Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-28
.T|LDEN AND RICHARDS
REGA|NS TENNIS TITLE
Supcr-Tennis Played by Four
of Country's Lead
ing Players.
tBy Associated Press. ]

BOSTON, Aug. 27.-wiliiam T. Til
den. H., and Vincent Richards. to-
day rcEaincd the national doubles
lawn tennis championship. In a
match marked by super tennis, cs-
peciaily on the part of the youthful
Richards, they defeated the Eastern
doubles champions. II. Norris Will
liamS. H.. and ". NJ. Washburn, in
straight sets. The scores were 1911.
1910. 6-i.
The opening set was marked by a
varying strategy on the part of the
former national champions, first by
drives and then by lobs they sought
10 break down the team play OF their
opponents. Lobs went against thcL
as often as with them, however, and
they resorted to hard hitting III the
pinchcs. Games went with service
without break until the twenty
fourth game, when rildcn's place
monts upset Washburn's delivery
and the decisive points were scored.
In the second set. which Tildcn
and Richards won. l2-i0, service
carried the games up to five all.
There Williams and Washhurn brok"
through Richards service only 10
have Tildcn and Richards even the
issue on w aSnOuIH SuCtcChbiS SCI
vice. II was Richards VIII" WAS get
ting in tho counting strokes. Ten
mis- that fairly sparklcd marked tn"
succeeding games which went with
service.
Tildcn gained the advantage again
when he won the twrnty-nrSt game
with service ace and tho form r
champions clinchcd the set when
they broke Williams service wide
open for n love game.
The third set went to ridden ana
Richards in quicker time. largely
due to the inspired play Of Richards.
lie sent shot after shot across tho
net for placements after seemingly
impossihl. gees. and with occasional
points NY his champion partner, ran
on, tho st mi m9tch
Tidcn and Richard. defeated Will
iamr service r TIA, fourth ramc,
after tho frs; three had followed Tho
service order. Richards made his
service good for the fourth game and
ursct Waahburu's service for tho
nth TildenS service for N" gam"
that Won the match went withou'
roint Ivy winiams and Washhurn
Tho national MIXED doubles title
went West Miss Mary *. Browne
and William NJ. Johnston defeating"
William + :Tnd"n and Mrs. Mol'a
Bjurstcdt Mallory.
The scores were St. Ca. ca.
Miss Browne and Johnston won the
second set Of tho mixed doubles. Ca.
Vincent Richards. playing in the
final Of the national Junior singles
championship. defeated Arnold w.
Jones. OF Providence. in the first set.
Ga.
Miss Mary X. Brownc, Of Los An
t:clcs. defeated Mrs. May sutton
Bundy. Of San Francisco. in the final
round OF the invitation wom"n's sin
giles tournament, c., sc. 6-S.
The national father and son dou-
hlcs tennis championship was won
COR N" third successive wear by Fr"d
.. Anderson and Fred c. Anderson.
Or New York They defeated i. w.
Wear and William l. Wear. OF Phil
in tn" final round Of the
It'll" tournament. Sc, Ca
Arnold W. Jones and w. w. ingra-
ham, Of Providence, won the national
Junior doubles tennis champion ship
They defeated T.. 7. Osgood and l" H.
bailey. Jr.. of New York. in straight
sets in the final round OF the cham
pionship tournament on the courts ~
the Lcngwnod Cricket Club, 6-l, 6-i,