New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Tennis Experts
Take Day Off
AS Rain Falls
I6 Who Have Reached Third
Round May Be Called On
to Play 2 Rounds To-day
By Fred Hawthorne

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. EVERY
thing came to complete damp, stop
in the invitation lawn tennis tourna-
ment on the turf courts of the New
port Casino to-day, and there was
nothing for the players to do but sit
around the Casino in the forenoon and
listen to the rain falling and their
arteries harden. Never so dreary a
tragedy as a tennis tournament on a
rainy day.
The sixteen men who reached the
third round yesterday may be called
upon to play two rounds of singles
tomorrow to bring them into the semi
final round, and twenty-eight pairs
will begin to play in the mems singles.
The outstanding teams appear as
Washburn and Williams, Johnston and
Willis Davis. Craig Biddle and Sam
Hardy. Vincent Richards and S. How
ard Voshell, Robert and Howard K.
Kinsey and Ichiya Kumagae and Zenzo
Shimdizu, of Japan.
Snappy Doubles Promised
The first named teams appear in the
upper half, and the other three in the
lower section. Williams and Wash
burn and Johnston and Davis should
meet in one semi-final and probably
Wallace Johnson and Nathaniel W.
Niles and either one of the Richards
Voshell, Minsey-Kinsey or Kumagae-
Shmidzu teams in the other.
The draw in the doubles follows:
-. First round. D. Blddle and Craig
Reyna w Watson s u ashbtn and
Norris Williams I'd vs.. Joseph J.. Werner
and Edward 7. Herndon; Russell N. Dana
aud willis q. Davis; Lawrence B. Rice
and Clyde j. Curley vs.. P. C. Mccarthy
and an M. 2. Horn; Wallace J. Bates and
DR.. William Rosenbaum; j. Hartman and
C. Morgan VS.. j. s. Cushman and r. Ridg-
way; Leon de Turenne and Dwight p.
Eoo P1s VS. Charles nrais Ball f. and X
Hardy vs. A. H. Chaplin and A II. Chaplin
r.: = Harry G. johnson and G. Peabody
Sanhs waac VS. T. obnson and ana J.
W. Niles VS.. Lucfen E. Williams and G.
NJ Wheeler; S. Howard vosheil and Vincent
Richards vs.. Robert and Howard Kinsey !;
Commander w. s. Anderson and Williams
p. Burden vs. Philip Neer and James M
Davies.
Second round (First round byes)-upper
half: Joseph Wheelwright and Raymond
b. d. Biddle vs.. j. d. Jones and partner
Lower half-Ichiya Kumagae and Zenzo
Shimidzu VS.. Morris Duane and ]. Brooks
Fenno Jr.
The development in singles brought
out by Mondays play has practically
blasted the hopes of Big Willis Davis
of gaining a place on the Davis Cup
team this year. The Californian;s
straight set defeat by Lawrence Rice,
following his humbling by Niles at
Longwood last week, has been severe
blow to Davis, and only a sensational
series of victories at Seabright. South
hampton and Longwood can pull him
up from the ruck
Severe Test for Richards
Richards, who has been making a
remarkable tournament record this
season, only has to maintain his pres
ent gain to land on the international
team. He will receive great test this
week, for in the fourth round of the
singles Dick Williams will again be
his opponent, and if he should survive
that match, then Wallace Johnson,
Robert Kinsey or Shimidzu should block
his path in the semi-fnal After that
the fnalist in the lower half will find
grim little Billy Johnston, Watson,
Washburn or Niles awaiting his on
slaught.
This day of rain has truly come as
welcome from heaven to many Of the
Eastern players, who have been vere-
ing on the edge Of staleness. The men
chafed all day over the delay. John
ston, in particular, has only played
two matches on turf this season and
is eager to work in all the practice he
can between now and the time of the
Davis Gun matches