New-York tribune., 1922-08-26

national doubles lawn tennis champ
gauge the result in the challenge rou
Hills, week from next Monday, sh
son and Wood on that occasion.
The defending national champions
went into the final round tbs afternoon
by defeating William NJ. Johnston, OF
California, and Wallace f, Johnson, OF
Philadelphia, at 8-6, i0--s, 7-5. In
the semi-fnal round of the annual
championship tournament. In the other
semi-fnal match Patterson and Wood
vanquished Jean Borotra, of France
and Nathaniel W Niles, of Boston. by
score Of 6--1, 75. Go. The first
mentioned match was grueling strug-
gle from beginning to end. while the
Australasians were never in danger
Of losing their match against Borotra
and Niles, although the latter pair
threatened for time to win the second
set.
In the women's Longwood invita-
tion singles Mrs. Molla Bjustedt NAL
lory, national woman singles champion
deeated Miss Martha Bayard, of Short
Hills, n. j., by score of 6---3. Go in
the semi-tinal round. In the other half
Miss Helen Willis, of California, the
seventeen-year-o marvel, conquere
Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, of California,
at 7--5. 6-2, thus duplicating the fest
she accomplished in the sem~fnal round
of the womsn's national tourney at
Forest Hills last week. The two win
ners will meet OF the Longwood trophy
at 1:45 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon,
with the mems doubles match to fol.
low that.
Arnold w. Jones and William w.
ingraham, Of Providence, won the ma
tionai junior doubles title by defeating
John +. Whitbeck, of Loomis Institute.
and Charles NJ Wood jr., of New York,
and In the boys national doubles tour
nament Malcolm T. Hill and Harry I
johnson jr., defeated David O'Lough-
lin, of Pittsburgh, and Selwyn Orcutt,
of New York.
Big Gallery Sees Matches
There was a gallery of close to 5000
in the stands, the limit of the seating
capacity, when Patterson and Wood and
Niles and Borotra began play in the
first match, with Samuel Hardy in the
uinplre's chair, and this number was
added to later, when Tilden and Rich
ards started play against w. H. John
ston and Johnson, several hundred
spectators standing in the lanes in
caosing the courts. There was mo-
mentary desertion Of the stands when
rain fell, forcing ffteen-minute post
ponement in the opening match, but as
soon as this was over the gallery re-
turned, showing great interest. particu-
iarly in the second~matci of the day.
do,
notably when Patterson and Wood
were playing Wesbrosk and Hennessey
on thursday, the gallery lost control
OF itself frequently and applauded er-
rors. On Thursday it was Patterson
and Wood who were thus Disseminated
against, and this afternoon it was Til
den and Richards who came in for this
unsportsmanlike demonstration afte,
Johnston and johnson had staged a
truly heroic rally in the final set and
were making really formidable bid
for the lead.
This was mainly due, am convinced
because of the extreme popularity OF
Little Bill" coupled with the fact that
ne and johnson were making tremen.
dous fight to carry the third set, after
trailing at 0-4 and 1--5, and actually
forced the games to Sail by brilliant
playing. The champions were plainly
4 worried by the action of the crowd
y some OF whom actually howled and
shouted when either Tilden or Rich.
ards made an error and were silent
when Johnston or his partner erred in
their play.
matters came to such a pass that
Edwin Sheafe, chairman of the tour
nament committee, first, and later
Fred Mansfield, the dean of tennis
umpires, had to call upon the crowd
Tor fair play. OF course, the situa-
tion was tense one, and everybody's
1eellngs were wrought up as the sun.
ger dog team crept up on even terms
pat there was no excuse for vociferous
N applause of errors. It is to he Sin,
= cereiy hoped that demonstrations of :
similar nature do not occur at Forest
Hills during the Davis Cup matches.
Players Lose Often on Service
The order of service in this matcf
was johnston, Tilden, Johnson anc
hlchards, and this sequence was main.
tanned to the end, although in all three
sets there were frequent "breaks'
through. Johnston dropped his omen
ing service, but Tilden and Richard:
also lost theirs, Tilden twice in ths
hrst set, and the games alternatet
pretty much throughout up to Gall
when the champions broke through
Johnston, and then Tilden closed a
SIS by winning his own delivery, Wal
lace Johnson netting his return of ,
fast service.
So far their has been little to choos,
between the two teams, Tilden an.
BlH Johnston being trifie above th
other two IN point of playing efficiency
although Rietards's magnificent loy
volleysng played a large part in tn
proceedings Johnston was deadly /,
his treatment OF short returns, eithe
smashing for the 4kill" or slammin,
back the ball for aces by severe over
hand volieying.
In the second set Johnson and John
cton increased their efforts and ra,
into lead of so, and then to 5--s
for what looked like winning lead il
this set. Richards was failing temper
arily, many of his volleys landing 4
the net, and his service was net AWAY
reliable. Tilden was playing d sen
sational game at this stage, hringin,
off shots that dazed the gallery as h
shot the bali back at most acute angles
But on the other side of the net wa
ever the avenging little Johnston, VIII
swooped like hawk on eyerythinl
that came within range and put tn
bali away savagelg. Johnston, reall'
without q finishing shot, was doing hi
full share. however, by the cool skill
with which he picked out the open
ings and shot the ball home.
Richards was openly frettsng a
his inability TO control his shots
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