New-York tribune., 1921-12-25
America Still.
Ranks Supreme.
In Lawn Tennis
Defence of Davis c,.l
and Play of Tilden and
Mrs. Mallory Feature.
By Fred Hawthorn.

"e'c Ihlee outstanding fp,s
ures in the season Of lawn ts,..
during the year just closed FRS. w.
the successful defence Of the D.s,
Cup by the United States: SECOND -
retaining OF the worlds hard and ts..l
court singles championships bv w.,
liam T. Tilden I'd, OF Ph;ladelnb;. 49,,
tnird was the notable return to ~
heights of Mrs. Molla Bjurstsd. NJ .SS
Tory, who not only retained her y.
tionai singles title, winning it for tssI
sixth time. but also defeated Nils Nil.'
suzanne Lenglen, Of France. =.
worlds champion, IN the national ton,' ,'
ney at Forest Hills. ''ai-'
Second only to these features is
Importance was the remarkable riso !,
the tennis world Of Vincent Pichard,
an elghteen-y -year-old student IN ror@'
ham University. Paired with TilSss
Richards won the national championsh;,
doubles at Longwood and forced hi,
way into the first ten in the sinoles
by virtue Of his amazing tournamsnt
record during 1921.
Tilden, Williams and Kumapae vs,.
among those who fell before the s!;Il
or the young wizard OF the courts. and
N the national singles tournament on
me courts OF The Germantown Cricket
Sub, OF Fhilade phia, Richards forced
William NJ. Johnston, Of Californi,
into desperately fought fve.sse
match before bowng in defeat.
1t was the japanese team OF rchivs
Kumagae and Zenzo Shimidzu that
came through the Davis Cup prelir,in.
ary matches to face the United Statas
IN the challenge round at the West Side
tennis Club, and although in one or
two instances the little Orientsls macs
the issue close, there was never auv
real doubt as to the final outcome.
Japan Made Fine Showing
Tilden, Johnston and William, repre-
senting the United States, played With
such speed and skill as to establish the
superiority of the American game over
all the rest of the world Australasia.
after losing to Japan in the final round.
made fine showing in the mems ma
tlonal singles. and in the East West
matches in Chicago j. 0. Anderson de-
feated Tilden in fiva-set match and
proved his right to be ranked close to
the leaders in international tennis.
Mrs. Mallory, after suffering defeat
at the hands of Mile. Lenglen in tne
French hard-court championship at St.
Cloud, and also being defeated for the
worlds turf-court honors at Wimble-
don In June, returned to this country
and won every important match in the
East, not single defeat marring her
unrlvaled record. Entering the national
tourney at Forest Hills in August Mrs
Mallory was not among the three or
four greatest players in this country
who were figured as Mile Lenglen's
most formidable opponents in Amer
ica's defence of the cup
Yet, after making her way through
the preliminary rounds. the defending
national title-holder faced the French
girl before q tremendous gallery. TIE
first set was hard fought on both sides
before Mrs. Mallory finally won, after
playing the greatest tennis of her brill
liant career. Her determination 10 con-
quer her bittcrest rival backed up by
relentless aggressiveness and burning
speed, formed a combination too great
for Mile. Lenglen to overcome, and the
latter, who was suffering from indispo-
sitlon throughout, went down quickly
before Mrs. Mallory at the start of the
second set, defaulting after the first
game.
Tilden Greatest Singles Player
Tilden established ard confirmed his
supremacy among all the players of the
world, both by his great victories az
ST. Cloud and at Wimbledcr. and also
in the successful defence of his nation
al singles title at Germantown, when
he overwhelmed Wallace F. Johnson. of
Philadelphia, in the final round. Pre-
viousiy he had defeated Johnston in 9
furiously contested match.
The girls national junior champion
ship was won by Miss Helen Wills, Of
Berkeley, Calf, fourteen -yearold
phenomenon, who easily outclassed her
field at Forest Hills, besides defeating
some Of the greatest woman players in
the country.
Richards retained his national junior
championship on the turf courts of the
Longwood Cricket Club. while Frank
7. Anderson, of Brooklyn, just gradu-
ated from the junior ranks, won the
national indoor honors. Roland Rob-
erts, of San Francisco, took the mems
national clay-court championship title
and Phil Neer, Of California, won the
national interc ollegiate title.
Aside from the position of world su-
premacy established by America in
lawn tennis, the game increased tre-
mendously throughout the civilized
world. until it now disputes with golf
for the distinction Of being played by
more people than any other sport.