Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-10
1ohnston and Griffin Lose
70 Tilden and Williams
in East.W est La,on Tennis
on Mannheim Turf Courts
" E. DAVIS A WINNER
Bv sPICK HALL

kennis title nOluer, duu w. No.t'o WI
iiams, Of Boston, Davis Cup player and
formerly holder Of the championship OF
lie United States.
crie;n and Johnston were beaten be-
,.use they were outplayed mechanically
.nd oute,iessed by the Philadelphian and
,hs OF .Philadelphian. The scores were
"a $40. OF, 8-3, and the match was
n,syed on the neatly trimmed courts OF
Ss Germantown Cricket Club at Man
s.im IN the final contest of the first
Ssy's events In the East West cham
pionships: .,.;.
notable victory the two sections of the
isnd had split the opening matches,
CHARLES s. Garland, of Davis Cup fame,
Ssvinp giyen Ralph II. Burdick, OF Chi.
ssso decisive three set trimming, and
Wallace +. Johnson, Of Cynwyd. hav-
,ng lost an indecisive bout to Willis II.
nsvis, of California, in five sets. To.
doy the contest between the two most
widely separated parts Of the country
are to be continued, and tomorrow the
,rand finale will be pulled of when Billy
Johnston and Bill Tilden tee up for the
seventh time, each having three con-
quests to his credit.
Biz Crowd Present
BEFORE telling what happened in the
,reat doubles match 1t Is well to re-
mark parenthetically that never before
IN the history of Philadelphia has a
tournament been run with the smooth
ness as that at Mannheim yesterday!
In the first place there were plenty Of
,eats. Everybody who wanted to see
tbe match, and there were about 1000
of them that trickled in depite the rain, (,
were taken care of properly. There was
no confusion and every person who was
there was able to see the matches just
As we'll as his neighbor because the
stands were built to give the gallery
places from which to see, not just to
sell. Another extraneous feature was
the umpiring. The gallery doesn't care
who oficiates at a match. They are
not watching the umpire. But they do
want to know the score and they want
70 know it after every game. Yester-
lay they got it and got IT right; AL
Hcskins occupied the Empirical throne
In the first match, Joe Jennings was
there in the second and Paul Gibbons
did the honors in the doubles match.
Craig Biddle is the official referee and
Ne must have chosen his men because
OF their ability. And while on the sub
ject Il Is well to mention that the work
Of The linesmen was so far superior to
hat Of the judges at Forrest Hills last
week in the national singles that there
b no comparison.
After which it might be we'll to say
Iomething about the tennis. Naturally
most Of the spectators wanted to see
Bill Tilden perform because the over
whelming majority had not seen him
since his recent conquests. Well, they
saw him and they saw him pull off
shots that were something new in their
tennis catagories. Bill put up re-
narkably brilliant game In his doubles
match, but did not play as well as he
did in the singles against Billy Johns
ton. Still the crowd wasn't disap-
pointed and there was no reason why
they should be because Bill played a
great game. Although he dropped his
bis delivery gave the spectators some
thing to think about. He shot over
many service aces with a snap of the
racket and thud into the backstops
that left Johnston and Griffin standing
neekly watching them 20 by.
Tildsn's Great Backhand
:. But the feature of Tilden's play was
his spectacular backhand work. 1t
ralned iitfully throughout the after
nocn and the courts were very slippery
Inls means that the balls quickly be =
come sodden, hard to see and harder to
ait Just the same, Tilden didn't seem
% mind. He sent the pellet sailing
PACK with his wonderful backhand
sttoke Just as accurately as he does
Sheh the courts are dry and fast. His
,oheylng, too, was spectacle in itself.
apparently the gallery didn't seem to
recognize what miraculous shots Tilden
was pulling off, particularly when he
sssi'ed ana made returns as he came to
tne me net lie was scooping them up with
N sCiley shots and taking them on
sSlll %e tlll volley all the way from his
ii'ttuers 81 TO point within few inches
tbe .ne ground. The rallies In which
ot, sd.se great shots were made came SO
often and were over so quickly that n
" mas difhcult to follow the ball. Conse :
fuentiy, Tilden made scores of shots
.ca @st went virtually unnoticed and any
Ie nI.n ol which If made by the mediocre
!er would have been remembered by
No,e;, Iiiden was great, but so was
hson Williams. Williams has often
tor rn criticized, especially in singles,
CONT eeusihg so many shots at mid
tSsn' yesterday he met host OF
Tban mere, but 1t wasn't his fault.
Asy came at him low while he was in
;&suity position partly because Peck
tnnmnn tinn put them there, and Griffin
NAV "S nse where to put them against any
thon.h ne point, however, is that al
bsvas bTvIsa Williams had to play countless
sot mat were driven at his feet. h,
H. Ihmay WAY with it in wonderful style,
tbs h;n hh;at 'volleying, to my mind, was
VIII feature OF this splendid match.
FOOD d"iaihs volleying was virtually as
sesmsd% % ms half volleying. Johnston
Grianu 10 think that kss1fI1ili ien ant
bandan would be beaten II their back
OF fs b;s were were played and he drove many
wrona snots on their left. He made q
lent guess for both were par excel
the nat W, their left sides. Williams al
be ~ u. p,ayed a game that will lon,
Hs eniem6ered by those who saw it
neithar n cpiacement after placement thai
touch nut johnston was able te
rl.,il Williams is such an ,n-and .ou,
OUT ont tnat It is difficult to figure hin
bcstou 'pesterday he was d world tear
had scni nossibly his teaming with Tilder
rat. nviething N" to do with 1t. At any
Tlden one can say that Williams anc
and ona w not make great tennis team
This or e err mat could beat anything ir
time "nS other country at the present
II bas In ms 9 play yesterday was lust a,
plsyins 'ea since he and Johnston begar
brand doubles together-it was
passed o. o. tennis that couianr Z b. sur.
Eastern League