Evening star., 1921-05-08

Tilden and Williams had a real bat
tie. They played tennis that kept the
largest gallery that probably ever has
seen a match in Washington, keyed
up to high pitch all the way. ana
while there was little to choose be
tween the play of the noted racketers.
the champion was just enough bet
ter in all-around ability to gain the
upper hand.
Service Il Rig Factor.
AS was the case in their engage
ment at the White House Friday. so
it was yesterday. Each player won
the great majority of his services,
Tilden gaining the margin in the sec
ond set by breaking through on Will
liams in the eleventh game. In the
first set. however. Tildcn was forced
to break through three times. as Will
liamS twice won on the champion S
service Tilden always seemed to have
enough in reserve to go in and get
points when it was necessary.
His service was going Str2nE ana
he aced Williams no less than eight
times in the singles and scored r~
peatedly in this manner in the dou-
bles Williams, too. served well. He
aced Tilden six times. but his scoring
in this respect came early in the
match and once the Philadclphian got
going he took care of Williams serr-
ice much better than his was han
died by his opponent. When Tilden
got his first ball in the service court.
it had such velocity as to make it al
most impossible to handle it clean1y.
Point Score Is Descriptive.
Just how close the match was is told
in the point score. Tilden registering
ST to Williams 10 and having only
margin of three in the second set. 1t
was great tennis. Here is the card:
Ti!ssn 7,I;'.,: t-:2-s
Second srt-
T!ni. Wi'i.m. s-ss-5
While the singles thrilled. the
doubles also stirred the fans and the
result could just as easily have been
reversed A closer match could hardly
have been played. T'ilden's play was
the deciding factor and he got better
support from Johnson than Williams
did from Washburn, who grew erratic
in the latter stages after playing
strongly to the halfway mark. The
winners were not slow to take ad-
vantage Of this.
All Three Sets Close.
Williams and Washburn won the
first set after trailing at "a. but
Tilden and johnson more than got
even. They took the second after
their 1OeS ndu run lHtO o-l ledu.
and took the third after the losing
pair had reached even terms after
being 3-5 in the rear. 1t was an
exciting duel.
In a match for the championship Of
they didn't tell what" Maj. Arthur
Yencken and Dwight F. Davis. donor
Of the famous international trophy,
defeated Julian S. Myrick. president
Of the National Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation. and Samuel Hardy, captain
manager of the 1920 Davis cup team.
6-3, 6-3. 10. The clash was to
have gone Ave sets and they didn't
even tell why they quit. None are
youngsters except Yencken and that
might have had something to do with
it. At any rate, the older trio looked
mighty tired.
British Ambassador Present.
Sir Auckland Geddes. British am
bassador. and Lady Geddes and Gen.
Peyton c. March. chief Of staff OF the
United States Army, were among the
spectators.
A. Y. Leech. jr, vice president Of the
Columbia Country Club, and in whose
honor the matches yesterday were
played, refereed the singles and Cen.
w. A Bethel officiated in the doubles.