LAWN TENNIS.
AMERICAN TOURNAMENT. SPECTATORS ANNOY TILDEN. NEW YORK, Aug. 15. ■ At the Eastern grass court championships, on Thursday, W. T. Tilden defaulted, in the second set of the semidemi final, to Cliff Sutter, of New Orleans. Tilden took offence at the actions of the gallery. “I can’t stand this much longer,” he said to the umpire when several spectators laughed at his failure to win points. The umpire, Mr Kahn, asked the crowd to b 6 quiet, but the laughter continued. Tilden then walked to tho net, shook hhnds with Sutter, and defaulted. Tilden lost the first set, 6—l, and was trailing o—4 and love—ls in the second.
Van Ryn beat Hunter, 6—l, 6—l
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 223, 16 August 1930, Page 9
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115LAWN TENNIS. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 223, 16 August 1930, Page 9
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