Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-02 | Page 4 | Vin Richards Administers Crushing Defeat to His Former Net Mentor

VIN YIN VIN RICHARDS ADMINISTERS CRUSHING CRUSHING 4 DEFEAT DEF A i TO Q HIS HIS F FORMER NET MENTOR WOM S 'S TITLE ilUf I. I CAPTURED BY y MISS t J Bill Tilden Suffers Sixth i Defeat of Present l Season j NEW YORK 2 Aug CAP AP cm- cm I l I ics s who have lo looked ked with a 0 dubious eye y e e on William T. T attempt I to link JUnk the stage and the tennis courts In one career today had new I to support their forecast of a decline In his racquet mastery His crushing defeat yesterday at atthe atthe atthe the hands of Vincent Richards In Inthe in inthe inthe the of the metropolitan championship championshipS 6 3 6 4 6 6 4 4 6 6 2 marked the third and most decisive triumph h scored over ovel him this year yearby yearby ear earby by the youthful rival who has challenged challenged chal- chal his supremacy for tor or six successive suc sue essi v seasons While Tilden was going d down wn to defeat defeatS another national champion 0 about whose title tte defense has been worrying dispelled the thedo do doubts of the skeptics Wills Vis whose tour of Europe ope was halted hale two months ago by an operation oper oper- atlon aton for appendicitis gave conVinCing con- con evidence of her complete re reo recovery re- re covery oVery o very of strength and form yest yesterday yes yes- t by easly defeating Mar Mary K Browne former champion and capt cap- cap of in t of ln-of the cup team The Richards match also marked Tilden's sixth reverse of the year for the Philadelphia star lost Ini indoor in- in i door singles matches to Rene LaCoste Lacoste La- La L- L coste and Jean Borotra of France Fance while several weeks ago he went down downto to straight sets defeat before young oung Alfred Alred H. H Chapin Jr of Springfield Mass Mas Defeat in Itself was not so important im- im for Richards has frequent frequent- aly ly upset his former teacher teacher during their long Jong duel on the the courts But Dut never ne before has the young oung Olympic Olympic pic plc champion won in less than five fives s sets ts and never before has Tilden C during his long reign at the net been o so o decisively beaten at the height of a a tennis campaign The two California girls met In the final round of the Maidstone lub club Invitation tournament and Miss Wills triumphed with wih the loss of or i only five games 6 3 6 For POl the first time since her return to the courts the champion carried her battle to the net without hesitation smashing and volleying with wih old old- time vigor The completion of these two J tournaments yesterday centered In interest in- in terest today on the annual SeabrIght Seabright Sea Sea- bright Invitation tournament In I which Miss Wills Vis and nd Richards are entered Leading players payers of the I country will wi be pitted against them thorn with wih William Wilam M. M r. r Johnston and R. R R 1 NorrIs Williams members of last years year's ears Davis cup team making their first tournament appearances of the season eason Tilden has ha announced he will 1 participate in the doubles