New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-15

Voshell, Of New York, by score Of
semi-hnal.
Here was match IN which each man
IN turn rose TO supreme tennis heights.
After the twenty-elghth game in the
last set, the hfty-ninth Of the match,
voshell and Hardy were unable to turn
back again the rising tide that had
been setting slowly, yet inevitably, as
/ 10 proved, against them, and youth bad
It's say in the last two games, when
the champions called upon new sources
OF reserve strength and speed and
crashed through 20 a sensational tri-
umph. Richards, racing back after a
| low, deep lob, scored the final point
with a spectacular overhead drive that
sent the ball eatapulting down the
center Of the opposing court for
clean placement ace.
Before this tho semi-fnal round
matches In the mems singles and the
| fnal in the womens single had been
played. Miss Leslie Bancroft Of the
Longwood Cricket Club, is the new
woman champion Of Rhode Island,
winning that honor By defeating Miss
! Helen Wills, Of california, az 4-e,
e., 6-3, in the final round o. play;
To accomplish this Miss Bancroft nad
% pull herself out Of what looked IKE
hopeless position when Miss wis
was leading at 80 In the second SET
Miss Bancroft Rallies
The Boston girl then rose 10 the
occasion splendidly. winning six out OF
the next seven games for the set. In
tho last set. after running into lead
OF al. Miss Bancroft slackened In her
PACE and Miss wills squared the match
At 3.all. only 20 ae her opponent 20
straight through 20 victory BY winning
tho last three games, for the set and
match. Straight, clean hitting Of her
n ground strokes, and brilliant finishing
yolloys across court, earned Miss Ban
croft the honors.
! Richards. the playing through cham.
MON. defeated Wallace F. Johnson, OF
| Riladelphia, In the lower semi hnal
match BY a score Of Ga, IS, ~
. while In the upper section Tllden con
/ ouored yoshell AZ 6-i, 3-6, 6-3, 90.
Thus Is Il that Tilden and Richards
will face each other again In the enam-
pionshlp match on the Agawam courts
Last year Richards stunned the gal
lery BY defeating tho then "or'd
champion deeisively.
AppenranceS indicate that the New
York youth will have sterner task on
. his hands tomorrow, for Tilden -
keenly anxious % obtain revenge for
last summers reversal. To be success
ful the national champion will have 20
produce better tennis than he mas
shown so far this week. believe him
CAPABLE Of dcing this. for he has been
/ taking matters easily all week until
today. when he was compelled % bat
lie hard for victory in the doubles. But
whether Tilden will be able 20 raise
his game 70 greater heights than young
Richards flashed in his match against
Johnson this afternoon Is one OF those
questions that can only be answered on
the court.
Johnson and Johnson Win
Wallace Johnson and Harry c, John-
son. OF Boston, gained a notable We
tory over Nathaniel W. Niles AMI Law
renee Rice, Of Longwood, In the upper
semi.fnal doubles match, winning by n
score Of 100, 6-i, &C, 81, with
Harry johnson the dominating figure
In the fray. Harry outdid himself to-
day. making the most spectacular re-
coveries OF shCt7 that appeared lost
homes and always being the steldylns
influence on his side Of the ret us
mariner. spurred on by his example,
took the biz in is teeth IN tho las; set
md between thsm the veterans 1dt-
played Niles and Rice.
Lack Of space forbids my going into
detail, when there were so many
worthy matches TO be recorded, but the
Richards Johnson singles encounter
rather stood out above the Tilden-
Voshell match, I thought, and hence a
general survey Of this meeting might
give an idea OF how the struggle went
and why il went that way.
Richards, although winning the hrst
set, was compelled by Johnson's beau
tifully placed shots 20 run miles IN his
court. II seemed that the chop stroke
wizard was planning to run mis- young
rival ragged In the early stages and
then ehcp his way TO victory IN lie
closing chapters. Johnson might have
succeeded In this had Richards been
tricked into staying In back court, but
the Junior champion did nothing OF the
sort. Instead, he forced his way into
4 the volleyisg position pretty consist
entity, and IL was his marvellous ability
10 cut OF his opponents returns close
to the barrier that spoiled Johnson's
campaign.
Johnson Plays Easily
Johnson never really strokes" on
shot, conserving his strength by. the
maryelously easy execution o. bis chops
and slices, with an iron wrist doing the
work. Richards to-day adopted John
sons tactics IN this respect, Using a
slice drive, fore and back hand, most OF
the time, and slieing his volleys. fire.
cuently. At first Il appeared as
though the defending champion was
overeautious about hitting his shots
with severity, for he only rarely put
his weight into the stroke, even on sit
ters,r which he usually kills 80 de-
cisiyely.
| was misled by Richards actions
In this respect all through the first set,
but as the match developed ! made up
nv mind that Richards knew just what
he Was doing and was meeting Johnson
az the latter's own game. After tuck
ing away the first set az Cd, making