The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-07
WILLIAMS NOT
TO RETAIN HIS
TENNIS CROWN
Johnston Puts Champion
Out of Tournament in
Hot Five Set Duel.
NJ A SPELL;
FINAL A TO-DAY

FINAL A TO-DAY
Two c~alifornfans win compete D ne
national lawn tennis championship IN
the nnal round Of tho t~hirty-ffth annual
his afternoon at the West
side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, L. 1.
william NJ. Johnston OF San Francisco
rated sixth last yesr. startled tennis
world, bore out the prediction IN TIM
BuN yesterday and showed That his
nme of the last week was not merely a
Fash IN the pan, by beating Richard
Norris williams "a of philadelphia me
national champion. in fvo sots at 81.
go, 81, go 8-2. Maurice II MO
Louxh1in the other San francisco
player, champion Of tho world. won his
match easily from Theodore Roosevelt
Pen Of New York at 60 60, IS.
Tho tennis played By Mclaughlin and
Pell was of mo highest order and .
snsat for the mort e1aodnS crowd. but
II was only an appetiser for the feast
~..
VI 0n 1s ~
Of playing Displayed BY williams and
Johnston so far ovcrshadowed the other
match tina the Pell-McLoughlin affair
looked second rate In comparison. n
Of the biggest crowds that sver sew .
tennis match in this country turned out
for the contests. II Is estimated that
close TO 10000 persons witnessed the
play and they wore one In the opinion
thai the tennis was about the incst
displayed at any time on any court
Williams q 2 to 1 FAvorite.
Inv crowo weS epvue oIop.o'ne-
cVe n shtherhis as has conro Vosecher
~ a SPORTING event IN onfe country ana
q sport loving crowd II was 700. NO ~
Worries We're played. tnous uhoouot-
edly tho factious must nave peen ABOUT
equally divided. Each prayer IN porh OF
the matches was eppiauued TOT ms sood
strokes ana everything was sun when
an error was made. That the crowd was
out to see good sport. regardless OF VINO
might win, was evident from the groans
that went up when any OF N players
TWO
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I'm bis match with pei, AND yy,i,am. a
2 10 ]favorite over Johnston In sn,te
~ mic 4. .aon,ad n. q, ,ha rro,,a n,as
q If,,Ia an~ioms - 40. Iohn,ton No,
Tho national chan,ion II. fao,,ng. u,,,h
ra,,rd to o ou,b,,r ana pei, wara
roycrscd for m,ny In tha GALLERY haye
becn "a ,rinIe uncertain aho,, Moi .o,yh~
Lin Somc fool mat he hos hsc,n 70
20 hack. He always has been 40 nonu.
lar that no ono wanted 70 ace him TAI,
yrnr tho nodes,aI On natrr,I Iv enough
ayory ono WAS mora than ME, .ed 20
ses him NAV tho brand ~ ,enris he ala
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n, Johnston during Inc week g was snr,
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,bough, tbat tho young c,Ii,orn,,n had
a GOOD chance n, u,inning Jha crou,d
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SEATS Allied 90 early In the arternoon
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InaN however; was ohly uhe Ireak OF the
uIaW Whr,h pittou Johnston against one
'oI""oo"eF "i'er anotner'
"e"'s "' VIA" NJ EVery Turn.
,Johnston's victory Yesterday wa. +bs
natural SEQUEL TO his WORT, last uesk
II was won because he outpla we'd VIr-
Jams at every angle ~ the game from
Williams attempted Johnston was inst
sayed 10 debt Iobns,an n,i,h 60,
court driving gama the c,Iiforr -
cen,ed tho issue and sboyad -, a.,
drives were a little ba dor ana 4 sraa,
deal moro accurate W-ban Uri,Iians.