Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-28
NEER AND DAVIES
TITLE FAV0R|TES|
Leland Stanford Stars Have
Edge on 8 Remaining Play
ers in College Tennis
FOUR EASTERNERS LEFT

'0CT at the Merton Cricket Club
" eight youths still are in the run
ming for the 1920 singles championship
of the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis
AHeoria ion. Yet. while eight are ell
Gibc. two Of the number appear TO
stand head and shoulders above the
others. and only the biggest sort Of an
upset will keep them from reaching the
, final round.
The two outstanding players are
Phil Noer and Jim Davics-both of
whom ronrcscnt the same institution,
Leland stanford University Of Califor-
mia. These two players were in the
tourney last sumner and made an i'm
rrcSSiv" showing. Ncer winning the
championship and Davies going TO the
S"mi final.
Their showing this season has been
Of the sam" high order. They 60 about
their days work with n vim and dash.
eager TO triumph in decisive manner.
ana pr"nnr" for the next match Neer
In reaching the round before the final
mas dropped hut six games. while Davies
mas lost only few more than his team
mate.
Neer Limps
And N"er is playing with an injured
knee. Both he and Davies are mem.
bcrS Of the Leland Stanford basketball
team. Davies being the captain. Last
winter N""r severely injured his right
Knee. and because he slightly twisted IL
again about II week ago. he now moves
around with n limp.
To SOC him pay. however. one would
h"Ii"v" b" was not hnndiranpcl by his
knee. Yesterday in the fourth round
u" TOOK Rodney Beck into camp by the
Sc"r" OF t. o.. This was no mean
victory. as Beck Philadclphian. had
won I'll bis matches This season as can. an
,,aIn ana first singles man of I.chieh
| nivcrSitN.
"IaN N""r meets another Philndel-
nhinn-Andy Morgan. 'cantain of the
hIVcrNity o. Pennsylvania team. Nor
can has been playing exceptional ten
ms mis- week. but it is doubtful II he
"iI D" abl" 10 do better than the others
who hav" faced N"cr thus far. Andy's
@'rEi"" NcSt"riay was very good and he
vas Stradl"r than he has been all year.
! h" mas another good day. the match
should be interesting.
Davies Meets Brown Today
Davies plays Wray Brown. IN.
slender athlete representing the Wash.
ingt"n University of St. Louis. Brown
| cam" h"r" unheraIdod and unsung. and
WIN peculiar service that caused un-
! favorable criticism. But. he's there in
IN" running and must be considered
lnti' Davies can prove otherwise. The
absence of a powerful overland serv-
ice means nothing to Brown. is
me other fifth round contests sched.
mi"d for today will bring together T..
r.. Williams. of Yale. and Morris
Duane. of Harvard. and Walter Wes-
brook. of Michigan. and Sanders. osn.
tain of tn" Dartmouth College team.
! All four are among the leaders i'm col !.
| I"ge tennis and may spring the unex-
| pcrtcd' for YOU never can tell. whether
IN football and baseball or soccer
and tennis.
OF the eight remaining plaver' four ar.
from the East. two from he Middle west
ana raHn j"% wj IRON tnG M PaGihe G22st The rnai
FridaN afternoon. unless it should rain today
/ or tomorrow.
DR., Philip Is. Hawk. Pau williams. Wat
son NashbHrn and sam HARDY were among
meeting OF all the men playing in the
tournament.
There viii be meeting Of the a.soei-
again, T. accepted the locp INSTITUTION Will
bs elH'oI for neNt years tournament.
The East viii have one consolation II the
Woet wins -" honors-- tEat the champion
sat's w"ro led for one uec< by an Eastern
ms t4tion, The Me:ior ,'r.che, club
Homer white. tho busy orncrq, believes
,Eal L"N.s Wn!te, IN. Young University OF
T"A"' pas""' VIII drr"I'p In'o a star.
Johnn, Howard tho Princeton entry. who
,oSi T. Morgan yesterday, resembles Vincent