New-York tribune., 1922-04-11


!, Tildens absence s Howord
vosheu. Of Brooklyn, forfaeF national
..Soor champion. and G. Carlton Shafer,
LsJ ~ Jpbiladelphia. former holder OF The
\ s,.;o.aI indoor doubles title, look Ike
-. Iocical fnalsts. Voshell, however,
ra MIGHTY close 10 defeat il, his first
~s,cb this morning against A. Ware
wsrriam. OF Hartford. The match went
.,voshell BY q score Of Is. Sd, 6-1.
";,er Merriam was within few points
- victory in the second set. It was
o,1v nv taking daring chances when
tremhling on the brink Of defeat that
mo former indoor champion pulled out
me set. In the last session of play
Voshell crowded on steam and by
forcing the net position consistently and
smothering everything that came to
rim overhead ran out the set at 6--1
With Merriam firing badly toward the
last
Mrs. Marion Iinderstein Jessup, of
Wilmington, Del, No. 3 in the women's
national ranking list and runner up to
Mrs. Mallory, who won the women's
championship, dominated the women's
NAV. In her frst match Mrs. Jessup
overwhelmed Miss Alice Vail by score
Of s-l, 6--1. and in the third round
she took the measure of Miss Dorothy
vanslyck by score of Go, 6-1. As
Miss Marion zinderstein. Mrs. Jessup
formerly held the north and south hon
ors Il is evident that she is out this
year to win another leg on the silver
trophy.
In the opposite half from Mrs. Jes-
SUP is Miss Helen Gilleaudeau. of New
York, No. in the national ranking.
who drew bye in the first round and
defeated Mrs Charles Ilsley, of Mil
waukee. by score Of 6-1. 6-2 in
the second. In the same section of
the draw with Miss Gilleaudeau are
Miss Clare Cassel, Florida champion;
Miss Martha Bayard. of Short Hills. N.
J., and Miss Florence Balln, former
New Jersey titleh holder, all Of whom
won to-day. Miss Edith Sigourney, of
Longwood, and Miss Lillian Scharman.
Of New York. are the strongest CON
tenders against Mrs. Jessup in the IN.
per half
Eight players reached into the round
before the semifnal in tie mems
singles, while Mrs. Jessup gained her
semi-tinal bracket in the women's divi-
sion, with six other survivors in the
round before the semi-fnal. The
doubles and mixed doubles are sched-
uled to start tomorrow.
IT was day of scorchng heat here
to-day and several of the players, both
men and women. were near the point
Of exhaustion before the day was over
Noshe! found It particularly hard to
get gong at full speed, and this gave
,ne s1alwart Merriam the opportunity
''r e. running INTO a commanding lead
ohafer, one of the craftiest court
generals in the game. was IN rrsat
f'rm in both his matches. defeating Fl.
Prescott at 60, 60. in his FIRST,
encounter M and then eliminating A. G.
onanee at 6-1. 81, in the third
round Shafer covered his court tire
iiessy in spite of the killing heat, and
ms strokes were under such fine con
uoi that he was generally placing his
returns within two or three inches of
tne lines. Neither Prescott nor Chaffee
could make much headway against that
style of play and both succumbed
rather easily.
R. B. Bidwell. of Boston. had a
severe tussle on his hands in the first
set OF his match with Armand Bru-
neau, of Brooklyn, finally winning at
IS, but in the second set he had less
trouble. Both men were making errors
throughput, as they tried to shave the
top Of the net on their volleying shots,
but they also brought off many
1a2zIlne placements that served to
Keen the CALLER interested to the last
The summarizes:
MFN.s SINGLES
First Round-Arnold l. Bruneau Brook
= n. oe1eated Ldeutenant Walthaii Camp
oaass - eLz n 5 Prescott de-
eeteu e -. OK ny o"tauIt.
.ostoa X"una-S ho"aru Noshell de-
~ p.,H.,i -. w nterIlaIn ~-,o' o,-4. 6-l F
fIeuClI usteaten j. rs Jessup; 6-S,
49, yLeo.se 9'aoe1 won ~ default from
|ro,,o Uof.s -. Dag ss Won by default
ds|sa.aS '''St 9,a, 1oslhn " heeI"r'en
Howard F Mo,.e 49, GlTe, ta6 a4o3 q; ST. e
e.. :, y P;d,'oT att, ~ W "Tpne' -
C,se, N"e' Teige.tu w. "a n.
Sat.,rit' -, y. - bruHeLU Won oE
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