New-York tribune., 1919-08-28

ampton last week in the sem-inal
round OF the singles, took his match
from ". J. Gallon by score of e.
60, 6-3, and this afternoon at 8
o'clock will meet Williams on the No.
grandstand court. This should prove
to be the best match of the day, with
cylonlc tennis on Davis's side of the
net, opposed to the dazzling brilliancy
Of stroke by Williams
| look for Williams to come forth
the victor, provided he shows the same
quality of game he brought to bear in
downing young Richards yesterday
afternoon. Nothing that Davis has in
ms category of tennis strokes could
prevail against the Williams who de-
lighted us yesterday.
Neraid l.. Patterson, of Australia.
brookes' partner in the holding Of the
American doubles title, did not have
TO take the courts Yesterday, Randolph
Lycett, ms countryman, having gra-
c!ously defaulted so as to save Patter-
sons strained right arm as much as
possible. The Australian viii face
watson Nj. Washburn Of this cifv. the
A l.. f. champion, at 430 o'clock this
afternoon, on the No. grandstand
court, and this should give US a tine
/ --'N S-- ! et~N>i SVl4 > CUGlCe IN TINS
tourney. Washhurn's deadly driving
| and his clever covering up of the direc-
ton OF his shots may prove trouble
some to the meteoric man from the
antipodes
For a time yesterday morning it
looked as though the tournament would
have to be called otf for the day. The
early rain had made the courts ex-
tremely soggy, and Julian 5. Myrick.
8 y a { flcr
and official referee of the tournament.
had about decided to call all matches
OIL for the day when the rain stopped
and the sun came out at intervals. But
even SO, 1t was necessary to postpone
the flrst matches until O'Clock.
Alexander in Umpire's Chair
The threatening weather had kept
away many of those who would other
wise have made the journey to Forest
Hills, but the stands he'd about 5000
persons when Wiliamg and Richa rds
came out from the-clubh bhouse and
started to warm W. Both Nora sweat
ers and Richards removed his IN the
first set, but Williams c~ctNot deign
to take his off A2d MenC Nthrpueh
the entire match Without kxe) work
the Rs ea2e uD aaS gI@d psTssti Sh'
Fred Alexander presided as umpire
in this match, and his work in the
chair did much to make NShe affair at
tractive, for the Davis Cup veteran
made his announcements with perfect
enunciation and without the pause of
even the fraction of a second.
Richards started the service and ran
away with the opening game. as Will
Jams sent his returns out of court or
into the net. The gallery gasped when
u IL II
through the former champions service
in the second game, winning it at love
Richards was closing in at the net
with splendid speed and judgment and
smothering Willams's shots with Sc
we're overhead volleying shots for the
corners. Richards won the third game
and held the comanding lead of 50 on
games, and at the pace he was trav-
elling then it did not seem as though
the Bostonian could pull out the set
And then we began to get flashes Of
Wimbledon" the sharpshooter of the
American courts. He won the fourth
game on his own service, whipping
forehand and backhand drives across
Richards's forecourt with such speed
and marvellous accuracy of placement
that the slender youth could not get his
racquet on the ball, no matter how des-
perately he lunged.
Yet Richards won the fifth game al
''love," his heavily topped service bal
apparently being battling problem te
Williams The sixth game went tt
"deuce" twice before the Bostoniar
won the final point, and then the for
mer national title holder came through
with a continuous series of wizard
stands and must have caused yount
Richards to marvel at the men in The
opposite court
Makes Sensational Squirt
Williams took the seventh and eighth
games without allowing Richards s
single point, dropped the ninth, ano
beatable brand OF tennis, winning the
last three games with the loss of only
three points, which gave him the frs
set at IS.
Richards again started service il
the second set, but by this time Will
Jams had all his brilliant stroke.
working to perfection, and he s,wep
ing Richards only the fifth game be
: fore he had taken the set at 6-1.
= Although he was facing certain de
: feat, then, Richards did not give VI
without keen struggle in the final set
! BY the most brilliant kind of close
volleying he managed to hold his op
ponent even up to 2-all on games, bu
that was his limit. Williams, holding
= to his beautifully accurate stroking
ran off the last four games for the Sc
5 at 60, and the match.
/ Williams's play yesterday is worth.
of special comment, for it showed tina
, the former champion has finally ar
rived at nearly the pinnacle of his bes
game. and that can only mean that h
will have to be considered very seri