At Longwood

It has been a long time since the newspapers twittered over the skill of that courtly national champion, William J. Clothier. He was a gentleman of slow gesture and deliberate mien. He walked about the court with a sort of precise languor, as if moving, a little unwillingly, to fetch something for a lady. Last week people thought of Mr. Clothier. They were reminded of him by one Lewis N. White, a youth from Texas who was runner-up against Champion Tilden at Longwood.

This Lewis N. White was as deliberate as Clothier, but in another fashion. He did not stroll. He lolled. He seemed to drawl with his feet. Between points he took his ease, but as soon as the ball was put into play he became surprisingly galvanized. He beat Takeiichi Harada, seeded Japanese, and got into the finals. His match against Champion Tilden was not exciting. The report had gotten about the clubhouse that the champion was planning to make a four-set match of it and to run the Texan ragged with drives to the corners, trap shots, and every variation of pace and length, to tire him against the doubles later in the day. Mr. White had evidently made up his mind not to be a sacrifice. He never ran after his opponent's placements, but did what he could with the shots that came within reach. If he had used every ounce of his stamina he might have taken one set. As it was, he lost, 3-6, 4-6, 3-6, but had his revenge in the doubles when he and Thalheimer, another Texan, gave Champion Tilden and

Alex L. Wiener the worst drubbing of that team's career, 7-5, 6-0, 6-3. The sensation of the tournament was Warren F. Coen Jr., 14 and small for his age, who won the boys' state singles championship and played, acceptably, two exhibition sets against the champion.