Evening star., 1934-01-14
0LDMASTER TAKES
DECISIVE TRIMMING
Daring Shots by Youngster
Prevents Quicker Finish.
Battle 70 Minutes.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.


opponent with low, fiat
~ drives that barely skinned
the net for placements,
Ellsworth Vines, newest recruit
to professional tennis, last night
scored his first victory over Will
liam Tatum Tilden, bellwether of
the pro tennis flock, before a
capacity throng in Mckinley High
School gymnasium.
The national amateur champion of
1882, his game clicking like a we'll
oiled machine and his severity of pace
undim;nished by the corkscrew returns
Of Tilden, beat the old master in four
sets, 60, ST, 60, 60.
Tilden had beaten Vines in their
two previous meetings in New York and
Philadelphia, losing only one set in
seven to the gangling Californian. -,
But q different Vines met the old
master last night. His game geared up
to Davis Cup pitch, his mighty cannon
ball service putting points away in in
vincible style, Vines clearly outplayed
the mincing Tilden. Indeed, the set
to might have been won by Vines in
three straight sets had not Ellie tried
to put the ninth game of the second
set on ice with pair Of booming fore
hand drives which barely struck the
net cord and dropped short.
Vines took exactly 10 minutes to do
the job of beating Tilden.
Vincent Richards Of New York and
Bruce Barnes Of Texas split two sets in
q singles exhibition preceding the
Vines Tilden match, which found
Barnes annexing the opening set at
Ga. and Richards winning the final
set at 6-3.
A doubles exhibition match again
found Lanky Bill on the short end OF
the score, for he and Barnes dropped
two sets to Vines and Richards by
scores of 6-3, 6-3.
Gallery With Vines.
"A GALLERY plainly favoring Vines,
n many having seen him play in
Davis Cup matches against Can
ada and Argentine at Chevy Chase Club
the last two years, saw the tall FL
year-old Californian mop up the court
with Tilden in the first set, which
Vines won at love.
But Tilden, getting additional pace
and length on his drives, pulled up IN
the second set from 80 deficit only
to find vines 60 into a 5-4 lead.
Vines had Tilden love-40 on Tildens
service and attempting to end the set
quickly with two tremendous fiat drives,
hit them both into the net. Tllden
then won three straight points to win
the game broke through Vines service
to 20 6-5 and won the set at 7-5 on
his own service.
Finding that Vines was making SEEM
fngly impossible gets and returning his
Tilden settled down to a series of cork.
screw drives of both forehand and
backhand in the third set. But vines
was not to be denied.
With both men playing the back
court, and both deliberately throwing
q point after a poor line decision. Vines
broke through the Philadelphian's serv-
Ice to make it 2-ail and then won four
straight games to win the set at g..
In this set Tilden made so many errors
that he drove ball hard at the net,
nettled by his own inef1ectiveness.
The final set was all Vines. The
Californian was all over the court,
making difficult gets" angling the
ball back at Tilden and breaking his
service and finally winning the match
when Tflden double-faulted, his Sec
ond such error during the contest.
Vines Looks Master Player.
Y ZINES was q far different tennis
" player last night from the lazy
looking youngster who cavorted
through his matches in the Davis Cup
ties against the Canadians and the
Argentines. Timing his shots perfectly
and angling the ball to spots which
even the gaunt and tireless Tflden
master tennis player
He was very good last night and
possibly would have beaten Tilden at
his best. But it is no less the truth
that Tilden was not at his crest.
Both men confined most of their
play to the back court, prolonging sew
the spectators and cries Of "Quiet,
please" from the umpire. Even in de-
feat, Tilden. always the Snowman,
looked good
His well known temperament CROP.
ped out only once or twice, once when
he drove the ball at the net and again
as he knocked the ball far over the
sideline, placed his hands on his hips
and said, "Oh, look"
Vines, on the other hand, was
tennis machine. imperturable and tire
less. stroking the ball with tremendous
pace and length Only once did he
show disgust with his own efforts as
he drove an easy shot into the net
Barnes, the catlike, agile Texan,
stole the show in the doubles exhibi-
ton which followed the Tnden-Vines
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