Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-25
Boston. Aug. %.


ct TITLE BILL" JOHNSTON and
II Wallace Johnson. Nathaniel W,
Niles and Jean Borotra entered the
semi final round of the national don- :
b'cs tennis championship mt the Chest
nut Hill court of the Longwood Cricket
Cluh here yesterday afternoon.
The eliminated Kinsey brothers. OF
San Francisco. and X. \. Williams.
Of Boston. and Watson Washburn, of
New York. w..
Both matches went the limit. Mics
and Rorotra winning. 6-3. 80. $50.
90. O.. while Johnston and Johnson
won, 1O-s. Sc, 81. 48. G-3.
Undoubtedly, the feature Of the day
was the upset Of Williams and wash :
burn. the 1921 Davis Cup defenders
by the scratch Franco American COM
binat!on. Seldom has fpcr exhibition
Of doubles p.sy been seen fhan that OF
Borotra.
Receiving no more than average sup
MORT from his partner. he carried tn"
first two scts by the most remarkable
court covering and volleying that have
ever seen.
II his ground shots eqanlcd his
noiiify and net game. Borotrn Wo"id
bc one of the greatest tennis pidy-
cys IN the rorld.
Credit to Borotra
Williams and Washburn we're not Mt
their best. How much OF this was due
to the surprise Occasioned by the SEN
sational playing of Borotrn. ana now
much of it was due to an off day is hard
70 saw. But nv impression was that
the Frenchman deserves much or the
credit for the seemingly poor showing or
the Americans in the first two sets.
Rorotra tired in the early games or
the third set. which resulted in loss of
accuracy In his vollcying. Williams and
Wnshburn seized their opportunity and
ran through the third set with the loss
of three games. The rest did not seem
to materially aid Borotra. although the
other three men appeared fresh when
they again took the court.
A break of Borotrn's delivery in the
first game of the fourth set gave the
former American Davis Cup team the
iump. and with this added incentive
they dashed through to square the
match.
Psychological breaks occurred In the
second and third games of the fifth set,
when Williams and Washburn passed up
opportunities to break their opponents
delivery and we're then broken through
themselves.
Niles. whO up To nor had been
playing his acreage game, httcd II
ADORE TINT Of any man on the court.
and, throughout the rcmnindcr 0t the
match, rns the dominating figure.
This, coupled with Rorotra' return
70 his sensational form Of the first two
sets, carried the International team TO
n O. victory. The outstanding fea-
tures of tho match were Rorotra' : vol
leyinr and return of service off his
backhand. and Niles magnificent play
in the fifth set.
4 Fatal Lapse
Johnston and johnson justified theM
Seeding" over the Kinsey brothers,
hrt only after five sets of the most bit
tcrly contested tennis Of the tourna-
ment, felt that the kinseys tossed
away golden opportunity in the first
set when Howard dropped his service
when leading 81.
This lapse gave the others chance
which they Immediately seized and they
ran out the set at Sc, again breaking
Howard's service, this time at love.
The second set was II replica of the
first. with Bob KinSey the victim Of the
only service break. Johnston and John
son pressed on to what seemed certain
straight set win when they led 81 and
match point ON Howard's service, bat
they lacked the necessary punch to put