Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

simple. and had absolutely no founda
tion, in fact, whatsoever, " said ot tho
time that j was sure the story wos rho
invention of representative of n
certain news service, and SO IL proved
to be. The day after this was supposed
to have happened both Tilden and 7
signed categorical denial that anv
such thing occurred or that there was
any, ground upon which such a story
could have been founded.
,., by the way, / want to say that
ridden is one of the gamest players I
before he played Kingscote. II didn't
worry him much in that match. but
don't see how he ever got through the
Wimbledon finals in his match with the
Jap, Shimidzu. I'm sure I couldn (,
have d one it. 1t was fortunate Bill had
a days rest before he met Patterson.
He won't be troubled any more. I am
sure for the serum shot seems TO have
cleared his system perfectly and except
for the slight staleness caused by his
continuous play, Bill is in fine shape
and is likely to stay that way.
Il have not completed my official
report of the trip, but can say unoffi-
cially that the team is coming along
fine and will be all ready to give a good
account Of itself against the Australians
in December"
While the climate was ANNOYING to
the Americans at first, it did not take
them long to get used to it. Once they
got the drift of the British weather
mans ideas they began to go at hurri-
cane speed and they continued on high
gear as their long string of victories
testifies.
Neither Williams nor Garland ap-
pcared to be overworked. OF course,
there's a reason. Neither of them was
called upon to play in the Davis Cup
matches, consequently they were able to
rest while Tilden and Johnston were
going at full tilt. Williams appeared to
be az phlegmatic as ever yesterday. He
lounged around the lobby of the hotel
with Mrs. Williams, the other players
and his pipe, the picture of physical
perfection and nonchalnnce. He is
teamed up with Dick Harte, clubmate
from Longwood in the tournament
here. Garland has not decided with
whom he will play, but he probably will
pick up some player who has entered
without partner.
Billy Johnston says that he feels all
right in spite of the recent grind. How
ever, he looks quite haggard. and there
is no doubt that he needs rest. Very
likely he would have taken this wcel
off from tennis had not the tennis off
cials in New York been so insiStent on
his playing after Tiden's point blanl
refusal. Johnston is very wiry and has
lots of energy on the courts but h'
seems a trif1e burnt out" and it woulC
not be surprising to see him fall ia,
below form in the Forrest Hills tour.
nament after playing this week here ant
next week in the national doubles al
Longwood.
Griffin Present
Peck Griffin. with whom Johnston il
paired in the doubles, was one of tn,
first to greet his fellows at the pier
Peck remained with them all day ant
came up with the players this morning
Gerald l.. Patterson, the Australian
from whom Tilden captured the world's
title in singles, originally planned t
compete at Forest Hills this summer il
the event that he lost to Tilden. bu
at the last minute he changed his mind
and is now in France, playing on tn,
Riviera and in tournaments elsewhere
All of the Americans are sorry tina
Patterson did not come over and brini
shis big bag Of rackets, for he becam
very popular with his western foes.
Speaking of racket bags, it wa
worth the price of admission to see tn,
bats piled up at the hotel yesterday
Each of the players had from fifteer
to twenty five. They were there in al
stages of confinement. There were
leather racket bags, wooden boxe
made especially for rackets. racket
bundled in ordinary covers and many
wrapped up in paper parcels. Ther,
were enough there to start young
tennis club.
Many Rackets Broken
The damp weather in England causct
the Americans good deal of troubl,
with their bats. They were constantly
being broken, but the facilities for re-
stringing were good and they alway!
managed to have a supply on hand fol
their important matches.
Besides their rackets and titles, tn,
Americans came home with a fine dis
play of jewelry, the medals they won OF
British courts. All Of the champion
ship trophies are solid gold, of the fines
workmanship and, needless to say, very
handsome and costly mementoes of vic