New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-10
Tilden, Johnston, Will
ANS and Richards Come
Through in Tourney

gan at noon to-day on the turf courts
Of the Germantown Cricket Club at
Mannheim.
Among the 108 players in the field
are numbered the greatest wielders of
the racquet, including William r. Til
den, Cd, worlds singles champion; Will
liam M. Johnston, former national title
holder; Richard Norris Williams, I'd,
Of Boston, United States champion in
1914 and 1916; Vincent Richards, Of
New York, national doubles champion;
Zenzo Shimidzu, of Japan, and every
other top ranking man in the country
with the exception of Robert Lindley
Murray, of Niagara Falls, who held the
title in 1918.
The opening session of play did not
produce anything that could be regard
ed as a real upset, on actual form,
though the victory of young W. W.
Ingraham, of Providence, the Harvard
interscholastic champion, over Norman
Peach, captain Of the Australasian
Davis cup team, was totally unex
peeted, | think, by a great majority of
these present
Youngster to Face Williams
frgrallam won in straight sets, at
e-3, 81, "a and it is rather a pity
that his very suspicious start for the
championship seems fated to end to-
morrow in defeat Williams will be
the Rhode Island juniors opponent in
the second round, and unless the
heavens fall, and form, reputation, ex-
perience, everything, are shattered into
bits, this will mean the graceful exit
of lngraham from che tournament.
Tilden, who because he is q native Of
William PENIS town and a worlds
champion besides, was given the honor
Of officially opening the tourney by
starting his match against Irving
Wright, of Boston, was in rare form
indeed, sweeping Wright before him
by a score of Go, Go, 6-1.
The three sets were finished inside
of forty minutes, with Tilden rushing
through at tremendous clip. Wright
was putting up all the resistance he
could summon to his aid and several of
the games went to deuce, yet the
when he wanted the game point.
Wright's lone winning tally came in
the eighteenth game.
Johnston came through in straight
sets also, but by no such easy path as
Tilden trod. Hugh Kelleher, of the
West Side Tennis Club, was the little
Californian's opponent, and he forced
the sets to Ga, ca, 60 before
Johnston could call the job done.
Johnston Plays Carefully
1t was the kind of match I rather
like to see Little Bill" play at this
stage of the tournament, for it means
that he is bringing himself along slow
ly, carefully, with an eye to what lies
ahead. The former champion was never
very bad to-day, and there were occa-
sions when he loosed one of his thun-
derbolt forehand drives or closed in at
the net to nail an overland ,volley on
the run in manner that raised fur
ries oil applause from the gallery.
But it was evident all the way
through that Johnston was bent on
getting just as much practice as he
wanted, satisfied to go along until the
time came when he wished to end each
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Service meant absolutely nothing in
the opening session, Johnston dropping
his three times and Kelleher four. In
the second set the Californian led at
81, only to have Kelleher run off
four games in q row. At this stage
came tightening up in Johnston's
game, ard he ran out the last three
sessions for the set, although he was
FIVE times within a point of it before
he put over the deciding shot.
Tomorrow the Californian faces E. c.
Hall in what should prove an effortless
match, and then comes Little Bill's"
first great test of the week, for on Mon
day, in the third round, Vincent Rich
ards ought to be blocking Johnston's
,oLc x-,Lo I1fa f~I II
Herndon, of Princeton University, this
afternoon by a score Of 81, Ct, 3-6,
Ga, meets Walter T. Hayes, of Chi
cago, tomorrow, and, on past perform
ances, he should win that match against
the clay court veteran.
Winner Must Meet TiIden
The winner of the Johnston Richards
match will scarcely have time to more
plunged into another whirl of real
championship play, and this fourth
round match holds every promise of
bringing forth the greatest tennis of
the tournament and of the year, for
that matter.
Tilden, the defending champion,
should be guarding the way to the title
when Johnston or Richards seeks to
pass. The title holder must first dis
pose of Zenzo Shimidzu in the third
round, aud while | do not forget the
gallant fve-set struggle that the little
Japanese forced Tilden into at Forest
Hills last week, it does not seem as
though he could dispose OF the cham
pion on this occasion.
All these struggles for supremacy
will be taking place in the lower half
of the draw, where the leaders are all
punched III way that makes certain of
terrific battles every day OF two In
the upper section the going should be
far easier, with Williams and Watson
NJ. Washburn as the leading eontenders
for the final bracket.
Williams polished off Sydney Thayer,
Of Philadelphia, by score of Go,
So, Ct, this afternoon, and looked
to be taking matters easily. His shots
his control was better than is usual
with him, and his court covering was
both fast and tireless. Thayer is no
mean opponent, yet he never had a
chance against the man from Boston.
Richards, in eliminating young Hern-
don, impressed me as being about in
the same frame. of mind as Johnston,
so far as getting in all the practice
possible was concerned. He ripped
through the first two sets at 6-1, 81,
and 50 easily that it looked like quick
exit for Herndon but in the third set
came let down ia Riehards's play and
a corresponding Feeding up ON the
part of his opponent, so that Heyndon
won the third set at 6-3, and forced
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