The New York herald., 1921-07-04
HEAT TOO MUCH FOR
RACQUET WIELDERS
V0shell Forced to Stop in the
Third Set-Net Attack Too
Exhausting.
MATHEY DEFEATS PELL
Falls Back to Base Line Play
in Time to Beat Veteran,
1911, 6-3.
BY SAMUEL J. pRooKMAN.


II was no day for the tennis player
who depended on a whirlwind net at
tack to win. II was too hot for that
sort of play yesterday and several high
ranking racquet wielders discovered
that fact on the turf courts of the Mas
sau Country Club at Glen Cove. where
the annual tournament is in progress
g Howard Voshell was so exhausted
attempting to play net against Lyle E.
AIahan that he had to default in the
middle of the third set with the score a
tie, 3-all. Dean Mathey was another
net player who felt the effects of the
strength sapping sun. but Dean fortu-
nately fell back to a base line game in
time to recover his energy, prevent the
loss of a set and win from Theodore
r Pell
AS luck would have 1t. the majority
OF the important matches ran into extra
sets of deuce games and it was little
wonder that the CONTESTANTS required a
long rest before they took up the doubles
Division of the tournament late in the
afternoon. When halt was called in
singles to permit some advance in
doubles, seven of the aspirants to the
Nassau cup survived. One of them.
Walter Merrill Hall. was out in the
semi-final round and the other six in
the fourth round were Vincent Richards,
Team Mathey. Frederick G. Baggs, Lyle
E. Mahan. WATSON NJ. Washburn and
Leonard Beekman 1t looks like Richards
versus Hall in one semi-final and Wash
burn versus either Baggs or Mahan In
the other.
Mahan Close to Defeat.
Lyle e. Mahan had perhaps the most
strenuous day of all and appeared to be
least bothered by the excessive heat.
After his long. hard fought match with
s. Howard Voshel in which the latter
was forced to stop in the third set.
Mahan engaged in another extra set
tussle with Alfred d. Hammett, the
Eastern New York State finalist For
one brief set 1t looked as though Mahan
was headed for defeat. Hammett out
steadied and outgeneralled him and took
the set at 6-1, but Mahan was too
strong for him and set so fast pace in
the second set that Hammett was forced
strictly on the defensive. Coming to the
net in most of the rallies Mahan used his
lcng reach and height to good effect In
block and in smashing overhead and
won the set at 6-2.
The effort told on Mahan In the third
set and he had to fall back to deep
court driving. at which style of game
Hammett again showed TO advantage.
Taking the lead at Al, Hammett ap-
peared TO hold the upper hand. only to
have Mahan rally again and win four
straight games. 1t was nip and tuck then
until the fourteenth game, when Mahan
finally broke through service for the
match. but it was a narrow escape for
the winner for In the twelfth game. with
the score 6-5 in Hammett's favor, the
latter was within n stroke of victory.
Later in doubles Mahan and Charles Nj.
Bull, Jr., won a three set match from ).
Howard voshell and Frederick c. Baggs.
The longest set of the day and of the
tournament came in the match between
Dean Mathey and Theodore r. Pell.
Mathews volleying earned him lead OF
two games, 5-3, in the first set. but he
was unable to maintain the speed of his
net attack and Pell came from behind
and took the lead at 6-5. Mathey wisely
saw the futility OF trying to force the
attack in the forward court under the
conditions and he confined his efforts
thereafter to base line play. gradually
regaining his strength and outlasting
Pen in the rallies. The latter. however.
was within a point of the set at 9-S and
II was not until the twenty-fourth game
-13-11-that Mathey finally placed the
set to his credit. In the second set he
found Pell firing perceptibly and he won
at 6-3.