The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-14
TENNIS CHAMPIONS
MEET ON COURTS
johnson and TIiden Defeat Richards and
Shlmldxu.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 13.-Playing
tennis Of a calibre seldom seen even ia
international competition. william M
Johnston. OF San Francisco. and William
4. Tilden II. Or Philadelphia. won their
way to fourth round Of the national sin
giles championship tournament this after
noon. AS a result Of their respective VIC
tories over Vincent Richards. Of Yonkers,
and zenzo shlmidzu. tho present and for
mer title holders will meet here tomorrow
afternoon TIA match which will decide
the finalist in the lower half OF the draw
Johnston in defeating Richards, 2-6. 3-6
s-s. 81, To had much more grueling
five set battle than Tilden did In the
eliminating Shimlndzu in straight sets,
Ga. e-4, ell
Richards entered the grand stand courts
confident that his day to defeat the title
holder Of 1915 and 1919 was at hand and
the manner in which the youthful YonlS-
ers player raced through the first two
sets made it appear as though his con-
fld0nce was going to lift his game to the
point where he would overcome Johnston
and enter the fourth round against his
tennis mentor Tiiden. He failed to
count on the fighting courage and uncan-
ny skill Of Johnston, however, and the
latter rose like an angry lion to the chal-
lenge Of the player still in his teens and
erased him from the titular tournament
after one Of the most thrilling and SEN
sationai matches staged in many years.
Richards actually outplayed Johnston
in the first two sets. his stroking, place
ments and speed being worthy Of an ing
ternational veteran. The turning point
came IN the fourth set. which was won
by the Californian. GIT.
Johnston had reviously taken the third
at GO and follc ing the ten minute rest
period, Richards made his final bid for
tho match. Tho two players fought out
every point to the bitter end and it was
here that Johnstons perfect change Of
pace. surety OF stroke and wizardry of an
ticipating returns turned the scales of
victory to his favor.
Tho recapitulation OF points and stroke
analysis follows:
Sets GINS. psf. N. o. p, DE sAl
Johnston 26 1853 46 AZ 81 8
Richards 2 "a 145 81 40 40 2
In the Tilden- shimidzu match, the
worlds champion went out to win with
sheer speed Of pace and accuracy Of
placement. Against an ordinary tourna-
mont opponent this form Of tennis cam
paign IN Tildens hands would have been
crushing but shimidzu took the cham
pion's cannon ball service and shot It back
without a change OF expression; raced
amer clean placement shots and aston
ished even his opponent by sending the
bali back as though It was merely a pIe-
liminary warming up exercise.
This spirit OF trying for everything and
determination 10 force Tilden to actually
earn every point he made resulted in a
battle even moro spectacular than the
Johnston-Richard match. Tilden was
forced into error making by the audacity
OF some OF shimidzus plays. Speed
afoct, reach. variety OF stroke and attack
were all with Tiiden, however, and in the |
end his advantage became pronounced. |
Although the Japanese star lost the first |
two sets MIS- play was but few points |
below that Of Tilden. IN the third he
tired while the champion rose TO stili
greater heights Of play and fairly crushed
his opponent, piling up earned points
shimldzu's errors increased, as Tilden
improved. The recapitulation Of point
score and stroke analysis:
Sets GINS. psf. N. o. p. DF sA
Tilden 18 90 81 80 S8
shimidzu 70 80 81 Is
In the other more important matches OF
tho day, ]. o. Anderson defeated his team
mate on the Australian Davis cup team,
John b. Hawkes.; R. Norris williams II
Of Boston, former champion. eliminated
the Brooklyn veteran. s. Howard Voshell;
Willis Davis, OF San Francisco, won from
Phil Noer. OF Portland Oregon. in a four
sot match. and F. Gordon Lowe, OF Man
chester. England, defeated Dean Mathey
IN three hard fights
The Kinsey brothers. Howard and Rob-
ert. won with comparative case from w.
T. Knight Of Philadelphia, and Frank A.
Fall, OF New York. respectively, although
knight forced the San Franciscan to go
1923 before taking the third set.