Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-30 | Page 7 | Looks like Tennis Crown Will Remain on This Side of Atlantic

it 4 LOOKS UKE LIKE TENNIS CROWN WILL REMAIN ON THIS SIDE OF ATLANTIC V T The victory of ot Bill Rill Johnston at Wimbledon coupled with the th gen fen eral 1 of ot play on the part ot of th the other American entries I make mae It seem that the States is 16 1 to reign supreme in Iii for tor sear er car at least While the injury uttered suffered by Bill Tilden the champion ot of o them all no doubt affected his hi pa pIa the Philadelphia Is fast tast rounding Into unbeatable formA formA form formA A few necks ago apo Manuel Alonso the brilliant Spanish star tar gave cave ten ten- tennis ten tennis nis a surprise by de- de decisively de decisively defeating Ung Tilden Alonlo a at this his hi best besl proved II a a little too much for tor big bic Bill who was wa tar far from right richt The rath rather r unexpected defeat ot of Tilden caused th the tennis experts expert to dope dopp It out that Bill was Wall slipping that thai his injured hand seriously In- In In Interfered tottered with his general play par par- particularly par particularly in the execution of tan tan stroll strokes S 'S Then when most of ot th the tennis world had come to e e that Til- Til Tilden den was wa slipping lipping certain to be de- de dethroned de dethroned thron d as hc he h came right bac hack back b defeating d Alonso Alono at Indianapolis and arid repeated in an match at Cleveland Perhaps P Im I'm t I getting any beltt hut but the pin placer er Cr who beats him hm in the national event Int I Is almost certain to win n the championship It l looks k erv much as all It if Tilden and John Johnston ton are still till the thc two beSt beM tennis rs fla in the world despite the fact t ct that thee the ha hap haic p 1 been out In front for tor a a number of ot ears and or later slip back 0 00 w wd d f- f fe Lj e Ii r rIi I Ia a t a aI I s i i LUrL L UrL 80 10 p