Evening star., 1923-09-11

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Snodgrass and Richards swaps
the player from the coast won, so
Venge.
This match is in the fourth quarter,
which is furnishing most OF the nre-
works of the early stages of the tour
nament Two other contests OF note
among players in this section also
are caFded for today, Francis Hunter
me ting Rene Lacoste. the young
French Davis cup star, and Robert
Ktnsey. who disposed of Wallace
johnson yesterday, engaging Pierre
Hirsch. another Frenchman. The clash
between Manuel Alfonso, the spectacu-
lar Spaniard. and Ian McInnes, Austria :
liam youth, in the first quarter Of the
bracket is next in Importance. None
of the other matches brings outstand-
ing racketers to the same court
There was no upset yesterday, al
though Philadelphians are inclined to
look upon the defeat of Johnson oy
Bob Kinsey as such. However, the
unbiased followers of the game were
not in the least surprised that KIN
sey won in straight sets. Johnson has
played very little tennis this sum
met while Kfnsey has been campaign
ing for the past two months
KInsey Death ON Chop Strokes.
Then, too, as J. Pryor Allen, dean
of tennis writer's, puts II: johnson
chop stroke was made to order Tor
DCD Alnbeys VINO udS UCCil pioS Ah
his brother Howard so frequently or
late in and out of Journeys. Bob Kin
sey has had more practice against the
chop stroke than any other man IN
the world, as Howard knows all OF
the varieties of the chop that are IN
the book and some that are in the
addenda.''
Regardless of the cause. the effect
was that Bob Kinsey, who was No 3
in the 1922 rating, one lower than
IL. IL WA4
outgeneraled his rival, rated as one
of the greatest of court tacticians.
The veteran Quaker city player was
conquered by q display of header
tennis. Drawn to the net by kinsey
soft shots, which just cleared the
netting. Johnson continually would
be passed by a side line drive or lob.
In none of the other matches in
which ranking players inquired was
there anything like an upset II was
somewhat of a surprise that watson
WashbUrn should take q set on TIL
den, but this was due more TO Big
Bilrs indifference than anything else
TtIden's game was all right when he
chose to extend himself. as his Work
in the latter part of the fourth set
| demonstrated. After Washburn had
won four of the first games Tllden
decided it was time to stop his too!-
ishness and. putting on steam, took
the next five and ended the match
Stars All Score Handy.
Johnston. williams, Rich ards. NJ.
Alfonso, Hunter and H. Kinsey all
scored handiIy, the last named being
the onIy-one to have to travel more
than three sets. He was sent four
TO win over Richard Schlesinger, re-
serve member of the Australian DAVIS
Gun team. Schlesinger, incidentally,
was the only foreign player wi.o COM
peted who was defeated. None OF the
Japanese or Jim Anderson or John
Hawkes., the Australians, took the
courts, and Claude Butlin, the Mexl-
pearance A double default was
chalked up. as Shimizu, the Nippon
ace and Butlin were drawn against
each other, and this procedure help
ed Williams to gain the third round
by playing only one match.
1t might be mentioned in referring
to Williams that he played magnifi-
cent tennis in beating Wallace Bates,
q California player of great ability,
with the loss of only five games.
williams, it is claimed on every hand,
is playing by far the best game he
has shown in the last five years, and
if he keeps up the pace he is sure
to give Tilden some trouble If they
meet in the upper half semi final
which is the outlook.
There is no one in Tilden's quar-
ter with chance to stop him. except
NJ Alfonso. and he is a rank out
slider to turn the trick. while Brian
. Norton, the South African. is the
only big obstacle in Williams path.
Norton is a whirlwind on the court.
as he showed yesterday in taking
the measure of Leon Deturenne, for
mer Harvard captain, but he won't
beat Williams unless the American
has one of his off days.
Ambitious Youth Prevails.
4 Ambitious youth prevailed over
slipping veterans in two matches
that caused some surprise. McInnes.
the expense of Willie Davis. the CAL
ifornian, who up to last year was a
familiar figure among the first ten.
AfcInnes played well. but Davis was
far from being the performer of his
haIcyon days and hit the ball into
the net and out of bounds with such
frequency that the average racheter
could have beaten him. Apparently
another gool old wagon has broken
down.
in the first ten, save for two or three
seasons since 1'0S. was the other
veteran to fall by the ways.de. He
did not give up without great
struggle, though. bowling to young
Frank Anderson after FIVE sets that
+otaIed sixty-three games and which
took nearly three hours to play.
Lacoste, the French boy made dis
tfnct impression on the gallery. He
Mayed a superb game in disposing of
fhe veteran Peck Griffin in straight
sets, showing equal strength with
both backhand and forehand. and
making his shots in the most decisive
+ fashion. Lacoste not only is wizard
with the racket. but he promises to
steal some of NJ. Alonso's thunder
for picturesqueness He wore snap
nv white cap, which had a large peak
similar to that used by polo players.
District Entrants Succamb.
washington has no representation
rim the tourney today. its two en-
Afrants, c. NJ. Charest. former District
champion, and John Temple Graves,
ir.. both of TIE Dumbarton Club, hav-
ing succumbed yesterday. Graves,
who played Snodgrass, was not fig-
ured TO do more than make a credi.
table showing. and he did that. but
Charest, it was thought, might turn
the tables on Fritz Mercur, the Penn
svlyanian, who took the District of
Columbia championship away from
him in June.
Charest's deep drives, and his cross
court shots. his specialties, were
prone to be little too lengthy, and
his errors in these respects were nu-
1nerous enough to bring about his
downfall. Graves never was in the
running in his match with Snodgrass.
although he made the hard-hitting
californian work for every point. He
deuced the third set by display of
zeal tennis that forced Snodgrass to
lis utmost to checkmate.
The Summaries.
FIRST round-Rene La Coste defeated Ciar-
orce T. Griffin 6-2, Go, 8-2; Jose Alfonso
defeated Rowland Evans. e. o[B, SIS;
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