Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-30
TILDEN PRAISES PLAY
OF VINCENT RICHARDS
Play in Doubles Championship Matches Should Insure
/ His Selection for Davis Cup-Final Set Sa,v
r. Best Tennis of Day-Footing Was Poor
BY WILLIAM r. TILDEN. od
National Tennis Cbum,,o,

| the Australians. by rushing the net and
aggressively volleying ut our feet. broke
Richards service for the lead at 4-3.
But again Wood yielded. this time
only after n stubbornly contested deuce
game Of twelve points, and the score
was again tied ut four all. We went
into the lead at 5-4 and the champion :
ship was ours when Patterson dropped
his service in the tenth game.
IT SEEMED TO me that orer the
i entire match Richards stood out
dS the leading figure. Patterson Uns
uncertain overhead and his serrice
lacked its usual severity. There ,cds.
little TO choose bctrecn Pat Wood
and myself. The match could not be
called great at any time. but this
,cos due more to the condition of the
court than TO any Inherent Uedkncss
OF the teams. Thich. on true sur
toce, should DC rery evenly matched.
A RNOLD JONES, in winning the
"A junior title from Lewis White.
proved himself worthy successor IL
Vincent Richards. In fact. he ont L.
year than did Richards n year ago.
Jones Real Star
His game shows more even devel
opment than his predecessor. possessing
as 1t does the decisive. aggressive
ground strokes which Richards still
lacks. Jones performance against
White wns as nearly perfect tennis as
l have ever seen. He made no errors,
either of omission or commission. that
we're not fully cxcusable in the light OF
his opponents shots. Lewis White /.
q most promising yonngster and fnr
better tennis player than today's score
would indicate.
David OLoughlin outsteadied and
outfOught Malcolm Hill in the boys
final. The Boston lad was in the as-
Cendancy throughout the first set--in
fact, leading at .4-5 and 1910 on
OLoughlin's service.
The Pittsburgh youngster, undis.
mayed BY the score. smashed two fast
services in succession into Hills back
hand corner. bringing the score to deuce.
and thereafter held command of the
situation.
Both boys showed well rounded
aggressive game. coupled with tourna
ment spirit and generous sportsman
ship.
Mrs. Mallory Beats Miss Wills
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. after
having faced defeat at the hands OF
Miss Wills when the little Californian
led the national champion o. in the
final set of the wOmen's invitation sin :
giles, proved herself again the grcn test
match player In America bv lifting her
game to its greatest heights and pull.
Ing ont the match. 80. G-3. 10.
Later. partnered with me. Mrs. NAL
lory won her second national grass
court title for the year by triumphing
over Miss Wills and Howard Kinsey in
a match in which both women showed to
great advantage.
The tournament. outside Of the three.
day rainfall. was a tremendous success.
Large. enthusiastic and at times unruly
galleries filled the stands. The attend
ance today broke all records for Long
wood. hundreds having to be turned
away. The Tournament Committee,
headed by Mr.. Edwin Sheafe. ran the
tournament with clocklike precision.
while the tennis was of high class and
sensational standard.
Copvrioht. 1929. bv Public Ledger Company