The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-04
SCHOOLBOY CAUSES
TENNIS SENSATION
Frank Anderson Comes With
In Ace Of Beating Tilden in
National Title Tourney.
OVER-ANXIETY Is COSTLY
Score Of Match Is 10, 1912,
6-3; Richards Also Advances
to Final Bracket.
OvER-ANXIETY IS COSTLY


ment Armory in the history OF the
mems national indoor lawn tennis cham
pionship tournament, William T. Tilden,
"a. OF Philadelphia. national clay court
champion. defeated Frank T. Anderson
or Brooklyn yesterday afternoon in the
semi-final round Of the annual singles
tourney. by a score of 10, 1912. ca.
In the twenty-second game OF the
second set. the seventeen year old school
hoy needed only one point to bring VIC
tory TO his keeping, but he missed his
golden opportunity ana thereafter Tilden,
reeaining confidence, gradually drew
away. ana in the last set held COM
mand at every stage.
In the other semi-fnal round match OF
the singles, Vincent Richards OF Yonkers.
the phenomenal boy champion. defeated
Lieut. Peter Ball at Ga. 6-2. He and
Tflden will fight II out for the ma
tional indoor championship this morn
ing at IL o'clock. with Tilden picked as
the almost certain winner, though Rich
ards IL apt to run him close for the
honors.
After this gruelling r.ruggle. Tilden
ana Richards went on the court and
defeated Allan Behr and Henry Stein
karnpf in the semi-inal round OF the
doubles. by a score of Ga. o-6, rs.
Frederick B. Alexander and DR.. William
Anderson. Jr.. in the other semi-inal.
and the winning pairs will meet for the
double titles at 1880 o'clock this after
noon.
The exhibition given yesterday by
young Anderson was one OF the greatest
on the part OF n boy of his years seen
on indoor courts in the long history OF
the game In this country. Throughout
more than half the bitterly contested
NlA NAA u IL
played. outguessed and outspeeded the
national clay court champion.
Under an intense nervous strain all
the way, the boy steeled himself time
and again In the second set as Tilden
made desperate attempts to break
through service. In the twenty-second
game. leading at 1910 on points, and
holding the service, Anderson only want
ed a single point to win the match. Over
anxiety, however, was his undoing. for
in this game he made two double faults,
his only ones in the long match, and this
30 unsettled him that he threw away an
other point that should have been q sure
nee and good for the match.
Tilden began the service at the start
OF the match and in both succeeding
sets and won the two first games In the
opening set Anderson came right back.
however. breaking through his oppo-
nent's delivery in the third game. There
after the battle was fercely fought with
Tilden winning the odd game up to 20.
Then Anderson electrified the gallery by
squaring the match on his own service
He broke through Tilden in the next
game and then took the set by winning
once more on his own delivery, the final
game going to him at ''love." as Tilden
tried vainly TO handle the youngsters
railroad" service.
The point score of this set follows;
FIRST SET.
linden. T. T.. 1, .. $. o. T. l. A.
Anderson 4 !; !; 6 {. !, !. :, xxx. "
I. :. 4. ., 6, 4. t............ 81
Tilden was awake to the situation at
the beginning OF the second set and
started off like a whirlwind. winning
the first three games in a row by a
series of dazzling placement shots.
mostly taking the ball on the full vol
ley. Before Anderson could steady him
self Tilden had the lead at Al on
games and It seemed that he would
quickly square the match. But the
schoolboy was not to be so easily con-
quered and while the gallery applauded
enthusiastically the STRIPPING proceeded
TO take the next three games in q row.
making the score ALL
From that point on the struggle for
the mastery was a bitter one. with both
winning on service and Tilden holding
the vantage game UP to 1o-s. Ander-
son then played some Of his greatest
tennis of the match squaring the strug-
gle In the twentieth game and then
breaking through Tilden's service and
bringing the score to lilo.
In tho twenty-second s, Ime came his
chance for victory and although he
missed It by the narrowest of margins
IL was only after truly heroic struggle.
He began the game by serving a
double-fault, but took the next point
on n dazzling volley across forecourt
and the next on a line drive as Tilden
tried TO cut him off. The Philadelphian
won the next, making the point score
so-all. and then Anderson led at 10
30, scoring a beautiful placement ace
TO the corner of the service court On
tho next point, after Tilden's return OF
service, Anderson had half the court
open TO END matters with a placement
ace. But he drew II too nne and sent
the ball Just outside of court, bringing
the points to deuce" With two siz-
cling placement drives down the side
lines Tilden took the next two points
FOR the game, at i1-all and that really
spelled the end. for after that Tilden
was unbeatable.
The point score of this set followsi