New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-14

expected TO occupy the seats OF the
In the mems singles the semi-hnnl
round matches will be held to.morrov
afternoon at 2 o'clock. with william I.
Tilden I'd. national champion, meeting
s. Howard yoshell. OF New York, In the
upper hslf. and In the lower section
the rivals will be Vincent Richards, Of
New York. the playing through cham
pion. and Wallace +. Johnson, Of Phila-
dolphia, last years runner-up for Til
den's singles crown.
Hiss Helen Wills. the siStsen-yesr-
old California girl. and Miss Leslie
Bancroft. OF Longwood. will settle the
question Of supremacy, starting Al 1913
o'clock tomorrow afternoon In the hnal
round Of the women's singles.
In the women's doubles Miss Ban
croft and Miss Martha Bayard will
meet Mrs Benjamin r. Briggs and Miss
Jacquclyn Green for the championship
honors, this match TO be played on Sat
urday -Four teams reached the semi
FINAL round in the mems doubles, name
Is. Tilden and Richards, Rice and Niles,
johnson and Johnson and Noshcll and
Hardy They will meet in the semi
final match tomorrow at 4 o'clock.
Richards and Miss Wills Win
Miss Wills and Richards gained their
scmi-fnal bracket In the mixed doubles
By defeating Miss Katherine Gardner
and Phil Neer, while Mrs. Farquhar,
the former Miss Marion Jones, who was
national woman champion a long stretch
Of years ago, paired with the veteran
Sam Hardy. and created an upset by
defeating Miss Florence BALM and
Tilden at rs. 6-3, placing these two
winning teams in the semi-hnal round.
A scorching day Of heat, strengthened
with a generous dash Of old humidity,
greeted the players to-day and caused
even the gallery 70 melt on the seats
and trickle hopelessly 70 shelter AZ the
club house. Fred Mansfield. OF the
Longwood Cricket Club, who has been
umpiring tennis matches since the we'll
known Hector" was pup, held the
Official chair in most Of the important
matehes to-day, but Fred was accom-
panicd each time By a large, black UNI
brella which he held aloft, and from
this young tent he announced the
points.
There was a plontitude OF fine tennis
to-day. but perhaps the fastest exhibit
ton was furnished by Richards IN his
straight set defeat OF Rice a. O.,
n 6-3. There were some Of Us, before
the men took the courts. who had the
a impression that Rice might well take
set from the slender youth, II not
something more drastic. but these
4 doubts were dissipated after the hrst
/, two or three games.
Rice Held Safe Throughout
Richards. who had been taking mat
tcrs easily up 70 date In working his
way through the lists. speeded up con-
siderably this afternoon and always
held his hard hitting opponent safe.
For one thing, tho state champion,
who was getting In his FIRST service
with consistent regularity all through
the first set, whvered a BIT toward the
end OF the second, and then regained
control OF the last, and this helped
him considerably In getting into volley-
Ing position, where he finished OF his
points beautifully. Richards has com
pletely mastered the art Of Killing
overhead, and there are few players IN
this country who can do the Job with
more hnality
Rice found that his hardest drives
kept coming back 20 him. With the
ball played % his feet on some OF
these shots Richards employed n sliced
drive, which Rice had some trouble In
handling, and az other times the young
champion brought OF dazzling low
eross-eourt volleys that had Rice div
ing desperately TO connect with.
/ Richards dropped the first two games
Of the qscond set but then came
through with a splendid exhibition OF
lightning fast volleying, allowing his
opponent only two points In the next
three games. He won the next game
after the points had been fought out
10 deuce" three times. Rice won the
seventh and then Richards took the
last two for the set and match.
Tilden Eliminates Bettens
Tilden eliminated young Phil Bet
tens. OF California, az Cd, Ga, never
being in danger in either set. although
in the second session Of play Bettens
made a spirited rally 20 win his three
games and some stirring exchanges at
close quarters occurred. Iilden has
not been playing anything Ike his top
game 50 far IN the tournament, ana
this has led lot OF persons 70 imagine
that defeat may be his portion when
the last match iS fought 20 It's hnish.
To nc. however. Il seems that the
national titleholder has merely been
travelling on second speed 50 20
speak. I believe we shall see a differ
ent, a dynamic, Tilden when the real
lest comes. The Philadelphia is
plainly in perfect physical trim, and !
look 70 see him spring some phenom-
enal tennis before the week is out.
Voshell accomplished Craig Biddle's
downfall by score Of 6--i Is, and
| had ne not let down appreeiably In the
second set, after getting a lead Of 80,
II he undoubtedly would have won BY
more decisive score. The lefthander
was plainly trying 20 save himself for
to-morrows ordeal. when he faces I'll
dcn, In both singles and doubles semi
anal matches AZ three out Of Eve seti.
Miss Wills was close 70 defeat N
her match with Mrs Frank II. Godircy
and this would have been an upset,
indeed, for the little star from Long
wood has not been a serious tourna-
ment player for more than a season or
two. To-day. however. she surpassed
herself. going boldly after her shots,
either from deep court or al tho volley.
ing position. Miss Wills was bothered
decidedly BY Mrs. Godfrey's severe
overland chopped drives, and also
showed a weakness when forced 70 take
the ball az her FEET, where Mrs. God
frey placed Il frequently.
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