Evening star., 1920-07-04
Morse Heads g. W. A
WILLIAMS AND GARLAND
ANNEX TITLE DOUBLES
IN FOUR-SET MATCH

The final day in the British lawn
, tennis championship tournament
proved to be the greatest of all days
for the net representative of the
United States, for supremacy in
both singles and doubles places the
Americans at the top Of the list for
the whole world. Following the
victory of William T. Tilden, I'd, of
Philadelphia over Gerald Patter-
son, the Australian, in the singles
challenge round. Charles Garland Of
Pittsburgh and R. Norris Williams.
I'd, of Boston vanquished A. R. F.
Kingscote and J. C.. Parke of the
British Davis cup team, 40, o.,
IS. 90. in the doubles final.
Two other matches were played,
the women's doubles and the mixed
doubles. In both of these Miss E1iz-
abeth Ryan of Santa Monica, Calf.
participated. With Randolph Lycett
of Australia as partner, she was de-
feated by Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, the
3-6. Paired with Mile. LenGlen, Miss
Ryan shared honors in the women's
doubles in which Mrs. Lambert Cham
bers and Mrs. Larcombe, the English
pair, were defeated, 6-4. 60.
1t is stated that both champion
ships, singles and doubles. are likely
to be defended in 1921, consequently
i the American victories today are re-
garded as the finest thing that could
i have happened SO far as the British
game is concerned.
Tilden was troubled little today
with his knee. It was somewhat
swollen after the match, but it is con-
f1dently expected that a few days rest
will leave him fit for the Davis cup
contests at Eastbourne.
Tflden Earns Victory.
| Tilden's victory in the singles was
conceded to have been well earned,
| his game being characterized by ten
| mis- experts as the soundest and BRAIN
| lest tennis ever seen on English
| courts. The technique and clevernesS
| he displayed. although probably be-
yond the comprehension of the aver
age spectator in their finer points.
were not lost upon the seasoned ten
mis- followers
It was commented, along this line.
| that the American tennis experts
J seemed to have realized when Patter-
son was in the United States last year
that he was decidedly vulnerable on
| the backhand, owing to his unortho-
| dox method of twisting his arm SO as
| to bring the forehand face of his
| racquet in use for backhand play.
| thereby locking his shoulder joints.
This method usually collapses against
| a classy opponent who is keen enough
to take advantage of the opening, and
| it did today.
| Tilden in the first set opened with
experiments all around the court and
then settled down mercilessly to feed
ing his opponents backhand. and as
| the game progressed Patterson got
worse and worse under this method Of
attack.
Tilden exploited his famous cut
stroke to his opponents backhano
I iv. ho q fhraa
and Patterson was unable to get this
spinning ball over the net He IRE
ouently hit into the bottom OF the
| net. and then when Patterson came
| in to the net Tilden played a slower
| fast-dropping shot to his opponents
| left hand, and almost lnVarlapiy ene
| ball was netted-
| These tactics were relentlessly e1-
| plotted by Tilden. who showed rat.
| terson. so far as the center court
| crowds were concerned, IN an en.itey
new role, Thousands of persons nao
believed he was unbeatable. only
few knowing he had vulnerable joint
| in his armor.
Williams Displays Skill
! Williams had a red letter Gay IN
the doubles. He was the directing
brain and outstanding personality OF
the match. His opponents seive9
upou his backhand until they founo
he always made brilliant returns down
the central line. They then attacked
his forehand. only to find that the
mace Of his return often put the ball
away. williams play generally was
brilliant In fast volleyeo e4cnanses
at the net he smashed finely and ire
ouently sent over winning services
which :. the Englishmen could not
| touch. .,,+ IN
the fourth set he played brilliantly.
The features of his game were gen
eral au-round steadiness,- great fore
| hand driving and extraordinary
ouickness at the net. Sometimes he
| TINS returned balls which it appeared
| imnossible for him to get and scored
on them.
Mixed Doubles Offer Thrills.
The mixed doubles match was the
finest seen in England. and according
to some of the tennis experts. prob
this game and although defeated he
was head and shoulders the best on
| the court, doing a Ave-sixths share
Of the work He killed overhead
balls from every part OF the court.
and from the net position chased lobs
retossed them to. the base line and
then got to the net again for the
next return. His driving was magnih-
cent. but Miss Ryan's work was slow.
| Mile. LAnglen played wonderfully.
She stood up to the hardest smashes
tionally from them Patterson served
| magnifcently and in mastery fash
| ion killed overhead toSSes. but the
\ way Lycett retrieved many Of his
hardest overhead smashes never was
| equaled throughout the tournament.
Today Lycett played a game which
| he never before had equaled for out
standing brilliaucy