Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
|B|LL T|LDEN TOYS
| WITH NET RIVAL
Worlds Champion Wins Easily
From Wesbrook in Ma
tionaI Play
BY SPICK HALL
West Side Tennis Club. Forest Hills.

N Y, sept. line iu'h VI '"e wa"
In the national tournament for the
lawn tennis championship Of the United
e,otos nermittcd Walter Wesbrook. of
potroit, 70 reach the fifth round. But
,hot was all for the Middle West left
honder, as he struck Bill Tilden early
.bis afternoon on No. 3 court. Ti!den
aidp't oven get warmed up before thrc'
.ets had been called in his favor. The
scores we're 6-3, SO, 81.
Tiden began with service and won
of course. He then reeled oil four moro
romes in row for 5.love lead. then
Sccome very careless and dropped three
T., succession before he annexed the fnaI
.oroo ~ and set at 6-3. Wcsbrook was
30 Ear below Tflden's class that the
obamnion refused to even run after half
the left handlers shots. preferring to
let him have the point rather than make
an extra effort.
Point score, first set:
g!a;n .,,;;....,..'atSaassG i; $--$$ss--ss
Tildcn took the first game of the sec
and set, then once more lapsed into a
very lazy attitude. Wesbrook, by work
inc himself almost to death. won four
.oSea rs for n Al lead, Tilden never
,naking an attempt to play tennis at all.
Tilden won the next game. but after
iamco had been called twice in the sew
u.th game Wesbrook took it. as Tilden
care,essly drove far back Of the base
iino twice. This gave the Detroit man
80 lead. ,.,Jo,
Wesbrook had set point on Iilden
tuicc in the next game on the chain
Mons service. but could not win It,
Tlden also took the ninth game, draw
Inc m TO 5-4. On his service he won
once more and deuccd the set at o-all.
Wesbrook took the lead at 60, on his
avn delivery. taking the final point on
hat had TO be called service ace, but
as a matter of fact Iilden could easily
have returned it il he had made the
attemnt which he did not do. Tilden
ouickly made it Gall on his service, then
ran the set out at SO by playing some
regular tennis.
Point score, second set:
''''e"- 411O3 4A744s 4 4-4s-s
"eS0'oOS4 S44451 > . 8 c--45-C
Practice Match
To those who believed that Vincent
Richards really had a chance to beat
Tilden yesterdays match must have
been cruel blow. For three sets Bill
gave the spectators. nine tenthS OF
whom were metropolitan fans. a chance
10 indulge in all kinds of speculation.
During this period Of the match Tilden,
for the fourth day in succession. gave a
6ne exhibition of his many strokes. And
il was that which lost him the second
set.
Time and again. the champion could
have won point by playing sho,
differently, but he preferred td try
something else with the result that he
fell into numerous errors.
At the end of the third set. Tilden
had lead of two sets to one. Both
players went to the club house for the
short rest period. There Tildcn heard
that even the friends of Richards be-
licved the boy had chance. That
was enough for our Will. He stepped
out on the turf an entirely different
player from the one who had started
the match.
Tiden is friend and is the maker
Of Richards in tennisdom and there
Is no doubt that he did not care to
show the youth up. but the overbear
ing New York attitude was too much
He went out and took the final set in
six straight games allowing Richards
only ten points.
While this was going on. there was
very little applause, because Tilden
was getting all of the points. But or
those infrequent. occasions when he did
make aa error, the gaily costumed
gallery of 10000 fans cheered noisily
They don't love Tilden hero and they
don't mind exhibiting their disaffec-
tion.
Plays Sound Tennis
Although the crowd did not seem tc
appreciate it, Tilden played remark
able tennis in the final set. His game
was not as spectacular as usual be-
cause he played sounder tennis thar
he has formerly. He went In to wir
quickly and he did 1t in such a con
vincing manner that no one can pos
sibly say again that Richards Is in his
class on turf.
Just what Tilden did in that last sci
was his-he frequently resorted to his
fast service, went to the net very otter
and drove with precision that would
have made Billy Johnston gasp, If ht
had been there to see it.
Richards tried hard whenever he haG
the chance, but there weren't many
pion was sending the ball into the spots
be could do was book at it. Richard,
10 this set looked like just what he is
Bill Tilden's pupil, and that's all he
will be for many long day.
Much Wagering
A considerable amount of change wa,
displayed in various parts Of the Wes
Side clubs property before Wallace II
johnson, Of Cynwyd, and Roland Rob