New-York tribune., 1921-07-20
Garland Wins
On the Courts.
As Does Niles
De Tourennc Also Enters
Round Before Semi-Final:
Woman Creates Sensation

PROVIDENCE, R. l., July 19-None
of the odds-on favorites failed to gain
his brackets to-day in the playing Of
the annual Rhode Island state cham
pionship lawn tennis tournament on the
turf courts of the Agawam Hunt Club.
but several of them were forced to ex-
ira efforts before they finished
Three players went into the round
before the semi-fnal in the mems
singles, respectively, Leon DeTourenne,
of Harvard University; N. W. Niles, of
the Longwood Cricket Club, and
Charles S. Garland, of Pittsburgh. They
are one round ahead of the other thir-
teen survivors
Thirty-two of the leading women
players of the East started in the
singles and played two rounds, bring
ing everybody into the round before
the semi-hnal. Mrs. Benjamin E. Cole,
national clay court champion, and Mrs
Marion Zindersteln Jessup, former
holder of that title, are in opposite
halves of the draw and look like the
logical finalists, with everything favor
ing Mrs. Jessup in the event of such a
meeting, judging from previous matches
between them.
Newcomer Shows Promise
A newcomer to the East and a most
promising addition to the ranks of our
women players appeared in the person
Of Miss Helen Wills, of Berkeley, Calf
Miss Wills, with two long braids hang
ing down her back, went out on the
court and won her two matches with
such ease and GOODNESS that she created
a small sensation.
In the first round the little Cali
fornian took the measure Of Mrs. John
quished Miss Rosamund Newton, of
Longwood, by a score of Go, Cd
Miss Newton is tournament player
of experience, yet she could not stand
up against the ffteen-year-o girl
Miss Wills executes her strokes with
freedom ana smoothness that we have
come to associate with the California
school of tennis. Not only does she
get fine pace on her ground strokes
but she can volley and smash with more
than average skill.
A very strong. field was drawn in
mems doubles. Among the thirty-two
pairs are Vincent Richards and Howard
Voshell, Dick Williams and Watson
Washburn, Tilden and Garland and
Kumagae and Shimidzu. Half a dozen
this afternoon, the Japanese team de-
5feating Clyde Curley and H. Y. Sites
local stars, at 6-3, 6--1.
Shimidzu Plays CIeverly
Kumagae and Shimidzu reached Prov
ldence this afternoon, and went at once
to the courts, where Shimidzu was
scheduled for two singles matches in
order to keep up with the field
Although just off the train, the little
Japanese pushed aside the opposition
without great trouble, although Edmund
Levy, of California, with q Cannon
ball' service and tricky sliced drive
kept "Shimmy" on the move to win al
60, 6-2.
Tomorrow Shimidzu will renew g
last Sunday feud with S. Howard
Voshell, of Brooklyn. Voshell it was
who defeated the Japanese star al
Greenwich, after three stirring sets
and both are keen for this second test
to wipe out that blot, and Voshell in
order to prove the first result was not
an upset.
Tllden gave us glimpses of his real
form this afternoon when he disposed
OF Henry r. Guild, of Longwood. by a
score of 81, Cd. Guild was not
awed In the slightest by the world
champions reputation and went into
the rallies determined to make the best
showing possible. He hit hard and
fast, but Tilden had a way of working
his man out of position and then
bringing off a placement shot that
caught Guild several feet out of line
OF fire.
Williams Not in Trim
1t is evident that Big Bill" is saw
ing his main attack for the matches to
come and only occasionally has he
shown flashes of the form that brought
dcwn Billy Johnston at Forest Hills
last September. The champion has
made very little use, for instance, of
his terrific bullet" service, relying on
his reverse twist to bring results, and
so far it has not failed him.
Williams looked uneven in his work
to-day, his errors always exceeding his
earned points in the two matches he
Il acing S