The New York herald., 1922-07-21
TILDEN wins THREE
!, SETS IN 26 Minutes
Beals Is No Match for Cham
pion, Who Takes All by
Love Score.
JOHNSON EASY VICTOR
JOHNSON EASY VICTOR
r. N. Williams Also Takes
Straight Sets; Pair Will
Meet To-day.


competition that developed at Chestnut
Hill ON the fourth day of the Long
wood Bowl singles tournament was a.
race between the ranking players to
finish their matches in jig time. Will
lam T. Tilden I'd of Philadelphia ratified
through three love sets In twenty-six
minutes; r. n, Williams I'd Of Boston
required about fifteen minutes longer,
while Wallace F. Johnson of Philadel-
phia polished off his opponent in
straight sets In considerably less than
an hour.
The seeded players gained their
semi-fnal brackets in hurricane fashion.
dropping total OF ten games In the
nine sets that they played. The con-
testants seemed to enjoy the absence OF
sun and humidity for the hrst time this
week.
The opposition furnished to Tilden by
Sidney l.. Beals Of Boston was not of
the most spirited order. but two Of the
games were carried to deuce-the magic
call sounding in the FIRST and fourth
games of tho third set Tilden said
afterward that he couldn't miss any,
thing" which was one reason why he
ended matters in twenty-six minutes--
perhaps the speediest three set engage
ment ever played in a tournament OF the
Longwood class.
Williams Uses steel RACQUET.
Williams IL using his new steel
framed and strung racquet. and the
merits Of the new "frying pau" are being
discussed pro and con. Os> the whole
to-day, Williams got of his shots with
his .old time crispness. but there was
not an inkling of defensive play in his
game. 1t was IN ace or an error with
the 1921 United States Davis cup leader,
and to his credit his streaks of erratic
play were widely scattered.
Williams's winders to-day would have
beaten any man. He had somewhat
sterner opposition than Tilden. for the
youthful Chaplin was volleying with
great force, but the results gave little
bearing on the prospective result of
their Saturday meeting. Sound tennis
judges feel that Williams can overcome
Wallace johnson tomorrow, but the
Philadeiphia cop-stroker Is not far from
his best form.
Johnson had greater control than J.
w. Foster to-day, so that the Boston
veteran yielded after he had gained five
games Inability to keep the ball In
play spelled defeat for Foster.
In the singles match to determine
Tilden's opponent In the semi-fnal. Nat
Niles and Lawrence Rice, Longwood
clubmates in the first ten," staged
replica Of their recent Massachusetts
singles final but this time Rice was
toto al, ,aI MA ad
almost entirely from the back sourt.
with each player gambling on his con-
troll. They know each others style so
well that 1t was merely a question of
whose day 1t was. And 1t proved 10 be
Rlce's. for he won 81. 6-2. 11-9.
6-3.
The outcome would seem to Justify
their 1921 ranking for Rice is rated one
place ahead of Niles on last years rec
ords. While It was protracted, the Rice
Niles match was not such good dis
play of tennis as some OF the others, for
Niles weakened In the closing stages
and finally was beaten.
The players finished shortly before
dork. but afterward began a doubles
match against another Longwood team,
Ray Bidwell and Irving Wright. The
latter team Is distinctly a Scratch"
combination, but the high ranked play
ers were not nearly on their game and
were routed quickly. taking only two
games In the first set and three moro
in the second. Bidwells volleyiug and
Wright's effective work off the ground
wero features.
The best doubles display of the day
was furnished by Philip Bettens of San
Francisco and Carl Fischer of Philadel-
phia against c. X. Shaw and C. J. Cur
ley of Providence. II. I. The latter
team has played together on innumer-
able occasions and Is considered formld-
able. but frequent lapses overhead paved
the way for one-sided match In favor
OF the youngsters. Fischer and Bettens
were deadly overhead, they rushed the
net with unerring Judgment and were
steadier than their opponents off the
ground.
Tilden and Wallace johnson moved
into the fnal round OF the doubles by
defeating Harry Greenough and Harvey
Bundy of Longwood in three straight
sets. The Boston players never looked
like winners but they engaged in some
startling rallies and did exceedingly
well to take ten games from the Phila-
delphians. The summary:
LONGwoOD BOWL sINCLEs-rorrpr,,
ROUND.
william T. Tiiden 2d, Philadelph,a. d.
feated Sidney L. Beas. Boston. Go. 90.
l.. b. Rice. Boston. defeated N. W. Niles.
Boston, 81, 6-2. 1f-D, Ga.
n. Norris Williams ID. Boston, defeated
Alfred II. Chaplin. Jr.. Springfield. 60.
6-a. 6-2.
wallace F. johnson. Philadelphia, defeated
y. w. Foster, Boston. CO. GO, 6-f.
LoNGwooD DoUBLEs-THIRD ROUND
(COMPLETED).
Philip Bettcn-. San Francisco, and Carl
Fischer, Philadelphia. defeated Charles X.
SHAW. and Clyde J. Curley. Providence.
6--2, 6-2.
Irving Wright and RAYMOND n. Bidwell.
Boston,, defeated l.. II. Rice and N. W.
Niles. Boston. CO., Ga.
sENfr-FINAL ROUND.
william T. Tilder I'd and Wallace +. John
son, Philadelphia. defeated Harry "
GreenouEh and Harvey III. Bunday. Bos-
ton, 6-2. G-4. 6--4.
Stockton Beats Compton in
Singles on Spring Lake Courts