New-York tribune., 1920-10-04
W est Side Club
W llls ON Courts
I'm Team Match
Forest Hills Players to OPP
pose N. Y. Tennis Club
Men in the Final Round
BY Fred Hawthorne

IN one of the best team matches
prayed since the formation of the
metropolitan Tennis Leapue the West
olde Tennis Club players defeated the
men from the Terrace Kings County
4ehnls Association yesterday afternoon
on the clay courts of the West Side
lennls Club, at Forest Hills, by total
OF . matches to a, in the semi-fnal
round Of the annual team tournament
AS result Of this victory the West
Side team will play the team of the
New York Tennis Club next Sunday for
me metropolitan championship, now
held by the New York club. The latter
organization gained the final round
yesterday by defeating the University
heights Tennis Club by total of 7
matches to 2, on the New York courts.
After splitting even in the six
singles matches the West Side men
took two out of the three doubles
events, thus getting the winning edge.
Inc third doubles match was not
finished, Watson M. Washburn and
Beals c. Wright and S. Howard Voshell
and Frank T. Anderson having split the
first two sets at ell, Is. and then
Washburn and Wright gracefully de-
faulted- Wright not only gracefully
but joyously, for he was we'll tuckered
out, having played a total Of sixty-two
games during the afternoon. Good
stuif fifteen or twenty years ago, but
bad business in this year of grace 1920.
Voshell Is Victor
The No. match in the singles
brought Voshell and Washburn on the
clubhouse court, and most appre-
ciative gallery saw Voshell triumph
by score of Go, 10, Go, largely
through the power and aggressiveness
Of his volleying and overhead play
Washburn was slow to get started,
and almost before he knew it Voshell
held such a commanding lead on
games that the West Side man saw
the futility of trying to pull out the
opening set and let the last two
games go rather easily.
Noshell was charging in persistently
for the net and smotherng Wash
burns ground strokes, and his hand
ling Of loos was unusually severe and
we'll controlled. In the second set
Washburn tried harder, and, gaining
control of his low, fat drives, followed
in to the net himself for keen ses-
sions of volleying, in which he had
slightly the better of the exchanges.
But Noshell, seemingly saving him
self for a rushing flash, quickly took
the lead in the third set and resumed
his aggressive tactics. Washburn had
many chances of putting the ball away
but he missed many of these by net
ting his returns. and two games was
the best he could do in this session
before Voshell had taken the set and
match.
Wright, sitting serenely on the club
house varanda with his wife Che was
scheduled to play only one match in
the doubles), was suddenly yanked out
of his chair by Ralph L. Baegs, the
team captain, torn ruthlessly from the
side of Mrs. Wright and told that he
was to play young Fred c. Anderson
in the singles. Mathey was to have
played Anderson. but was late in get
ting to the club. hence the call for
Wright, who protested it was a good
time TO let sleeping veterans lie.
Retains Volleying Skill
However, the old internationalst
went out and did the best he could,
under the circumstances, and that was
good enough to string the match out
to three stiff sets before Anderson
WON III b---4, %. Ut. IiSuL 40
longer has the finishing power in his
shots that was there a score Of years
ago, but his skill at volleying has not
deserted him, and so young Anderson
had to call on his best tennis to gain
the honors.
In the last set, when Wright led at
4-3, Percy Kynaston, the umpire, an
nounccd: "The games are 4 to 3. Mr..
Wright leading" The former Davis
Cup star, who felt himself slipping
rapidly remarked, under his breath as
he started service, -Four to three, Mr.,
Wright dying!" and he got an encore
from the sympathetic gallery.
Frank Anderson took a well-played
three-set match from Samuel Hardy at
DO, 6-3, Sc, greater speed winning
for him. Lyle Mahan was three times
within a point of losing his match
against Charming Burrows, of Terrace
Kings County, but finally pulled out by
a score of IS, 6-3, 1913.
The summaries:
Singles-S. Howard Vcshell defeated
Mnderson An M " "'"eat defeated Beais G wTight, GO.
4-s. Ct; +. r. Anderson defeated Samuel
Hardy. 4-s, Go, Sc; L" e. Mahan: de
feated c. C. Burrows. 10, 6-3. l0-s;
c. NJ Bull jr. defeated DR.. II. J. Morgan
thaler o--3. s-S; Cedric Major defeated
Charles Chambers, 1t. c., I'll.
Doubles-Mathey and Hardy defeated
G--9; II. II. Hackett and l.. f. Mahan de-
feated r G.. and +. c. Anderson 6--3
Sc. C.; Voshell and +. r. Andersen
won from Washhurn and Wright. s-ll,