The sun., 1919-07-18
TILDEN ADVANCES
IN CLAY COURT PLAY
Kinsey, johnson and Hayes
Also Reach Semi-Finals in
Championship Tourney.
spscior Ds,po,cA 70 Tnr sus.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE national clay
court championship lawn tennis tour
nament on the courts OF the South Side
Tennis Club reached into the semi-final
round in the mems singles this after
noon with the four survivors appearing
from the smoke Of battle in the persons
Of William T. Tilden I'd Of PHILADELPHIA.
playing through title holder: Robert NJ.
Kinsey Of California. william NJ. John
ston of California, national champion OF
1915. and Walter Hayes. the veteran
from this city. who has been at the top
Of middle Western tennis for many
years. These men will meet In the or
der named tomorrow afternoon for the
places in the final round. The cham
pionship will be settled on Saturday.
Tilden and Richards, national doubles
champions; Kinsey and Axel Craven.
the California Colts" and Johnston and
Samuel r Hardy OF Chicago went into
the semi-final round Of the doubles,
with s. Howard Voshell and Hayes and
Fred Josties and Theodore Drews OF st.
Louis scheduled to meet for the other
semi-hnal round bracket. The women's
championship singles advanced to the
round before the semi-nnal with three
stephens of st. Louis. Miss Corinne
Gould OF Kansas City and Miss Carrie B.
Nicely OF Chicago. still in the hunt for
the title.
Hayes Plays Good Tennis.
Hayes, who humbled young Vincent
Richards with conspicuous ease by a
score Of g., 81, played the steadiest
and most effective tennis for the day.
Taking the base line as his headquar-
tiers, he craftily trlcked Richards into
playing the same kind Of a game. and
before the match had ended the New
York boy champion was batting" back
his returns from deep court. This was
simply tennis made to order for Hayes.
who drove with splendid depth and I'M
erring accuracy.
TiIden vanquished young Axel Craven
of California by 6-3. 6-3. but he
might have made the score far more de-
cisive had he been so inclined. In both
sets the tall champion went into over
whelming leads at the start.
Craven seized advantage OF the oppor-
tunities presented and by great court
covering and effective volleying managed
| to take three games in each Get before
Tilden decided to finish matters by un-
leashing his full battery OF shots once
more.
Mems Singles, Sixth Round-w. 7. TIL
den, Philadelphia, defeated Axei Craven.
Berkeley. Cal. 6-s. s-s; Robert Kinsey,
| Cal, defeated Walter Westbrook. Detroit,
| cisco, defeated l.. Harry waidner. Chi
cago. s-S. IS; Walter T. Hayes
| Chicago, defeated Vincent Richards. Yon-
kers. N. Y, e., 81.
Mems Doubles, Fourth Round-Renheld
| and Miller defeated Hill and Woods <-6.
81. 60; Tildsh and Richards. defeated
| Vosheli and Hayes defeated westbrook
| and Wick. Ga. rs: Losties and Drewes
| defeated Green ana Burd!ck. rs, s-s.
Fifth Round-Tnden and Richards de-
| feated Miller and KenneId. 60, IS:
Kinssy and Craven defeated Major and
Johnston. 81. S-l: Johnston and Hardy
| defeated Brain and Jayne. 60. Ga.
women's Singles Second RSund1Mi.s
| st, Cd; Miss Marie Qualey defeated
Miss NJ. r, Voorhees,. 6-s. s-S: Miss
Corrinns Gould defeated Mrs. L Watt
Womsn's Doubles, Firsts Round-Mrs.
Mcneil and Miss Katherine Waldo de-
feated Miss B. Stephens. e-1. SIS.