The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-01
Dauis Cup
 Stars SurUiUe Second Round

Forest Hills, N. r., August 31.-Pressed to the limit by several of their oppo- nents, the stars of the Davis cup sur yived the ordeal of the second round of the twenty-ninth all-comers champion ship singles on the turf of the West Side Tennis Club here today. Of the famous / 'artette, R. Norris Williams II, holder
 the title in 1914 and 1916, was the only one to drop a set. The others, William T. Tilden II, holder of the worlds title, William M. Johnston, San Francisco the playing through champion, and Charles s. Garland, all displayed command when compelled to exert themselves as the great field that began play yesterday narrowed down.
 Williams, playing as streaky tennis as he has ever done in his whole career, plucked triumph from defeat in waver- ing sets. He emerged the conqueror of s. Howard Voshel the hard-hitting left handler of Brooklyn, by the tally of 3-S, 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
 In this engagement, Williams was often trailing in the sets. He fell behind in the third set at 40 on games During this period his shorter volleys found the net or the ball went sailing out of court. Then he pulled himself together for the sort of snappy volleys that left Voshell helpless in his court. When he lifted his game to it's heights Williams fairly smothered his rival This match was in- terrupted in the second set by a shower that drove the players to cover.
 Later there was a brief thunderstorm but these freaks of the weather failed to stop the progress of the round which went through practically according 70 it's time schedule.
 Tilden again was carried to a long deuce set at the finish of his match The Pennsylvanian finally scored against M Thomas Ackerlard of Newark, N. J., by the tally of 6-3. 6-4, 97. In the final set, Ackerland started some deep court driv- ing backed by superior volleying that had the effect of throwing Tilden off so that the game went through the deuce ses- sions before the famous player pulled out.
 Johnston found the drives of Alfred Ds Hammett.> former New York University champion, something to be treated with respect He won at 6-2 6-4. 6-5, playing chiefly from deep court. Garland was in the best form of the four, as he went sailing through Edward B. Benedict. the young Cambridge, Mass, player, at 6-2, 60, 60.
 Clarence Griffin In . match remarka- ble for the cool and sself-contained strok- ing that it included, spoiled the Davis cup team hopes of Richard Harre, the big Harvard athlete, by the score of 6-2, 7-5, 7-5. Hartes ground strokes were wanting in effectiveness and he was nev- CT able to gain the net against the pass ing shots which the Californian so sucr cessfully employed.
 Roland Roberts and William E. Davis, also of the forces from the Pacific coast, easily moved forward. The playing or Roberts at close range was of high class, as he defeated Hoffman Nickerson, New . York, 6-2, 60, GO As a Davis cup team aspirant, the stock of Roberts went up. Davis defeated Andrew Morgan of Penn sylvania, 6-4 6-2, GA.
 Among the other prominent winners was Samiief Hardy, captain of the Davis cup team; Watson M. Washburn, Dean Mathey and the veteran, Frederick B. 3AleNander.