New-York tribune., 1922-08-18
ASIA and SPAN Divide fionors Singles
|kelleller. Meets
Johnston I O-day
In Il ennis Final
Seattle Player Springs Sur
prise Of Tourney by ELM.
mating Niles, rs, SO, 6-3

NEWPORT, r. T., Aug. 1.-THE eli
max of week Of surprises on the
Casino tennis court casne to-day when
Hugh @. M. Kelieher, Of Seattle and
New York, defeated Nathaniel w. Niles,
7--5, BE, 63, thus earning the right
70 meet Willim M. Johnston in the
iinal round tomorrow morning. The
former champion came through the
other half In decisive style by defeat
ing Howard Kinsey, 6--~8, 8--2.
The semisfinaf teams In tho doubles
will be Williams and Washburn, Davis
and Voshell, Niles and Chochet and
the Kinsey brothers. They meet in
that order tomorrow with the final
match scheduled for Saturday.
beilehers victory over Niles was not
SO surprising as 1t seemed in consid-
Grafton Of the tennis the winner has
been playing all week. His defeats of
Phil Neer and Willis Davis showed
that he was dangerous to any one not
right at the top of the game. His
arm style is neither SNOWY ner aggres-
sive, but it is very sound, and he makes
few errors of judgment or execution.
The lack of freedom in Kelleher's
hitting is deceptive, and the onlooker
fails to realie how much pace his shots
carry, or how accurately they are
placed.
fis Strongest Asset
His strongest asset is the ability to
do his best when the going is the hard
est, and it was this that pulled him
through triumphantly to-day. Niles
seemed to sake the match for granted
in the opener and failed to produce the
necessary extra punch when he led at
5-3 on his own service. Kelleher
reyt, $n
and then tied 1t up at all on his own
delivery. Before Niles realized his
danger the set was gone at 7--5,
big handicap in a three set match.
BY steadying down to his normal
game again Niles took the next set at
6-3, leading all the way, and ne
seemed safe enough when he broke
through Keilehers service for the first
game Of the rubber. Here, however,
the Bostonian ran into weird streak
of wildness, and lost three straight
love games before he could recover
control
He upset Kelleher's service in a sue
cessful effort to get back into the run
ming. but lost his advantage immediate
ly when his rival surprised him with
en- almost impossible recovery in the
extreme corner
ESslleher made it So with a close
service ace to help him. Niles then
took off his hat, wiped his glasses and
got to work In earnest, but It was too
late. He won love game on his own
delivery and was within point of
breaking through for another, but KEEL
leher hung on and kept the bali in
play until he got the necessary errors
to win at S---3.
Was Not Hard Pressed
Johnston was not hard pressed by
Howard Kinsey, finding the slow chops
and heavily topped drives Of The latter
exactly to his liking. He hit hard and
quickly broke down the steadiness of
his opponent.
Colbert and Borotra lost their dou-
bles match to Niles and Cochet, Cd,
7--5, with all three of the Frenchmen
playing better than in their earlier
matches, but leaving little doubt OF
the superiority of the only American
in the quartet.
Harry Johnson and the Australian,
Wortheim, had the Kinseys worried
when they took the opening set, Cd,
but team work came to the rescue Of
the brothers and they took the remain
ing sets by the same score.
Bull and Wesbrook sent Davis and
Voshell thTough two long deuce sets
before admitting defeat, while Neer
end Davies put up an excellent battle
against Williams and Washburn
The summaries:
7TEwPORT INVITATION SINGLES
Semi-flHal round--Wtliiam NJ. Johnston
defeated Howard Kinsey. e--3, 6--2; Hugh
G., M, Keleher defeated Nathaniel w.
Niles, IS. 3--6, 6--~3.
DOUBLES
. TY,ird rn,,a-Etr.a., r,n...,
feated H. C. johnson and Wortheim, 4---e,
Sd, 6-4; Niles and Cochet defeated CO.
bert and Borotra. 6--4s rs; Davis and
Voshell defeated Bull and Wesbrook,
1911, Us; Williams and Washburn de-
feated Neer and Davies, Ga. 7--5.