The sun., 1919-08-06
TILDEN EXTENDED
IN NEWPORT TENNIS
Kinsey Makes Philadelphia
Star Show His Best Wares
to Score Victory.
JOHNSTON PRESSED TOO
Californian Has TO Go Four
Sets in Order to Put john
son Out of Running.
JOHNSTON PRESSED TOO
ny EUGENE n. o.coNNELL.


NEWPORT. r. l., Aug. 5--Ali Of the
favorites continued to show winning
form In the second round OF the singles
In the Invitation tennis tournament on
the Casino courts to-day. As result,
there was none OF the upsets which have
marked early round play in Newport
tournaments OF other years. The doubles
were started late in the day, and few
of the opening round matches were fin
ished.
The gallecy-and 1t was one of the
biggest that yet has attended early
round play at the Caslno-was somewhat
disappointed when 1t was announced that
the Australasian players, Norman z.
Brookes, Gerald Patterson. Randolph
Lycett and R v. Thomas, would not ar
rive In time for the singles and would
be defaulted. Craig Biddle. chairman
OF the tournament committee, stated,
however, that wireless message had
been received stating that the antipo-
deans would arrive In New YORK TO-
morrow afternoon between l and
o'clock, and that they would leave I'M
mediately for Newport and would play
in the doubles
Throughout the early morning
dense fog dropped down on the courts
and had the turf So we'll soaked that
the tournament committee was none loo
optimistic about the possibilities Oh
playing brisk breeze came up from
the sea shortly before noon and soon
swept the fog away. The sun lost no
time then in getting on the job and mad
all Of the dampness baked out OF the
turf before noontime.
Crngin I'm n Marathon.
The most startling event Of the day
was a first round match which was IN
terestinx not because of the brand OF
tennis 1t brought out but because OF It's
great length. This resulted in nVe set
victory for Arthur S. Cragin OF New
York, a veteran of many years tourna-
ment campaigning, over Carl Fischer. a
Philadelphia junior. at lb-lS, 6-s'
G-s, 1t, 81.
Tho match, which was started in the
early morning when the fog was 30
thick that the players could hardly see
the ball, lasted for four and quarter
hours and was not finished until
o'clock in the afternoon. The total OF
games played amounted to seventy-four
and q great many of these were long.
extra point affairs.
Cragin. after winning the first two
sets, had q number Of chances to take
the match In straight sets, but fell down
at the crucial stages, sometimes because
of his own unsteadiness and more often
because of the brilliant playing OF his
young rival Cragin had lost much OF
his stamina In the first two sets, be-
cause the dampness had made the balls
heavy and made stroking more difficult.
Youngster Plays Brilliantly.
However, he had the lead in the third
set ut SIS and 40--15. but fell by the
wsyside. He had another chance to
win on the twelfth game, when he led
at 6-5 and 1910, but failed again.
and Fischer pulled out the set at S.
The youngster was brilliant and the vet
eran tired In the fourth set, Cragin win
ming only one game.
In the fifth set Cragin got his second
wind. He outplayed Fischer by a con-
siderable margin and led at 5-3 and
40-15. Fischer whipped over three
placement aces and brought the game to
deuce He later won It and couple of
times after that had a chance to win
the set. However, Fischer faltered too
when a stroke would have meant victory
and the set dragged along until sixteen
games had been played. Fischer threw
away this game on his errors and with
IL the set and match.
For the most brilliant tennis II Is a
toss up as to whether 1t was seen in the
match between William T. Tilden I'd and
Robert NJ. Kinsey or in the contest be-
tween William NJ Johnston of San Fran
cisco and Harry c. Johnson of Boston.
Both of these Tits brought out plenty
of fine tennis. Tilden won his battle In
straight sets. but had to fight hard every
inch of the way to do 1t at Ga. rs.
1910. Johnston won his victory three
sets TO one at GO, 6-s, 4-6. 60.
Kinsey mt His Best.
IN the Tilden- Kinsey affair, the young
Californian played the best tennis that
he has shown since his arrival in the
East He was still a little uncertain
about his ground strokes and apparently
has not yet solved the vagaries of the
bounce off turf. II he had been some
better on the half volley. 1t is a certainty
that he would have given Tilden even a
harder battle than he did. In any other
been hard to pick flaw. He handled
Tiiden's hard service without a great
amount of trouble and broke through
n more often than any other player has
done on turf this year. He was very
steady and made comparatively few
errors. SO that as a result Tilden had to
earn most of his points.
Inc young ulu not MAKE
q very auspicious start and 1t looked
as II he was not going to give T1lden
much OF battle. The Philadelphia
carried on the first three games OF
the opening set and lost only four points
in the process Then Kinsey found him.
self and gathered in a cluster Of three
for himself 1t Is true that Tilden was
somewhat careless during this stretch
but II is equally true that Kinsey was
playing brilliantly. Tilden steadied dowu
and. showing a great burst OF speed
won the set by dividing the next two
games on service and carrying OF the
ninth and tenth by good placing.
Tilden Again to Fore.
In the second set there was a practi.
cal repetition of what had happenet
in the opener. Tilden again won the
nrst three games before Kinsey couic
get started. Again the young Call
fornian came on With a rush and THU
time he extended his winning streal
to fve games.
Tllden was in q very uncomfortabi,
position with the score as agains
him and Kinsey going like a hous,
anre. Once more, however. Tilder
brscsd and again gathered in the nee
1Sary number OF games to win the set
Having become accustomed to win
ming the first three games OF a Sc
Tilden tried TO continue II, but tool
only numbers one and two in the THIRD
set Kinsey's habit had been to get go
ing after Tilden had had his chance. a.
he took number four and lad M A .