New-York tribune., 1922-07-12

But Vincent Richards, of New York,
who defeated Tilden in the final here
last year, went into action this after
noon and battled his way through two
rounds of play, in each case being
forced to extend himself Harry C.
Johnson, Of Boston, one of the crafti-
est of the veterans, was first offered
up as q sacrifice to the junior cham
pion and was defeated at Cd, Ga.
Young Jim Davies, of California, was
the next victim of Richards's wizard
shot-m aking, yielding by the same
score that had marked Jchnson's down
fall but in this case the struggle was
far keener, Davies putting up q great
fight for the points.
Another son of the Golden West,
Phil Bettens, of California, caused a
ripple of excitement by the manner in
which he waded through the veteran
Samuel Hardy, of New York, taking
the match Mt 6-3, 60. 1t is true that
Hardy only arrived from New York this
morning, going straight to the court
from the train, but he is so learned
in all the little tricks of the game
that few looked to see Bettens come
Youth Smothers Opposition
The youth from the West Coast fully
earned his laurels, howevsT, his driving
being forceful and his volleying and
overhead being sufficiently effective to
smother Hardys opposition in one-two
order.
S. Howard Voshell, former national
indoor champion, took matters n bit
easy this afternoon in his match with
Claude Branch, local man, the sets
going at ca, Go, with Voshell grad
ually speeding up in the second set
and finishing off points at the net po-
sition. Voshell if all goes we'll, should
face Tilden in the sen1i-fnal round on
Friday.
Phil Ncer, of California, former In
tercollegiate title holder eliminated
Howard Homans at 60. 6-2 and
held command at all stages. Neer is
rather typical of the California school
in his tactics, relying upon his voiley-
ing ability and a crashing overhead to
win his points. His ground strokes
have improved since last season. but he
agine, against a man who is thorough
ly grounded in the driving game.
Such player he will face to-mor-
row in Lawrence B. Rice, of Boston,
who came through the second round
this afternoon by defeating Hoffman
Nickerson, of New York, at 6--1. e.
Rice is a dangerous opponent for any
of the ''first ten" men, either from
back court or when we'll up inside the
service court lines. He hts every shot
hard and is ever on the aggressive.
Johnson Wins Easily
Wallace Johnson, of Philadelphia
looked very good to-day in his match
with Henry Guild, of Boston, winning
by a score of 6-1, 6-1, and apparently
without an effort, so easily does he
execute his chops and slices. Guild
found it almost impossible to keep the
ball out of Johnson's reach, while the
Phladelphian stuck his returns into
the far corners, cutting the chalk lines
or short over the net, forcing Guild to
keep constantly on the jump.
Nathaniel W. Niles, of Longwood
who came through his first two rounds
SO breezingly yesterday. had his work
cut 0%t for him to-day in disposing of
A. H Chaplin jr., of Springfield, by a
score of 10, 6-2. The latter is an
other of the younger generation who
is rapidly coming to the fore. He held
Niles practically even through most
Of the first set, cutting off many Of the
Longwood mans severely hit drives by