The sun., 1919-04-05
TWO.TENNIS TITLES
WON BY RICHARDS
Yonkers Lad Victor in Singles
and Doubles ut National
Tourney. ,
BEATS WILLIAM TILDEN
Then Paired With Philadel-
phian He Defeats Alexander
and DR.. Rosenbaum.

Vincent Richards. the phenomenai
young tepnis player of Youkcrs. won two
national indoor championship titles yes
terday on the courts Of the Seventh
Regiment Armory. In the final round
OF the singles he defeated William TIL
den I'd Of Philadelphia in q Rrueltinx
match Mt SIS. 6-3, 6--s. 6-1, Cd
ana with Tilden as q partner won the
nnal OF the doubles from Frederick
Alexander and DR.. Rosenbaum at "a,
SIS. Ga and 6--1.
Richards 10 the youngest senior ma
tional champion tho sport has ever had.
He Is only Is years old, but what
he lacks In experience he makes up In
skill. speed and endurance. He has
been playing in. open compe tition for
three years and his victories yesterday
gave him his fourth national title, for
lie had previously won the national
boys championship and with rilden had
annexed the outdoor doubles crown.
His SUCCESS yesterday In the singles
came as a big surprise to all followers
of the sport Tennis experts know Rich
ards In powerful player and capable
OF giving the best Of the veterans q stir
ring battle. but few believed he was abls
10 defeat such a wonder as the stalwart
Philadelphian, who ranks No. on the
national list.
To accomplish his feat In the singles
the Yonkers lad was compelled to play
the greatest game of his career. He
showed big improvement over his pre-
vious game. and in the last three sets
outplayed Tilden at every stage OF the
game.
Tilden Careless in Second.
But despite this the result might have
been different II Tilden had not been
careless In the second set. To the spec
tators 1t seemed as IL the Philadeiphian
did not do his best In this set He
PLAYED rather listlessly aud the brilliancy
and accuracy for which he is noted were
conspicuously missing. No one accused
linn Of deliberately throwing away such
an important title as was at stake, but
majority of those present declared he
was endevaoring to make close match
OF It and intended to come from behind
and win by a narrow margin as he did
against Frank Anderson in the semi
final on Thursday.
In Richards he found a steadier, a
speedier and stronger player than
Anderson. During the last three sets
TDden used every shot he knew and
every ounce of speed he possessed, but
they rvailed him nothing. Richards was
his master in the pinches and did moro
than hold his own.
In the opening set Richards seemed
l.stless He was unable to get the rance
OF tie oourt. while Tflden went at HE
work with a vim and outplayinE and out
driving the younSster, won easily at
IS. So easily did the Philadelphian
score that II seemed to the gallery that
he would take the title without much
trouble.
Even after Richards had taken the
second set at So there was no change In
the opinion OF the crowd, They had seen
Richards play & much better game than
In the previous set and had seen Tilden
let up" trlhe But they expected
Tilden to come back stronger In the
following sets and win the match. In
the second set Richards got his shots
TO deep court and these gave him an
opportunity to get to the net and
smother Tilden's returns with cleverly
placed cross court volleys
Richards Uses Chop stroke.
In the third set Richards continued
to show Improvement He used a va
rety OF plays, most Of which had con-
siderable chop in them. These evasive
and sizzling strokes enabled him to
forge TO the front The youngsters fne
playing aroused the Philadelphia and
he went at his work with a vim. His
side line shots were good for passes on
"Aily oCCdslOHS ana Wneu ne sent up
loos Richards smashed out OF court or
into the net and he overhauled the
younsstsr and won the only deuce set
OF the match at Sc.
Undaunted by this defeat the Yonkcrs
lad went about his work in the next
set at a terrific clip. Tilden played his
best but he was unable to Withstand
the drives and volleys OF his young
opponent and Richards took tho set
losing only one game,
Richards opened with the service IN
the fifth and deciding set and by the
severity Of his attack went into the lead
at "a. He was playing a top pitch
now and time and again made recoveries
OF Tilden's line shots that seemed i'm
possible. He was very aggressive. but
his aggressveness did not cause him 10
become unsteady. He seemed to antici-
pate Tilden's plays and his wizardry
caused Tilden to increase his speed. be-
come unsteady and land many OF his
shots into the net.
By q supreme effort Tilden drew up to
his young rival and carried the games
to all. But that was the best he could
do. The youngster was far from
whipped. In fact he seemed to play
stronger with each game He outplaced
the Philadelphia In the remaining two
games and won the set. the match and
the coveted title
The doubles title went to Tilden and
Richards without much trouble. Alex
ender played an excellent game for three
sets and then showed signs Of fatigue
DR.. Rosenbaum did not show his usual
speed or brilliancy and most OF the work
fell to his more famous partner.
DARTMOUTH TRACK CAPTAIN.
HANOVER. n. H., April I'll @, Avery
Of Bradford. VT, was chosen captain of
tho Dartmouth College track team to-
day. Avery led the cross-eountry team
last year and 10 regarded as the Green's
best man at the distance runs.
GYMNAsTIC MEET TONIGHT.
What promises to be tho most success
ful symnastic carnival In A.. A, " history
Is scheduled for this evening at the TWEEN
ty-third Street Y. NJ. c. A.. where the
annual Metropolitan Association EymnAstic