Evening star., 1923-08-26


is singles tournament by score OF
The feature match was played un-
der ideal weather conditions which
prevailed until after the mixed dou-
bles final was over and then the first
rain of the week poured down as the
crowd, which had reached its maxi
mum of about 1000 for the tourna-
nent. began to leave the courts.
Winners Cut Loose.
The participants in the mems event
gave the large galleries "a demon
Stration of two sorts of tennis. The
victors triumphed because their in
dividual brilliance was too much for
werk tne steady ST tbs Wel seneraled team
the contestants played with little
more caution than had been their
wont previously in the meet, 1t was
Tilden and Norton, who cut loose
with the shots from all parts of the
courts which went for counters when
most needed. The returns of Wash
burn especially were not strong
enough to balk the new team on
their way to victory.
While it had been expected that
the attacks would be directed mainly
against the erratic Norton and the
New Yorker, these tactics were not
carried out. The exigencfes of the
moment directed the play always,
~
playing ability or in generalship on
the court
The veteran Tilden was expected to
direct the tactics and play on his side
tournaments when with Vincent
Richards of Yonkers. n. Y. he won
the doubles events. The south African,
except for his service. played every
than one occasion aided in playing
(! the Philadelphian's territory. Tilden
played steadily, except for rare lapses
and his prettily executed angled
I placements found much expression i'll
! the scores.
| The pace was terrific and Williams
and Washburn plainly showed the
! round after round of applause.
] The Williams Washburn team walk
! ed through the first set and pros
| poets looked black for the mixed ma
ton combination. Although the Davis
cup captain for 1928 was at his best
! the pair could not hold their advan-
ttage. Williams made more placements
| than any of the four competitors. but
he had too great a percentage of nets
| and outs. Norton was wilder than TIL
! den. but he went after everything
and some of his outs were from i'm
possible positions Washburn scored
=, only ten placements and had the most
errors.
| Mixed Doubles Exciting.
| The mixed doubles was probably
| AS exciting as the mems event and
certainly the crowd reacted more en-
| Enthusiastically Tildeu again was the
! big figure on the courts. physically
and in performance. and Mrs. Mallory
aided him splendidly in holding the
foreign challengers at bay. Although
tired by the five sets played just be
! fore, Big Bill" was not too tired
to send his whizzing first service ball
down and both Miss McKane and
Hawkes. had difficulty with their re-
turns.
Whereas. Miss McKane had been
weak in her singles match with Mrs.
! Mallory. she was splendid in doubles
play. At the net she angled place
ment after placement across the
courts. often catching Tilden fiat
! footed. Hawkes. played spectacular
tennis at times. but at critical mo-
mentS his caution turned the tide
! against the British team. Many shots
which should have been placements he
returned too carefully and they re-
turned viciously. Miss McKane's play,
! however. was more reckless than
! otherwise and the loss of the first
set was largely due to her wildness
across the base lines.
! The play of the last set was the
/ best of the match. Once Tflden trail
| ed love-forty on his service only to
| pull out the game and again he had
to net it,. The game see-sawed until
eighteen had been played. ending with
! Tildens service after Hawkes. had
! been broken.
| other Titles Decided.
George Lott of Chicago defeated
| Edward G.. Chandler of San Fran
| cisco. 6-3. 11-9. IS. in the final
match for the national junior singles
! championship.
! II. l.. Johnson of Waban, Mass. de-
, feated Malcolm T. Hill. also OF Waban.
4-6, 6-4. ct, in the final round
for the national boys championship
| \. w. Myers. London, and Samuel
| Hardy. New York, won the national
veterans tennis doubles champion
| ship. defeating l. c. Wright and J. w.
| Foster of Boston. 6--2. 80.
| /. w. Wear and Potter Wear of
| Philadelphia won the national father
! and-son tennis doubles championship.
defeating A. II. Chaplin. sr., and A. II.
| Chaplin, jr., of Springfield, Mass, 6-l,
| SIS, in the final round.
| FIRST SET.
Tilden and Norton :. 8 24ll4 5 2-24-3
Williams and Washburn-
544l44o3 +2s-s
STROKE ANALYSIS.
| Player. Nsts.0uts. Pi. sA. DE.
Taq.nn Nildsn ..:............. ... g : 3 g !