Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-26 | Page 9 | Cream of America's Women Tennis Stars Picked to Meet English Team

I 0 0 I 0 0 REAM CREAM OF AMERICAS AMERICA'S S 'S WOMEN TENNIS STARS PICKED TO MEET ENGLISH TEAM Champion Wins Whis Brilliant amat I same Game from Howard Kinsey 1 Tilden Never N ver Before Forced to Such Brilliance as He Displayed in Thrilling Contest SKOKIE COUNTRY CLUB Glencoe III II July 25 AP AP For For r the tile rd time within a week William T. T Tilden of Philadelphia national nation 1 tennis nis and generally hailed as the greatest player in the world rid today stood on tho the brink bink of defeat only two points separating Ioen aen and the loss of the match But as he has demonstrated before den Iden is Tilden and he fought an uphill fight trailing 5 2 5 in inthe the fifth Hf set to defeat Howard Kinsey Kincey of San Fr Francisco Frqncisco to enter the final ro round und nd of the illinois ln is state mens men's singles championship today The orS were 6 4 4 5 7 5 6 2 3 6 3 6 36 3 jn n 11 the other bracket for h title tomorrow is William M. M I. I of San Sm Francisco who Wray Brown of St. St Louis ay n. in straight s ts 7 7 5 5 6 6 0 O 7 1 The he Kinsey Tilden-KnEy match was waso o of the mo most t brilliant ever evern n here For more than two Irs urs the champion held thousands of at fans spellbound at at atthe the wizardry wiz viz- ardry of his shots th the ness of his accuracy and his abilIty abil abil- ity to hold his reserve in check to win out when the odds seem hopelessly against him The opening two sets went to TIld Tilden n so easily that the match seemed sided one d the tho champion simply Imply pushing pushing- tho the ball back over the tho net and letting Kin Kinsey ey make malee th the errors Then KInsey a spurt in the third set and when he had a lead of 5 2 Tilden threw away a game gam so that he could profit by bY bYthe the r rest st period which came at the end of the third set But Kinsey was not to be denied denied de de- de- de nied for a while In the tho fourth set and the coast star ran out the set to even the match score at a set each 6 3 I 1 The fifth firth set was nerve racking Kinsey by placing well and shoving ahoy ahoy- ing over Veir his I. I loop Joon OD drive which nn Tilden doe does not not like mee the Califor- Califor nian ran Into a 5 2 lead In the next game with Tilden en serving the tho score stood all 30 and the champion was again on the brink brinl of ot defeat But Buthe he was equal to the occasion and pulled out the game same although h the crowd was pulling for Kinsey whose brilliant stand against the heavy odds of Playing Ti den as he was today tOdar brought the respect and admiration admira admit tion of or the the- huge gallery Tilden pulled out his serve then and then his own again never n being in during the last two games g The score was 5 and the champion won Kinses Kinse's Kinsey's Kinsey's Kin- Kin sey's se delivery to go KO Into the lead But Kinsey insey took Tilden's serve to even the tho count again 6 Tilden at this time was Tilden the worlds world's greatest player driving past Kinsey at the net for impossIble impossible impossible im im- im- im possible placements lightning fast am an aM accurate to the inch Dashing Dash Dash- In ing all o over er the court he kept I driving hard to Kinsey's backhand back back- hand and the coast star star- cracked under the strain Tilden winning G 8 to tt pull puH one of at the most mast briliant bril bril- fights he has ever staged Compared with the Tilden-Kin- Tilden sey contest the Johnston victory victor over Wray Brown Brawn of St. St Louis was tame Johnston won 7 5 6 0 7 5 asserting his superiority with hi nto famous forehand drive that was was was' too fast for Brown to handle Brown Broyn made several brilliant l stands but Johnston was th the Johnston of old and was not to be d denied nied v f Tilden and Johnston renew their old rivalry tomorrow In the finals It will be a great eat battle battIe one of th the greatest 68 they have had since Ti Tild d n first took the national title from Johnston In 1920 with John- John star stor having a chance of winning since the play Is on clay courts where he is at hJ his best Miss 1 Charlotte Hosmer and Miss Helen Jacobs of Berkeley Cal Ca won the women's doubles title with ease ease defeating ting Miss Doris Kinsel and Miss MIcan 1 of Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago o 6 0 6 Berkeley Hell eli of Austin Texas Texa and Walter Thomas of Elmora N. N J. J won the junior doubles from Gordon Cordon Braudt and George Jennings Jennings Jen Jen- of Chicago 6 4 6 6 2 6