New-York tribune., 1912-08-17
WILLIAMS IN DEFEAT
Johnson Works an Unexpected
Reversal on the Courts.
LARNED EASY FOR NILES
Mclaughlin and Bundy Win in
Lawn Tennis Tourney at
Southampton.
BY Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

III" test between tne homebred American
lawn tennis game and the European va
riety. Wallace F. Johnson, as the OK
ponent Of the former. created a sensation
here to-day by defeating r. Norris Will
Jams in the semi-nnal round OF the
Meadow club cup singles. The score was
%, 6-2 and the point totals % 10 A. 1
reversal came Unexpectedly after the
wonderful performances Of the youthful
wizard in defeating men who had ranked
high on the national lists Johnson, how
ever. rad carefully analyzed the game OF
his opponent. He bent his energies upon
heading Williams deep I'm his court and
he succeeded Furthermore, he used his
battling chop strokes with such telling
effect that In the majority Of instance
even when Williams got his racquet To the
ball, lie was not sure Of the return. At
every stage Johnson forced Williams upon
the defensive He never wavered from
overwhelming attack and his accuracy
held by HIN 10 the end
The other seml-1nal. by which Ma
thaulel ". Niles coupled with Johnson for
the cup. proved weak and insipid COM
pared with the FIRST Niles was erratic.
The only. thing that saved him his place
was that T. ?. Larned simply presented
the match 10 Niles on nets and outs 10
the score Of 90. 4-6, O..
The doubles We're also reduced % the
finals. william !. Clothier and George
Peabody Gardner H.. tie Eastern cham
pions, winning the place In the upper haIt,
while Maurice l.. Mclaughlin and Thomas
c. Rundy. the Pacific Coast challengers
for the national titles. arrived on tie
lower bracket. The doubles semi-inais
both went iu straight sets. Clothier and
Gardner defeated craig Biddlc and X.
Norris williams a. tt. G-f. Wallace =.
Johnson and G. Frederick Watson. IT,.
faced Mclaughlin and Bundy. losing hy
the score Of 6-o. G-i The rallies !n this
contest were nerceiy played. and IN them
NlcI.oughlin demonstrated that he had r"-
turned 10 form. from which h" had ap-
parently lapsed ~ the beginning oi the
week. The order of tie seryic" was J"hu-
son. Bundy watson aud Mclaughlin. BE-
cause OF hls performance in the morning
Johnson was keenly watched by the
critics. lie PLAYED weil and won all oi "''
five service games ir excellent FASHION.
Previous TO playing in the seni-hna'',
NcLoughlin and Buudy met and defeated
Nathaniel ". Niles and Alfred ;. baoncy'
the former Eastern title holders, ia
straight sets to the score OF . ~
The order Of the service In this mdtch
WAS Dabney Bundy. Niles and McLough-
lin The first four games followed the
service. In the nfth game. with Dahney
serving for the second time, the Cali
fornians broke through, McLoughhn
smashing in his most spectacular style "a
the rallies.
The Waterloo Of Williams overshado"e cd
all else i'm the day. His amazing changes
of speed, coupled with his machlneihe
accuracy in hls previous matches, hed
caused him 10 be Il general favorite de-
spite the fact that Johnson had shown
signs Of coming back into the same form
which resulted in his winning the cup
here In 1919, the year hc was rated No .
on the national list.
n was agreed by most OF the critics
that the boy would Ind some difficulty
IN handling the atroCious chop which
Johnson puts TO tho ball on all or his
strokes. This prediction WAS fulhlicd.
The low and uncertain bounds caused
Williams no end Of trouble He WAS un-
able to bring off his forcing plays, aud
consequently the backbone OF his game
was broken so that he was wellnlgh help
less Ii II doubtful n Williams had cv.r
before met with such a game on tne
courts. for stroking OF tho chop desrrip-
ton Is not often used by Europeans.
From the opening service, which fell 10
Johnson, he indicated that he was out for
revenge for the defeat which williams
administered 10 him Ia tho hnai OF tn
PENNSYLVANIA State championship. He had
carefully analyzcd the boys method and
started right out to check Il. Johnson
camped at the net throughout the two
sets. Swinging his racquet as II II were
a battle axe, he kept the ball going
10 Njliiamss base line. Even when Will
Jams got the ball fairly. Johnson usually
stopped the passing shot Williams got
only the fourth and seventh games OF the
first set. He failed on his service as he
had with Mclaughlin at the Crescent
Athletic Club, piling up double faults In
both sets. In fact, he presented the two
deciding points to Johnson by double
faults. go that the match fzzled without
ANYTHING like "a rally. Altogether, the boy
was beaten by game that was new to
him and by a game that he could not
iathon.
The progress OF the mixed doubles
brought Miss Kane, who paired with car
ence Fisher, into the semi-iinal round. The
nsir defeated Mr. and Mrs. william j.
cIotbier after three lively sets at 8-2,
"a 60. Mr.. Clothier did not rise 10 his
usual heights in this match, Fisher often
outplaying him In the yolleys.
A second round contest that contained
interesting playing on the part OF the
women was that in which Mrs. @. b. hip
and Charles X. Leonard defeated Miss
Livingston and W II. Tilden at SIS, s.
The winning pair In this competition cou-
plad with Mrs. Marshall Mclean. Who'
a. Miss Helen Homans, held the national
championship, and Lyle +. Mahan for the
semi-fnal bracket
MEADOW cup singles tsemi-an9 round
IsrnCd 90 4--6, "a; Wallace r. john
son defeated Il. Norris williams. g. 81
Meadow Club mems doubles GhiTd rouhal
feated Howard a. Fiummer and vernon :.
pf.ntice' &c. 3--6, 60; Maurice T.: Nc
Ioughiin and Thomas G. Bundy, deteaied
Nathaniel W. Niles ana AIireu = b'p"e.'
s,nH. fnal round-wiliam J. Clother and
George Peabody Gardner. jr'' defeated S'ais
glddle aud Il. Norris Williams, 81; -
DcI"IghIin and Bundy defeated Wallace r.
iobnson and c. Frederick Watson, Jr., G--2.
O--t. -,,-. x...crd rorpdA-Mise I.