Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-31
y.hnson Meets Shuter at
4 Cyn,eyd; Women Start
Play for State Title at
4 Merion
|BoYS Also BATTLE
nv sPICK HALL

" rcop ALTON DAY in Philadelphia
.,s celebrated by lawn tennis play
rssterday from breakfast time until
y. y. .hodows became so thick that fur
M r,av was impossible. Throughout
Z. ~ e;ty Of philadelphia and in Della
~ and Montgomery counties. every
vn hle court was occupied most OF
s dov and there were long waiting
" ot all Of the clubs.
p."a pss wrrc three tournaments in prog
tne,r and none of them have yet been
~ rs,.,sd The day began with the semi
ss,f ~ the sectional scholastic tourna-
nna's Ss,d ~ on University Courts by the
n...,c nsp. council of the University OF
AInN-I,ania. These matches were
rsnnS shortly after nine. o'clock and
- run of by Sydney Thayer, Jr..
enc Inc Cynwyd Club, oil the courts
M live throughout the day with
ver.msnt vere and club matches. The
Iouln In,.s In the meeting for the champion
lnsh, lns.h,n Of Philadelphia and District
s'p' narrowed down to Wallace Is.
W. .nn and Carlton Shafer, both OF
Jonnod while the doubles reached the
,i s.,s in one bracket, and the SEMI
srsls in the other.
oot on the Main Line tne turf courts
n tSs Merton Cricket Club were occu-
IN AZ all hours OF the day. In the
smsrnoon the first. and second ROUNDS
"a 4 mart OF the third round OF inc
srmsn's Pennsylvania and Eastern
Ssstes we're staged in the singles. lnls e
srternoon the doubles will begin at :oU
nicjock. and tomorrow the singles VIII
Il continued and the mixed douhles
sarted.
some Fast Tennis
n. mems matches in the city tourna-
.rt M developed some speedy play yes
ea.Ssv One of the features was the
A. showing made by young a. 7.
em,th Middle Westerner, who Is
slsr;ng s; from Creenpoint. He looked
sry sood In all of his matches and
,sstsrSay surpassed himself by playing
Is,INantiy against Carlton Shafer. The
latter took the first set with ease Mt
hi HI The youth. instead of displaying
,be tawny scenery, braced and by fine
diving from back court won the second
set 7.5. Shafer was visibly worried
pvsr the manner in which his young
nononent was covering court and shoot
;ns hsck A fast cross court drive that
rsnsbt the Cynwyd player on his back
Ssnd, However, Shafer steadied and
nanared to run out the third set, 6-3.
That was only the start Of very
larae day for Shafer. His match with
6mlth was played in the morning. and
hrly in the afternoon he met and de-
itated Ted Edwards. of Merton, IN
Eraight sets, S-8, 6-2. Although both
b these singles matches were tough
bnes, Shafer kept UP his good work oy
Winning from Izzy Cravis ana SeotRe
Powell, with DR.. p. B. Hawk as ms
partner. That tilt was desperately
keen one, and 1t appeared several times
hat Powell and Cravis would DC tne
Ultimate winners. However, DR.. Hawk
ss.d;sd h;s team down and won the de-
,,idInS set at 1913 after his side haa won
lie first 6-1 and lost the second o.4:
wa,,sce Johnson was a double win:
j, We and Stanley Pearson reached
he final, in doubles when they dsteated
ho,shsrfv N, % and Merritt, 6-2, 6-3: and
Woitace ,SyJf went into the finals in singles
Nv trimming Izzy Cravis in straight
bets, 8-3, 6-S.
Cravis Plays Well 49,.
y A bic gallery gathered to see the
s,hn.or .Cravis match. and they were
M dissnnointed. for Cravis put up an
.ss.,isnt Exhibition. However, he met
tohnson when the latter was going az
Uost svas'T perfectly. meaning that he was was
f;tt;ng the ball within about an -ihch
IA = half of where he was aiming;
S.,;a y. droye with good direction and
hs halls bad a lot Of steam on them.
R"t M Wa Wallace Johnson has the faculty
Il ~ being a quick and almost perfect
4, snnst;c,an> u.s He seemed to anticipate
',esrvthins, with the result that he got
b,ci shots that would have been scored a
Is placement points on other players
endowed with less court generaish'p'