Evening star., 1923-07-29

1t Is a pity, however, that Richards
was drawn in the same half as John
ston, for their match in the early
stages. watched with interest by the
king and queen, to whom the boys
were presented. produced splendid
tennis. whereas the final between
Johnston and Francis Hunter was
only a runaway. 1t Is gratifying to
fought for the title in the final and
that England has at last seen John
ston play the kind of tennis that has
made him famous over here.
Richards Great Player.
Richa ms play has been spoken of
as disappointing because he did not
succeed in winning the title. On the
contrary. he gave In all his matches
a fine exhibition of modern tennis.
and the British papers have nothing
but praise for him. His defeat in
straight sets of Washer, the Belgian
champion, who carried Johnston to
five sets in the French hard court
championships, marks Richards as an
international player who can hold
his own with any one who does not
possess the overpowerinR speed Of
such men as Tilden. Johnston and,
perhaps. Manuel Alfonso.
Our national play court champion
ships again drew large and varied
list Of players. chiefly from the mid
die west. AS was expected, Tilden
and Alfonso met in the finals. Some
believed that the Spanish star would
repeat his previous weeks victory
over Tilden. but our champion was
out to avenge himself Tilden has
played Alfonso thirteen times this
year and has lost but one match, his
only defeat of the season.
II fasteners fought for the singles,
1t remained for the west to contend
for the doubles. The Kinsey brothers
Of San Francisco captured the title
by defeating last years holders, Bur
dick and Bastian of indianapolis.
The Kinsey brothers have twice this
year defeated Johnston and Griffin;
five times holders Of the national
doubles championship. and may be
considered to be their chief opponents
| in the coming tourney at Longwood.
1t Is reported that Griffin is to partner
with Johnston again and the Kinseys
are the one team that the old cham
pions fear.
1t Is to the national intercollegiate
championships held annually in June
at the Merton Cricket Club, Philadel-
phia, that we look for our future
Davis cup players, for these young
college men have all had years OF
practice at prep schools and in col
lege, and their standard of play is
high Williams, Washburn, Mathey
Tilden, Garland and many other Davis
cup pldySTS nave dll COME ITOf1 LHls
class.
Surprises I'm COIlengfntes.
This years intercoIlegiates were
,, full of surprises, and two dark horses
fought II out In the final. The most
! prominent players were all defeated
Perhaps the most surprising upset
was the victory Of Jerry Lang over
Arnold Jones, who has been con-
sidered by many to be the most prom
Using of all the young players. His
defeat was largely due to Lang's
clever attack of his weak backhand
and Is a good illustration of the point
that have emphasized so many time S
before, namely the necessity of de-
| veloping a perfectly rounded game
free from any weakness. If one is TO
succeed in modern tennis.
It was the successive victories
against all the favorites of Gerald
Emerson of Columbia. in one-half OF
the draw. and Carl Fischer, Tildens
Philadelphia protege, in the other
half. that so surprised the tennis
world. Lucien Williams. Ingraham
Bates. Neer and Davies all considered
possible winners. had to watch the
finals from the side lines.
That Fischer won against Emerson
Is not surprising, as he had already
shown this year a marked improve