The New York herald., 1922-06-30
PHIL NEER BEATEN
IN COLLEGE TENNIS
Williams Of Yale and Brown
of Washington Reach Final
Round at Philadelphia.

Special Dispateh to THE New YonK HERALD
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.-America's
intercollegiate tennis championship stays
east OF the Rocky Mountains this year,
This was assured to-day when Phil
Neer> of Leland Stanford University
California, was eliminated by Lucian r
williams OF Yale in the semi-final round
the other player to reach the final being
Karl Brown, sensational and unheralded
rIayer from Washington University OF
st. Louis. Williams rose to uncanny
heights when he put the famed Neer
out of the tournament in a dazzling
straight set match, 6-3. 81.
Browns triumph less than an hour
later over Walter X. Westbrook of the
University of Michigan. former Western
Conference champion. was almost as
much of a surprise as Williams's VIC
tory. Brown moved down the crafty
Westbrook in a hard three set match
4--6, 6-1. Ga.
Thus William and Brown go to the
final round and will decide the cham
pionship Saturday afternoon. tomorrow
being given over to the doubles matches.
Williams, although wearing ths blue
Of Yale. is middle Westerner. his home
being in Chicago.
Brown, whose peculiar service caused
much criticism at the start Of the present
tourney, ranks fourth in the, Missouri
Valley. This Is Bis third Eastern APP
earance. but the first time that he has
appeared in intercollegiate competition.
His other visits were in intersectional
matches in Boston.
Williams played his best tennis so far.
Neer was erratic. the Californian be-
ing guilty of more errors than he has
made in all his previous matches. Ere
quently the Yale captain pulled Neer up
to the net and passed over his head
with beautiful lobs that fell within
inches Of the base line.
N,ser was more fortunate In doubles.
When paired with Jim Davies the Cali
fornians defeated J. Howard and IL. IL.
Taylor of Princeton In straight sets.
' 6-3, Sc the last one abounding with
good t. ..lis.
Yale's leading doubles team. composed
of q. NJ. Wheeler and Lucian f. Will
Jams, won a strenuous match from the
University of Texas pair. Granger and
White. 7-5, 6--3. The Texans threw o
scare into the Ellis. especially in the
first set.
AT meeting of the intercollegiate
Lawn Tennis Association the Philadel-
phia College of Osteopathy was admit
ted to membership. Carl Fischer.
former Penn captain. and his brother,
Herbert. .wo of the leading players in
the Philadelphia district, are students
at osteopathy. The team will be eligible
to play in next years tourney.
The summary:
SINGLES-SEMI-F1NAL ROUND.
Lucian E. Williams. Yale. defeated Phil
Neer. Leland Stanford. 8-3, 6-1.
| Karl Brown, Washington University. St
Louis. defeated Walter WesbrOOk. Mtcht-
! gan. 4-6, 6-1. O..
DOUBLES-THIRD ROUND.
G.. NJ. Wheeler and l.. e. Williams. Yale
University of Texas. 7--5. 6-3.
Morris Duane and Karl Pfaffman. Harvard
defeated Walter X. Wesbrook and G. G
Reindel, Michigan TO, Cd.
Parks and O'Connell. Oklahoma University
defeated Karl Brown and X G.. Karnman
Washington University. ST. Louis. Ga
| Cd.
Phil Neer and Jim Davies. Leland Stanford
defeated j. Z. Howard and ii. L. Taylor
| Princeton. 6-3, S-6.