New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-22
Garland Defeated at 60.
%; Williams Has a
Close Call; Vosheu Loses
By Fred Hawthorne

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brilliant crowd that filled the stands
to capacity got it's thrills day as the
annual Rhode Island state champion
ship lawn tennis tournament nearcd
its final stages on the turf courts of
the Agawam Hunt Club.
The spectators were first stirred as
the great Tilden flashed a wizard streal,
of tennis in overwhelming "Chuck"
Garland, of Pittsburgh, by a score of
Go, GO, in the fifth round. 1t had
it's second thrill when Richard Norris
Williams, I'd, hung perilously close to
defeat in his match with Nathaniel w.
Niles, of Longwood, the sets going at
6-3, 81, Is, and this after "Dick
of Wimbledon had run into lead of
10 in the last set, only to have Niles
begin great uphill battle that carried
him almost to the eighth before Will
liams could again gain control of his
magic shots and pull the match out
For the third time during the after
noon a thrill ran through the crowd
when Vinceant Richards, Of New York,
our national junior champion, dazzled
everybody by the brillance of his low
volleying and the deadly character of
his placing as he crushed Leon De
Tourenne of Harvard by a score of
Go, 6-3.
Golf Spells Tennis Play
The fourth match of the day in the
mems singles brought about the de-
feat of S. Howard Voshell, who yester-
day defeated Shimidzu, by Watson M.
Washburn, of New York. Washburn
won at So, SIS, 6-3, after Voshel
had held the lead in the final set, APP
parently headed straight for victory.
Eighteen holes of golf that Voshell
had finished barely two hours before
he went on the court had evidently
taken the edge off his speed, for he
was never the net-storming, aggressive
player against Washburn this after
noon who had moved little Shimidzu
down so ruthlessly on Wednesday.
The women's singles produced no up
sets and no undue nervous strain upon
the part of the spectators, for the is
sue in both the semi-fnal round
matches was never in doubt. Mrs.
Benjamin E. Cole, of Longwood, de-
.feated Miss Leslie Bancroft. club
mate, by a score of 81, 81, while
on an adjoining court Mrs. John B.
Jessup, of Wilmington, more widely
rion zinderstein, national doubles
champion, vanquished little Miss
Helen Mills, of California, by a score
Of 6-3, 6-9. She and Mrs. Cole, old
rivals, will meet for the championship
tomorrow afternoon at 80 o'clock.
Mrs. Jessup and Miss Edith Sigour-
ney defeated Mrs. Cole and Mrs.
Frank H. Godfrey, of Longwood, at
81, Ga, in one of the soundest,
fastest women's doubles matches I
have seen this season. In the other
semi-fnal match Miss Bancroft and
Miss Florence Balm, of New York, de-
feated Miss Katherine Gardner and
Miss Rosamund Newton. of Boston, by
a score of Is, 7-5.
Last Thrill Comes Late
Four teams reached the semi-fnal
round in the mems New England sec
tional doubles pionship, as fol-
lows: Richards and Voshell, Williams
and Kumagae and Shimidzu. They will
meet in that order tomorrow after
noon. Four teams went into the semi
final round in the mixed doubles.
One of these matches, in which Miss
Bancroft and Kumagae met Miss Wills
and Wallace Bates, was responsible
for the last thrill of very late eve
ming. Miss Bancroft and "Itchy" final
ly won at 81, As, 13-11, but it
was only after the keenest struggle
of the day. The sun had disappeared
many minutes before the last point was
won, and it was largely the fascina-
ton of watching Miss Wills's pigtails
hanging down her back. that held sew
eral hundred persons glued to their
seats until the end.
Williams played superb tennis to-
day at times, but his old inclination
to take long, unnecessary chances
when the whole court is open to his
attack nearly caused his downfall this