TENNIS. CRICKET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 October 1921, Page 4

TENNIS.

CRICKET.

So far the weather has been opposed to play, and consequently .'the opening of the. season has. been delayed;- The rain,- however; has been so liberal and accompanied' by a; 'mild *peU that 4fce gain later wjil be considerable. Hawera Club are .getting a' lot .of fxtsh members, for their* new courts "enable them to accommodate all who wish to play. This is good for the club and good for the young people. Their aat sociates. the Croquet Club/,:; however, have no extension, of lawns, and are consequently obliged to reetriqt the number, a necessity which will be much .regretted.... ■ -._:; ■■,■,.--,.,■• ■■^i-}'-/y..'^ Tildeh has had a wonderful record in %h» game, - and though opinions will differ as to the greatest player in the history of tUe game h» record "is one that1 will stand out prominently for many a long day. His performances in the, American championships are worth quoting. The Referee says of 'him: "In the American championshipi Tfldeh defeated one opponent after another, never being troubled save .by "W. :M. Johnston, whom he defeated at 4-6. 7-5.

Johnston, whom he defeated at 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. He disposed of Shimidzu 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 this time.? He beat WiHfs iDavis, who had beaten our own' O.Tcikid^ in five sets, 10-8, 6-1, 6-1. Then came the final, when he met TTallace iJphn-; sort, who the; day before haa teeatett; ■' our o^n J, 0; Anderson, after the latter had beaten R. .Ni -\ Williains^ theVi. third of the great-American triumvirate, j ' Johnson beat Anderson '-iAC'^our^-Be^i, •. 6-4, M, 8-6, 6-1. Ori,;th^^nrgt/day?s/ play of the final; - Tilden rttn^le^€l rwtth' Johnson to 8/« l but i^ wiU no- doiibt be found that the-wet xourt made tU© service a sure winner for each: p^yer,, each possessing a heavy cut.-i Evidently i the; rest on toe Saturday and was\ just wwhit Tildenli needled; iior the Monday he beat Johnson in hollow ] fashion at 6-IL, 6-3, •6 / l:-§th>^V8e^4o^ ! five games! \- Tilden has <BV«ry kirid^ofs game at his Ifc^'dut-drwesi; the. most brilliant <^iver^JohMfoii^; ffe'l out-hits the hardest- hitter in America i j—^Willis Davis. He 1 "can.out-vblley the"' best voileyer * wii^pess his win' ■in »doubles; and when' he meets Johnson/; the world's great exponent of chopping, ; he either ont-chops him or beats' him "by? the sheer brilliancy of Eis serving, driv- ■ ingj' and volleying. He and Johnston • have restored the full game of lawn tennis-r-splendid driving and serving/ leading up to severe and attacking vpl- r ieying. , r Thai is their; credit in equals shares. ' Some day, no doubt, he ;vfill' be beaten/ Perhaps by Gerald Patter^! son, when the latter learns an arthodox I backhand, after having tried * piit m^by new kinds of backhands of his own invention. , Perhaps by J. O. Anderson/" (Anderson; has since beaten him.V '