Evening star., 1927-09-18

Ry the Associated Press.
OREST HILLS. y. y. Saptem
l. ner l7.--Rena La Coste. an iron
nerved son of France with stee
L springs in his toes and the &C.
curacy of n riheman in hi.
racket, swept to decisive straight sct
victory over Americas Big Bill Til
den today to win the tennis cham
pionship OF the United States for the
second time IN az many years. The
score was 1f-9, 6-3. Ia.
Coming close upon the French
sweep of the Davis cup. the victory
drove home the claim OF France 10
individual as we'll as team supremacy
over all the world
Makes Brave Stand.
It was a valiant battle. this last
brave stand OF one who ruled un-
challenged until the coming of the
lrerchmen in their might a year ago.
1t thrilled a throng of 10000 tennis
fans who packed the West Side sta :
dium and literally held their breath
through the long. deep-court eX-
changes with which the Frenchman
wore ridden down in a desperately
fought third set.
From the start Tilden was lacking
i'm steadiness, while La Coste was
accuracy personificd. A detailed score
shows Tilden made by far the more
earned points. La CoSte's deadly
craftsmanship was the margin OF
victory.
The battle for the most part was
fought from back court, where la
coste always had the better OF the
exchanges. 1t was only when Tilden
followed his drives on service shots 10
the barrier for volley placements that
he was able to carry the battle 10
his foe.
= As the match wore on these sallies
70 the net became more rare. The
strain was telling visihly upon the
34.year.old Tildcn while Lacoste, 10
years Younger, was always fresh, his
face eXpressionless as he danced
about the base line With the footwork
Of 4 boxer. Ills anticipation of
Tilden's shots was amazing and en-
ahled him on more than one occasion
to turn the tide of a rally by return
ing strokes that left his opponent S
racket labeled placement.
Tilden Is Nervous.
At the start Of the match Tilden
obviously was nervous, while the
Frenchman was matter -Of-fact and
self.contained. For Tilden it was one
last chance to save something from
the wreckage left by the invading
Frenchman and the responsibility
weighed upon him.
Three times in succession in the
first game Tilden drove Iacostes
soft serves into the net. His whirl-
wind service had not deserted him.
however, and he evened the count on
the wings of pair of aces. Games
followed service with few breaks
until they stood deadlocked at nine
games each. In the eighteenth game
LaCoSte stood at set point six times,
but could not punch the finishing shot
past Tilden's sweeping racket at the
net.
Tildens respite was brief, however,
for the next game Lacoste won his
service with ease and bowled through
the final game, points to l.
His momentum carried Lacoste
through the first game of the second
set, but Tilden made brilliant use of
his net attack to win the next three.
There the climax OF Tilden's fight was
reached, and Lacoste reeled off five in
a row to take the set at q games to 3.
For the deciding point Lacoste out
steadied Bill from back court. return
y
drive smothered itself in the net.
Big Bills only chance of winning
the match hung upon the outcome of
the third set, and he went after it
from the start with his old familiar
net attack. For time it seemed he
would succeed, as he gained lead of
five games to two. Lacoste was fight
ing for a straight-set victory, and
after winning his own service he
broke through Tilden in the ninth
game. Twice in that game Tilden
was within one point of winning the
set. but Laeoste took it on an out
and Il placement. Lacoste's service
again made it five games all, and
after that the Frenchman was almost
constantly on the offensive.
Another service broke for 1.acOste,
and in the fourteenth game he was at
match point twice, but Tilden still
had stamina to fight him off. 1t was
not SO in the twentieth game, for