New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

at what seemed an invincible rate
Rarely have | seen service dominate
a match in the manner that Dayis's did
IN tnat hrst slam bang set. It was as
though Washburn had been beset by
a sudden tornado and could but bow his
mead to the storm until its first
violence was spent
DAVIS went straight through the
nrst three games. Washburn managed
TO win the fourth, as the Californian
had a temporary streak of wildness.
ana then the hurricane" from the coast
ran Oft the next three for the set at
6-1. Not only was Davis's serv;ca a. -
potent weapon of attack in this set.
but he backed it up with surprisingly
good ground strokes and low volleying
that was marked by its speed ana
power A"o
10 the uninitiated it might have
looked as though Washburn was
marKed for swift and decisive defeat
but those of US who have watched the
methodical methods of the New Yorker
and have seen his strokes gradually
attain marvellous accuracy and unex-
pected pace IN the course of a match.
expected no such thing.
Washburn Takes Initiative
". With the start of the second set
"ashburn took the initiative at once.
winning the first game at "love" as
OaVls sent three returns into the net
and one out of court Thereafter thew
went along winning on service right
up TO the tenth game, in which Wash
purh broke through, giving him the set
at o-4 and squaring the match.
Rain began to fall at the start Of
the seventh game and when the light
shower turned into a downpour half of
the gallery scampered from the stands,
bound for the clubhouse. The move
ment and talking incident to this
seemed to worry Davis a bit and he
lost many points on erross The last
POINT IN the set came as Washburn's
low volley barely cleared the net and
rolled over the top tape into Davis's
court. The tall Californian, charging
desperately for the ball, slipped on the
wet turf and sat down most emphati-
cally as the gallery laughed uproari-
ously.
In the third and fourth sets Wash
burn continued to gain by efficient
stroking and placing and now he was
handling Davis's terrific service splen-
Eidly, something he had not been able
o do before. The most impressiv
feature of the New York players game.
however. was the dazzling way in
which he passed the net storminp
Davis with shots that cut the side
lines or shot across the court at acute
angles, and he brought off the shots
either on his ground strokes or on the
full volley.
Davis Caught. Flatfooted
Davis was trying tremendously in the
fourth set to hold his opponent in
check, and the fastest and most brill
liant playing of the match came in the
last SIX games, with both men going
after everything. But the Californian
could not make much Roadway against
the brilliant placing of Washburn, who
was marking his direction wonderfully
as he ripped the ball into the smallest
openings. Many times Davis, caught
tiatfooted on the center line as the ball
passed him, shook his head in q
puzzled manner, as though wondering
how Washburn was doing what he did.
The Californian took the seventh
game after deuce" had been called
twice. making the score 4-3 in Wash
burns favor.
Another grue1ling deuce" game fol-
lowed, with Washburn winning, and
then the West Side player broke
through in the ninth, giving him the
set and match, as Dasis sent his back
hand vollev return of Washburn's shot
down the side line out of court. Ed
ward c. Conlin, of New York, umpired
this match, and Frederick B. Alex
snder jr., son of the famous interna-
tiOnaGSt WAS srorer