New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-24
WILLIAMS DRAWN
In TOP HALFFOR
TILT
Stars Well Separated in
Early Rounds of Match
for National Title.

The leading lawn tennis players OF
the country are well separated in the
drawings for the national champion
ships, which were announced last night.
The list of 12S entrants for the tourna-
ment. which begins at Forest Hills,
Long Island, next Monday, broke even
" into sixty-four pairs for the open
ing days play. and barring delays due
to inclement weather the tourney Will
close on September 7.
The final round of the singles would
be reached on Labor Day, according to
the draw, but one entire day will be
devoted to the doubles title play, thus
adding an additional session to the
tournament.
Maurice f. Mclaughlin and r. Nor
rjs Williams, %. respectively one and
two in the national ranking, are wide
" separated. and, playing to FORM
should reach the semi-finals or finals,
thus avoiding an anti-climax IN the
early DAYS of the play. Williams. who
defeated Mclaughlin in the final round
at Newport last season, is well placed
in the upper half of the draw, when is
a trihe stronger than the lower nan
In the upper division with Nllllams
are Clarence Griffin and william NJ.
Johnston, of California, while the EaSt
is we'll represented by Mari behr: wal
lace Johnson and H. h. Hackett, IN ad-
dition to the champion.
In the lower half of the draw the
81 OrpdOn ate.
Nat Niles, George Church, W.; NJ
Washburn, Dean Mathey, T. R. Pel, f.
B. Alexander, Harold Throckmorton
and c. c. Gamer all should work
through the early rounds and set
fast pace for Mclaughlin in that d.
vision during the first few days Oh
play.
The drawings follow:
The national tennis championship
drawings follow:
Upper hslf-Louis Graves and Norman Johnson
John C. Mckay and Wa.a PSw'o9 G;,, mt'IT ]
Grim and Sidney Thayer RI george o,i m " 9adv
and Kitchen B I2 Bsi Cedric MAJOR and Bernard
{ Law. Arick II Man. jr snd i, 9oug rs sS
Tsrc'd n HacRett and W. NJ. Johnston CLARENCE
G Pen and Ferdinand l., Turnhull. Henri, =
MtT a1, a P5 nSi II Parker aud Charles Cham
80. n, MILAN Roseuhaum and Robert lie koy
Srsnocr = Palmer and r. C.. Thomas. Julian ;
F.,on and A + Copeland J. b. Adoue. IT,. ana
pan s Brnsmade, Richard stevens ana a. "
Kidier Frederick G. Inman and clinton l.. Chhds
Alrian Riker aud r. ~ Williams, "a NalSce +
Johnson and Elon Hooker, W, MerrH hSl, aug
Chandler Burrows. Herbert W Forster ana OIag
BldIle Robert Rand and Edmund w Iessif
leonard " Knox and J. w. Geay' j., Lawrence
/ Grinnen and Thomas A. Robinson j. H. bIacbb-
t,oCe ana Frsnk A Fall. Waiter J. rate ana y
F prske' iohn c Thomas and William Rand. 3D.
u Living Pitt aud h Da silva go r. 4.
Lover 6sif-Sidney r Henshaw and w. ). An
os-eor Francis r Hunter and Murray sargent
~ l. Dionne and Middleton De Camp. 7. A
VaOe and : r. McAlister. Francis W, Cole 1nH
con I post H. Russell Brown and J. ) fiaH-
,,.-o William 4 Campbell and Felix ID. Double
A., rohn + Allen and PAU W Gibbons, X >
SIod4arJ and " Halscy Wood. Andrew II; AIeh
ANA Leonard Reekman. Dudley koucI'S Anu ISeu
Vsthoy Ernst Fritz Kuhn and NJ McLougmin
Irthuf Cragin and Charles L. Johnston H., =
UoWarl Voslel and Robert Il. McIia'e' NSltrt
Roberts and PHILIP Roberts. y. w NHeS ana y
n Alexander Bemon ;. Prentice ahi W. ~
bourne Arthur n Cofey. jr. ana haIqId swan
cornelius Boocock and Ralph Bags, J. H. y An
drews and BENJAMIN NJ Philips haph ). S.,n i
ncr and Irving c Wright. James ; Cushnan am
{ Colkei Gamer. r 7 Frelinghuysen ana -, r. -
Thomas IT, Irving Rikcr and Harold u hS'J5'
= H. whitney and Harold IhtockhoIlohh" "a "A AZ
PEI and Alan Fox. T. J. Newhouse hid W. ~ ~
WsshSurn George $ McKearin and George NJ
Church George IL Nettleton and Abraham , b4ss-
f,ri b. Charles NJ Bull IT. and lyle T. Manau
Ludlow Van de Venter and II. A. fIuInmeI' fteu
a. Harris and c l. Russell