New-York tribune., 1919-09-04
Team Match Between Aus
tralians and Americans
Will Start Tomorrow
By Fred Hawthorne

1T you want to make nit with the
tennis players don't talk about the
weather of the last two or three davs;
plonship court at the West Side Tennis
Club Of Forest Hills wax put to bed on
tuesday night, carefully wrapped in
dry hay and heavy tarpaulins by
George Miller. the head groundsman,
everybody who hoped to see the final
and champ pionship match between Wills
lam Nj. Johnston, of California, and
William I. Tilden 2d, of Philadelphia,
expected to have his wish gratifed
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock, the
scheduled time Put that rain
Julian S Myrick, official referee Of
the tournament held out hope to the
last minute, and it was not until almost
: O'Clock IN the afternoon that he and
the tournament committee decided the
match would have to be postponed
Johnston and Tilden were more than
anxious ts get out on the court and
settle the question Of who is to be the
national singles champion for the year,
but when it continued to rain most Of
the day they both admitted it would be
impossible to play.
Same Schedule in Force
Refusing to be daunted by the ele-
iieHtS W hICh announced IaSl nlght that
the same schedule for all the final
round matches will be in force this
afternoon. This schedule is printed
elsewhere on this page.
Edward {. Conlln, chairman of the
National Tennis Umpiros' Associa tion
whose efficient handling of the great
tourney last week has been one of the
features most favorably commented
upon, gave out the complete list of
linesmen and officials who will preside
when "ilden and Johnston begin their
are the men who will watch the lines
and give the decisions:
Umpire, Edward c. Conlin foot fault
Judge, Frederick b. Alexander; net
umpire, S. w. Merrihew; service court
line, Charles NJ. Bull, jr., and II. Fred-
man; centre service court line, Paul
Gibbons and Charles S. Garland; side
lines, Hoberty 7. Bryan. benjamin S.
Philips. Edwin 2. Fischer and Harold
Swain; base lines, Peter Wright and
Captain a. p. Simmonds.
in connection with this list Of lines
men, Con..n stated that the last ser
vice OF the match by TiIden on the
final point Of his contest with Norman
BrooAes last Friday was "good,' the
ball just striking the line. There has
been some dispute regarding thjs
watching closely at the time and was
able to confirm the judgment Of the
llnesman VINO held the line at the time
The rain Of yesterday also forced a
rearrangement IN the schedule OF the
team matches between the American
and Australian teams at the West
Side Tennis Club courts.
originally It was planned to start
q t,rc
doubles matches, but now the commit
tee has decided to play these two
matches on Monday and start the in
ternational meeting tomorrow after
noon at l o'clock, with Wallace f..
Johnson. of Philadelphia, meeting
Eandol.ph ,Lycett, Of Australia: At
2;30 o'clock Richard Norris Williams,
Cd, of Boston, will play Ronald Y.
Thomas, Of Australia, and at 4:3O
clock Tilden and Johnston will play
broOAcs and Patterson in the doubles
On Saturday afternoon the schedule
calls for the following matches: y.
NJ, Iycett and Thomas vs.. Williams
and Johnson; . p. H., Brookes VS..
! Johnston; 1870 p. m, Patterson vs..
Tildon.
This programme should bring forth
some wonderful tennis, particularly in
the singles matches on Saturday, when
the spectaculaH Patterson VIII elias n
with the cyclonic Tilden and the hard
hitting Johnston comes face to face
with the great Brool;es.
The annual tournament of the
Woodmere Club, Of " oodmere, Long
Island, Will start to-day, with an entry
list OF forty-nine players in the mems
singles and twenty-five in the doubles
and mixed doubles, including many of
the most prominent players in the
metropolitan district. Alex Her Kirk
Reed, Frederick G. Anderson and his
son. Fred, jr.; Alfred D. Hammett,
Elliott Binzen, Robert lie Roy and
lngo Hartman are among the entrants.
Just as the committee was starting to
make the draw a telephone call was
received at the clubhouse, and when
Leslie Fischol. chairman Of the tourna-
ment committee, answered The wire, a
super-anxious voice asked, as it too
late ?"
Being assured it was not, the voice,
which was the voice of f. P A., the
guiding beam of light Of the Coming
Tower, replied: "Well, enter me in the
singles, the doubles and the mixed
doubtless" and it was done. Watching
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