Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 16 | Veterans Lose in Final Match

IN FINAL 8SATCH i ; Vincent Richards and Wil-! Wil-! liam Tilden Are New Doubles Champs. C I'.O.STON, Aug. 17. Vin.-rit Ki--till- jir.l.:, "I' Ntv Vork, national l.v' , vhanil,!..!., and W i U,:.ni T. TiMni, II, ,. f 'l,ihi,l,-!,liiil, today won lln: national ,1) l.-uvu ii n h doubles rhamiiuii.-,liii, I1,' vvIi.ti Ih.-y ,.,V,I.-. Heal :. Wriht ,n l-'r,-,l li. A 1.-xhm.I.t c.l' Ni w Vork in Hut finals (if tin- national double lniirii;uin-iil. ;it. II"! I. nutwood (rn-k.-t ' ,:i,,. Tin: iiinr.-li w rut I'M- h'-t.s, t lie 1 Hi-orii.-i I, u li-!, ii I, :M, - , 11 - i Kirhards in Hi" voiHiMt plavrr to In, i Hi.! l.il In. tin is ""ly y.-ar.-t ijI.I, lilll lllH J'llllltl luiS I.'''-" li'! Ml" M S.-L 1 1 11 M Of '., tlm ton n .:i iiH-ii t iiii'l v.-as worthy today 'i, f tin, best traditions. III! Ini'l the ill , -in, In, -h, t -; . 1 1 1 1 - -t , rrsiiiiri-i! and court ,.V nciicralnlii. i.f ii visli-ran, with nil the I''1 M f t - I III' VOIltll. : I'jirly in t inlil.-h hi' li-:i tim-. I t Ii lit ,,';! Wri"lit',s weak iii". whs mi-rln-ail, :n-l l.li.-rT-.-ifli-r h.' lul.lu"! tin' former cliani-,pi cliani-,pi j.Hiii inlii tlm bark i-i.urt, away frnm ,! tut in -I, w-liri-i! tin was ilaiiK'-rmis. On " Hi,, ul In r liiiii'l, Ali-xaii'li-r is very Mli-uiif .. i' i-hi-n . 1. lii.-lianls never K-'VO ',') 1 1 1 ill a ,-liaiiri: In kill a single lb. 1,, 1 1 i m partner, TiM'-n, t In: national clay It i-iuirf. i-haiiii i, played a smashing uaiiix. His M'rvii-i' ami ri'lnrns were " i-l ri-nii-lv revere, ami fur the "rraliT c,f part nf Hi.' nial. li hi: kept his nhnla un-il.-r c.oiiln.l. In the first, two si-Is, tin! weakness of Wrielil overhead ami the erralii' ils service ul' Alexander in'oved fatal to y the veterans. Iii the I hint ami fourth ... sets, however, they showed the iiialily of play which hail inailo them champions. cham-pions. Until rusheil to the net and plavcl with their olil-timu brilliancy. n Mill, (ho pace told. In the fifth set 4 Tihlen's smashing was terrific anil Ivicharils 's resource was uncanny, inak- i iiir n ipiick end to the match which 3 savv a new- douliles pair crowned. Karh of the winniue; team will try 1 for the national singles title at Forest i Hills, I, mi); Island, beginning Au- t eusl Jll. Championship douliles, final round: -J Vincent h'ichards, New York, and ,1 William T. Tihleit, II, Philadelphia, de- .1 I'eate.l Meals C. Wright and l-red R. j. Alexander, Xew York, li-3, (5-4, 2 6, ' Kvhibitiou mixed doubles, final ,' round: j Mrs. (leore Wir,htman nnd Irving ' ('. W'rieht (national c Ii ;im iiony 1 , defeated defeat-ed Miss Molla M.jurstedt and , V. li. Alexander, fi 7, G O, 0-3.