The Idaho recorder., 1920-11-12

~ tennis. lie went down before Johnstor IN
.ne hna' round for the London championship,
ne o"'y reai reverse of the year. but since that
June ne has been supreme on the courts heat
Ing the best OF all nations In the aIl.comers tour
hameht at Wimbledon after Johnston our then ma.
uohni champion. had been put out and carrying
On 20 the title here In September He confirmed
MS victory over Johnston by again beating him In
'he East vs. West matches In Philadelphia More
over he won an even greater bnttIe than the one
ON the courts by controlling his nerves which n
year ago Imposed handicap on his inquest loued
SKILL 80 say the students OF the game the ex-
perts who know.
Like the science OF warfare itself, the science
OF every game that partakes OF the nature of
nsht Is perpetual see-saw between attack and
defense, Now the one. now the other rules the
play and carries OF the highest honors In the
fascinating case OF lawn tennis the attack at pres
ent seems dominant. as II did 45 years ago when
pioneer volieyers were the cocks OF the courts
the Renshaws In England and Sears and Dwight
IN America, or MS II did In 1900 when Whitman
ahd ward aud Davis were champions and
their new-fanged service wns too much for visit
Ing English groundstroke experts or In 1914
when Mcl.oughlins superb attack fared up into
glorious moment OF supremacy. taking the meas
ures OF Brookes and Wlldng-and then left him
This man Tilden Is attack personiHed. through
MS service. Tie Is long. lanky. able-bodled
specimen. With strong arm. brains concentra.
of Xyh
has enabled him to develop more kinds OF delivery
than Christy Mathewson ever showed ,nc,,,,n.
one that-for the present. ut least-s HIS own
own your own service" is apparently his motto
When Tilden wants to follow his service In he
generally does what other experts generally do
delivers a highkicking ball that drags In ths air
and yet gives the striker-out plenty OF pace TO
contend with. But when he feels special n.ca
OF point he Unexpectedly shoots over n neorlv
straight underspin bali that travels like sh.il
and proves the late Euclids contentian that i.
srnighl iine Is the shortest distance from one
point to another. Moreover, the bali doesn., rio.
He doesn't run In behind that ball; why sho,,a
her III It's good the other man is In luck to 60,
his racket ON II, mcker to block II someho,,
across the net-and II Il does come back rilden
With his fine. sharply .angled driving has n mo-,
shot ut either side of the court
This "unholy speciality" Of Tilden. his w,c..,...
service. undoubtedly rules the roost M nresen,
II puts attack ahead ef defense az this wr,,,n,
In fact some thoughtful devotees tncludi,. 90
pcrts Of high authority. asking whether ma.
the rules ms they stand the player with the initial
attack, which Is To say the server has no, ,,or.
advantage than Is good for the game
II the rules should be changed TO curb rho sor,...
II would not be the first time hut heretogor. ar
changes have been comparatively mild ana 81,
cessise hrigades OF ingenious servers have con.
trived 10 conform To them ana stil maintain ,n
Anything further done now aonIa
have to he comparatively radical
Some experts say change the rules. c,,, -,
server" Others take the opposite view ..rns
brillian, services which are being developea v.ar
~" says lie Roy. add To the interest OF ,be -,
and the delight of the spectators II IS mn ~ ar
players TO develop equally brilliant defenses n or
set the services"
Those who have only seen the great tennis play.
er In action would probably not recognize him in
work 'a-,ay hahiilments, writes William Ch.r.-r
In the New York Times The tall sope,vha,
STOPPING boyish-lcoking young man walking slov.