Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-16
.STATE TOURNEY SHOWS
POPULARITY OF TENNIS
Many Smaller Clubs Repre-!
sented; Wallace Johnson
Makes a Record in Match
pIny Q
DOUBLES ON TO-DAY
By SPICK HALL

IIarorford Is one sign OF the increasing
Ii.uiority of the game in the vicinity OF
RPb;lodelphia. But that isn't all. 1t Is
nnonceiyablc : that there might be a long
,st of entrants who were virtually the
came bunch of players who have been
competing in these tournaments Tor
years 49,. H 80. .ho so,o
Iooking over the list, names from Dig
shrinking of the smaller ciuis are
saon This means that players are no
,erncr n content with staying in their own
hoi;wicks and competing only with men
N their own caliber.
They are trying to improve their game
,rj in order to do il they have hit upon
tbe only correct method of accomplish
Inc this-that is by going out into tour
naments where there is n field OF sea-
soncd players who know the game.
Plays Good Game
Yesterday the Woodford Club. which
r,ays on the courts of Fairmount park
pear Strawberry Mansion. sent over a
representative to play in the state tour
nament. This was a. ]. Cohen. He
NAV think that he was unfortunate in
drawing Ed Cassard who defeated him
IN straight sets Ga. 6-1. But he was
lucky. He might have drawn a man
n his own class or below. In that
event Cohen probably would have
progressed another round in the tOurna-
ment. but he would have gotten no
lasting benefit from the match.
On the other hand, there Is no doubt
that he got many pointers from Cas-
sard. who has played the ,game long
enough to be we'll educated in tennis
tactics and technique. Cohen is a
hard hitting player. He has speedy
service, has fast ground strokes and
volleys very well. But he lacks the
play. In time he should develop into a
high grade performed.
A New Record
Wallace F. Johnson's match with
Nathan Hamburger was bizarre per-
forrancc. In the two sets Wallace lost
only three points. AS far as the his
torical eye can reach this seems to be
a new mark in tournament play. 1t is
a pity that Wallace could not have made
the perfect record of two love sets Of
love gaines. AS it was he had nine
love games in his two love sets. Ham
burger was Wallacc's meat. and he GER
tainIy did chop him up, although moth
Ing much was at stake.
Carl Fischer won match which was
the direct antithesis Of that which John
con captured. The University of Penn
Tlvan'a captain after having a rather
hard opening match Monday with
Brinsmade. of the Westside Tennis
Club, ran head-on into Stanley Rogers
yesterday. Fischer's speed was pitted
against Rogers's careful, backcourt
game. and the former won after q su-
perhNatcd struggle, 6-3. o.,
In Form Again
Fischer was again in fine form. He
Slammed his service into Rogers's court
with unbounded ferocity and followed
TO the net. where he won many points
BY his slashing overhead work and
pretty volley shots. Rogers, on the
other hand. played base line and won
his points by cleverly drawing Fischer
out of position and then doing the old
baseball stunt of hitting 'em where
they amt"
:, Rogers's service was slow. but the
Merlon Cricket Club veteran was so ac-
curate IN his placement that Fischer
always had to make the return from a
point where he could get the least ef-
iecuVeness into his shots. Rogers s
cool method of handling everything was
aremlnder of the days when Bill Larned
was hrSt gentleman of the land on the
tennis turf.
Here at Last
A. Inc University of California players
nhalIy made their appearance in the
tournament. They arrived at the ciut
%ns before any of their prospective
% mmslmS showed up. Apparently they
wanted to atone for not having nut In
al appearance on the opening day. l,
must must be said here. too, that thew did
ossd message to Mr.. AL Hoskins, the
%ic.al rian rcteree. stating that they had tc
aS match Monday with Rutgers Col
MAJ e at New brunswick, Hewever. the
arnias iLase was not delivered. After thi.
"1dtlon cSpt ia everybody was happy ex.
pt ssoi, thoSe who happened to run ur
terdar tne lar western boys in yes
mis- iaS 0 matches. They play good ten
viii oo %na while it is doubtful if they
Morion away any trophies from the
lifted ~ hnritket Club their presence has
hpbor r tournament to somewhat
tTtr TIT average plane than usual.
sstod gallery was particularly inter
iS'tI IN Edmund Levy's service Us
do,.nn me captain Of the team and inc; -.
EnttaIiy was beaten recently bv Car
rith Shet when the Red and Blue cIashad
rets bir tnc'r rivals from the coast. Lew
cnt, TiIiliS"lt INTO serpentine coil. then
serSoa "oSe with cobra-like speed He
onoO 'S dazzlingly fast ball and only
CIvJo umIrlng mg his match with DR.. W,
fs%THte Decker did he make n dorh,c
hS hu't, IN spite of the fact that he sorros
sno second ball with eTactly the samo
speed as the first '"e same
Doubles to Start
ibis ms afternoon the sinpIeo ,,,;, /.
NIL, 'iTI,''plued, and the douhles m o,' w
NJ IWgln as soon after z o'cIocL os
courts "N get the teams on the
pe'ow are the summaries
PRELIMINARY ROUND
wm,.. Postponed Match
detea,,LalSSm Bates UnIyersItv -, c.r,.,-
81, 90 raul A. Casey, MeriOn Cricket CUB
po FIRST ROUND
tsstsS sNtSSS'STd Il, Evans, Merton Cricket c,n,
g.? 'nomas c. Leonards. GynwYISSo' TISSo' sis de'
'TElaG%Sphia "a, O.ss"' "a, defeated NJ. b. Mem.
fsatedJ j. fHd"aEds, Merton Cricket Club a.,
t,sIs5 sMIs55Fs aasy"sS asrioSS iSS"Ty% STistss
u N MiFS9Sm VENT, cynwydN a. Cup si1 de-
EHES; Hoys MsrIo;D Ir; Er,ocsSn csSngyd defeated
dsiestSd" br Levy, University fuPs Of ~ az
,RetG6er " MeTSSSS TtSSe Decker 80 so
N"0'm II, Bisseli, Bryn eSss Ms Club. defeated
.s.w n SECOND ROUND
Ss%I5SasG$ joSnsahn j%ESSnSh PymoStR. d. Ss S9
Nfn RRsss@6urSsr PSilmScSStnw SSnwEd S6 sdsfeatec
Hll, L. 1aSss: WestsIde Tennis 0Cy ciuSS 90 Eo..
''SEst Enst Club uestsa'sd sis cd Morris Duane .Merior
SSeteated Martin, MerIoo cricLsS c,,,.
" "'' 'anneman. Jr.. cynWyd' s siS
E9aSSSSrItt Cross cynwyd. d.t.a,., -, -
cos, cos'SR RlYeGTtrdiSSk eGtriSks. Club 80 siry si ss 3
GdESkst dIS,kst SiuSc, 6S SSefsat'd s.s C. C. Jones
william 4. "E Ga Merton Cricket Club, os,a.,.4