New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-11
American Cup
Tennis Players
ROut French


EASTBOUkNE,E England, July 10 (By
The Associated PressJ-The American
Davis Cup tennis team to-day won the
right to continue in the fight for the
trophy. When William 81. Johnston
and William 7. Tilden I'd, the American
pair, defeated their French rivals, CO.
bert and LAurentz. in straight sets In
the doubles match by scores Of So.
6-S, 81, the victory gave the Amer
leans three straight matches in tia
Davis Cup elimination contest vito tho
French team, eliminating the French
men. "
Johnston yesterday won his singles
match with Colbert, and Tiiden de-
feated Lauren<z. The victory in the
doubles clinched the match for the
Americans without the necessity Of
playing either Of the two remaining
singles matches on the schedule
In the Britigh national champion
ships at Wimbledon Tiiden and John
ston met and defeated Colbert and
Laurentz, the pair against whom they
contended to-day. ~
Large Crowd Sees Match
The match was played in fine but
somewhat windy weather before .
large crowd The Americans won the
toss and Johnston opened the services,
winning the first game. Colbert fol-
lowed and equalized the games. after
long struggle, in which deuce was called
eight times. Johnston's forehead dry
ing was noteworthy in this struggle.
Tflden took his own service with fne
deliveries and great 'cross-court vol
leying. Laurentz dropped service
ND fan al
next, leading Al. 8r
Colbert. again serving magnihcentiy,
secured the sixth game in which the
lobbing of the Americans was short
and some drives were Melted by john
ston. The French pair, however, failed
to secure another game. Tilden took
the service to fifteen and in the last
game Johnston scored on perfect lob
bing and fine volleying.
The first four games Of the second
set went against the server. Then
Johnston, serving, got the fifth game
He played wonderfully, scoring with a
sensational half-volley, another lob
volley and some delightful shoulder
height volleys. With Tilden's next serv-
ice game America led, 5-2. Here
around game. Laurentz, serving next,
won love game. Johnston did like
wise, taking the second set.
Johnston's Play Excels
In the third and final set the Amer
leans played q great game and in all
departments proved superior to their
opponents. Throughout the match
Johnston's playing was wonderful. His
forward drives frequently killed the
ball, while when serving he got right
up to the net and punched volleys
with tremendous power.
To-day Tilden was not so outstand-
ingly brilliant as hitherto, but this was
merely due to the super-brilliance of
Johnston, who played his finest game
in England.
Colbert played fercely and Laurentz
served we'll, but IS pair they were
outmatched to-day. Nevertheless, Ge~
bert sometimes stood up to Johnston's
hardest drives and scored on them.
Johnston dropped q service game in
the second set owing to a succession OF
grand service returns and Tilden did
| likewise IN this set. Otherwise, the
Americans always kept the service
games and took several to love. a
The Americans combined admirably,
| Tilden being exceedingly clever in
playing volleys and never once missed
an overhead smash. The match was
over in ffty-fve minutes.