New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
~ FRED HAWTHORNE


-. Pacific Coast, after being forced
:. Indicate in 1914, reigned supreme
:. n, lawn tennis courts this year oy
,I,plns both the singles and doubles
A,mpionships. The outstanding feat
"a was the surprising play and i'm
,,.,,v. ris. Of william NJ. Johnston,
4 San Francisco. slim youth OF less
ban twenty-one years.
Johnston, who had come through an
,,Assrent season, in which he met dc"
"a. AZ the hands Of several players
n..d far below him, entered the All
r,-,r,' tournament, on the courts OF
a, vast Side Tennis Club, at Forest
Vul, Long Island, in September, prac-
s..,Iy unnoticed. Yet, before the
..un.y ended he had won the singles
M. By q marvellous series OF VIC
,or. over the greatest players in the
,.untrv and then, paired with Clarence
! Griffin, stripped Maurice E. NC
Isvehlin and Thomas c. Bundy' the
blending champions, Of their doubles
rovn. ,,
y,rl B.hr, Grimm, R. Norris Will
-, "a the national champion OF
ul and Mclaughlin. regarded as the
,.rld, greatest plsyer-all went down
h,or. N. fury Of Johnston's attack
and on successive days Of the tourns-
ment
Mar. 70 Johnston's meteorie rise 20
IAN. was the performance OF MISS
Nall, Biurstedt, Of Christiania, Nor
uy who won the national indoor title
4, national championship, the metro,
DH,sn championship and the national
,ay court title, as well as score OF
cher important tournaments IN the
lssles. After making what was prac'
fsslly a clean sweep Of the courts IN
4. East, Miss Bjurstedt went to the
Pacific Coast, where she engaged in
pri. Of special matches with Mrs
fhom,s c. Bundy, Mrs. George W
WHITMAN. Miss Mary Browne and MISS
florence Sutton.
In an Of these she had the advan'
are. with the single exception OF mel
rse,ings with Mrs. Bundy, who, as
Hiss Nav Sutton. held the world
Championship several years ago. Mrs
bundy defeated the Norwegian CIR
ivie. and was defeated once. but Miss
sjurstsdt had Just come through one
Il the most strenuous seasons on the
nur.s a woman ever INDUCED IN. -,
There was no international eompeu-
ton during 1915. the great war In Eu-
'ups preventing any such matches, bu'
4. season in this country was the
nos. suceessful In the history OF the
pne, and marked the rapid advance
ssni Of a score OF the younger players
Harold A. Throckmorton, national IN
ermholsstic champion; Charles 5. Car
hrd, Of Pittsburgh, runner-up; her
lsrt l. Bowman, l.. Maxwell Banks,
Hsrbert ". Forster and Sidney Thayer,
y, are some Of the best Of the school
by players, and right behind them are
rsny other boys, even younger. VINO
VII Be pressing the leaders hard with
L the next few years.
Another change took place In the
avn tennis world IN 1915, and notable
re, For thirty-four years the national
ntupionship tournaments had been
isld on the courts Of the Newport Ca
mo- a. Newport, r. T., and the earliest
t,nals Of the game IN this country
ssrs inseparably linked with the
sr,teh % turf a. the Casino. But, led
Kari Behr, group Of players OF ma
.iaal prominence began fight 70 have
ss great tourney transferred TO the
vest Side Tennis Club courts, at For
~ Hills There was bitter opposition
,i.n those who favored retaining the
tl'Comsrs' a. Newport, and at the an
"a meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria
a'>l last winter the matter was put 20
zoe, the New York faction winning.
shiil The playing % this tournament
A.lsns, the champion, who had
T,7ght the title back 10 the East by
nssiihg Mclaughlin in 1914, and Nc
1sgaiin himself were considered as
y nest logical contenders for the
'a'f and discussion as % the ulti-