New-York tribune., 1921-03-26
Indoor Tennis
Title TOURNEY
Opens To-day
Tilden and Richards to Play
Through in Doubles as
the National Champions
By Fred Hawthorne

Inc annual mems national indoor
lawn tennis championship tournament
Will begin this morning on the board
moor courts Of the 7th Regiment Ar
mory, at Park Avenue and Sixty-sixth
street, with fifty-fve competitors in
the singles. The doubles will begin on
Wednesday, and both finals will be
played next Saturday.
William T. Tilden I'd, worlds singles
champion, who is the present singles
and doubles champion indoors. will not
be able to defend his singles title be-
cause OF heavy cold, but he expects
to play through in the doubles, paired
with Vincent Richards, who was his
partner when they won the doubles
honors last year.
Play will continue all day to-day and
be resumed on Monday, when another
full day on the courts will follow
Thereafter matches will begin at 1
o'clock each afternoon.
Ganley Is Going South
William F. Ganley, squash tennis
professional at the Harvard Club. in
this city, will leave for White SULPHUR
Springs, w. Va, next Friday, to take
up his regular summer position as ten
mis- pro at the Greenbier Club. Ganley.
VINO Is regarded by competent critics
as the coming squash tennis champion
OF the world, will spend a good deal of
ms time on the Greenbrier tennis
courts IN preparation for his worlds
championship match with Walter Kin
sella, the present titleholder, which has
recently been arranged.
Iilden, it might be said in passing, is
going to attempt another task when he
gets to Wimbledon than the mere re-
tanning of his worlds championship.
The tall Philadelphian is firm be-
lever in the theory that a tennis
champion should play through in de-
tense Of his title, and he will ask the
authorities at Wimbledon to allow him
to do this, instead of standing out and
waiting for the winner of the tourna-
nent to come through to the challenge
round.
+, big Bill" is more liable to win the
worlds title again than he is to change
the complacent British viewpoint as to
how tournament should be conducted.
Women Stars to Play Abroad
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, ma
tional indoor and turf court champion,
who will sail for England on MAY z in
quest of the worlds singles champion
ship for women, is going to play in the
doubles with Miss Edith Sigourney, of
the Longwood Cricket Club of Boston,
and the two should form a great COM
bination, since Miss Sigourney has
shown decided improvement in her play
this winter, particularly at the net
position.
# Howard Voshell, who has won the
national-indoor singles championship
twice. in 1917 and 1918, can repeat at
the 7th Regiment Armory next week
he will secure permanent possession of
the big silver challenge cup. Vincent
Richards won the title in 1919 and Til
den last year, but as the latter will not
defend this time Voshell's chances look
considerably brighter than if the
worlds tennis lace" were in the COM
petition.
Richards, however, seems the most
likely player to give Voshell trouble,
particularly if the great left-hander is
below his usual form, owing to his re-
cent accident. 1t is unfortunate that
these two are on the same side of the
draw, for that means that one or the
other must go out in the semi-tnal
round, if not before. Frank 7. Ander-
son, in the top half of the draw has a
comparatively easy path to travel to
reach into the final round, and it would
not be in the least surprising to see
him as inalist.