NEW YORK, April 4 After the
most terrlflo match ever seen on the
courts of the Seventh Regiment Ar
mory in the history of the men's na
tional indoor lawn tennis champion
ship tournament. William T. Tl!den,
2d, of Philadelphia, national clay
court champion, defeated Frank T.
Anderson of Brooklyn yesterday af
ternoon in the semi-final round of tho
annual singles tourney, by a score of
7-9. 14-12, 6-3. In the twenty-second
game of the second set, the sev
enteen year old schoolboy needed only
one point to brin;? victory to his
keeping, but he missed his golden
opportunity and thereafter Tilden
regaining confidence, gradually drew
away, and in -the last set held com
mand at every stage.
In the other semi-final match, of
the singles. Vincent Richards of
Yonkers, the phenomenal boy cham
pion, defeated Lieut. Peter Hall at
6- 3, 6-2. He and Tilden will fight
It out for the national indoor cham
pionship this morning at 11 o'clock
with Tilden picked as the almost
certain winner, though Richards is
apt to run him close for the honors.
After this gruelling- struggle, Til
den and Richards went on the court
and defeated Allan P.ehr and Henry
Steinkampf in the semi-final round
of the doubles, by a score of 6-4, 0-6,
7- 5. Frederick B. Alexander and
Dr. William Rosenbaum vanquished
Frank and Fred Anderson, Jr., in the
other semi-final, and the winning
pairs wilt meet for the double titles
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
NEW YOKIC April 4 Harold D.
