New-York tribune., 1920-07-18

Baytb Sup eS0AA.
The match went five sets, the
.s-s, 6-2.
Three out Of Ave matches were nee
.ssary to win the competition betwee
,.se British and American teams. In
rssterday's play in the singles, John
.san defeated Parke and Tilden took
q. measure of Kingscote. The Amer
;esns having won the doubles, deciding
,he issue. it will not be necessary to
nlsy the other two singles matches
While the American doubles pair
slsyed an unquestionably great game
& periods, to-day they did not display
Ina form they showed in the match
sith the Frenchmen at Eastbourne last
veek, netting far too many of their
service strokes and returns. The
americans seem to shine against harder
deliveries, and the simplicity of much
of parke's serving apparently kept in
lucing Johnston and Tilden to take
needless risks in their returns.
Net Many Service Shots
Johnston's service went beautifully
At times, many Of his service shots be-
ing unplayable winners, but large
parcentage OF them were netted. OBJ
serving this trend, the confidence of
tie Engiishmen grew and both Of them
several times started sensational vol
leys of the hardest kind of deliveries.
Tilden also netted numbers of service
shots, while both Americans netted
numerous rather high returns on the
volley-balls on which one had grown
accustomed to see them score.
When the match had progressed to a
Point where the Englishmen led by
two sets to one, the Americans made a
great effort to pull themselves together
It took all their skill to secure the
fourth set, which was necessary to keep
them from defeat, as their opponents
then were playing wonderfully.
In the fifth set however, the Amer
leans we're superiatively fine winning
three love games and holding the Eng
lishmen, TO q single point in the last
one Of the set.
The match was played in dull light,
the sky being overcast. while a slight
drizzle WAS in progress few minutes
before the match commenced.
The Lead Alternates
The first set was won by the Ameri-
ans S-6, the games being closely
fslght out, first the one side winning
sni then the other up to six-all. In
the thirteenth, with Johnston serving,
the Americans captured a love game,
and in the next they captured Kings
,ote', service and the set.
IN the second set Tilden had many
A'pses, especially in netting backhand
yoiieys, nsvertn s'ess he served grandly
Bat tke Erglishmen were playing the
game OF their lives, although they won
the set mainly on netted service re-
turns By both Americans. Johnston
did some spectacular volleying in his
cwn service oames.
The thllf set proved to be the Eng
lishmen's best effort and their victory
ir this set was we'll deserved. In ser.
vice returns they showed to better ad-
vantage than their opponents. This
was noteworthy throughout the match.
as shown by the number of service
games the Americans dropped.
with the Americans leading in the
third game, t0--15, and Tilden serving,
the game was lost after two deuces,
owing to Johnston and Tilden each net
ing TWO volleyu. Subsequently john
sson, IN the niath, dropped a service
game by double faulting when holding
the vantage roiat.
Hopes ef Britons Soar
The English,nen received tremen-
eous applause for this victory, and the
nopes Of their supporters rose when
.aey led in the next set, 20. In the
.nlrd game Kingscote and Parke led
a.l5, but Johnston made supreme
enort and after deuce had been called
NJ \ III
shoulder height pulled him through.
This undoubtedly was the turning
point in the match, Tor both Americans
voieyed furiously, and this, together
WITH Johnston's perfect backhand re-
turns, soon pulled them up 2-all.
lhen Tilden took a love service game,
sno the American pair captured Parke's
ssrT'ce by skilful volleying and lobs.
>, ram had been filling since the mid
ole OF the third set, and the players at
sne end of the fourth changed to
spiked shoes. The fifth was of the
shortest duration. Parke won the open
ag service game, and Tilden followed
sun delivering some tremendously
aafd balls. The Americans then cap
safso kingscote's service to love, john
ssos returning the services In hurri-
sahe fashion. While Tilden was supreme
a. the net with cleverest cross-volleys
nd Johnston took love service game,
tloen intercepting and killing one re-
urn IN his partners court in sensa-
sHonal manner. This put the score at
VI m favor Of the Americans. After
= long struggle, in which deuce was
.eaehed four times, the Englishmen
'ook the fifth game on Parke's service.
Tiiden's Play Sensational
anen came the real sensation Of the
s @y. iilden came up grimly and
served with terrific speed. Parke failed
get within two yards Of this ball.
hsuv"aoiy he never saw it. The next
sssl ss: srumpled Kingscote up-he re-
lra llrsvea 1T in the body. The third, of
saai;,,icene sa;,ene force, left parke standing,
.sa sane the fourth beat Kingscote down
'Ss center line by yards.
not ore of these balls Was taken on
sas ,as receivers racket Such thing had
~ oeen seen at Wimbledon before,
sss saa tne crowd did not know whether to
wysreo or regard it as sacrilage.
...ane English pair struggled val
Ms.y, but vainly, for two more games
slo, saS nnai service game going to John