Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
Fast Lawn Tennis Inuita-
ton Meet in Huntington
Valley Country Club
END TOM ROW
BY SPICK HALL

TINtE invitation mixed doubles are on
L at the Huntington Valley Country
Club. But they are badly mixed, In
fact they were run off quite smoothly
yesterday afternoon after they once got
under way. A good many Of the play
ers were late in arriving at Noble, but
finally all were properly paired off, and
the turf courts presented busy scene,
with a large and gaily colored gallery
that watched the matches from the en-
bankments.
This afternoon the matches were
sch heduled to begin at 2 o'clock and to-
morrow afternoon they will begin at
2 80. Incidentally, the tournament
will be finished tomorrow, as it was
scheduled originally for only three days,
and Mr.. Biddle. the official referee. is
going to see to it that all of the matches
are played according to the dope sheet.
A Good Match
One of the first matches to start yes
terday, and one which attracted lot of
attention, was that in which William
III. Connell. of the Germantown Cricket
Club, and Mrs. NJ. II. Huff of the Phil
adelphia Country Club, trimmed Eddie
Cassard. Of the Philadelphia Cricket
Club, and Miss Helen Sewell, rs, 6-2.
Mrs. Hun was very steady, as usual,
and played an excellent game both in
the back court and at the net. "Chief'
ConnelPs service was working in mid
season form, and he would have been
| credited with lot of service aces IL
there had been any one around to credit
him.
| Miss Sewell also played well. She
has been improving steadily ever since
she began to play early in the spring in
the women's interclub matches. At Will
mington in the Delaware state meet Miss
Sewell put up fine game against Mrs.
Gilbert A. Harvey, forcing the national
semifinalist to three sets. The follow
ing week Miss Sewell did still better,
winning the Maryland state champion
ship at the Baltimore Country Club from
big field. In which were included Miss
Ann Il. Townsend and Mrs. Huff.
The hardest fought contest of the lot
was staged early on court No. I. After
three fierce sets. In which either team
| had chance to win until the final point
was played. Mr.. Merritt and Mrs. W.
p. Newhall won. They defeated Brooke
Edwards and Mrs. Cross 6-S. 6-3, Ga.
Mrs. Newhall played one of the best
games she has put up this year. She
Is left-hander and played No. on
the Germantown Cricket Clubs team
in the Women's Interclub League last
| spring.
Joseph r. Carpenter, one of Phila-
delphia's veteran players, teamed up
with Miss Carpenter, and defeated Joe
Thayer and Miss Brock in straight sets
at 6-3. 8-3. Some Of Mr.. Carpenter g
gets were remarkable. Several times he
returned for points fast overhead
smashes from Joe Thayer's racquet.
As Expected
The victories of Bill Tilden and Billy
Johnston over the French cracks, w.
II. Laurentz and Andre II. Colbert, in
the Davis cup elimination matches yes
terday, did not create much excitement
There. Everybody who has followed the
fortunes OF the American players In
Great Britain expected nothing else.
Tilden's great victory over Gerald Pat
ters0n in the challenge round for the
worlds title, and his previous wins'ip
the tournament have placed the Ger
mantown Cricket man upon such high
pedestal in lawn tennisdom that a de-
feat would be the only thing that could
surprise followers of the game.
Although Tilden dropped the opening
set in his match with Laurentz, his play
in the third set was so indisputably
superior to that of the Frenchman that
little is thought of the fact that he lost
the first at 4-8. The scores of the other
sets were 90, 81. 6-3.
Johnston trimmed Colbert as de-
cisiyely as Tilden did his man. The
Californian was leading Colbert in the
first set 4-3 on Thursday when rain
interrupted play. Whom they resumed
yesterday Johnston ran the set out In
short order without losing another
game. In the second set Colbert made
great showing, carrying the games to
Gall before our national champion
could end it.. The third set went to
Johnston at 6-3.
Yesterdays mixed doubles results:
william H. Co9nell and Mrs b. Hum
II, Ii. Watts an Mrs. Bell defeated DR.. r..
B. Dewhurst and Mrs Wood. SO. 7-b.
Ehret Howell and Miss Conaway defeated
J, b; Bell and Miss Gertrude osthemer
defeated Kent Willing and Mrs. o'Neil. 90,
w. s. Thomson and Miss Thomson de-
feated p. o'Neil and Mrs. Lippincott. SO.
NJ, wister and Mrs, freeman defeated N.
J, Merrits and Mrs w; y, Newhall de-
sestes Brooke Edwards and Mrs Cross e-s.
II. Crawford and Mrs Male defeated Sam
| defeated Joe Thayer and Miss Brock. 8-3. 8-8.
70. Thsyer and Miss e.. g.; ostheimer de-