The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-28

special to THE Sun AND NEW YoRK HERALD.
SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 27.--It will be
veteran versus youth when the final OF
the Meadow Brook invitation tennis
tournament is played tomorrow morn
Ing, Two hard earned Victories brought
william ]. Clothier, national champion
OF 1909, into the cup round in one half
and Vincent Richards, the l7-year-old
star OF the courts, In the other Not
alone the age, but the teDnls style OF the
finalists will furnish decided difference
In the cup match, for the one time cham
pion is Just as certain to fight It out
from deep court MS Richards Is to bring
MS Volleying and oil around net game
INTO play. For that reason the stage ap-
pears to be set for spectacular exhi-
bltion
In doubles William T. Tilden Cd and
CHARLES s. Garland. Of the Davis cup
team, are to meet Vincent Richards and
Ralph II. Burdick in the cup round, The
latter pair advanced easily, but the in
ternatlonalists were extended to the
limit to advance and had a mighty mar
row escape from defeat.
In tho first singles seml-fnal to-day
Clothler continued to play the same
steady skllful tennis that upset Watson
NJ Washburn in the previous round, and
he defeated Hugh Kelleher OF New York,
IS, 81. 6-2. after an uphill tussle.
Immediately following. Richards met
Leonard Beekman Of the Champion
course In well contested match, dur
ing which Richards was four times with
In point OF losing the first set The
youth triumphed by score Of 1I-9,
! 6-4
Both winners were taxed to the limit
OF their skill and speed to reach the
final. Clothier was as steady as usual
and gave another exhibition OF remark
able getting, but in the early set Kel-
leher was catching him out OF position
frequently by mixing n short return
with long one. The veteran was con-
testing every point, but Kelleher had
good control at that stage and was
driving many OF his returns for place
ment, employing either a short diagonal
shot over the net or sending the ball
whizzing along the side line
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Keleher began forcing 1t faster than
ever after winning the first set and he
appeared to have decided upon a net
attack. Clothier was quick to size up
the situation and he began lobbing fire.
quently as the New York man came
forward. The lobs were tantallzing, diff
ficult to Judge, for most of them ap-
peared to he heading out of court only
to drop quickly and land an inch or two
inside the baselne. Keleher on many
occasions never made a move to reach
the lob. preferring TO take chance that
1t would strike outside of court, hut
with rare exceptions he guessed wrong.
| In addition to employing his effective
lob, Clothler began to time his returns
better and his splendid placing had Kel-
leher sprinting and plunging for the ball
Clothier was passing him more consist
emily and kelleher was losing much Of
his earlier control
The second set was a long drawn out
affair, .Kelleher steadying several times
when Clothier was within few. points
Of the set and postponing the decision
until the sixteenth game. Service was
proving no factor at all, for there were
five breaks In a row before Clothier
finally ended the set on his own service.
Kelleher should have made the third
set much closer than he did. He had a
commanding lead of 4O-love on his sec
ond service and 40-15 In another, but he
dropped them both. chiefly through over
driving the baseline. They were the
only two breaks of the set, but that was
enough to give Clothier the set at So
and with it the match.
The point score;