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HARVARD PRINCETON White, r.f. l.f., MacMillan Boys, l.f. r.f., Tilden Gray, c. c., Jones Fletcher, r.g. l.g., Sauter Kollinites, l.g. r.g., Grebauskns...
Last year it was Henri Cochet and Ellsworth Vines. Last week William Tatem Tilden II and his promoter William O'Brien had a new attraction for their annual tennis tour: the ''best doubles team in the world," George Lott & Lester Stoefen...
...tour opened in Manhattan. Lean, spidery, baldish but still as spry as ever, Tilden started the evening by beating Lott at singles. At doubles, Lott & Stoefen won the first two sets, the second 16-14. Apparently exhausted, Tilden suddenly came to life, helped his partner Vines pull out the third set, 13-11. What happened then amazed a crowd of 15,000 who were getting ready to go home before midnight. Knowing as well as Promoter O'Brien that a victory for Lott & Stoefen would help the tour's gate receipts, Tilden & Vines suddenly became invincible, smashed through...
Applauding Tilden for his endurance, Vines for his bulletlike speed, tennis critics last week were favorably impressed by Lott & Stoefen. Given time to grow accustomed to canvas-covered courts, indoor lights, the behavior of spectators who do not feel obliged to remember their good manners. Lott & Stoefen may yet win a majority of their matches on the current tour. Like last year's, it will last 15 weeks, play in 74 cities. Next fortnight's billings: Boston, Providence, New Haven, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis...
...world's No. 1 tennist, lost to Jack Crawford in the final of the Australian championship, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Said Perry, after the match: "This may be the last time Crawford and I will meet." Newshawks were quick to sense the implication: when Tilden's tour starts next year, Perry may be star attraction...