Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-02-17 | Page 6 | Indoor Tennis Meet Nears Finals

I I INDOOR TENNIS MEET NAR fiNAlS Champion Tilden Is in the Last Eight By HENRY L. L FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent U. U NEW Y YORK RK Feb 17 Most Most of the seeded players in the national Indoor tennis championship face difficult competition today the foreign foreign foreign for for- eign players particularly experiencing experienc experienc- ing a threatening round sound Champion Bill Tilden already Is in the last eight but one or more of ot the other favored starters may fall by the wayside before night night- fall Jacques Brugnon one of the powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful trio should have a comparatively comparatively comparatively easy time of it against Ernest Ernest Er Er- nest Kuhn but his fellow countryman country country- man man Rene LaCoste will be pressed by William Aydelotte who has shown a brilliant game in the preliminary preliminary preliminary pre pre- rounds Jean Borotra who experienced trouble yesterday dropping a set setto setto setto to Herbert L. L Bowman of this city only to come through and win vin will meet Dr William Rosenbaum whose wide broken service often becomes an enigma to players rated far higher than himself Vincent Richards is to meet Maurice Maurice Maurice Mau Mau- rice Ferrier the young Swiss who last week defeated Manuel Alonzo Alon- Alon zo Ferrier is recognized as one of the most promising of the less known foreign players to appear here for tor some time an and 1 although a victory over Richards Pilchards is not probable probable probable able should render a walk-away walk unlikely