The New York herald., 1922-08-18
NAT NILES VICTIM
OF TENNIS UPSET
Hugh Kelleher Surprises With
Victory Over BOstOnian
at Newport.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw York HERALD.
NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 17.-To Hugh G.
NJ. Kelleher of Seattle falls the hopoi.
Of opposing William NJ Johnston in the
final round Of the invitation lawn ten
mis- singles tomorrow morning Kel-
leher to-day completed his splendid
showing OF the week by eliminating
Nathaniel w. Niles OF Boston by scores
of Us, 3-6, 6-3, while Johnston was
defeating Howard Kinsey more decis-
lively at Ga, CO.
The doubles teams surviving in the
semi-final round are williams and
Washburn, Davis and Voshell, Nhes and
Cochet, and the Kinsey Brothers. They
meet in that order tomorrow, and the
final match will be played on Saturday.
Although keliehers victory to-day
was surprise 10 the gallery and GER
tainly to Niles, IL was by no means en-
tirely Illogical The Westerner has
been playing good tennis all week, as
he showed In his defeats OF the Biddle
boys, Willis Davis and Phil Neer. His
game Is sound one and on the Whole
orthodox, but II lacks the freedom Of
stroke and spectacular speed that the
onlookers enjoy.
kelleier Consistent.
To-day's match on the grandstand
court could scarcely be called drilling
although 1t contained some very goo
tennis. kelleher was content to keep
the ball III play, working always for any
possible percentage IN his angles and
saving his best shots for the pinches.
He seldom drew applause by his ef-
forts yet hts game was consistently
good and just the kind to take advaa-
tage OF any unsteadiness on the part o.
an opponent.
Niles seemed inclined to take things
too easily in the opening set. which ne
should have won when he had a lead
of 5--3 and his own service. Kelleher,
however. broke through at this crucial
point and then tied it upon his own de-
livery. Another break gave him the
lead 6-7, and before Niles was aware
OF IL the set had slipped from his grasp
at 7--5.
He came back strongly and won the
second at Ga after getting an early
break. But the rubber found his game
very unreliable. Niles upset Kelleher's s
service at the start. and this should have
given him a winning edge. Instead he
lost three successive love games. two OF
them coming on his own service Then
when kellehcr threw away his oppor-
tunity in turn by rushing To the net TOO
hastily In pursuit of his own service
Niles again failed TO turn the break to
account. losing his serve to trail at
a.. largely as the result of spec
tacular get by Kelleher In the extreme
corner of the court
A net cord shot and a service ace
boosted Kelleher's lead to 5--2, and al
though Niles made a last stand and won
a love game on his own delivery he
could not quite catch up and Kelleher
served out the match at 6-3.
Johnston Smothers kinscy.
Johnston was mucn too strong fol
Howard Kinsey and simply murdered
both his slow chops and NE
heavily topped drives. which prove
set ups for the former cham
pions nimitabe forehand Against
such an attack Kinseys usual
steadiness was broken up and his re-
turns weakened gradually until the
match had been scored against him at
6-3, Go.
The French players showed better
form to-day than in their earlier
matches, but Niles was the best man on
the court when he teamed with Cochet
to defeat Colbert and Borotra, Ga,
Is.
Harry Johnson and the Australian.
Wertheim. gave the Kinseys a scare BY
taking the opening set, Ga, but team
work told in the end and the remaining
sets went TO the brothers by the same
score. The summary:
NEWPORT INVITATION sTNGLEs-sEMI-
FINAL ROUND.
William Johnston defeated Howard Kinsey,
6--3, 60.
Hugh q. ~. Keileher defeated Nathaniel W.
Niles. 10. 3-6. 6-3.
DOUBLES-Thl2D ROUND.
Robert klnScy and Howard Kinsey defeated
~. G. johnson and Woriheim. "a, 6--4,
6-s. Niles and Cochet defeated Colbert and
Boroira, Cd, To; Davis and voshell de-
feated Bull and Weshrook. 1911. T-j;
Williams and Washburn defeated Neer and
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