New-York tribune., 1921-09-19

Almost everywhere that tennis is
Spoken" you will find Tilden picked
as the winner, and no wonder, when
you look back over the national and
world champions surprising record
OF achievement during the last two
years, record perhaps never equalled
by any player in the world before him.
Ee and johnson have met so many
times on the court that there is no
accurate gauge of the total. and it has
bcan Tilden who came forth the victor
on almost every occasion. Johnson, l
believe, has won twice out Of more
than two-score matches, not show
ing that would lead any one to fore
cast his triumph tomorrow at Ger
mantown.
Wonderful Tennis in Prospect
they played on Saturday was so close
that there was nothing to choose as
between the two inalists. Johnson
worked his inveterate chop against all
the galaxy of the champions varied
assortment of strokes, and fully held
his own. There is another factor to
be taken into consideration on this
occasion, and that is the superb
physical condition into which Johnson
has worked himself this year.
There have been other national
championships when the chop-stroke
master has performed splendidly,
notably his final round match against
Maurice Mclaughlin at Newport, in
SO we'll equipped from a conditional
standpoint. as at the present time to
make the most of his playing ability.
1t is too much to think that the chal
lenger will be able to conquer his great
foeman of the morrow, but there are
! indications that Johnson is at least
going to put up tremendous struggle
before he leaves the court.
In the mean time, whom have we to
look forward to as Tilden's most dan
gerous contender within the next year
or SO? l can think of no player whose
chances are more brilliant than those
of Vincent Richards, the national jun
/ .or and senior national doubles cham
pion with Tilden.
Richards Most Dangerous of Pretenders
In that furiously fought fve-set
match with William M. Johnston in
the third round at Germantown last
Tuesday Richards proved that he must
be considered as one of the real lead
ers of the game. Only three points
occasion, with Johnston fighting with
every ounce of strength and every
atom of playing skill that he could
command. When any player can do
that he is on the road to accomplish
anything in the line of tennis.
Given few more pounds in weight,
the experience of another season of
tournament play and strengthening
of his ground strokes, which are now
the weakest feature of his game. and
Richards should hold his own with any
player in the world. Much will depend,
of course, upon the time he devotes to
he goes at the game. The road lies
open before him.
Now that the national and interna-
tional tournaments have passed into
history, the local clubs about New
York and near other big tennis centers
will finish out the season with various
clubs on invitation events.
The annual tourney of the Hoboken
Tennis Club, at Castle Point, with
mems and women's singles, will be
played all this week and the annual in
vitation tournament for women on the
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Ardsley- on Hudson, gets under way.
This promises to be an unusually
successful affair this year, since among
the entrants are Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory, national champion; Miss
Mary K. Browne and Mrs. Louise R.
Williams, of California, national dou-
bles champions, and all the best of
the local stars, together with several
from the Longwood Cricket Club, of