Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-20
w. T. TILDEN DEFEATS COUNT OTTO
+ SALM IN TWO STRAIGHT SETS IN
!. NATIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT
philadelphia Has Easy Match With Former Ger
/, man Titleholder- -Holcombe Ward, Veteran,
| Defeats Voshel, Indoor Champion

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All the money earned by the tourney
will be turned into the Tennis Ambulance
Fund, and members of the committees for
both the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association and West Side Tennis
club expect that the event will earn at
least quarter of the 100000 which the
tennis players have started to collect. Some
few OF the players who In recent years have
proved great drawing cards will not be
among those in competition.
Prominent among these Is Maurice f.
Mcloughlin, the famous California comet,
who was one of the most popular players
who ever stepped on a court. McLoughlin
has Joined the naval reserve in California.
William NJ. Johnson, another California
star, has received a commission as an
ensign in the California naval militia and
will not be on hand. George NJ. Church
is In the aviation corps and will not COM
pete, but there are host of other stars
| who Will bring the quality of the competi-
ton up to championship standards.
Champion Williams on Edge
Richard Norris Williams, I'd. the present
national champion. returned from Platts-
| burg, the other day, a lieutenant in the
| United States army. and as the result of
] his stay at Plattsburg he is reported to be
, in very good shape. But he has played
very Ittle teIlillS tIlis SedsOn
1t is. Of course. presumed that the war
| has affected his game Despite a lack of
practice, however, his admirers believe that
| he will emerge from the tournament the
| winner He has devoted the last few days
| to hard work on the courts, and Il is said
that he has developed symptoms OF return
| to his normal form.
| The tournament in some respects. will be
| the most remarkable ever held In the thirty
| that have ipf yio
! Richard d. Sears won the first champion
| ship title at Newport in 1881.
Never before have men who we're at the
| height OF their game twenty years ago,
| when they held the championship titles,
| competed In the same event with boys who
were not even born when the veterans
| were holding uninterrupted sway. But this
condition Of affairs will obtain in the great
tournament that gets under way tomorrow.
| 1t is several years since Malcolm D.
whitman. national champion In 1898, 1898
| and 1900 has appeared in active competi.
| ton. Except for the halo of greatness tina,
still surrounds his name because of his won.
derful play while champion, the tall Bos
tonian would be unknown among the young
| er generation Of racquet welders
Veteran in Singles
But whitman will make his reappear
| ance on the courts today. when he start.
in the national singles. with another vet
eran, Irving c. Wright, OF Boston, as hi.
opponent In the first round. The former
| champion Is taking up the game again aftel
a lapse of nearly twenty years, to help in
crease the interest In the tournament.
Of Course, Molla Plays Miss Browne
One of the big features Of the tournament
/ will be the three-match series between Mis-.
Mary K Browne of California. former ma
oh. NE
the present holder Of the title. These thre,
matches will complete the competition be
tween these two sterling players for tn,
trophy offered by Julian s. Myrick, presi
dent of the West Side Tennis Club.
Since the trophy was offered Miss Brown,
has defeated the Morse girl six consecutiv,
| times.