S. Howard Voshell

S. Howard Voshell (1888–1937) was an American tennis player and later a promoter. He was an insurance broker. In World War I, Voshell attained the rank of second Lieutenant in the air service. Voshell was a left-hander with a "cannon ball" serve.[4] Voshell made his debut in the U. S. Championships in 1910 and lost his first match. He had early round losses in 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1917. In 1917 and 1918 he won the National Indoor championships.[5] At the 1918 U. S. championships, Voshell beat 15 year old prodigy Vincent Richards and Craig Biddle before losing to Robert Lindley Murray.[6] Every year from 1919 to 1926, Voshell lost early at the U. S. Championships. He retired in 1930. Voshell persuaded Fred Perry to turn pro and was co-promoter (with Frank Hunter) of the early pro matches between Perry and Vines in 1937.[7] His health deteriorated as the year wore on and he died in November 1937 aged 49 at his home in Kew Gardens, Queens.[8]

S. Howard Voshell
Full nameSamuel Howard Voshell
Country (sports) United States
Born(1888-09-18)September 18, 1888
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
DiedNovember 10, 1937(1937-11-10) (aged 49) [1][2][3]
Queens, New York, United States
Turned pro1910 (amateur tour)
Retired1930
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenSF (1918)

References
  1. "Person details for Samuel Howard Voshell". Familysearch.org.
  2. "Samuel H Voshell". Ancestry.
  3. "11 Nov 1937, Page 11, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
  4. "29 Aug 1918, Page 18, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
  5. "4 Mar 1937, Page 23, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle". bklyn.newspapers.com.
  6. Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 96. OCLC 172306.
  7. "13 Nov 1937 Howard Voshell dead". Trove.
  8. Staff. "S. Howard Voshell, Ex-Tennis Star, 49; National Indoor Champion in 1917 and 1918 Succumbs at Home in Kew Gardens", The New York Times, November 11, 1937. Accessed November 28, 2017. "S. Howard Voshell, a former "first ten" man in the national tennis ranking, who held the national indoor championship in 1917 and 1918, died yesterday at his home, 32 Abingdon Road, Kew Gardens, Queens, after an illness of six months."


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