Evening star., 1922-05-13


matches yesterday -sthe Yankees
eran combinations. while the Nip
ponese were sent the limit of three
sets both times by opposition that
did not size up as strongly as that
faced by the winning Americans.
Twice Defeat Ex-Champions.
Williams and .Washburn won from
ex-champions and internationalists.
They first disposed of>W. A. Larned
and w. J. Clothier. S.. 81. and
shortly Afterwards defeated Dwight
F. Davis and Holcombe Ward. men,
bers of the first United States inter-
national team in 1900, 6-4, 6-3.
"Shimmy" ard Cash." as their
American friends call them. started
out by taking the measure of Hugh
kelleher and Arthur Yenoken. a New
York k-Washington combination. 4-S.
Beals c. Wright. still another ex-
national champion and former Davis
cup player. and Sam Hardy, who re-
turned from abroad only a couple of
days ago and who hardly had time
to get rid of his sea-legs. Scores of
the battle were Cd, 81, G..
Wright and Hardy had entered the
semi-finals through a victory over
Commander Charles Long and Arthur
HELEN. g., 6-4. Previously Long
and HELEN had won from Julian S.
Myrick, president of the National
Tennis Association and George w.
Wightman. GO, 3-6. 60.
Williams "On His Came"
Williams played great tennis. and
Washburn ably supported him, in
their matches. Williams service, his
neat placements and his severe driv-
ing were the main factors. In few
words. Williams won ION his game"
and when that is the case there usu-
ally Is only one answer.
Larned and Davis did the major
work for their respective teams,
their partners. Clothier and Ward.
Larned served especially well, scor-
ing no less than four aces. more than
any other player in the matches yes
terday, and making some well placed
drives. Davis. drove hard. and his
overhead work was consistently ef-
DR.. L. W. Glazebrook, who refereed
several of the matches yesterday, de-
clared that Larned's service was
stronger than when he was winning
the national title with regularity
more than dozen years ago.
Japanese Pair Steady.
Shimidzu and Kashio outsteadied
and outlasted their opponents in their
well Learned victories. Kelleher and
Yencken won their set principally
through the smashing service of the
New York player, who was hammer
ing the first ball across with accu-
racy for a while. Kelleher. however
grew faulty in his service. and this.
with the fact that the teamwork of
the Japanese was much superior. de-
cided the issue.
Wright and Hardy gave the Nip
ponese real battle until they-prin-
cipally the former-"cayed in" They
had to put on steam to take the sec
ond set to even the match. winning
out after Shimidzu and Kashio had
led at 4-2 and 400. This effort of
the more veteran players told, and
they had little left with which to
combat the ever-steady and appar-
emily tireless Japanese pair.
A large and -apprecfattve gallery
witnessed the principal matches yes
terday, and throng is certain to be
on hand for today's concluding con-
test. .i.
University of Southern California
netmen took all three matches from
Georgetown yesterday on the hilltop
It was the Blue and Gray's first re-
verse of the season. Stanton We1ch
defeated Tom Mangan, 7-5. Ga, and
Paul Greene won from Paul Kunkel