New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-13
pscord of Johnston in the
AT Corners Tourney
Puts Him First.
WILLIAMS LOGICAL
CHOICE FOR NO. 2
~, ouohlin 10 Step Down This
War. While Pell Is Likely TO
Head Others in First Ten.
d. rprn HAWTHORNE.

By FRED HAWTHORNE
-. last big gun Of the lawn tennis
-, Ia, been fred, and. with .hc
,.,,eo7 o. q Few minor tournaments
IN q. be decided, the record for
.,f !. m the hands Of the ranking
.. ~ OF the United states VA
.%,J Lawn Tennis Association
-.,r5 will not make It's repor; Tor
,,vs-al months set;
1o,s there was much discussion
a. cement. pro and con. as 10 who
p. er,.-le5 20 be ranked as No. ].
"a, rer,cns believed that R. Nor
U,'liams. ID. then na.ioDa. cham
should have the premier place
49, NJ The very fact that he WIS
80, although a short two weeks
49,. he All Corners tourney at
y.o,ort ne had been defeated by BON
p,..tss and WIGInc in the Davis Cup
-,.,bes AZ Forest Hills.
when the place finally was gwen
b., Maurice Mclaughlin. based on ms
icons record and his "onderlui
~ in the international matches, ne
a,,,e met with genera. approval
fsr different condition faces the
..--i,tee this wear. and new name
--,, he rcckorcd with IN assigning
L.No I Dosition in the lawn tennis
80 After William VI. Johnston. o.
e., Trsnc;sco. had defeated NcLough-
f. /, desperate four-set match ~
-, s,ol round Of the All-Comets
..'.,s-re,t on the turf court Of the
NJ. SIDE Tennis Club at Forest
uM. lsst week and had gained the
-,,;onsl championship by his victory,
(, ,ssned 10 be the almost universal
.,;,;on Of those qualified 70 judge
.t,. Jobnston had earned the right
70 be regarded as the hrst player O.
the land. IL. H..
N. res, on the mere fact that he won
,bs national title. but on the manner
I, which he came through a field OF
n,,orents the strength OF which has
,robablv never been equalled IN
tournament
Starting of with Harold H. Hackett'
q, old International player, Johnston
v.ss5 through matches with Clarence
r peu national racduets champion:
n { Waters. OF Louisiana; karl II.
Bebr No 8 in last years renklng'
Clarence J. Griffin. Of California, ma
,onal doubles champion; Z. Norris
Williams. I'd. national champion, and
snslv. Maurice Evans McLouGhhn'
"tfe worlds greatest player.
Grim and Williams forced the new
champion into five hard sets before ad-
hitting defeat. vet the day after van
gushing the title holder Of WA Johh-
ston went on the court against the
mighty Mclaughlin and crushed ms
opponent beneath q score OF %, %.
IS, l0-S. The use Of the wore
crushed" is justified in this case, Tor
Mclaughlin was worn down TO the
point Of exhaustion by the TREMENDOUS
speed and irresistible attack OF has
younger. harder hitting opponent.
Johnston's record for the season,
both before and after that memorable
week Of play in the All Corners tour
rev. can BE disregqrded when IL comes
70 the final analysis. OF all the eight
nen whom he defeated in coming
through 70 the championship. there was
rot one who could be regarded as
vssk opponent
Il is true tina, the youth from the
Coast was defeated by Mclaughlin
tarly in the season on the asphalt
tourts Of San Francisco, and that Will
ANS took his measure al Newport on
turf, and that he was also defeated at
Longwood and az SOUTHAMPTON by The.
odore Roosevelt Pcl. Added 20 this
Williams vsnquished the champion on
Saturday IN the East versus West
matches al Forest Hills by three sets
70 one.
Yet al these results totalled to-
gt,her do not tip the scales against
nat brilliant record in the All Com
MS, when, after all, the PLAYERS Of
ne country face their greatest test
q the year. Johnston showed then
nat he had uursed himself along for
Just that occasion. and he played with
righteousness. pace and a deadll-
isss Of execution the equal Of which
'snhoi be found In the long annals Of
ue game In this country. Truly, the
hoeest little Californian seems fully
70 have earned the highest honOrs on
Ns courts in 1915.
Williams, although he lost his title,
appears 70 be the logical man for the
40 : position, where he was placed
la'i year. He defeated Behr in the
ShsAenge round az Sesbright, after the
,aNeT had taken the measure Of Nc
a1oougnhn, and he conquered the
Vomet' IN the final round at Newport,
Nne weeks later Mac beat Williams
", On the Coast, on asphalt, and also
~ LongWood, on a wet and heavy court,
Wy ne and Johnston are the only men
sno lowered the Harvard mans colors
un season and Williams reversed the
results in both cases.
Onul the national championship
tournament at Forest Hills had been
sompleted, IL seemed that Karl Behr
v W-1 get the 10. s position. Only
"unams had defeated the brilliant
,Vs..y,IhlauioonslIst, and :hat victory over
f.LO9ghiin az S,abright doomed up
--'A'a~oly. But then Behr was put