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Show THREE BIG IT ! J IlSfCIDEDj Hotly Contested Matches i, at Forest Hills Keep Crowd Excited. k: rOREST HILLS, X. Y:t Aug. 2S. -iipht set victories for the leading p'.ny-!,i p'.ny-!,i 'hi the third round or! the thirty-eighth ' Monal turf tennis championships was j jj? outstanding featuro of today's play, tt'.th 0"e or two excCI)tlony' tnse racquet -s-icrts who have been favored by various L'nis factions to win their way well to-irarrf to-irarrf the final round disposed of their V .--o'lents in rather easy and, in some -'Is impressive fashion. The one ex-? ex-? ceftion of note was the five-set struggle teiween Gerald Patterson of the Australian Aus-tralian team and Watson Washburn of yew York. , ' This pair spent close to two hours In t final match In a struggle in which r3iUTSon finally ' won by scores of 7-5, -.6 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and 23 games to 19. A r ta;ery of over 7000 spectators watched -e match. The Anzac was the better player of the : to, hut his margin oC victory was not 'i ..Micularly impressive. He played under the handicap of an injured service arm " n'hich, being bound, cramped his strokes to some extent, but left him the better - and steadier handler of the ball whenever j "court crisis arose. Washburn showed to the best advan- uze when he was able to keep his opponent oppo-nent in deep court, but much of his lob-"; lob-"; t:ne was short, and Patterson, coming into the fore court, was able to employ t. his deadly overhand stroke for killing '. returns. a Far more Impressive was the victory of t; r. Norris Williams II of Boston, singles dampion in 1914 and 1916. Williams ;c eliminated Willis E. Davis of San Fran-c:sco, Fran-c:sco, last season's clay court titlehoider, m three straight sets of 6-2 scores with a j r- rapidity which exceeded his defeat of t. Vincent Richards yesterday. The victor in this match today was simply unbeatable, unbeat-able, his stroking and placing of the ball, change of pace and court strategy being ; of the highest order. Many close followers follow-ers of tennis express the opinion that his . pUv during the last two days has been of an order which would have made him invincible against any opponent In recent years. Certainly Davis was as helpless before Williams's game today as Richards ivas twenty-four hours earlier. ; Comet Is Victor. Maurice E. McLoughlin defeated L-on-&rd Beekman, 6-3, 8-6, 6-3, in the third round of the national tennis singles today. to-day. McLoughlin won the first set at 6-3. He seldom came to the net, playing most of his winning shots from midcourt. Four ; games went to deuce, several of them :- two or three times. The point score, first jet: McLoughlin 407 467 274 416 Btekman 245 145 491 35 3 'I McLoughlin won the second set, 8-6. ' Eeekman's sharp whipping strokes along the side lines frequently passed McDough-lin. McDough-lin. The Calif ornian continued to play in deep court, while his opponent came to the net at every opportunity, but McLoughlin Mc-Loughlin broke through Beekman's service serv-ice in the thirteenth game and was able - to clinch the set on his own service. The ;:; print score, second set: McLaughlin. .444 414 213 518 44498 Beekman . . .622 241 445 346 22476 Third Set and Match. v 'McLoughlin won the third set and the it:: mutch at 6-3. He increased the severity of his driving and service and, mixing in an occasional lob, kept Beekman. well ; at the back of the court or passed him. lvilnt score, third sot: p McLoughlin 045 5M 144 28 6 I.' Beekman 403 342 40222 3 The first of the important east versus -. west matches was put on the grandstand ,., court at 2:45, when R. Norris Williams ,., II of Boston faced Willis E. Davis of - San Francisco, the former national clay : court champion. Williams won the first set airalnst his tall opponent at 6-2, with a remarkable exhibition of super-tennis in which he Fhowed an absolute command of the ball at all times, riflelike accuracy in service and placement and court strategy which . left Davis, excellent player as he is, al-:. al-:. most helpless at times. The point score : and stroke analysis, first set, were: Williams 440 444 34276 i. bavls 124 020 52 16--2 Stroke analysis: a , O. N. DF. P. A. nllllams 4 4 2 10 3 ; Wvis 6 7 16 0 Williams won the second set, 6-2, con-: con-: tm-iing his fast plav, against which Davis ' , as unable to hold his own. Williams I ; mado repeated placement shots to within " w inch or two of the corners of the court, . , l it served Davis and kept the latter on ; : l run so continually that the Califor-; Califor-; : man netted the ball many times in his t. slrate efforts to connect with the 'lying