Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-17
REACH SEMEF|NAL
ROUNDS AT MERTON
Play This Afternoon, and To-
morrow in Meet for Lawn Ten
mis- Titles Of State
0NE.SIDED MATCHE s
by SPICK HALL

'"' p'uNcTS are left IN tDe singles
ana -FOUR teams in the doubles nj Merton
to tight IL out for the lawn tennis titles
or pennsylvania. The singles. which
mas narrowed down to the semi finals.
VIII be played this afternoon ms n
starter and the doubles will be pulled
Immediately afterward.
Wallace F.. johnson. of Cynwyd.
present state champion. will clash with
SHu"rY mayer in the upper bracket
and j: u: Fcnno. Jr.. Harvard. will
NEE, STANLEY w. Pearson. Germantown
,ricket tlub. in the lower half. In the
doubles. Johnson and Carl Fischer meet
STANLEY Pearson and Cap Wister, State
doub'es champions. and Ed Thayer and
sydney Thayer will play Ted Edwards
and John c. Bell. .Jr.
Ihaycr came through by defeating
A. J., Reed. 60. 6-1; johnson had no
trouble in trimming his clubmate. Carl
FISCHER, in straight sets. "a. GO:
tenno eliminated Paul Casey. Of
Merton. 6-3. 6-1; Pearson won from
G-1. 60.
=, Ed Ihayer and Joe Thayer reached
the semi finals in doubles by trimming
j. w. Gcarslcy and :. r. iiilpin in a
stiff battle. 6-3. %. Ted Edwards
and John c. Bell. Jr.. had an easy
match when they defeated A, G. Tay-
lor and j. &. Taylor in the fourth
round. Pearson and Wister beat J. s.
Disston, Jr.. and Joe Rowland yester-
day, 81. 80, and Wallace Johnson
and Carl Fischer won by-default from
Joe Werner and f. r. Herndon. the
Princeton pair.
Not Very Close
Johnson and Fischer were nut upon
the championship court as the feature
match players Of thc day. and big
gallery gathered around the court TO
witness the battle. In the first set
Fischer was going well and led john
son at 3D. and "A. but that was as
iar as he could go. for, just as it seemed
that he at least might carry Johnson
into deuce set he pulled ligament in
his back and was not able to take
another game. Fischer won his four
games in the first set largely by going
to the net and making a number Of
very clever voley placements.
Johnson put on more steam. Just at
the proper time and prevented Fischer
from making these shots.
johnson play in the second sci which
he won Mt love. was model of lawn
tennis perfection. He calmly placed
the ball within inches of the spot he
picked out and Fischer didn't have II
chance. Fischer scored only thirteen
points in the final set
IL was expected that DIR. Hawk not
only would give Stanley Pearson n good
battle. but that he had chance to win.
However. DIR. Hawk found Pearson in
the best form that he has displayed re-
Gently and the score. 81. go, shows
adequately just how the two men com
pared yesterday.
.1sr. r.
allowing him to remain in the back OF
the court. The squash racQucts cham
pion used some Of Wallace Johnson !
stuff. cutting the ball into the fore
court and compelling DIR. Hawk to
dash toward the net to make the get.
Pearson would be in the fOrecourt him
se!f by this time and he usually was
able to vollcy the bail for n clean place
ment.
Sydney Thayer. who has not been play.
ing as much tennis as most Of the other
men in the Philadelphia circle, has had
fine record in reaching the semi finals.
He began on Monday by beating D. S.
BostiCk. His next victim was Ernest
Jr.. and Yesterday he had little trouble
in defeating A. l.. Reed Sydney
Thayer plays one of the Smoothcst
games in the city. All of his strokes
are made perfectly and he makes the
game look exceedingly easy. In spite
of the wound in Iris arm, which he re-
ceived in France. he volleys we'll, al
though this injury has prevented his
developing strong overhead, for which
he formerly was noted.
AS expected. Fenno won easily from
Paul Casey in straight sets. Fenno
uses the chop to the exclusion Of all
other strokes and he has this game very
well developed. However, at times he
showed that the lack of drive was
hurting his game. He plays very well
at the net and against Casey did some
very good volleying
Cassard Wins in Finals
While the Pennsylvania tournament
was being held at Merton this week
there was lot of lawn tennis at the
Philadelphia Cricket. The clubs
championships were held in CONJUNCTION
with the North Philadelphia Center
tournaments. in which girls and boys,
girls junior and hOys' junior events
were held. The winner of the junior
tournaments will have the privilege Of
entering the nationals.
The big upset in the club tournament
came in the final round when Edward
c. Cassard defeated Alex Thayer In
three strnight sets. 6-3. Cd, 8-3.
Cassard has been improving great
deal recently and his volleying and
overhead play yesterday were too much