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Sport: Tilden Trounced

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In Buffalo, Tilden, tennis man, was beanten twice. He met Alonso, paragon rfom Aragon, in the finals of the invitation singles. The result was: 6-4, 1—6, 6—1, 3—6, 6—4. Alonso covered the court sensationally and was unbeatable in the second set. Tilden favored his ankle, wrenched the day previous in the ‘doubles.

The doubles victory was taken from Tilden and his young Philadelphia friend, Sandy Weiner, by R. Lindley Murray, California, and Arnold Jones of Yale. Score: 5—7, 6—4, 3—6 6—3 6—4.

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