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Number 19
Tennis Stars On the Courts
PINEHURST visitors were treated
to some rare exhibitions of tennis
during the week past when the an
nual North and South tennis tournament
was held. The tournament extended over
the full week and in addition to the men's
and women's singles titles it included
men's doubles, women's doubles and mix
ed doubles championships. A large num
ber of the most prominent players in the
country took part in the week's event.
Vincent Richards, national indoor
champion, added the North and South
singles and doubles titles to his brilliant
string, and Miss Helen Gilleaudeau won
the women's singles championship. Rich
ards defeated S. Howard Voshell, of New
York by a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, in the
final round of the men's snigles, and,
paired with Voshell took the men's
doubles honors by defeating Raymond D.
Bid well and Josiah H. Wheelwright at
6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Miss Cjilleaudeau won the women s
singles title by conquering Mrs. Edward Raymond, of New York,
at 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, in the final match of that event, but only after Mrs.
Raymond, staging a thrilling rally against great odds when she
trailed at 1-4 in the last set, actually went into the lead at 5-4. By
calling upon her last ounce of reserve strength, Miss Gilleaudeau
then took the last three games, the last two only after the points
had reached "deuce" several times.
The women's doubles title was won by Miss Gilleaudeau and
Miss Marion Chapman who defeated Mrs; T. H. Sohst and Miss
Ceres Baker in the final by a score of 8-6, 6-2, 6-3 after a two-hour
struggle, and Miss Gilleaudeau and R. B. Bidwell defeated Miss
Baker and Richards in the mixed doubles championship.
Richards and Voshell mutually agreed to limit the singles match
to the best two out of three sets, instead of the usual three out of
five struggle. Voshell began the service, with "Bill" Crocker in the
umpire's chair, and won the opening game at "love," mostly on
Voshell's errors. Richards was under a severe handicap in the
match, his weak left ankle that he injured on the Coast last year,
having gone back on him today. As a result, the indoor champion
was never able to get about the court with his customary speed,
particularly for his famous half-volley shots when Voshell dropped
soft returns just over the net.
But Richards exercised such remarkable control over the ball on
his ground strokes, using a soft sliced drive down the side lines and
at sharp angles across fore-court, that he ran through the next four
games for a lead of 4-1. Leading at 40-15 in the next game, it
seemed as though the New York boy was going to finish matters
THE PIONEER
By Edgar A. Guest
Let the world think what it may, I've seen
a light, ,
I have been shown the way to what is right,
This is my duty, though I stand alone.
To dare for truth, until the truth be known,
I shall press on, in spite of jibe or sneer,
It is my lot to play the pioneer.
The many cannot know and do not see
What I have found and is so clear to me,
Yet to the light I have I must be true
Although the world may mock at all I do,
One must go first to make the pathway
clear,
God keep me strong to play the pioneer.
The world has laughed and sneered at men
before
Whom now it kneels to honor and adore,
Who breaks with custom shall by men be
cursed,
Rough is the road for him who travels first,
Yet one must brave the death the many fear,
God help me now to play the pioneer.
quickly. Voshell, however, was not yet
beaten. He raised the calibre of his game
beautifully at this stage, crowding the net
in the face of Richards' best shots and
smothering returns by superb volleying
and great severity overhead.
The left-hander broke through Rich
ards' service in the sixth game and then
took the seventh, making the score 4-3
against him. Richards then speed up and
ran out the next two games, for the set
at 6-3. Voshell was attacking his op
ponent's backhand consistently, but Rich
ards withstood the hammering well and
his beautiful control enabled him to keep
the ball within court and close to the lines,
so that Voshell had to keep constantly on
the jump.
Richards started service in the second,
but after winning the first game, dropped
three in a row. Voshell was playing
magnificent tennis at this stage, mixing
up the length of his returns cleverly and
always following in to the net position for
the finishing shot, once he had forced his openings. The left
hander appeared to realize that his only chance of victory lay in
the assault at the net, and play the net he did, holding to this line
of attack even when passed occasionally on drives down the side
lines. Richards took the fifth and the seventh games, but then
Voshell crowded on steam and won the last two, for the set at 6-3,
and a squaring of the match.
Voshell held the service at the start of the last set, but after win
ning the opener, saw Richards sail serenely ahead to a lead of 4-1.
The indoor champion was up on his toes at this stage, apparently
determined to finish matters. Every time Voshell made the mistake
of lobbing short, Richards smashed with deadly accuracy and
astounding pace and his ground strokes were uncannily accurate.
But Voshell was not done yet, for in the next three games he
rose to great heights, outmatching his rival in the volleying ex
changes and even having the better of the deep court rallies. But
having brought the match level again at 4-all, Voshell saw his hopes
of a championship go a-glimmering when Richards, once more
speeding up, took the last two games, for the set, match and cham
pionship. Women's Singles
The women's singles match . developed into one of the steadiest
deep court driving duels ever seen on the Pinehurst courts, with
both players maintaining almost uniformly good control over their
strokes. Mrs. Raymond was the better court tactician of the two,
yet Miss Gilleaudeau more than counter-balanced this by her superb
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