The New York herald., 1922-07-25
WASHBURN DROPS A
SET TO CALIFORNIAN
Davies Also Takes Lead in the
Second Before Play Halts
for Day.
SURPRISE FOR BETTENs
Coast Youth Outplayed by
Bruneau in First Set
Richards Wins.
by SAMUEL ). BnooKMAN.

Rain cut short two matches in the
metropolitan turf court championship
yesterday In which favorites were
trailing their opponents by set ion
the Crescent Athletic Club courts. In
one Of them Watson M Washburn Of
last years Davis cup team had lost a
7--5 set to James Davies. California
collegian, and had been forced to yield
the first game Of the second set. In
the other Phil Bettens, one Of the ris-
ing Pacific coast stars. had been out
played by Armand l.. Bruneau OF the
Kings County Club, 6-3.
AS Washburn has always been a slow
starter his loss of a set to the young
collegian did not necessarily mean that
there was an upset in prospect. 1t usu-
ally takes the ranking player full set
to get into stride. Besides with the
score at 5-all, the rain, which had
threatened for an hour. arrived suddenly
and befogged Washburns specs" plac-
ing him at disadvantage against an
opponent as fast and aggressive as
Davies. Washburn agreed to- finish the
set. but with the rain falling steadily
although not very heavily he failed to
time his shots properly and the Califor-
nian won the next two games for the
set at 7-5
Fortunately for Washburn the rain de-
veloped into drenching downpour after
the first game Of the second set and all
hands had to sprint for the clubhouse.
After a few minutes wait it became evil
dent that play was off for the rest Of
the day. Chances are that Washburn
will come back to-day and overhaul his
to do so on the comparative ranking Of
the two players. but it is far from being
q certainty.
Davies Coming Along.
There Is no denying the fact that be-
fore the first drop of rain fell Davies
was holding his own with the Davis cup
player, covering court with great agility,
serving seYerely and fairly oozing speed.
1t is we'll TO remember also that this
same Davies after playing two close sets
against Vincent Richards at Agawam
took a set from r.. Norris Williams at
Longwood and almost captured another
also that he forced Zeffxo sShimizu. the
Davis cup star. to extend himself at
Greenwich or Saturday to win. Davies
is coming along with giant strides this
season and it will behoove Washburn to
find his best tennis to-day to avoid being
eliminated.
Bettens probably made the mistake of
Understanding Bruneau's strength in
his second match of the tournament. He
had just scored over Chares A. Anderson
in two rather close sets, Cd, 6-4, and
was inclined to--start, leisurely against
Bruneau. To his surprise he found that
not only Bruneau took the aggressive
but that he was outsteadying and out
placing him. When tho California youth
tried to speed up he found he could not
get going. for Bduneau, who was play
ing sound, spirited tennis, kept him hop
ping around to meet his we'll placed
drives.
In Bruneau's case tho rain was un-
timely. He was going at top speed. was
scenting victory and was giving all he
had to accomplish 1t. He has a good
change of clinching 1t to-day unless
Bettens plays so per cent. stronger ten
mis- than he showed yesterday. The
Californian lacked both speed and con-
troll and his backhand was not convinc-
ing.
Richards Plays Leisurely.
Zenzo Shimizu had played only a few
games Of his match with Cyrus G. Hill
when rain interrupted. Two Of the other
seeded players. however, Vincent Rich
ards and 8. Howard voshell, had com
pleted their initial contests, winning
with comparative ease. voshell yielded
only one game to John ]. Blust and
Richards. after taking 6-1 set from
G. @. Burrows, let down considerably
and devoted the rest OF the match to
tuning up his strokes. While he was so
doing Burrows ran Off with four games
The default of Francis T. Hunter. ma
tional indoor champion, will make Rich
ardss advance all the easier in his sec-
tion of the draw and indications are
that It will be Richards versus Shimizu
In the semi-hnal OF the upper half
Cedric Major. after dropping a set to
William Rosenbaum. defeated his op-
ponent with plenty to spare in the next
two, Rosenbaum firing badly. w. III.
lCrocker Of McGill University Of Mon
treal took an extra set match from
Henry @. Tremaine and Is one of two
Canadians still left In the draw. Harold
Taylor of Princeton. former Junior ma
tional champion. was carried along AZ
top sueed by Frank G.. Danielson and
managed to win two sets. s--s, 81.
The doubles division of the tourna-
ment is to start to-day and one of the
competing teams will be that Of William
T. Tilden. world champion, and his latest
protege, Sandy Wiener Of PHILADELPHIA.
On Saturday and Sunday Tilden will
team with Vincent Richards In a series
Of Davis cup doubles tryouts against
Watson M. Washburn and r. Norris
Williams. The summary:
FIRST ROUND
Kenneth d. Fisher defeated Victor Cham
r.. y. Bradley won from Francis T. Hunter
ty default.
Philip Bettens defeated Charles A. Ander-
Edward 2. oelsner defeated O. Q. WHIT
Harris b. Fisher defeated ,. W. Anderson.
CO, SO. -
James Davies defeated Henry Mollenhausr.
6-1, 6-2.
IS: Howard voshei defeated John >. Bluss.
Go, 8-1.
Anton mt; r; r; yon ssrnuth defeated T. r..
SECOND ROUND.
Vincent Richards defeated O. q. Burrows,
Arthur Y; Duncan defeated Milton sopsr.
Cedric Major defeated william Rosenbaum,
w. II. Crocker defeated Henry O. Tre-
maine, 6--1, 90, Ga.
Arthur S. Dabney won from Herbert l..
Bowman by default. N
THIRD ROUND.
Harold l.. Taylor defeated Frank q. Daniel
son. 6-3. OF.
Bouts Postponed.
The bouts between Dave Shade and