The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-31
TENNIS FAVORITES
NEAR FINAL ROUND
Murray Plays Brilliantly in
Defeating Niles in the Ma
tional Championship.
TILDEN CONQUERS HALL
Local Man Falls in Hard Five
Set Battle-Wright Is
Victim of Jap. !
TILDEN CONQUERS HALL
BY FREDERICK G. LIEB.

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Robert Lndley Murray. the 1.-the son
OF California. and w,,,,am Tu-
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I" rores' Hills yesterday.
Murray, again playing bangup tennis
= Defeated Nathaniel w MIA. hi. v,c,,r,
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e. " ,o .""i VA ''o 'ou' ''"ii'e"' last year.
AZ ID 80 Is and ID. Tilden
overcame the big handicap that Waller
Merriu Hail n,,sd1,n nm hir, tho da,, h.-
i''e' Gnu W." III h'e se's' 'he co'hpiele
score being SIS, 81. 81, IS and
s-1. When play was resumed yester.
d.v Hail lad ,u,o cat. 20 an. ,a nj,
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ieso Oh % IN the rourth game win the
se1ro aeuee III inc SIN game
III the o'her matcn thst was heio over
,on' Anui sues' Iohl'a hu'''asAe, e'e
Sapanese etar, wore oown beais =:
Wrlsh.' tne veteran lnternauonanst ana
loIme, hat.onai champion. IN nve seu
sl.or "Hsh. nao won ing uncoI.pie.eu
nrst game whlcn was started on she gay
PREVIOUS Inc Jap won At o-V' 80,
80 ~, humasse scoreo me
yio,ory IN inc iourh round, ana To-Day
VII, meet Dyie e. hanan TOT ing 0ppor
tuni,y OF ,aRuls on inoen III INC ssIhi-
mas OF 'ne lower hah on LABOR LAY
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Hall Loses Big Chance.
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favor, with only one more point needed
to win the match In four sets.
When the match was resumed Tilden.
who was serving, quickly tied the score
at 3-all. scoring two straight points,
the second on a service ace. After that
Hall showed some Of the dash he had
displayed on the previous aftrnoon and
reeled off the next two games, playing
an amazing assortment of cross court
shots, which threw Tilden on his stride.
1t was Halls service, and soon he had
the lead, 30-15.
Two more points would give Hall the
match. and Tilden had on his grim,
fighting face. After Tilden had returned
Halls service Hall sent it whirlng back
to the extreme corner Of the court from
which Tilden had been receiving. 1t
took a low bound. and Tilden, just able
TO pick it up. raised "skyscraper' 1t
came down almost directly over the tape,
and there was no telling on which side
IT would drop. Finally 1t descended into
Halls court. just grazing the net The
ball then bounded again high over Halls
head and he waited for his kill. Hall
took his swing. and hit nothing but the
Forest Hills ozone. The ball Tell on
Tfiden's side OF tho net, making the
score so-all.
sun blinded HIN.
Various ordinations were Offered FOR
Hairs failure to connect with YI,is smash.
II was believed he had lust tried to
touch IL with the wood Of his racket
IN oraer 10 MAKE ~ iai! aeao, put ne
him and for the moment he lost track
of the ball. He also had to play very
carefully to avoid touching the net.
Hall lost the match then and there
T1lden fought like a wild man, racing
across the court for impossible plays,
and he won the next two points. giving
him the game. He tied up the set on
his next serve, winning 1t by a love score,
two points being recorded on clean ser
vice aces After his failure to get the
easy shot Halls form fell badly, while
Tilden grew stronger and more accurate.
The youth pulled out the set, 7-5. AZ
ter Hall had taken the first game Of the
NTH set Tilden ran off the next six
games Once In his stride and out OF
danger there was no stopping Tilden.
who put everything he had behind each
stroke
The Murray-Niles match was a pretty
one to watch. and the Harvard man put
up a gallant resistance. However, ali
the time there was the feeling that Muir
ray would win IL the situation once be-
came dangerous for him. Strangely
enough the scores by which the Meteor
won yesterday were similar 10 the
ones by which he eliminated Niles in the
nnal year ago. Murray won that
match, 81, SIS, 6-3. 6-3.
For IN. ,b,ro Nu.. ~
Murray that he could gain nothing NV |
rushing the net for remarkable N;In.