sphere. Williams Beats Davis. ; Williams's backhand play was partic-':arly partic-':arly deadly, and he covered the court at ":n speed, stroking the ball in all posi-V" posi-V" until the nailery was in a tumult j1' applause. Davis at times was able , ; " nring about a rallv and occasionally ; score a placement shot, but in most ., '"H "Williams's uncanny control would leave his opponent flat footed at crucial points of the play. The point score and stroke analysis second set: JJ' imams 443 544 S4316 DV;18, : -5 321 51 iy 2 Stroke analysis: O. X. DF. P. A. JJ111' 6 4 1 11 3 Davis 4 n 2 7 1 Williams ran through the third" set and the match at 6-2, maintaining to the verv end his remarkable high standard of ten'- nls. His serving and returns of the ball were so accurately timed and placed that Davis, notwithstanding the fact that be was playing an excellent game, appeared completely at a loss at times to know which way to turn for the ball. The sphere would whistle to his left or right , or so sharply across court that frequently i he was some feet away from the ball when it landed, despite his sprinting, j "Williams scored more placement aces in this set than his combined errors, while Davis earned but six points, three of them being service aces. The point score and stroke analysis, third set: "Williams 145 5fi4 44326 Davis 403 040 62192 Stroke analysis: O. N. DF. P. A. Williams 6 7 0 15 3 L.vis , 4 10 0 3 3 Australian Winner. Gerald Patterson. Australia, and Watson Wat-son M. Washburn of New York, the leading lead-ing pair in the grandstand matches of the day, appeared on the turf at 4:15. Patterson won the first set, 7 games to 5 and 45 points to 40, the contest being long drawn out, each player scoring many points on his opponent's errors. Most . f the play was from back court with deep driving and an occasional placement shot, in which work Washburn had the advantage. Washburn won the second set at and 29 points to 19. The playing of both i.i n improved and there were a number of long and spectacular 'rallies. : Patterson won the third set, 6 gamos to I and 32 points to 21. The steadiness of his play was the deciding factor. The speed of the earlier sets was misning and .there were few long rallies, either one or the other of the 'players winning by a placement shot or his opponent's error. Washburn won the fourth set, fI-3, his steadiness being the deciding factor in a set where the errors of each player more than nullified their playing of winning strokes. j Patterson won the fifth set and the match, 6-1. The Australian hurricane, as he has been termed, put on full speed and quickly smashed his way to a victory, aided oy a number of errors which Washburn Wash-burn piled up in his desperate endeavor to handle the flying service drives and overhead kills of Patterson. Junior national championship, second round: V. Richards, Yonkers. defeated C. Allen, is Angeles, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4. H Godshall. San Francisco, defeated W. Clarke, Uttca. 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. P. rseer, Portland, Ore., defeated R. Wegman, Rochester, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Norman K. Brookes, Australia, defeated William H. Benedict, Hosello, G-0, 6-2. 6-1.' R Norris Williams II, Boston, defeated Wiliis E. Davis, San Francisco, 6-2, : M. E. McLoughlin, Los- Angeles, de- , feated L. Beekman, New York, 6-3, 8-6. 6-3. , K. L. Murray, Niagara Falls, defeated ! L. Williams, Highland Park, 6-2, t!-' 1 X W Niles, Boston, defeated J. C Ado'ue, jr., Dallas, 6-0, 8-6, G-0. T. K. Pell, New York, defeated R. C Van Vliet, Hoboken, 6-1, 6-4. 6-2. j W. T. Tilden II, Philadelphia, defeated C Piddle. Philadelphia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. W. N. Hall, New York, defeated H. M. Kelleher, Seattle, 6-1, K-6. 6-2. J P L Kvnaston, Rockville Center, de- ; feated C. "c. Chambers, New York, 6-1, 6 i' 'Ku'nmgao, New York, defeated R. Lerov. New York, 6-3. 6-4, 7-n C B. Doyle, Washington, defeated F. L. Anderson", New York, S-6, 6-0, i-2. G. L. Patteerson, Australia, defeated Watson M. Washburn, New York, 7-5, 1-6. 6-1,- 3-6, 6-1. William M. Johnston, Pan Francisco, defeated H. S. Parker, New York, C-l, 6 -(v.6 F. Johnson. Philadelphia, defeated II ii Tavlor. Boston, 6-1. 6-1, 6-2. C. S. Garland, Pittsburg, deieated A. D Hamlett, New York, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Junior national championship, second rpnfT Tait Detroit, defeated B. Brown, DaliasT 7-5. 6-3, 10-12, 10-S A. H. Chapin, ,lr., Springfield, defeated A Howe. Providence. 7-5, 6-3, 7-v. R. V. Thomas. Australia, defeated H. II. Bassford, New York, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. 1 |