The New York herald., 1922-07-31
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
BEATEN DECISIVELY
Tilden and Richards Outplayed
in Straight Sets, 6-3,
6-3, Us.
KlNsEYs EARN A TITLE
In Uphill Tussle Defeat Hardy
and VOshelI i'm Metro
politan Final.
ny SAMUEL ,. BRooKMAN.


World beaters one day and far be-
low form the next. It's just as true in
tennis as In any other sport. Follow
ing their more or less decisive triumph
over r. Norris Williams and Watson
NJ washburn in the first official Davis
cup doubles tryout on Saturday. Will
lam L. Tilden and Vincent Richards,
national champions. went down to an
even more decisive defeat at the hands
Of their rivals in the second of the try
out series at the Crescent Athletic
Club yesterday.
The score was SIS. 6-3. 7-5, and
u was a complete form reversal. And
now the Davis cuI. doubles situation Is
exactly where Il stood before the tryouts
began with the time limit for the team
selection almost at hand.
What cause1 the reversal? Well. for
one thing. Tilden. whose tennis domi-
mated and flashed brilliantly on Satur-
day. had one of his infrequent off days.
erring often and lacking his customary
fire and dash. Despite the fact that
Williams and Washburn played Richards
more often than they did Tilden, the lat
ter piled up bigger total of errors in
the first two sets. When finally In the
third set he settled down considerably
Richards suddenly lost control. banging
20 many shots into the net that all hope
of extra sets vanished.
winners Keyed Up.
But it was not alone the lapse of form
of Tilden and Richards that decided the
match against them. 1t was just as
much the marked Improvement of their
opponents, who came on the court de-
ternlined to atone for their comparatively
poor showing of Saturday. Williams and
sSywashburn seemed keyed up to more
earnest tennis pitch than their rivals ;
they were the aggressors. and they
proved by far the steadier at critical
stages.
Washburn, reused to his best effort
stroked with greater finality and moved
into the rallies with greater vim and
confidence than in the first tryout. 1t
was Williams. however, who stood out
brilliantly throughout. His volleying
was deadly and under excellent control,
his service severe. his cross counting and
smashing brilliant and untakable.
ON the whole. the rallies we're not so
spectacular as in Saturdays match.
There were occasions when the ball
passed back and forth at short range for
a dozen strokes or so before point was
won. but the instances were infrequent.
AS a rule the points were won quickly,
most OF them on errors forced by keen,
swift placement
Williams not only earned more points
than any other man on the court. but
also made half dozen less errors Then,
too, more than half the errors Of the op-
position were the result of necessarily
hasty returns OF Williams's swift shots.
The earned points were Williams, 20 !;
washburn. 13. Tilden. 10; Richards. IL.
The errors we're Williams, "a Richards,
80; washburn, 81; Tilden. 80.
Tilden Drops Service.
When the contest opened Tilden sur
prised by yielding his service at love
u and then Williams won his service as
easily as Tilden had lost 1t. That made
to score 20, and the national cham
pions minus a single point. Three hard
fought games followed, and all three
went to Tilden and Richards, who
struck a streak OF decisive volleying
and overhead smashes OF lobs. Their
lead, however, was short lived. Williams
and Washburn taking the next four
games for the set. Tildens errors were
chiefly responsible for the 80 lead
that williams and washburn gained In
the second set Incidentally he dropped
/. his service game for the third time
during that period and that one break
was enough to give williams and WASH
burn another 6-3 set.
From the second game OF the second
set to the eleventh game OF the third set
Ia stretch of seventeen games-thc
server won without break In the
tenth game OF the third division of
, (l'ay Tilden and Richards were once
ILithin two strokes of the set. but a
kmash by Washburn and three nets in a
ROW by Richards cost them their oppor-
tunity.
The metropolitan doubles champion
ship final which followed ended in an
uphill triumph Cor the Pacific coast title
holders, Robert and Howard Kinsey of
San Francisco. The tussle went the
limit of Ave sets, Samuel Hardy and s.
Howard Voshell winning the irst two
at 6-3, 6-3. and then dropping the
next three at Ga, Ga. 60. The
Fasteners tired badly after the early
half OF the match. Hardy particularly.
VT was the latter's loss OF speed and
consequent loss OF steadiness and effec-
tiveness that turned the tide.
DAVIS CUP TRYOUT.