MONDAY, JULY 18, 1983 THE SEATTLE STAR 13 BILL TILDEN FACES HARD BATTLE TO RETAIN HIS HONORS YANKEES APPEAR CINCH TO ANNEX AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT - ! . * feg Coming Champ? Net Champion to Face FIRST PICTURE OF FIRPO’'S VICTORY Giants Held | Trained by . e .a . | Terrific Competition Back by Alonzo, Johnston, Richards, Hunter, Williams, Kin- Mound Work seys and a Host of Other Stars Will Force the Another There May Be oo Philadelphian . p- _h;L'!.— Comeback in Fistiana Cincinnati Reds May Re- Soon, Is Belief BY LEO H. LASSEN peat 1921 Spurt Again three consecutive seasons Rill Tilden has won the I g ~ This Year e BY A W FREDERICK T‘ORnational tennis championship from the greatest field Juiy 16.~There l gll ; 3 AN FRANCISCO, of stars that assemble for any single tournament during be another cometwck In L. Sm‘ the season, By Henry Farrell = conwback of the | flatiana won - YORK, Juy 16~Hal But this season the faces his hardest way strenuous toaining that lanky Philadelphian | NEW cidtime the world's the Bob He even to series, made such fighters as Fitasim. fight. must dispose of a greater field than before Ma Corbett, lom Sharkey, league ball clubs ure spread mons, Young as there are many wonderful net stars who will compete out all | over the course, The Yanks al this year, l.l‘. -dn‘- up to Pat Lester, Il.yearold far ahead that only a long There is the ever Bill Johnston, the sting levaking ‘ntlo the game menacing midget !&l“t. aow of blowouts can them Californian, for Tilden Three times he has keep froms to show the wucll the meth. tq vanquish. it in getting in first under the Americhts 3-=‘? yesteryear suvpass today's done the national championships, but Johnston is wrere wire by a mile, ’: C et B the protegs of “Bplage™ super-tennis this year. He already has the European ;lmgu« : lghtweight, well known to ‘?l-ying | After starting out Jike & sure ,%‘ Relly, s hard court title and the Wimbledon honors, fans of meore than A seore the Glants hit the rough ringeide - Tilden can :»‘l“‘ well M“Lutcr, er'" l;‘?‘aa be beaten. Manuel Alonzo, the wizard, |ner. of years ago, and equaily groom ;:& Kelly h‘puninh {of the midsecason when the that weeks in altho ~ As a second and Tim ?cGnM as a con- showed two ago Illinols, Tilden defeated Rpown Dow | champions went down with an ate AT tender for the him Saturday at Indianapolis. DPISCOVERED heavyweight | tack of their old trouble—bad teh ARIZ Besides Alonzo and Jngonstun are TUSCON, erown worn by Jack . there plenty of others | Ing. : A . “Spider” discovered the to The Dempaey. give him a battle. Vincent Richards, Francis Hunter, As 1t stands now, (ne Yankess in Tucson, Aris He was youngster sel up a new American Richard Norris Willilams, probably J. 0. Anderson and a l"""" leagus puttingIn his thind year as an host of {record for games won and lost 885 Sam's lesser lights will be on hand. aviator In Uncle army. The end of the season, The grest The will be Im. = opider” Miked Pat's lookd and buikd championships staged in early September in | pitching staff that Miler Hugging him {had the and brought here a couple of Regatta in Philadelphia again. as bis asset when season moaths ago. immrd. has held up according to ~ Since that time Lonier had six South ‘Washington Players Seeded texpectations.and even a littleDlt fights, four of which he won by Will gb?ler. Hugging 1 sending his club wers seeded in the knockout routs,one by sde o 4 and some of the best playern, whe |along sl & fast puce and he IsBot JIOHTplayers the Extraordinary photograph, taken wnder the difficult conditions of night, shows Jess his clsion. draw for the Washington stats {sbould have gone (o the semifinals (using «l) pitching strengti. were climinaied in world's count at slarting out as a Pat broke inte fasl company n tennis meet this week, most of | ALleast, the sarly Willard, former heavyweight champion, taking the of ten the hands of ;Anu resl oo for the the battled uu‘ reunds and the claseofthe final Luis m the pennant, Philss Oukind recently when he PEDRO, July 14.—The tournaments in the Angel Firpo, Argentine giant, cighth round of a battle staged at Boyle's itcnd&r salling big country re considerably, deiphia Athictios have slumped back Trock Maanah e entered the ring Sm Tplay was jemencd N. J. The erowd ever a bout eraft of the California Yacht ctud sorting to the seeded draw. This Thirty Acres, Jersey City, largest to witness boxing saw partially because of the with ® reputation, o 1 The players seeded for the Wash. £ ’ med loft at brisgs the better In Willard take the count. Referee Harry Lewis is shown the fatal ten. Hommel to live up to his to shep here noon Saturday in class players togother | inglonmen's singles follow:Criffen, tolling form ¢ putting ‘em vorly..