New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11
New, York Star
Loses to Quaker
After Five Sets
Tide Shifts After the Local
Player Takes First 2 Ses-
sions; IiIden Moves Up

BY Fred Hawthorne


from Philadelphia. sprang one of the
great sensations OF the season this
afternoon by defeating Watson NJ.
washburn. of New York, in the second
round of the fortieth annual national
championship lawn esn2iS singles tour
nament on the courts of the German
town Cricka* Club at Mannheim. Tho
score was 8, So, IS, 6-s, 60.
Besides being member of this
years successful Davis Cup team.
Washburn was at No on the national
ranking list last season. while Johnson
was placed at No. To- In view of these
facts, and also because Johnson has
not figured prominently this year in
tournament play, it was the general
opinion among followers of the game
that Washburn would win TODAY.
There was q small but select clique in
this city. however, led by Tilden, which
was confident that Johnson would take
the honors.
The tide Of battle swayed curiously
during the five sets, Johnson going
l.,
Washburn, rising to his best game in
the second and third sessions, out
played the Philadelphia exponent of
the chopstroke.
When they returned to the court
after the ten-minute intermission be-
tween the third and fourth sets, John
son, after overcoming lead of to
of Washburn' settled down into a
streak Of dazzling placing from the
back OF the court that began to pile
up the points for him.
Hoyers Close TO Baseline
washburn mad succeeded in cutting
of many Of Johnsor's chopped returns
In the second and third sets by closing
in at the net position and taking the
ball on the full volley. In the last two
sets. however, the Philadelphian was
IN better control of his strokes. and
the smallest opening was all he needed
to shoot the ball through. Washburn,
finding himself being passed with
greater frequency than usual n the
last TWO sets, began to grow cautious
and lowered close TO the baseline as a
consequence.
Steady. deep court driver as the
Davis Cup man ordinarily is, he was
not q match for the deadly shooting
of Johnson to-day, and he found it ex-
ceedingly difficult to make a clean re-
turn of the ball when he was compelled
to take it on the bound. Tucking away
the fourth set without being greatly
extended, Johnson ran along with amaz-
ing ease in the fifth, reeling off five
games in a row before Washburn could
make even the semblance of a stand
Realizing that only desperate meas
ures could prevail at this stage. the
s.cw York player went into the net in
the face of Johnson's rain of passing
shots and by great volleying managed
to win the sixth, seventh and eighth
games.
johnson, apparently well satisfied to
gain a breathing space, did not try
desperately hard to check his rival in
these games, but in the ninth, when he
saw that Washburn would be in q posi-
cion to seriously threaten if he should
win and cut his lead to Sd, with
Wasnburn serving for the tenth game,
Johnson bestirred himself again and
took the ninth with the loss of only
one point.
There had been a brief exchange of
drives from backcourt to usher in the
final point and then Johnson, sporting
his opening in fash raced in from
backcourt. took Washburns return on
the volley and sent the ball barely
skimming over the net and straight
down the center. Washburn, who had
been drawn to one side of the court as
he went after line-cutting drive, was
unable to get his racquet on the ball
and the match was over.
Big Crowd Sees Matches
A crowd of close to 10000 was on
hand this afternoon to watch the second
DAY Of play, and tia tournament COM
mittee had thiakz vr-....ng SO perfectly
that there WAS not moment of delay
as the players filed out the third
round brackets. It is expected that
long before the end of the week there
will not be vacant seat left in the
stands II is Philadelphia first hold
ing of the mems national tourney, and
every tennis follower seems determined
to watch the proceedings.
Richard Norris Wiiliams, I'd, of Bos-
ten. former national title holder. de-
feated young W. ". Ingraham, of Prov
idence, by b score of 81, 7-5, 6-2,
seeming 10 enjoy the opportunity Of
polishing up his varied assortment of
strokes. On Monday Williams will
probably have his hardest match when
he faces S. Howard Voshell, who elm
mated j. B. Adoue, of Texas.
Willis Davis, of California. had to
call upon his aggressive service and
me- attack before he could conquer
Clarence V. Todd. of Australia, by q
score of dc, 3--6, "a, 6-3, 6-3.
Another surprise came in the defeat
Of Nathaniel w Niles, the Longwood
Cricket Club star, by Stanley w. Pear
son, of Philadelphia. pearson's steadi-
ness and his great etI yity in covering
his court gave him a we'll played match
by score Of ST, 81, 6--3, Ga,
50.
Young Gerald Emerson. of South Or
ange, was another unlooked-for winner
to-day, defeating Leon De Tourenne, Of
Harvard, by score of 6-3, 6-8, "a,
Cd
Shimidzu In Great Duel
1t was a veritable duel between
Shimidzu and Allen in the third and
hnal set of their match The youth
from the Pacific Northwest surprised
everybody by his steadiness, driving
with fine pace from the base line and
oIten catching his opponent out of pc
sition in backcourt by dropping soft
trap shots just over the net. Some of
taese ShImidzu got to by great foot
work as he raced for The net. More
often, however, the Japanese was
either too late to get his racquet on
the bali, or would only offer up weak
returns that Allen KILLED" with re-
sounding sFnashes or acutely angled
voileys.
In the twelfth game Shimidzu was
v1sasr a point Of the match three
ZINES after the points read go
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