Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-30
C. WATSON Sd, LIKELY
TO WIN CUP OUTRIGHT
Has T,uo Legs on Junior
Trophy; Paul Vannen'an
Plays Fast Tennis on
Cyn,cyd Courts
sUAYNEIS.WINNER sU
nv SPICK HALL

x,xt Ess Charles Watson, I'd, strains
u racket string or something, he
4, going to gain permanent possession
- ,ho cun offered for the junior cham
o,...h;n of Pennsylvania. This young
,nor,ber Of the Cynwyd Club and No.
",..or for West Philadelphia High
school has now won the state title
,..io0 and il looks certain that he will
,o !, three times in n row next sea-
49,, Of course. some youngster may
,;so nm and wrest the championship
t.o,, him. but the chances are 100 to
Z ,yoinst It. for Watson has reached
noint in his game that few ever reach
before they are many years his senior.
Yesterday Charles came through with
his second victory in the singles state
championship by defeating Eric Wood.
bis school and clubmate, in the ultimate
round in straight sets, 6-2, go, -.
,Itbo,gh Wood made neat stand in
Tho third set. it was due more to wat
sons lackadaisical manner. OF playing
than 70 any great Improvement, on
Eric's mart that the set went to deuce.
This lIstlessness on the part OF Wat-
con was the natural result OF playing IN
rho ularing heat of the late morning ana
winning the first two sets with case. lt
vould have been extraordinary II he
had not let IN somewhat in his game.
Deserved Victory
On the whole. Watson put up by tar
the greatest exhibition of lawn teunls
ever seen in junior tournament mere:
His service was fast and had good
break to it. and he double faulted but
four times in the three sets. His grounu
strokes bore the ear r.marks OF much
good instruction. He hit the ball nara
and drove with remarkable accuracy
Into any spot that he chose, and his
hackhand apparently was as strong as
his forehand At the net he volleyed
With speed and his placements counted
FOR many ,,oirts. Watson had forty
one clean placement points. against
fourteen for Wood, and therein lies the
story Of Watson's victory and Wood S
defeat.
Tilden's Protege
To Bill Tilden belongs lot Of the
credit for developing Watson into the
player he is. Bill has been tutoring
Watson for some time, and his work has
not been done in vain. Bill has n great
interest in all young players. particu-
larly Watson. This was shown last
December at the annual meeting of the
United States Lawn Tennis Associat tiofi
In New York. When the ranking of the
juniors was read Watson's name was
not among those at or near the top. of
the list. Bill Immediately rose in his
righteous wrath and told the commit
tee in rather plain words what he
thought of their judgment. 1t appeared
that, Watson's records had been lost or
not received or something. At any
rate, through Bills intercession he
finally was placed where he should
have been in his class.
Watson and Milo Miller. the Penn
Charter boy, won another title yester-
day, beating Eric Wood and Graham
Wentz in the final round for the doubles
championship of the state. This match
wasn't very close junior championship
either, the winners taking their op-
ponents over the hurdles in three
straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.
Sore But Effective
If you We never had sore arm when
playing lawn tennis, get one quick. It's
the only thing. Yesterday Paul
Nanneman developed a soreness in the
muscles of his arm and shoulder and
all he did was to 60 out and trim A. W.
May, of Philmont, GO, 6-3, and then
take on Gus Amsterdam. the star
member Of the Woodford Courts Club.
and eliminate him with the loss of only
one game in two sets. You must see
that It pays to have a sore wing.
In his set with Amsterdam Vanne-
man played the best tennis that he
has played this year and he has played
some excellent matches, including a
rattling good game against Dean
Mathey in the semifnal at Wilmington
in the Delaware state meet. Before
they began, many predicted that
Amsterdam would get at least a set
and others were inclined to believe that
the hard hitting Woodford player would
take the match. But soon the authors