The evening world., 1920-09-03
R. Norris Williams and Vince
Richards Eliminated by the
Two Bills in Fourth Round Of
National Championship at
Forest Hills.
By William abbott.

THERE may be a whole flock Of
boy wonders scrambling over
the horizon. but Bill Johnston
and Bill Tilden still remain the class
In American tennis. Tennis L.
strenuous game. It's been long time
since any one oyer thirty years of
age has held the national tltleS While
many youth prodigtes ere coming
fast II will be at least a year or two
before they surpass either Tilden or
Johnston.
Any one entertaing fears that either
one OF the two Bills would be elm
mated in the national championship
should have sat in for the fourth
round yesterday at Forest Hills. The
two toughest opponents that either
Johnston or Tilden will meet on the
path to the finals were encountered
in the eventful fourth round in r.
Norris williams, twice national
champion, and Vincent Richards, the
most promising of the juvenile de-
tachment.
Johnston. playing beautiful tennis,
trimmed Williams in straight sets.
Tilden, on a combination Of Richards'C
accuracy in placing shots and his own
Witness, dropped one set, but en-
tirely outclassed his youthful oppo-
| nent toward the end OF the match,
winning three sets to one,
Johnston, steady and resourceful.
can gear up his game as the situation
demands. The little Californian Holds
Williams in high esteem and tho de-
throughout his match with the tail
| Boston star. From first to last
Johnston dominated the court, his
change Of pace and remarkable ability
to make gets" keeping Williams
mostly on the defense.
At one time in the final set it
seemed that williams might turn the
tide Of battle. In games he led S.,
but at this stage Johnston became
very aggressive and ran dpt the set,
his command of strokes holding the
big gallery spellbound. A point analy-
sis Of the match shows that Williams
was guilty of many errors. Johnston
was SO clever and accurate with his
| placing that Williams had to make
most OF his returns while on the run,
and, what's more, Williams is sup
posed to excel at a deep-coTt game.
The match yesterday was fought al
most entirely from the base line, with
the little Californian welding tho
whip hand.
There was just one slight defect IN
lJohnston's game-his service. Little
BiH throughout the session expert
enced trouble getting the first ball in
The second was generally SOFT,
which allowed Williams to peel on
numerous slashing drives down the
side lines. with this single short
coming Johnston was near the top OF
his game. His showing against Will
ans simply meant that the crafty
Californian was just playing 'possuH
the day before, when Niles took
set from him at iO-S.
The Tilden- Richards encounter pro
duced a great deal of brilliant tennis
There were flashes and rallies tina
repeatedly drew applause. Both STAR
covered lots OF territory, but in thu
end Il was Tildens tremendous speed
that decided the issue. Tilden woI
the first set, Ga. He continuousl!
rushed to the net, and his manipula
} ton of ground strokes was pro
nounced Improvement over his 1871
showing. This form Of attack forced
/ Richards to deep court, Dashing on
, Of court to make side line returns
the hoy wonder would frequently
leave his court wide open and T1ldel
registered many points by gently tap
, pnig the ball over the net, far out
roach of Richards
, To the huge delight of the grea
crowd Richards turned the tables o
Tilden in the next set by copying IN
Philadelphian's methods. During thu
period Il was usually Tilden who ma
to sprint around the court after Tn
ball. Once the English champio
dashed clear to the grandstand Tor
return.
As IL peeved at this rebuke from hi
seventeen year-old opponent, Tide
put on more speed in the third set an
simply smothered Richards, VIII
fought gamely ID the rallies to pas
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