Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18
CHURCH CUP IS DUE
TO LEAVE NEW YORK
Philadelphia Boston Likely to Capture Tennis Troph,
This Week-Country Club Makes Clean S,veep
in Women's Interclub Matches
By SPICk HALL

THE Church Tennis Cup. which is
i now nesting in New York. is schcd-
ulcd to take trip next Sunday. On
Friday and Saturday the matches for
this trophy will be played on the cham
pionship courts of the Westside Tennis
Club. Forest Hills. i. l.. among
Philadelphia. Boston and New York,
The Metropolitan team has not been
selected. but it is safe to predict that
no matter which players are chosen
they will not he able to stand up against
either Boston or Philadelphia. Our
city will be represented by Bill Tilden,
first singles. and Wallace +. johnson.
sccoud. Boston has X. Norris Williams
PLAYING first and Dick IIarte second.
The New York team has the follow
ing players from whom the selections
will be made: Ichiva Kumagae. Watson
NJ. Washburn. s. Howard Noshell,
Walter Merrill Hall. Dean Mathey,
Harold Throckmorton. Leonard Beck j..
man. Vincent Richards. Karl Behr and
+. Il. Alexander.
Philadelphia and Boston meet on
Friday. and the winner challenges and
plays New York the following day.
Philadelphia seems 20 have the best
chance for victory. because Fill Tilden
is in unusually good shape for this
early in the season. He has been playing
virtually all winter and has reached &
point in his game from which he VIII
be diSlodgcd with great difficulty. Bill
played in tho national indoor meet at
the Seventh Regiment Armory in New
York. won the North and South title
at Pinchurst. then took part in the
tournament on the roof of the Wana-
maker store here.
Williams has been playing some lately.
but il isn't likely that he will be able
to beat Tildcn Friday. Will" this
match may be considered the best OF
the Church Cup events because IiIden
and Williams are playing No. ], the
No. . match is the one that will attract
most attention In this contest Wal
lace Johnson and Dick Harte Will meet
and il is possible that the winner will
be chosen as the fourth member OF the
American Davis Cup team. which leaves
this country May 20 for Great Britain
TO take part in the preliminarics for the
Davis Cup at Wimbledon.
Besides johnson and Tilden. til" others
who probably will go to New York as
members of the Philadelphia team are
Stanley Rodgers. Craig Biddle. Stanley
Pearson. 4. d. Thayer, G. G. Schaetter
and DR.. y. B. Hawk, the last in the
role of alternate.
The Church meeting will consist Of
six singles and three doubles matches
between the contcnding teams. Phila-
dclphias doubles teams very likely will
be Tilden and johnson, Biddle and
Schaeffer. Pearson and Thayer.
Following the Church Cup matches.
there will be two or three days of play
on the Westsidc Tennis Clubs courts,
in which Harte, Wallace Johnson and
Chuck Garland will participate. 1t is
then that the Davis committee will make
its final choice.
A Grueling Match
Yesterday there were several inter.
esting matches played in the Women =
Intorclub League. The best of these
was the marathon go between Mrs. Git
bert A. Haryey, Of the Country Club,
and Mrs. W. T. Ncwhall, of German
town. Mrs Harvey got the verdict be-
cause she was able to put the punch
into her game at the finish.
The long three set match ended 20,
Ga. G.3 Incidentally, the Country
Club playing on its home clay courts
at Bala. made clean sweep of the
matches with Germantown Although
there was fairly hot sun all afternoon,
the day was far from ideal for tennis.
There was breeze plus blowing from
the south, giving the players a lot of
trouble.
Mrs Ncwhall is a left handler. and
that threw Mrs. Harvey off her game in
the first set, the Germantown player
taking the opening encounter with the
loss of only two games,
. Mrs. Harvey then proceeded to grad