Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-14
TILDEN AND JOHNSON WON
 WAY INTO FOURTH ROUND

Philadelphia, Sept. '13-Playing ten his of calibre seldom seen even in | international competition, William NJ. Johnson, of San Francisco, and William T. Tilden, 2nd, of Philadelphia. won their way into the fourth round of the National Singles championship tourna- ment here this afternoon. As a result of their respective victories over Vim cent Richards of Yonkers, N. Y, and Zenzo Shimidzu, the present and for mer titleholders will meet tomorrow afternoon in match which will de- eide the finalist in the half of the draw.
 Johnson in efeating Richards, 2-6. S-6, 9-7, had a much more gruelling five set battle than Tilden did in el- iminating Shimidzu in straight sets. 6-4, 6-4, 6-1. What physical effects these matches will have upon the two leading players of the nation when they face tomorrow cannot be for etold. If appearances can be taken as criteri- on, Tilden was more impressive in his play than was the cast with John son, although the latter showed the same skill. steadiness and bull dog courage which has marked his game in other seasons
 Richards actually outplayed John- l SOll III iIlt llTSI TWO sets. ms StrOklng | placements and speed being worthy of an international veteran. The turning | point came in the fourth set which was won by the Californian, 9-7. Johnson had previously taken the third at 6-S, and following the ten minute rest period, Richards made his final l bid for the match. The two players fought out every point to the bitter end and 1t was here that Johnsons perfect change of pace, surety of stroke and l WlZardry of anticipa ting returns turn | ed the scales of victory in his favor. | He drew Richards well into fore | court with low driven short returns and nullified much of his opponents s ] driving and smashing. Richards eager
 ness to stroke these shots as he would
 a deep court ball caused to pile up
 many errors while Johnson placing
 of successful returns repeatedly left
 his opponent helpless.
 Richards was game to the and there
 were numerous rallies in which the
 marvellous egts, returns and court stra .
 tegy brough the gallery of more than
 10000 spectators to their feet cheering 1 en- -masse. A study of the stroke anal
 ysis for the full five sets, however
 showes that Johnson earned more 1
 Richards. What it does not show, how
 ever, was the remarkable power and
 ability of Johnson to diagnose and up- set Richards game by sheer command
 of both himself and his strokes al
 critical junctures of the play, parti-
 cularly in the use of a low tossing lot
 W hen he had drawn Richards to the
 net and again a fast passing shot or
 cross-court smash when Richards re.
 treated to deep court.
 In the Tilden- Shimidzu match. the
 worlds champion adopted different
 tactics against the Japanese player
 than was the case at Forest Hills, 1T
 the Davis Cup challenge round. Til.
 den in place of exchanging compara
 lively slow chop stroked balls witt !, the willy oriental player, went out tC win with sheer speed of pace and ac.
 curacy of placement. Against an ordi- , nary tournament opponent this form O. , tennis campaign in Tilden's hand! would have been crushing but Shim. idzu is far above that type. He tool s the champions cannon-ball service l and shot it back without a change O. r expression; raced after clean place : ment shots and astonished even hi! . opponent by sending the ball back a. ,, though it was merely a preliminary. g This spirit of trying for everything r and determination to force Tilden k
 actually earn every point he made re f suited in a battle even more spectacu e lar thao5$heL Johnson Richards match