Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-02
T|LDEN AND JOHNSTON To
PLAY FOR TENNIS TITLE
VIII Meet Today in Battle fur
National Singles Championship
at Forest Hills.
NoKFIs WILLIAMS Losses
onompion OF 1914 and Ipiu suffers
reversal OF torm and Is Outclasscd
III every Department OF Game Isx-
'rht PlaccmeJ:t Shooting by Tihlcn
iIiY Associat,iI-y..i

nr,a We, Ill HILLS lis. \. Y Sept Fast
,ae ma round ~ The mir n;on, ~" "a, ~
, ttDat .ufl c"nrt singles tennis cham
SiIn H It,,,, on The courts OF the West
-, phHadelphin. and William n lam.
stom, %! San Francisco. NEE, for ri'o
Tha.. "tonaFs Of the 1919 season
rrs - W" survivors of the laS play-
,r,,ns, no began the tournament last
~ uesu DAY, won their hnal brackets in
res res sGcutIi,iii'n5hia round by defeating.
III TON and Wallace T. Johnson. Of
,..Iaaslnhia Tiiden defeated VII
s ~ IN straight sets AT G-l, 10 and
a"n 80, C-I. 6.3. G.s '''"
-, 'WucWeh from some angles the defeat
n.y. " 'in ANS might he termed n tennis
LIST me champion OF 1914 and 1916
,a.aied a remarkable impression upon
sn nn!s tNptr,s and tho thousands Of
Ss%sfaiIy' Az MO say him ria% 50 sue.
!. onhSra, ana William Davis. OF san
FRANCISCO.
Plays In Pour Form.
these exhibitions fell off fuIly 90 Der
en-. Ti'hcn outclassed him in every
~ r,meht OF the game with the pos
To- T.ose ,, gHTtfisb;i,on Of plaeemen, shooting
zane amount Of speed and power ;nat
ne exhibited against Brookcs and
stead iHsst Of ne 80. "as, howeysr far the
MS "Horts TO get his sharp shooting
NNots going, piled up an error column
r,!,inn "ou!n nave caused his defeat
Tf fa'ns' ''a%eT Of lesser caiibrc than
re poin' score and stroke analysis
Sno"S mat Ti!dcn won three sets TO
While Tilden made - outs 10 WllIi,,ns'
go -, ~ nHis 10 u. four double faults 20
seven !. placements 20 - and two
service aces 10 Ike number FOR Inc
Eostoaian.
Johnson wIns Tir>, set.
The Johnston Johnson match opened
~ manner which appeared to indi-
s"nsa' renal contests which have fea-
,urti Inc present tournament John
snn ven the initial set, six games TO
.Wo, ms peculiar sicing and chopping
~ The ball. both In service and re-.
I'm Urn, sapparentiy puzZiirg his rival
t bn-n ' ian rrhncisco far, more than the
nara driving and smashing which the
!aNer mad encountered during his
march through the tournament.
,ul, oh ha ara rot know apparently
shots and made an unusual number Of
HfrorS Tor such steady player. II
set 70 study OF his opponents method
OF court campaign. Certain IL is tina,
he showed his ability as a tennis
winning form against Johnson In the
second set. which was the turning
point OF the match.
Australians Piny Doubles.
inc nosn, score Shows that Johnston
won three sets to ono, twenty games
70 th!rtetn and 10, points to ninety
two. The difference in he piav Of The
TWO men Is further Indicated by a
comparison Of the stroke an. ysi:. for
Johnston had 81 outs TO IS by Johnson
3s nets TO ~ four double faults 10
none. 30 PLACEMENTS 10 ~. while each
scored Two service aces.
Following the singles match there
vas an exhibition doubles between The
australian team. composed OF Norman
Hrookes and Gerald Patterson opposed
Hy fFch Alexander and watson Wash
burn. the Australians winning iwo sets
- love by scores of 81 ana "a
Tue contest was repietc with the
most brilliant tennis. the rallies being
frequently long and spectacular, but
~ a imosi every case the better team
work az The Anzacs gave them the win
Ming points.