New-York tribune., 1922-09-12

grueling battles. (
% One more of the Seeded" men, S.
howard Voshell, of New York, was
forced out Of the fold, but his going
was not really in the nature Of an up
set, for it was the brilliant Manuel
Alfonso, of Spain who took the measure
ot the former national indoor cham
pion. But the decisive manner in which
the young Spaniard defeated Voshell,
with the match going in straight sets
at 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, did come as
surprise to the gallery, it being fig
ured that Voshell would get at least
one set before admitting defeat.
Voshell did not look worried after
dropping the opening set He was
probably thinking that Alfonso would
second session, and if not then, surely
In the third. But Alfonso did nothing
OF the kind; instead he actually added
10 the speed of his game, covering his
court with wonderful speed and MAX
ing the most astounding recoveries off
Voshells placed shots, This Spanish
star is going to create havoc. evidently,
before he is eliminated; certainly it
Is going to require some great tennis
to beat him.
Voshell Not at His Best
In fairness to Voshell, it should be
said that he was far from his best
To-Day. Even when he managed to
close in at the net, his favorite posi-
tion, he frequently threw away easy
points by either volleying or smashing
into the net or out of court, and from
deep court he was no match for Alfonso.
who kept him on the run with vicious
drives down the side lines. Tomorrow
afternoon the Spanish Davis Cup star
VIII face Watson M. Washburn, of
New York, and unless Washburn i'm
proves considerably over anything he
has yet shown in this tournament he
! Is due for a defeat.
One of the, most bitterly fought
matches of the tournament to date
was furnished in the match between
Howard Kinsey, of California, and
William j. Clothier, of PHILADELPHIA.
national title holder of 1906, Kinsey
finally winning, in the dusk of the
evening, by score of 2-8, SO, Cd,
81. 1t was a remarkable match for
both men, for Clothier, because he was
at the zenith Of his court career six
teen years ago, when Kinsey was still
California toddler in sailor suit,
and for the Californian because of the
courageous uphill battle he fought
against great odds and one of the
steadiest players in the game.
kinsey began badly, netting ma
lorlty OF his returns and experiencing
continual difficulty in successfully
handling Clothiers slow, deceptive but
beautifully played service. The match
started on one of the outer courts, but
with the score at Sail in the second
set slight rain forced few minutes
postponement, and when the men re-
sumed the tournament committee de-
Gliding that here was a worthy match
for any gallery, moved them over to
the grand stand court.
Clothier's campaign was conducted
almost exclusively from deep court, ex-
cept on the rare occasions when he
was drawn in by short return from
his opponent, and it was on these ad-
vances inside the service court lines
that the veteran made most of his
mistakes. Clothier is not a "killer,"
but places his reliance on returns
placed remarkably close to the lines
and through this accuracy, aided by
splendid court covering, he took the
first two sets and he was 80 deadly in
his passing shots that Kinsey was
cautious about forcing the net position
himself, although he was not match
for Clothier at the back court game
Philacefphian Slows Up
Had the tall, ;mperturbable, Phla-
delphian been able to hold the pace, he
would probably have beaten Kinsey to-
day, for it required all of the first two
sets before the Californian gained con-
troll of his strokes.
After taking the third set at Ga,
Kinsey played with far more sting and
control in his shots, g majority of
which were sliced, the heavily under
cut ball taking freaky bounds on the
turf and forcing Clothier to fairly
scoop it up to keep it in play. 1t
seemed to me that Kinsey, even after
he lost the second set and was fight
ing grimly for the third, never lost
his confidence in the ultimate out
come. He had, perhaps, made up his
mind before starting play that he was
in for a five-set match, and believed
that Clothier would slow up in the
closing minutes of the struggle, if that
was his line of reasoning, it was cor
rect, for, after making splendid bid
| for the fourth set, the former cham
pion weakened quickly in the fifth,
and Kinsey ran out with the loss of only
one game.
| Tomorrow Howard will meet Will
| liam M. Johnston, the famous Little
Bill,' of California, who is striving for
his third winning Of the national
| honors.
Johnston brought on his own trou-
| bles in his match against Stanley Pear
son, the star of the home club, win
ming by a score of al, 6-1, Go, but
only after being extremely close 10
dropping the opening set Pearson, a
dangerous man to fool with, was out
for everything he could get from the
frst minute Of play, He not only drove
we'll but he was very clever and effec-
tive in the volleying position, and he
was not missing much in these ad-
vances to the barrier
| Johnston, in the first set, played as
though he expected Pearson to make
the errors, but when the latter refused
to accommodate the Californian to that
extent and, instead, boldly assumed the
aggressive himself, then Johnston real
| lied he must win through the medium
of his own earning shots. Once he had
made up his mind to this Pearson's fin
ish was not long DELAYED
Johnston Is Threatened
The Philadelphian led at 30, at 5--2
and 1870, and at 7-6 in the first set,
| but eac htime when victory beckoned
1 paaraon 9acea an aroused John ston a