New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-21
American Always Master
i'm Tennis Battle With
Son of the Orient.
By Fred Hawthorne

PROVIDENCE, July 20.-S. I-5ward
Voshell, of Brooklyn, forne- national
indoor champion, was the dominating
figure in the Rhode Island State cham
pionship lawn tennis tournament to-
day, on the turf courts of the Agawam
Hunt Club. Playing the most brilliant,
aggressive tennis he has flashed in the
last two seasons, Voshell overwhelmed
Zenzo Shimidzu, of the Japanese Davis
Cup team, by score of 6-1, G-3, and
when he had hammered out his last
point there was no question in the
minds of those who had watched him
sweep Shimid2u off the courts as to
Poshell's superiority.
To-day marked the second time in
less than a week that the left handler
had taken the measure of the little
.Japenese. When Voshell defeated
Shimidzu at Greenwich last Sunday he
was pressed hard to win, but on the
Agawam courts this afternoon the
American was always the master.
Eight Contenders for Title
The other favorites came through
in the mems singles, leaving eight
contenders for the title held until
yesterday by Clyde Curley, of Provi-
dence. Vincent Richards defeated
Arthur Ingraham at 81, Cd; Rich
ard Norris Williams vanquished W. E.
Howe jr. at Go, 6--3; William T
Tilden I'd defeated Phil Neer, of Cali
fornia, at I'd, GO, and Watson M
ashburn, of New York, eliminated
Josiah Wheelwright, of Boston, by q
round. Leon De Tourenne, of Har-
ward; N. w. Niles, of Longwood, and
| Charles S. Garland, of Pittsburgh, had
gained their brackets yesterday.
The mems and womens doubles and
the mixed doubles, with strong fields in
each event, moved smoothly ahead
toward the final brackets under the
spur of the dynamic Tilden's per-
sonality.
"Big Bill" has been doing two
mems work all week, fer not only is
| he playing in three events. but he also
has commplete charge of the arrange
between times he holds a wicked hand
at bridge. And Tilden seems to thrive
on the treatment, for each day he
| shows us a bit more of the brand OF
tennis that earned him worlds honors
In the women's singles to-day the
outstanding performance was shown
by Miss Leslie Bancroft, Of the Long
wood Cricket Club, who literally
fought her way into the semi-fnal
round by defeating her clubmate. Miss
Edith Sigourney, at I'd, "a, 10-8
II was a bitterly contested match
played under broiling sun.
Within Point of Match
No less than seven times, five times
in the second set, was Miss Bancroft
within a point of the match vet Miss
Sigourneys logged determination helc
her off. In the third set Miss Sigour
ney ran into lead and was twice only
point removed from victory. This
time it was Miss Bancroft who proved
her courage by coming through witt
the winning shots at the critica
stages.
Tomorrow Miss Bancroft must face
the powerful driving attack Of Mrs
Benjamin E. Cole, of Longwood ma
tional clay court champion. The lat
ter defeated Miss Florence BALM, OF
New York, by score of 81, 81
and right now is going at her best.
Miss Helen Wills, of California, who
Sam Hardy tells me, is only fourteen
years old, gained her semi-final round
by defeating Mrs. n. W. Niles, OF Long
wood, by score of 81, Cd. Mrs
/ Marion Zinderstein Jessup, Delaware
champion, crushed Mrs. A. H. Chaplin
of Springfield, to-day by score OF
60, 60. She and Miss Wills meet
in the lower semi-fnal bracket to-
morrow.
1t will probably interest tennis fol-
lowers to know just how Voshell
brought about the defeat of Shimidz1
this afternoon. The reason is not far
to seek. Voshell kept on top of his
opponent throughout the match, catch
ing the Japanese off his guard at the
start and never slackening his terrific
pace.
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