New-York tribune., 1919-04-03

championship on turf courts, came
perilously close to defeat in his match
with Fred Anderson. jr., winning al
1t. ca. 6-5, but only after a des-
perate uphill battle, begun in the sec
ond set and sustained right through
to the end.
Frank T. Anderson, Freds youngest
brother. upheld the honors of the fam
fly. however, by vanquishing Louis =.
Daley, another schoolboy. at &c. %.
In the remaining match in the singles
Lieutenan. Peter Bail. Of Yale Univer-
sity triumphed over Walter J. Touls-
saint of the New York Tennis Club, by
a score of 2-6. e, IS. Both sin
giles and doubles were brought into the
semi-final rounds yesterday.
This afternoon at O'Clock Iilden
and Anderson viii clash in the upper
semi-linal bracket, while IN the lower
half, at the same hour, Richards will
take the court against Lieutenant Ball.
THE winners of these two matches vii
meet for the championship Tomorrow.
The semi-tlnal round in the doubles
will be played at 80 o'clock this after
noon, Frank and Fred Anderson meet
! ing Alexander and DR.. Rosenbaum III
the upper half, and Tilden and Rich
ards facing Allan Behr and Harry
Steinkampf in the lower section, the
winners TO meet for the title tomorrow.
quered Noshel was filed with scnsa
tona features throughout. Nosheil
played splendidly III the first half OF
the struggle. He was more than match
for the clay court champion at the net
and his terrific service was a constant
source Of worry TO the tall Philadcl-
phian, who was never able to handle
the bail with any degree OF confidence.
The indoor title holder placed the
ball most consistently on his oppo
nent $ Dackhand, and seven times oat
of ten, even in the final set. Tilden
fubbed his returns, popping the ball
weakly into the net or out Of court as
he tried to curb its metcoric flight.
1t was the defending champions ser
vice alone that kept nim IN the fight
after the third grueling set had been
half completed. Badly winded, and
with the muscles of his legs cramped
because Of the great amount of cover
ing ne was compelled 10 do. Vosheil
held his great rival at bay for game
after game.
Tilden held game lead all
through the last set. and it became in
creasingly evident as the match CON
tinued that as soon as the champion
weakened N his service. defeat must be
his inevitable portion. lie had practi-
cally nothing else TO back il up. when
compared 10 the brand OF lawn tennis
Tilden was playing in the latter stages
The Philadel lphian's own service
hardly bothered Vosheil at all. and this
is surprising, IN view of the fact that
Tilden possesses the swlrtest delivery
OF any man playing the game. But on
indoor courts the ball docs not bound
half as treacherously as on turf, ard
Noshell was able TO handle il With
ease, particularly the high boundiny
reverse twist service.
, There were occasions when Tilden
made use of his straight. railroad"
delivery, and he was so generally sue
cessful with this, that many of the
spectators wondered why he did not
call it into play more frequently. Til
, den explained after the match that he
was suffering from boil on his side.
: and hence was not able to use the fast
I service regularly.
t Tilden began the service at tho
start of the match and won his game
k, at love. but then Yoshel 90. going al
Il wonderful clip, following into thc
] net closely after sor5ice and finishing
? off mis- points b. powerful voileyns
: and smashing. lie ran irto lead Of
: 81 on games before Tlden could
t steady and bring the score to 4-5.
: working up TO the net himself for
sensational placement aces made o.
= the full voiley. The champion won the
4 set, however, by taking the tenth game.
b The clay court champion was up or
/ his toes IN the second set, coming ir
for the net position in the face 81
Noshell's hardest drives to take .be
: ball on the full volley and send il
, spinning back to the corners, down
| the side lines. anywhere where his
| opponent could not reach J.. He
| rapidly ran into a lead Of 5-2 on
| games.
Noshell was very erratic overhead.
must of his smashes landing in the net,
but just at this stage he got a grip
| on himself and began 10 cannonade
| the ball into Tildens court with tre-
moadoGs smashes and sharply angled
. voleying shots for placement. Ha
brought the games to 5-all and TO C.
] all, but then the Phindelphian expert
cnced one OF his unbeatable streaks
and swept through the last games a.
love. taking his rivals service il the
last session and squaring the match.
, The loss OF The set might have seri-
, ously affected the game Of man with
less Of the bulldog in him than Vo
shell possesses, but the champion.
beginning to SLOW Up from the fast
pace. went into the struggle with un-
, diminished determination and neld his
> opponent even on games up TO IL
all before 1ilden could come through
q Win the winning ShoIS.
Make no mistake about It, Tildcn
was playing tennis of the most bril-
liant description all through the final
set, with the exception of his service,
= which he could scarcely ever use as an
.. offensive weapon. He had to rely al
, most solely upon his vollcying. and the
manner IN which he edged tie ball lpto
the little unprotected spots in Voshelis
court and the crafty manner in which
he made use of wonderful change of
, pace to BATTLE his rival were delight
to the gallery.
Richards had practically the same
experience as Tilden, in his match
with young Anderson. The latter
: played extremely brilliant tennis In
the fret set, cutting off Richards's res
turns with dazzling volleying shess
thae sent the ball shooting across the
, court at unplayabie angles. The hay
.. champion seemed utterly unable to
stem Anderson's attack in this set.
and every time he tried 70 reach tbs
net ne was passed by beautiful place
ment shots.
: In the second set Richards steadiesl
down and began playing with his old
confidence. His eye for placement
started to improve and soon he wss
sliding tie bail past his tail opponeus
by the deftest volleying seen in this
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