Evening star., 1925-05-10


While Williams. Washburn and
Ihden shared the honors as victors
Chaptn carried off the laurels as the
hero of the afternoon. For three
hours, with but a few minutes rest
Chaplin stood up under a torrential
IRE of tennis balls from the racquets
OF three masters.
Under the tutelage of Tilden
thapin's game has come along rapidly
and he used 1t to excellent advantage
in both doubles and singles yester-
day.
Doubles Well Played.
The doubles naturally produced the
best tennis. After virtual annihila.
ton In the first set, when even their
: simplest shots went wrong, Williams
and Washburn came back in the
other three to concentrate their fire
on Chaplin until they finally wore him
down.
Tilden began service and won his
game easily. Williams dropped his
with the assistance Of some excellent
cross shooting by Tilden. On
Chaplin service. Williams and Wash
burn continued to feed Tilden, who
lashed out with forehand and back.
hand shots of such pace that his op-
ponents could not handle them.
Chaplin brought two soaring shots
into. play on Washburn's service and
Washburn and Williams muffed two
others to give Tilden and Chaplin q
lead of 40. Tilden cannon.balled his
way through the next game, but VIII.
liams regained control of his back
hand and pulled the sixth out of the
\ fire with two sizzling placements that
Tilden failed 20 handle. Chaplin ran
out the set for his side on his service.
Williams and Washburn changed
their tactics in the second set. They
crowded the net and centered their
fire on Chaplin. The latter withstood
the onslaught for a while, bui soon
was unable to handle the torrent of
smashes fed him by Washburn and
Williams. Williams was putting the
majority Of the points away, but
WaShburn was playing excellent
tennis. Chaplin and Tiiden attempted
to lob their opponents away from the
net and forced both OF them into a
series of errors. These tactics failed
however, when Williams and Wash.
burn began accurately to find open.
fngs.
Tildens play in the second set was
below the standard of the first and
Williams and Washburn took it with
comparative ease, 6-3.
Both Teams Improve.
Both teams improved in the third
set and played scintillating tennis for
the most part. with Williams and
Washburn winning largely on the
lack of teamwork of their rivals.
Williams showed flashes of the best
of his game in this set and his famous
back-hand cross-court shot added
several points to his teams total. The
set was the closest of the match, but
Washburn and Williams pulled out,
Ga, after breaking Tflden's service.
The fourth set was all Williams and
Washburn. with the latter amassing
a considerable number of placements.
Although none Of the four played
consistently high-class tennis. VII.
Hams stood out despite some ragged
play in the first two sets.
The singles final was largely a case
of pupil and master. despite 4Chapin's s
courageous display of unfiagging
energy. Tilden chased his protege from
one side Of the court to the other for
but to Chapin,s credit let it be said
that he never stopped. although his
shots began to lose their sting in the
second set.
Chaplin won the first set, rs, but
Tilden was not bringing the full
power Of his devastating game into
play. He contented himself with base
line play, shooting slices and chops
that kept Chaplin going continually.
The latter used a stinging service and
forehand shot to good effect against
the champion. but Tilden's apparent
, lethargy seemed Chapin's strongest
weapon.
Tilden raced through the second set,
81, when Chaplin began to manifest
exhaustion.
In the third set Chapin's shots took
on some of their old pace. and he COW
cred court with more zeal. but Tilden
won. 7-5.
Tiiden won the last set 60. after
Chaplin had double faulted and erred
on every kind of shot. When his last
shot went out of court Chaplin seemed
gratified. The inevitable finally had