Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
T|LDEN WILL PLAY
At M'CALL FIELD
Johnson, Fischer, Miss Thayer
and Miss Walsh Also to Stage
Matches Tomorrow
FIRST EVENT AT 2:30 P. N
by SPICK HALL

William T. Tilden, ID. of the Ger
mantown Cricket Club, will be among
the star lawn tennis players who will
give an exhibition tomorrow afternoon
at Mccall Field. the athletic home of
the Philadelphia Electric Co. Last fall
| exhibition matches in which Tilden,
Wallace johnson, Stanley w. Pearson
and Captain Sam Hardy, OF the Davis
Cup team. were staged successfully at
Mccall Field with several thousand
| spectators present.
The matches will begin promptly at
> 80 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. The
first will be a singles match between
Miss Molly D. Thayer, Of the Phila
delphia Cricket Club, who won the
! Pennsylvania State title last seasun,
and Miss Phyllis HUM Walsh, Phila
delphin Country Club, who has won the
Florida championship for the Inst two
years. Joseph B. Mccall, Jr.. will
umpire this match.
The next event will be a singles tilt
between Tllden and Wallace johnson;
This Is scheduled for 3 20 7. NJ. Pau
phia and District Lawn Tennis Asso
citation. will act as umpire.
The final event on the tennis program
will be a mixed doubles match In which
Miss Thayer and Carl Fischer Will
meet Miss Walsh and Wallace John L.
son. W. Z. Rowland. vice president
of the Philadelphia and District Associ =
alton. will umpire.
Courts In Shape
The clay courts at Mccall Field, re-
Gently have been remade. and three OF
the Ave are now in perfect condition.
| Ia hn ham J..
pared for several Thousand spectators
by J. II. Hackett and William II,
Evans, president and vice president o'
the Philadelphia Electric Athletic, As.
ISOLATION. Carl Kimball. chairman OF
| the associations tennis committee. also
has been very active In arranging the
details of the exhibition.
Among the guests who will be pres :
ent are Ambassador Jusserand. oil
France, and Mr.. and Mrs. =. T.
Stotesbury. Before the matches the
party will have luncheon at the Phila
delphia Country Club.
The field is situated on Lynn bouie
ward between City Line and West Ches
ter pike. Autoists who will attend tn,
matches will have to Use City Line, a.
West Chester pike, is closed for re;
pairs. The field also may be reached
|
sixty ninth street and getting Oft al
LYNN boulevard, which Is only a four
minute run from the +. r. T.'terminal
Al Merton Monday
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clocl
exhibition matches will be held on tn,
turf courts Of the Merton Cricket Clul
at Haverford. Tilden again viii NEE
Wallace johnson in singles and thu
worlds champion, pnlred with Car
Fischer. will clash with johnson mt
Stanley W. Pearson, the Germantown
Cricket Club expert. who not long RgC
: won the national squash racquets cham
pionship, playing for the Racque
Club.
! Matches between Tildcn and johnson
always are interesting because Wal
lace seems TO know Tilden's game bette
than any one else. The doubles ais
& will bring out lot of fine tennis. John
a Eon and Pearson have played togethe
. often and make an excellent team
While neither Of them plays as scvcre
az Tildcn or Fischer, they are yer
n capable, steady doubles performers an
y Will give the spectators q splendid idp
n OF how doubles should be played.
The matches at Merton nre under Ill
supervision Of cap" Wister, who wa
appointed by Howard w. Lewis, chair
:, man Of Merion's Lawn Tennis Com
n mittec. Invitations to attend the ex
d hibitiOn have been sent to the lendin
~ = clubs OF the Philadelphia district.
,s The courts at Merton are In almo
d perfect condition, in spite of the recel
!, bad weather and the earliness of Il
s. season.