Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-28
WORLDS HARD COURT TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS IN PARIS
Powerful and WellBalanced Team of Racqueteers
VIII Represent United States In
France

| New York. May 81 = The United
| States will be represented by a pow
| erful and well-balanced tennis team in
! the Worlds Hard Court CHAMPIONSHIPS
! which open in Paris today. Composed
| of w. T. Tilden, End of Philadelphia;
]. d. K. Jones and Arnold Jones of
| Providence; Mrs. F. I. Mallory (nce
Molla BjurstedD of New York and
Miss Edith Sigourney. of Boston. ma
tional champions both past and present
compose the ma jor portion of the COM
| bination.
The various individual and team en-
| tries as made by the United States
Lawn Tennis, association arc as fol-
| lows:
, Hard Court Mems Singles: w T.
Tilden. End: Arnold w. Jones and
j. d. f. Jones.
Hard Court Mems Doubles: Tilden
and Arnold Jones.
Hard Court Ladies' Singles; Mrs.
f, |. Mallory and Miss Edith Sigour-
ney.
Hard Court Ladies pouelea: Mrs
Mallory and Miss SiSourney.
Hard Court Mixed Doubles: Mrs.
Mallory and Tildon; Miss Sigourney
| and Mr.. Jones.
Similar entries will be made in the
French turf championships which fol-
low and the team will also play in
don. England. late in June but tho pre-
else order of entry has not as yet been
determined. Short sketches of the
American players arc appended;
VIM. T .rtIden. :nd-rhiIsdeIphia
William T. Tildcn, end. Worlds
| Champion Lawn Tennis PLAYER. was
| born at Germantown. Pa. February
| 10, 1923 He was student at tho Ger
mantown academy and graduated from
| the University Of Pennsylvania. He
began playing tennis in 1900 and won
/ hi1 first singles and doubles junior
! tournament the following year at Ger
mantown. He Is tall and slim. stand
| ing six feet ono inch and weighing
about l5s pounds.
Tilden won several titles holding
the Philadelphia championship from
/ 1911. to 1917 and was tho leading player
! in many tournaments but his first ma
| uonal honors were Won in 1913 whom he
| and Miss Mary Brown. of California
| took the United States national mixed
double championship and repeated the
following year.
Tlden vas the National Clay Court
| Champion of 1915. In 1919. Vincent
| Richards, the young player from Ionk
ers. n. Y. defeated Tildcn in the final
for tho national indoor championship
singles hut Tilden reversed this by
u
| for tho 1890 indoor title. Tilden and
Richards out-plsycd tho other en-
| ,rants in the 1919 and 1890 national
| indoor doubles and tho Philadelphian's
splendid work in winning tho worlds
championship at Wimbledon. Eng. the
United States National championship
and in the last Davis Cup series is too
fresh in the minds of tennis cnthu-
sia SIS to need any comment
Tildcn is probably the most versatile
tennis player of recent years. combin-
ing all forms of strokes and court
strategy in mis- game. He possesses
terrific service. control II cut and
twist and varies his strokes so rapii lily
that an opponent never knows whcth-
or to expect powerfully topped drive
or a puzziinE undercut chop, BlE rrca.
height and reach are helpful f,ctors in
rcmsrles bic court covering. While
several players. who have specialized
on certain strokes may exceed him in
the brilliant execution Of these. non"
cScels tho worlds champion in the
high standard of all-round play and
strokins.
Arnold W. Jones. Providence. n =.
Arnold W. Jones was born in Provi-
dence. +, l.. Marcn ?, 1901 and Eradu-
ated from Moses Brown school OF that
city this year. Since hc was ci=nt
years old young Jones has been play
Ing lawn tennis under tho porscnal tu-
iton of his father. !. u. r.. Jones. who
for many years Mas been an active
figure in tennis. In addition to his
fathers coaching. Jones has had the
advantage of practice with such play
ors as Malcolm q. chase. who with tho
elder Jones own5 an indoor court in
Providence.
Last year this young player worked
out twice "A week with Champion Til
den. while tho l. tier was preparing for
IN ti 10
trslssis. With Tildcn last year .1oncs
won the Rhode Island Clay Court
doubles title and also was tho winner
of the 1870 Yale lnterscholastic cham
pionship.
Young Jones has remarkable
game. His ground strokes arc phenom-
email his forehsud having terrific
speed and accuracy Hts overhead and
voileyiuE arc severe. Service IA tho
only weak spot in an otherwise eell
rounded game.
Arnold will play at Paris In the
French championships. possibly part
norcd with his father in doubles. In
England he will team with Vincent
Richards for one tournament. proba hiv
at Beckenhsm. whilc st Queens and in
tho worlds championship at wimble-
don he will play with Tildon.
y. y. n. Jones. Providence. #. T.
Active In tennis for over 70 years.
81 r. - Jones. OF l'fCNi1onCes mas won
tho Rhode Island state cha m ponshir
many times. He was good enough as =
MAYER years go to take sets from men
like c'othier and has been ranked in
tho first 20 Last ycsr with hts son
Arnold w. Jones. he was the runner
up in the Father and Son National
championship to tho Andersons at For
est Hills. He Is riEh' handed and PLAYS
sound base lfnc game with fair speed
in his strokes. He seldom goes to the
net hut when recesEary he can do so
effectively.
Mrs. Franklin Z. wsliory. New Work
six years ago, Mrs. Franklin I NAL
ory. then Miss Molla Bjurdstedt. ar
rived in this country from her native
| a