Show STRACHAN FORCED TO EXTEND WHEN PLAYING GIFFORD Chicago Tennis Star Gives Coast Youngster Hard Battle John John Strachan of or ofSan ofSan Chicago July 29 ohn 2 San Francisco was forced force to extend Francsco Sn himself at at times to t win his match match to today today today to- to day In the fourth round of ot the western tennis championship can from froni Henry Gifford Gif Gif- ford tord of Chicago made a 0 dos dos- stand in tho first set Bet taking the tho to score to deuce In games game but the tho coast star finally won the time set 7 In tho the second sot double faults fauls b by Gifford Giford enabled enabled en on- Strachan to break through the tho Chicago mans man's Ians Ian's and arid ho ran the set Bet out easily 6 L. L L Harry Waldner Valdner the veteran vet vet- et I oran eran oran who is regarded as ono one aie of ot th the themen men who ma may check tho the progress of the tho co coast t stars won today's game gamo in ineasy eM easy stylo style from G. G S. S Patterson of oC Evanston 6 2 6 Strachan n and Waid- Waid nor will meet tomorrow in i tho fifth round John C. C Neeley Noe-loy of at Chicago was eliminated dim elim mated today by a L combination of ot blistering blistering blis bile sun and sensational placing by hy Robert Shelton of Texas ono otto of or the doubles 9 champions of ot tho south won the first sot set 6 4 but Sheton She Shel- ton who seemed to find the heat to his liking outgeneraled the Uio local man manIn manin manin In tho second sot set which ho won on 6 C Neeley then defaulted the tho tho third and deciding de do- sot set sot Clarence Griffin Grifin of or San Francisco Fancisco did ld not play toda today but will moot moct Shelton In the tho fifth round tomorrow Among tho other matches s In themen's themen's the tho thomen's mens men's mens men's singles were cro Joseph Armstrong SL St St Paul won from F. F A A. Lindermann Germany 6 0 6 C. C O. O Bonton fenton Michigan champion chapion b beat at R. R n H. H Bund Bundy Chicago 6 3 6 The feature match in tho the doubles to today today to- to day was between Walter r Hayes Haes and J. J H. H Winston of ot Chicago and and Armstrong and Adams of ot St. St Paul To ChicoSo team won on S-C S 6 4 Miss Gwendolin Rees flees of or Minneapolis central central western oster champion won on an easy casy victory tota today in the ladles ladies singles over Miss Elizabeth Elzabeth Moore of Chicago o. o 6 1 6 l. Miss Moore was wn unable to solves tho the service of ot her hor northern rival Miss Roes floes with wih Miss Carrie Neeley arc considered con con- the leading lending candidates for the thc womans woman's western tUn now held by b Mrs Bund of or Los for for- ri merly r Miss May I Sutton n. n er Neither Mrs Bundy Bunly nor Maurice McLoughlin western west west- ern era singles leR champion will vII bo ho on hand to defend their titles and the winners of the present tournament will wil become champions without the tho necessity of or playing a challenge round |