New-York tribune., 1922-07-23


Paired with Wallace F. Johnson, of
philadelphia Tilden later went out on
.ss ssnie court and added the Eastern
saahIes title TO his long string by de-
s.a.;ng the "kid team" Phil Bettens,
Il California, and Carl Fischer, of
ps;ladelphia Although beaten by their
smous opponents, Bettens and Fischer
sat up spirited struggle, losing by a
,,ore Of 81, Sc, ST, Go after
siying great gallery many thrill
!. they engaged in rapid rallies
.ith Tilden and his partner.
Tilden came through with an exhi-
si.son in the singles startling in the
nosssr Il disclosed. He always looked
HE a winner against Williams. from
.he moment when he won the first
ooint Of the match by slashing a ter
rife forehand drive down the side line.
N service In the third set, when Til
dsn trailed at 2-5 and Williams was
nlaying up strongly, it seemed as
though the Longwood star might take
set or even two. Williams brought
.he points TO 15-40, Tilden serving.
but then he sent two returns out Of
rour. and made the score deuce by
lust failing to clear the net on a soft
trsp shot.
Williams Misses Chance
TIlden had been drawn far to one
side of the court by one of Williams's
cross-court volleys, and there was q
vide opening awaiting Williams for a
finishing shot. But instead Of putting
the ball away the former champion at
tempted to score on one Of his favorite
soft volleys. The crowd groaned aloud
when the ball hesitated for the frac-
tier of second as it balanced on the
'sop Of the net and then trickled back
on Will;amss side of the net. Tilden
shot ever dazzling cross-court place
ment for the next point and then took
the game as Williams sent his return
Of service out.
Up to that point | think Tilden had
made up his mind to let the third set
20 and save himself for the fourth,
after the regular rest interval that
would have followed the third set
Williams was playing his best tennis
Of the match at this time and was
clearly outplaying the national title
holder, who appeared satisfied to take
matters easy after the terrific pace he
had maintained through the first two
sets.
But when Williams made his fatal
sip Tilden evidently decided to try for
tue set then and there, knowing
W.lliams's prediction for .erratic ten
mis-. Taking the first point of the ninth
game with scorehing placement as
ne sent a forehand drive catapultinr
through his opponents court, the
champion won the next two as Williams
made ret and a double fault.
The Breaking Point
Williams brought the points to
Sg--4d the result Of a service ace of
DIS own and a netted return off his
eackhand by Iilden, but on the next
point Dick drove back of the base line
and the game was Tilden's. That was
NE breaking point for Williams, for
ilden was once more going at furi-
Gus pace, and in the last three games
athe match he allowed his opponent
'lly one point, and that on an error
Of Tllden's own making.
Iiiden held the service in the last
game of the match and won it in typical
Illden fashion. Williams, who had
been hard put to it all through the
match to handle the champions wicked
service with any degree of success
rent his first return wide of the court
On the next point Tilden made it
go with beautiful placement ace
Gown the side line as Williams tried
Valnly TO intercept the ball.
The tall Philadelphian then made it
4O-o by crashing over a tremendo Gus
service ace that Williams never even
got MS racquet on. The game point
zane next, when Williams netted a
pacEhand return off that deadly serv-
ne-and 1t was all over.
mere was capacity crowd in the
stahas when Fred Mansfield climbed
ialo tne umpire's high chair and called
upon the players to start their battle,
~ Twas was obviously a Williams crowd, and
udting ! Inc early stages of the match,
wneh Williams was piling up errors of
, me simplest kinds of shots and Tilden
was rushing ahead to decisive VIC
'Oty, the applause was desultory.
Ater Williams had gone into the
ieao In the third set, however, the
st sssnds went wild with delighti and the
1 sauhder OF applause grew in volume
WIN each succeeding game that the
Aongwood player won.
put Williams was unable to hold
gyontrol OF his wizard shots, and after
losing that crucial eighth game he
ven. VEN down TO defeat with stunning
swnthess. while the loyal Longwood
ss5HPp4tnizers vert their feelings in
sLe sLaaIoie groans and "Oh's" as their
'Haalhnpion an slipped upon "sitters."
.0 MS condition Of affairs was only
NJ nuimPofary, however. for Tilden was
~ aiihg such magnificent tennis that
ssj iSSt the gallery rose to the occasion
ana was wonderfully generous in it's
npp.Suse ma Tor the tennis that the super
,a9 man Of the game was displaying at
s. mis- stage a Williams gallery, yes,
If aiso an eminently fair one.
!, .ooAing at the match in it's entirety,
hi. 'eiVeo to show that Tilden has set
HE +hit heet along the path that leads to
sh;n 'N'Ir y, successive national champion
eip; 80 There is William NJ. Johnston,
~; oailfornia also bent on his third
s;annlng OF the title. vet to be con-
boeiLeo' he ei' and the little Californian may
T;,S Ssie ihSurmountable obstacle to block
ilioen's way. ~ '-O ~
Little Bill vs.. Big Bill
Fac. ''sle BIZ is due to arrive in the
vrsa. ss next week and to play in the
90 invitation tournament on the
eI,b, lawn tennis and cricket
far - courts, the week following. So
,,,s ais a s9!s season Johnston has confined
ra,;. "a saag to the asphalt courts of his
.s,, california, and he has been
his eme IN the hard court game, as
last s""o great victories over Tilden
s;s may proved. But turf court ten
wsats practically different game, and
oras nsr 81, Johnston will be able to con-
ssrsL s liiden at Germantown in Sep.
re-. is question that will probably
each 'e answered until the men face