The Idaho recorder., 1920-11-12

NJ. II. ".
hams H. and Samuel Hardy. captain Hardy was
chosen heenuse OF his proved generaiship and
knowledge Of tie game.
while Hardy IL being sent as a playing cap
tain. II In hardly likely he viii participate" Mr.,
Adce snid. with the singles champion the dou-
oltS champions. and Hardy we believe the Davis
cup viii he brought back to this country"
We'll. what Of itr may ask the ba aseball fan
Or the devotce OF boxing or the enthusiast who
thrills over the thoroughbred n good deal
N decade the popular interest In tennis has
increased alnaxIngly. Take look at any one
Of the courts 10 he seen NIL over the country
HE nrgesi clubs urc taxed to the limit Of their
facilities 10 handle the crowds anxious TO get a
glimpse OF lcn,Iing players IN action The final
of the American national championship despite
intermittent ran. was played before a gallery Of
nO0O that oy-rfowed the stands Verify, the
sport " growing hy leaps and bounds, and the
Idea that the national championship final may
have Z" he held NJ the Polo grounds or some other
large nrena before long Is not at all u Joke
To THIS nerensin. army Of tennls enthusiasts
William I. Tiden III Is quite as great as IN Bnbe
Ruth TO the fans, aud Jack Dempsey TO the low.
es of boxing aud Man o. War 10 the dryotees Of
racing and there Is no question that he Ia great
on the tennis court Al the recent Tllien banauet
William 81 Johnston took occasion TO declare
that Tilsien II the greatest tennis PLAYER I'm the
world samuel Hnrty went further In his cstl
mate. for he declared Tiilen 10 be the rrcatest
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dicted TINT Ia another season or two the cham
PIN would be even greater than he Is today
hiiy Johnston ought 10 know. for It's likely the
aeshroned matte nn title holder IL next best John.
sfon stamps rim. In the opinion Of the experts n.
not only the sreatest Of all living tennis PLAYERS
but perhaps the greatest of all time.
The i've sets we're scored al OIL, 10 TO 81 "a
THIS Ti'den Johnston struggle Will 70 down ON
the records as the most astounding exhibition of
TENNIS TIE most nerverneking battle that the
courts have ever seen Up TO this time. the ia
nous nnai os 1910. In which Richard Norris WI
llains H. defeated Johnston for the champIonshln .
had heen considered the apex of tennis history
hut that great match faded into comparative In
Significance.
Williams and Johnston played i've sets OF me-
ehsnicaily perfec, tennis Tilden and Johnston
played Ave sets Of Incredible melodran,a with
n thrill In every scene. with horrible errors lead.
ing suddenly To glorious achievements with skin
and courage and good and evil fortune lnex.
tricabls mingled and With constant stimulus to
cheers. groans and actual hysteria 80 far as the
spectators concerned
To describe that amazing final as the most sig.
nlncant az all American tennis tournaments n
tournament TINT anquestonahy carried with n
the worlds championship. would require the s,,
perintise of MI the adieetves that the Journalism
OF the game has either used up or discarded In
tie past II II enough To say that all future dis
enssions OF the oiympan heights Of tennis viii
'skh WIN tug QUESTION. Were
thsr. when aud the w,sweF VIII he either "You
bet | MAS" or "curss. no" For the proud pos.
ssAsors Of the affirmative ampncation Is necrs.
kars For the sad negatives nothing can be done
Tor u VIII neScr happen again. MT least not lust
t,nl why
Praise for the two contenders for the American
championship OF 1890 may be equally divided
There Is plenty for both. Tilden's victory wns
triumph OF supertennis vindlcation OF the raua
which the best Judges have for some time consid.
rreh inNncihe. But. II Tiiden Is the greatest ten.
lis player Thar ever lived Johnston Is the ,,,as,
siGn tkst trod court