The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-16
7ihden and Johnston TVO Greatest
Figures In American Sport Circles

NEW YORK, March l5.--No
brighter figures grace American
Fport than tho two "Bills"--Tllden
and Johnston.
Between them they have made 10
much tennis history that their
uamcs viii 1.-Two forever in the annals
of tho net game.
Thoy stand today in class dis
tluctly their own. They are the
worlds grcateat racquet wicldcrs.
and as for individual ability there is
no moro than n hair between them.
American tennis boasts many won
derful stars Names like Williams,
Murray, Washburn. Garland. Behr.
Poll, church. Mathcy, Griffin,
Davis and Richards are synonymous
with "class" In tennis parlance. But
the topnotchcra-the bellcovs-aro
the two "Bills"
Sailing away 20 faroff New Zea-
land last November, our scintillating
"Billa' met the capable and deter
mined Norman ~. Broukcs and Ger
aid Patterson, defenders OF the Da-
vis cup, and crushed them in such
decisive fashion that the tennis
world Raped with surprise. The
American team had been expected
10 win, but no one thought that the
victory would DO scored In such
fashion.
Bring Back the Cup.
Lifting the Davis cup and bring
ing It back TO America after an alb
scnCc OF many years was feat well
worth going TO tho other side OF tho
world to accomplish. and the win
ners are Justly proud OF their sue
cess.
In llftlng tho cup Tildcn and
Johnston demonstrated that Amer
lean tennis stands today on the high
est plane IL has over reached. for
although we have had many won
dorfully brilliant champions and
Davis cup performers In other years
this pair takes rank ovor them all.
Confidence In themselves and,
most OF ALL in American tennis. was
n big factor In lifting the historic
Gun. And, as Tilden recently pre-
dictcd nan interview given the
writer OF this article, America
should successfully defend the
trophy for somc years TO come.
VIII Meet Again.
Next summer Brookes and Pat
terson, along with the bost players
from some other fostering ma
tions. viii make a determined effort
to take the trophy away from Its
donor nation once again.
Tilden and Johnston will undoubt-
cdly be named To defend the cup.
| Having won II back they are en-
titled TO play I'm lts defense, and aa
! the challenge round for the trophy
will be staged prior 20 the national
cha mpionship there will be no new
| champion to dispute the right OF
either player. Tildon is the present
national champion and Johnston the
! runnerup.
The confidence OF the tennls-iov-
ing public in the ability OF these
two stars In supreme. Those who
have been fortunate enough to see
them In action In big national tour
lnamcnts have seen tennis demon
strated In it's most brilliant stv,e
and II goes without saying that the
| American defenders will be ton-
heavy favorltes when they enter tho
challenge round against tho na,,or
that survives the cup ties. 40 ,,,s.
put the two BILLS" down amons
American champions who figure to
hold the ground they have won dur
ing 1921.
| Tidcn All-Round Cbamp
Tilden is an all-round champIon
In addition to sharing Davis Gun
honors with Bin Johnston and hold
ing the national singles title, he is
the International singles champion,
the national indoor singles cham