&,.of e the moge Important malches and Beott, Johna, last wiason, i Bis k. o's had beon In the mcond mees to Sants Barbara, where they | Turenne, Weinstein, bulldeinterest Anderson, In the National league the upmore for the later | Whelan, Slow and Lais B - Gl ' Tounc and ode in the first. willcompete In the Pacific const re- - have matehes. ure. Soott, the erack Tacoman,de only & lead of three and On And Be Hved up to his reputation ’lu!f gatta, opening Monday morning. The Wimbledon draw wuan't sced | chied not 16 enter at the last mingte, Sensational Showing of Athletics games, and with an inandol the batile. in Oukiand MHanpah . - = staff, McGraw has laft Sunday in a | pitching no safr all Thepower beats - shimmed him over the ring for & - - . to around with, fast race for Sants Barbars, In ad Allen's play (@ IR Loss Is Kee? One !mmnPat Moran's Cincinnati dition to the entirs (et of the Sants Handicapped Series of Reds look scorsd loss by Injuries mingte Pat twe Knockdowns Marshall Allen 1 inpossifde like the most dangerous Barbara Yaeht edub, yaehts and of to bubiness, finds o play ri in the with his left. In (50 next round Tm’ regularty, MONTH Connie Mack was the Athletics would finish in the first division, champions have for the power boata from Vasceuver, Vie Northwesttennis forthe present ago positive | pPenHSE Truck weat down tws more thmes, = & youngster Reds are acting a jot Hke toria, Beattls, Portland, San Fran is & big ote to tournamentsin this He stiil In years and A As n matter of fact Mack expressed the belief that his youngsters might finish sec- | The the for s 10 in 1819, when e st tisee good HSan there hope that he may returs Yo they stapped cthsco, Alsmeds, Pedroa, Newport sotion. When at the ond. A month the Athletics were the was the club out Allen was ago going strong, lineup intact, and i July and off the § "» . At present lester is under fhe Harbor and San Diego will compets, (he courts again soon. copped of o In had the confidence that comes with winning. Things happen quickly in baseball, the The Reds played the best M Til MeGeulh, hoight ofhis game few yoars sgo 1971, his best sesson, Allenwon | in prociaim Over 300 yachts will cast their an bi & & Vie loss of one often | the National league last o by many sporfamen ss the chors at Santa Barbara. Itwas real trest to watlch him In two singlos titles In week In player very | week,Wil ning of nine The workls grestest trainer and second, setion, as be was andoubtedlyone of toria, 11 C. and alse won the intfe seven out Interest centers in the mces of the starts & ball club on the way| { wames, the Best men an the cotrts that the natlonal It | Glants won five out of eight R class beoats, & highly restricted doubles withBlTaylor, to ruin. Nurthiwestproduced. groatest exhibitions [the Cuts came around a littie Be predicts grey: thingw for style of speedy The M chue has ever was oneof the Sad sloop. That the case wilh the Ath INNINGS Allen, who s new o the Jumber of sren in the Northwest. was BETWEEN four out of z'. San thelr six games yachis from Franciseo are con " - tennis telies. An injury o PMicher Naylor, 'gnbh«!While the have “We're l Giants practioally zivinz N the oldtime coded the best chance at victory, sfer be had won elght outl of nim OBSERVATIONS ora BASEBALL DE | finished their soft feeding off trolving. Lreught WP to date somes The big event of the season will Steadiness Wins for Scott slarte, was the firet biow. Nayloe's { Phils und the Braves, the what, of ecurse.” MeGeatl close the This will be the Reds & says. regatis. upset 4 also and he has oneof the Lardest serves injury the rest of the ptaffand BY DE DUGDALE {the Pirates have "And many moM . thet's the training that salling race to Hoseluly, revived for Commmmwum Lt sinee that tiemse Ihe Athletices have| rifle mervice spend bas bevught handle that has ever leen seen §nme- with thore weak clubs & makes fighters. the first thee since 1912 Wallace Heott, the Tacema south- L in this section. > it will give them an advantage, "Nowadays there’s 100 much The Honoluly race will start At . into teanls fame this year, Bootty himenll, that he 00l nest Nine paw, says b| luq?&mmw'r'mm“m“I Mighting of tmining leeauss the Saturdsy. yachts Juries 1o OutheldersWelch and| &division at st and really | For soveral scasons Hosil has |vmk«-|mmum|m are officially ettered thue fur, “Say It With Hair"” in the Norhwest with jJuet Mitlerand Infickders Hauser, Fale |lNnk thatthey will stay there for Toas The ootries include the yaw! Puln played L [ball in play and has incressed his PARKE'S \'.