Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-09
T|LDEN TO DEFEND
TITLES At MERTON
Germ antoWn Star and Carl
Fischer Will Face Strong op-
position in Doubles Event
WOMEN ARE PRACTlCING

William f. Tilden. ID. Of the Ger
mantown Cricket Club, and Carl
Fischer, of the Lower Merton School.
will have to go some to keep their title
as Pennsylvania state doubles cham
pions this week in the state tourney at
the Merton Cricket Club.
Last year Tilden and Fischer won
the title after series of grueing
matches. This season, however. many
of the stars who were unable to com
pete in this tourney for various reasons
best accounted for by the war, will
strive to dethronc Tilden and Fischer.
This Team Is Fast
Chief among those who are expected
to give the present titleholders trouble
nre Wallace johnson and Craig Riddle
Last month this team surprised the ten
MS world by giving Tiden and Rich
ards' the sensational indoor and out
door doubles champions, their first de-
feat. w VI"
blddle and johnson have been playinp
together for some time now and loom nm
as formidable team for the national
championship. Others who will forcc
ihden and Fischer are Percy Osborne
ana L. Smith, of Belfeld, and the. Ed
wards brothers.
ilay in the singles event. of which
lllden also is the champion, will begin
TINS afternoon at 3 :45. Around fifty
entries have been received. These in :
clude w. Halsey Wood. of the West
Side Tennis Club, of New York Craig
Blddle. Wallace Johnson. Bill Row
land. Rodney Beck. Herman Dornheim.
DIR. L. b. Hawk and Norman Swayne.
Wilmington Tourney
The women players the country over
are now putting the finishing touches
on thelr play, in preparation for the ma
honal championships. which will be
staged at the Philadelphia Country Club
June IS.
This afternoon the tourney which de
termines the women's championship OF
the state of Delaware will begin on the
sixteen turf courts of the Wilmipgtor
Country Club. Quite an attractive en-
try list has been received and the cven
will be closely contested.
The pairings for the Merton even,
follow:
NJ. C. Miller Jr.. Penn. vs. Edmund
Thayer; Philadelphia Cricket Club.
Merton.
Frederick Kirkland. Philadelphia Countr,
Club, VS.. Paul Nanneman. Jr. Cynwyd.
j, Twad0eU Merton.
Stanley Rogers. Merton. VS.. H. r. Nelson
rha% Louis S s,,1 De sEn t9Ts oyssbroqk; VS.. A D
Nelson VI, Bilinston' Cynwyd vs.. Rober
, Craig Biddle. Merton. VS.. w. A. Lirpln
R. a. March Cynwyd. VS. Stanley w
Lax. phi,sa:,D5;s Es GIsts, Ts5tsp Gus Harvey
Wallace F. johnson. Merion VS.. w D
Rowland Evans Merlou vs. II. w. Rob
srI;, H n.,6o1I Por1he'm. Belhed vs.. Thoma
alnn rhadspSia Hishi1Si ercka, reRH Club vs. Mar'
e n Coleman s. Mills, Penn. VS.. Mexican Allen
Samuel scoyilie. Jr.. Merton. VS.. Perc
renee T. F!rSSn Rro%n g s. fsrm%"0"" Eimo vs. Law
T. d. Gratz. Merton. vs.. J. G. Taylor
Penn.
Allen Evans. Jr.. Merton. VS.. Hugh S
2 Riddle. Atlantic City.
v J. S. Disston. Jr.,. Philadelphia Cricke
Club. VS.. r. C. Powell. Merton.
Paul w: Gibbons. Plymouth VS.. w. P
Rowland. Merion.
Carl Fischer. Cynwyd vs. T H. Martin
e Befed
n Halsey Wood. West Side vs. J. D. Mat
tern.
Brooke Edwards. Merton. vs. T. w. Har
Lloyd Roberts. Merion vs. John K. Ewing
Merton.
Carlton Shafer. Philadelphia Cricket Club
VS.. Albert Cross. Cynwyd.
e. r. March. Cynwyd vs.. C. NJ Harlan
. Merton.
3 E. NJ Edwards. Merton. VS.. Joseph J
Brown. Philadelphia Cricket Club.
p. r. Hawk. Merion vs.. J. NJ. Vanneman
: Jr.. Cynwyd
c. c. Willis. Belfeld. vs. Roland Fenner
v Penn.
Lieutenant Commander Gate~ood. Merton
vs. F. w Prichett Merion