New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
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Downs w asher
I'm Three Sets
Mile. Lenglen and Madame
Golding Gain Doubles
Title by o.. o. Scores

- ~ ailD, Jul>s Try The Asso.
eiated rless) William r. Tilden. of
Philadelphia the worlds grass court
tennis champion, Won the worlds hard
coarg tennis singles championship here
to-day, defeating Washer, of Belgium, i'm
the finals in straight sets, 6--s, Ga.
S--3.
Tilden. in adding the hard court
championship to his list of titles. came
through the tournament without at anv
time being really extended. The Snt
meuse crowd which watched the plav
to-aay gave the champion an ovation
such as never has heen given a tennis
player in France. 1t cheered for fnllv
Ave minutes after Tilden's beautiful
pass down the side lines, out of reach
Of Washer as he planged toward tho
net, won the match for the chamn;nn
The Belgian threw both hands in the
air as token of surrender.
Washer played gamely and showed
great speed IN covering the court. until
he tired in the second eot. His fore-
hand drives were made with such great
force and accuracy thas az times bn
fairly outplayed Tilden. Ii was tbe
best tennis Washer has displayed in the
tournament and probably in his entire
career
Tilden, although he appeared fatigued
outeiassed washer IN the first set. The
champion had difficulty with his serv-
ice. which was once broken thron,b
srd In .wo other games his plav was
below his usual standard. He showed
Improvement. however, in the last two
games, taking the eighth from Washer
or the Belgians service, and then
winning on his own service in the
hnai game with the loss of only one
point
Tilden Starts Rally
In the second set Tilden rallied after
helng behind, one game to three. and
outp!aYed washer, who was beginning
10 t're from ms strenuous efforts to
cover the court against Tilden's fne
placing, The champions chop stroka
which had been Offset TO some extent
ny the belglan'S speed. now hecan,e
more effective and Tilden used II con-
stsnty, During the seventh game rai,
began to fall and the commotion in
me crowd, which began raising umbrel-
as annoyed the players, who suspended
play Tor short period
Masher IS a ieft-handed player. and
lilden remarked after The second sat
that he always disliked to pIav aoainst net
iefthander, as he has to revise his
whole game. prefarring to play the best
among the righthanders rather thar
Iaan 'el : ''aiiaeo
Ihs weather became very trying as
the match progressed, intermittent rain
making. the courts heavy and the balls
sluggish. 40
Iilden quickly ran into the lead in
tae third set, 50, and from that point
on domlnated the match Washer won
'he fourth, sixth and eighth games.
Waen I1tden took things easily. The
american forced Washer to make most
81 ms shots from an awkward position
ana otten forced the Belgian out of the
n so that Washer netted the ball
MT cut with great frequency
Tho match demonstrated that tbaro
ias no player in the tournament able
70 give Tilden a hard battsS ia the
singles.
Champion Requests Delay
Just as Tilden was taking tba coprt
against Washer, four balloons and one
9lflginle passed over the courts at
low attitude. Tilden asked for a mo-
ments delay. as he said the incident
reminded him of the match at Forest
Hills last year, when an airplane
passed over the courts while he was
.eadlng Johnston two sets to nothing,
eoiI iidiiy losing the match. At
mat time the pilot of the airplane sud
denly lost control of the machine which
plunged down only short distance
from the courts and killed the pilot
and his observer.
There was the largest crowd to-day
that ever attended tennis tournament
In France, more than two thousand
automobiles lining all the avenues of
81. Cloud Park. Among the distin-
guished spectators were CASTOR Vidal.
French Under Secretary of State for
physlcal Culture, and Lord Hardinge,
British Ambassador to France.
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen and Nine.
Golding, of France, won the woman's
doubles worlds hard court tennis
championship, defeating Miss Holman
and Mrs. Peacock, Of England, in the
finals. 6-2, GO
Gerbault, of France, and Albarran.
Of Armenia, defeated Max Decugis and
NJ. Borotra, of France, in the mems
doubles, Ga, Is, Ga Gerbault
and Albarran therefore will meet Andre
Gobe-t and William Fl. Laurentz, Of
France, in the finals
The final and championship match
Tor the women's hard court champion
ship OF the world will be played to-
morrow afternoon with Mile. Suzanne
Lenglen, of France, present worlds
tltle-holder. facing Mrs Molla Blur
stedt Mallory, of the United States,
American national champion