The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-08
Youth Defeats the Former Champion in Great Match.
 Large Crowd Sees Young Californian Win Title, Final Set Best of Match

Forest Hills, N. Y.. September "A new national tennis champion waa crowned here today when William M| Johnston of San Francisco defeated Maurice E. McLoushIin. also of thd Golden Gate city, in a four-set match ! for the singles title. The youthful Call ffornian dashed the hopes of the ia ] nous internationalist by winning a} Ia, 6-O, 7-5, 1O-S, and thus preventinri for another year mt least, the former, champions hope of clinching perma- rent possession of the huge silver-all- cOmers' bowl. With two legs already won. McLOughlin made n sensntiona battle to take 1t hack to San Frnncisct. for all time, hut he could not compete with his younger opponent.
 The fourth match ran the gamut from. mediocre play to the tennis of the master Both players had flashes of brilliant or poor play, but at all times. the pace and strain was terrific and in the long run Johnston's youth served him better than McLoughlin's greater experience.
 Thousands of spectators seated in towering stands at both ends of the court called outs and nets before the umpire and linesmen could give their decisions and did not hesitate to voice their disagreement with the official awards. When the winning stroke had been made and Johnston had leaped the net in the wake of his flying ball and thrown his arm around McLough-| J Ems neck the stands quivered and sagged under the impact of pounding feet and applauding hands. The play CTS were lifted on the shoulders oi their admirers and carried side by side into the clubhouse
 There was no hint of the impending defeat of the champion of 1912 and 1913 when Johnston and Mclaughlin started play shortly after o'clock. The California comet was at his best and with wonderful control made his younger opponent look like a novice. racing through the set before John ston could shake off his nervousnessl Once the latter got going, however, the whole complexion of the match was changed
 Johnston Solves Tactics
 Little by little Johnston solved the tactics and strokes of the old master. and. increasing his speed and control leat Mclaughlin in almost every de- partment of play. careful study of the stroke analysis shows that John. ston outpointed Mclaughlin four serv- ice aces to three; B placement shots to 51; restricted his nets to 37 as against McLoughlin's 42 and his outs 26 to 3S. In double faults alone did he exceed the former champion'sl CT J TOTS, the records being to 3 in 3thisi department. During the four-set con-I test Johnston scored 24 games and 140 points as against 19 games and 123 points for Mclaughlin.
 This analysis does not show, how ! ever. the skill and cleverness with which Johnston worked out his victory. Considering the match as a whole. he proved his better generalship and stroke ability by forcing Mclaughlin to play midcourt most of the time. In the first set 1t was quickly revealed to Johnston that he had absolutely no chance when Mclaughlin swung his racquet close to the net. As a result the youthful San Franciscan forced his townsman to the base line with deep passing strokes or coaxed him to the service line with short. low. tan talizing strokes which Mclaughlin in his eagerness to turn drove more fre- ouently into the net or out of court
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