default; James Horty,
University of Pennsylvania and Andrew
Morgan, Germantown Cricket Club, won
from Kiefer and Smolens. Wilmington,
by default.
Semi-fnals-Wailace Johnson and Stan
iey Pearson defeated James Horty and
Andrew Morgan, 60, 6-1 Thayer and Joe
Thayer defeated Levy and Bates, 40,