New-York tribune., 1922-07-11


the national clay court title last week
At Buffalo; Miss Martha Bayard, ne
brilliant girl from Short HIS \. j.
Miss Lillian scharman, 81 Brooklyn'
Mrs BENJAMIN r. Briggs, OF Pclnam
Manor. \. Y; Miss Helen WIS, oi
Berkeley. Calf; Miss Florence Ballin'
Of New York. and Miss Rosamond New
ton and Mrs. Frank II. Godfrey BON OF
Longwood. were entered for the hon
ors now held by Mrs. Marion Finder
stein Jessup, Of Wilmington, Dell who
will not defend.
Thus II may te seen that the week
Of play is certain 10 develop some sen
sational tennis. The tournament com
N nitiee. headed by Z. T. II. Metealf' had
everything in perfect shape for the
opening Of play this morning, when
tho first Of the women's matches be-
gan. The turf courts appeared in
splendid condition, in spite Of the
abundance Of rain, and stands pro-
tected by gay striped canvas covers
were a welcome innovation for the gal
lcries.
Tildcn. fresh from his victory yes
terday in the clay court championship
tourney at indianapolis, is due 20 ar
rive here tomorrow morning, and IL is
hoped that he will bring with him
Zenzo Shimizu, Of Japan. runner-up for
the clay court honors. "Shimmy" IS en-
tered in the tournament, but there IS
still some doubt as 10 whether he will
bn able 70 accompany Tilden here.
Richards, who was due 20 play Harry
c. Johnson, OF Boston. az 1880 o'clock
this afternoon, telephoned from Hart
ford, Conn, early in the afternoon that
he was suffering frcm a blowout az
that point, but would reach Providence
some time this evening. The junior
champion was making the trip from
New York in his new car, and appar-
entity was experiencing the customary
difficulties.
In spite Of the rush and confusion
OF the getaway day" the committee,
favored By perfect weather conditions,
completed most Of the mems matches
in the first round, with sixty-four con-
tenders. and worked OF three matches
In the second. The women did prae..
tically as we'll, so that the original
starting total Of 35 was about cut IN
half By the end Of the day.
No Upsets Mark Play
No upsets marked the playing Of the
mems singles, but Nathaniel W. Niles
Of Longwood, showed some dazzling
tennis in breezing through two matches
without the loss Of a game. In the
hrst round he defeated A. G. Chahee
and then duplicated his performance in
overwhelming Alex NJ. Persons. The
LonRwood veteran was driving like a
machine from deep court, and follow
ing in behind his forcing shots for de-
cislve kills" Of "sitters"
Tilden and Shimizu were both given
defaults, but Wallace Johnson went
through his first round encounter with
V. F. Hockmeyer without semblance
Of real trouble, winning AZ 90, 6-l
The Philadelphia chop stroke master
had excellent control Of his shots to-
day and simply ran Hockmeysr ragged
in the chase after placed shots.
Voshell, playing with a new and un-
tried racquet, did not get working
at his best speed until late in the
match with A. A Cameron, but he won
at 6-3, 6-2, and was never threat
ened. Whenever he felt the necessity
Of getting an important point the New
York left-hander closed In az the net,
there 10 end rallies by severe smash
ing or sharp yolleying across fore
court.
The fate Of the draw drew George
D. Biddle and Craig Biddle jr.. sons
of the famous veteran, Craig sr., into
tho same eighth, and they met in the
second round, George winning docis-
lively AT 6-3. So. In the mean time
the father OF the two was dcmonstrat-
ing how matches should be played by
winning both OF his engagements az
90, 6-i. William Dinwoodie was the
first victim of the Biddle skill, and
then Z. F. Beagan had hardly gotten
started before Biddle had chalked up
his second victory Of the afternoon.
Neer and Davies Start Well
The California eollegians, Phil Neer
and Jim Davies, got away 70 flying
starts, Davies earning a sound victory ,
over Clyde j. Curley, former state
at 81, 6-3, while Neer
came through at the expense Of John
o nlenoli' the sets going az 6-l, /
ing with speed and pace, ana follow
ing in for crisp volleys. Davies will
pump into the winner Of the Richards.
marry Johnson match tomorrow.
kiee was hard pressed 20 take the
second set against c. X shaw OF of
Providence, former Rhode Island
champion, but finally pulled out by
score Of 6-i, s6, his control failing
him badly in the second set.
Tilden. Sam Hardy, Shimizu and
Voshell are drawn in the upper hall.
while Richards. Rice, Wallace Johnson
and Niles are bracketed in the lower
section.
The appearance OF Miss Wills was
the feature In the women's event The
sixteen-year-old prodigy has been In
providence since last Thursday and
there was much interest when she took
the court this afternoon against Miss
Jaequelyn Green, Of Jamestown. r /
IN the extent Of her improvement since
East. Wv
Miss Wills. with her pie-tails Of
ly2l now sedately curled on the hack
OF her head, swept through her match
sy score OF 60, 81. While there
are still crudities in her game. as is
TO be expected in one so young. | be-
iieye the Californian is distinctly bet
ter than last season. There is more
power both on ground strokes
and overhead, and better control OF
her strokes: Miss Wills's forehand
drive is made with a straight arm, and
she puts. a decided stop" on the bali.
Her baek-hand also possesses plenty
Of speed. although errors were more
frequent here than on her right side.