The New York herald., 1921-03-31
,ONE-SIDED DOUBLES
MATCH ASURPRISE|
Shafer and Cragin Play Below
Form in National Indoor
Championship.
BY SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN..

In order to permit the national in
door doubles championship. to catch up
with the singles the courts of the Sew
enth Regiment Armory were given over
entirely to the former division of the
tournament yesterday. Two rounds were
disposed of, and at the end only seven
of the twenty competing teams remained
unbeaten. Play was spirited In the
ma jority of the matches. and In several
instances of championship calibre.
Strange to say. the contest that was
expected to furnish the closest. and
most interesting tussle of the day proved
to be the most one sided. 10 wound up
in victory for Vincent Richards and
S. Howard Voshell over G. Carlton
Shafer and Arthur S. Cragin by score
of 6-1. 6-1. On form the rival teams ap-
peared to be very evenly matched. Both
Shafer and Cragin are rated high as
doubles players, and not few there
were who regarded them as favorites
for the title. 1t was the misfortune
of both members Of the team to be off
stroke simultaneously, and their con-
tribution of errors was so generous that
Richards and Voshell did not have to
play at top speed to win almost as
they pleased.
Errors mt Wrong Time.
Cragin in particular lacked control.
He drove repeatedly into the net. and
his attempts at volleying miscued at
tho most critical points of game.
Shafer played more skilfully than his
partner. but was almost as erratic. On
the winners side Voshell stroked with
far more vim than he had shown in
singles. II the injury to his neck was
still giving him trouble 1t was notice.
able only in the fact that he permitted
Richards to do most Of the overhead
smashing and the bulk of the court COW
ering Voshelrs service was going very
we'll and his volleyins was as effective
as ever. Richards drove. voileyed ana
smashed with a reckless abandon tnat
was unusual. He appeared to take de-
light in stroking as boldly as possible.
and his shots went through with almost
uninterrupted success.
There is no reason to doubt the apil-
ity of voshell and Richards to come
through to the title round In their hair
Of the draw without the loss or SET
for they rate far ahead of the other
two teams in that section. In the other
half the selection of the finalists Is
far more difficult task Three teams
loom up as contenders. They are freu-
erick c. Anderson and Ben Letson. tnc
New Jersey State champions. Joseph u.
Werner and Edward T. Herndon OF
Princeton and George G. Moore, Jr.'
and Samuel r. McAllister OF the sew
cnth Regiment Tennis Club.
McAllister and Moore had difficuity
holding their own with Jay l.. Anderson
and Morris s. Clark In the first two
sets Of their match, but in the third
| thew outsteadiel their rivals all the
way and took six games in row. Inc
| Princeton team of Werner and Hernoon
breezed through their first round match
with the loss of only two games. put
later in the afternoon met surprising
resistance at the hands of two school
boys, William Aydelotte and ]. Tucker
/ OF Horace Mann. The youngsters
| The four singles matches In the round
before the semi-final are to start at
p. NJ. to-day. Vincent Richards. fa-
vorite for the title. is to play David
l Hedekin of st. Pauls School, Joseph
l.. Werner Is to meet Frederick G.
Anderson. Arthur S. Cragin will have
George S. Groesbeck as his opponent
and Frank T. Anderson will face
stephen v. Brubans.
The. Summary.
National Indoor Tennis Championship
! Doubes-Ffrst Round.-Joseph l.. Werner
and Edward T. Herndon defeated g. u.
Coster and T. w. Whitall, 6-i. 6-l: 5.
Howard voshei and Vincent Richards de-
/ feated Willis Gels and David Hedekin, 6-3,
eL1; G. Carbon shnser and Arthur s.
| Cragin won from Herbert Vail and A.
Backe. by default.
! Second Round--Frederick c. Anderson and
Ben Letson defeated Edgar T. Appleby and
James .. Ewing. 16-14, a-s: Samuel r.
McAllister and George G. Moore. Jr... de-
fea,ed Jay L. Anderson and i,A, Morris Clark IE
Warner won from lingo Hartman and part
ner by default; J. L. Werner and E. T.
Herndon defeated William Aydelotte and J..
Tucker. 6--4, g. S. Howard voshell and Vim
cent Richards defeated q, G.. shafer and
! A. s. Cragin. 6-1, 6--1: Stephen ". Bru-
bans and Kenneth 9. johnson defeated ]. w.
Traveli and c. J. Post. 6-3. 6-2 George
| q. Groesbeck and George Garbe defeated A.
Orth and w. Baranco. 6-2, Cd: Milton
Soper and r. s. Ross defeated b. T.. Tyndale
and Paul Richards. 6-i, 81.
/ Third Round--Ct s, Groesbcck and G..
Garbe defeated NJ soper and II. s. Ross,
Ga, 6--3.