The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-14
PRINCETON U~NDISPUTED
OF COLLEGES
Clean Cut Victory Over Cornell in Final Tennis of Long
Series Does Away With All Doubt-Will-
Jams Best Singles Player.

I matches 70 :. Princeton also beat
Yale by a similar score. 7 to 2. while
Williams and Amherst were beaten by
5 TO 1.
3. and Yale by 8 matches to 1, Will
Jams and Amherst aiso losing TO she
1thacans by 4 to 2 and 9 to 0 respec-
lively. Harvard also beat Yale, so the
standing at the end OF the season was
Princeton hrst, Cornell second. Harvard
third and Yale fourth.
The Princeton team was well bal
anced this yea and deserved It's success,
for Il was not due entirely to Church's
efforts that Old Nassau conquered her
rivals. A glance at the record shows
that she almost o~utclassed all but Cor
nell, and in the playof last week she
offset the effect OF the first tied series
by winning every one of the vital matches.
In the irst series with Cornell. at Prince
ton. the Tigers mad expected the usual
team of six men. and were very conf
dent that they could win with a large
team rs their next substitutes were
close to the regular team leaders. but
only four Comedians appeared for play.
| Champion Williams was OF course the
bright particular star OF the college
season. He played In all OF Harvard
matches and won every match he played
In singles. The Harvard team was MT
strong enough further down In the list.
| however. to hold either Cornell or
Princeton. This spring schedule for Har-
ward included many other matches besides
the intercollegiate series n Its team
has been constantly busy from e-ost
to commencement.
This kind Of practice Ia what WILL
Jams needed, and he now has whipped
himself into splendid shape for the Cru
| cling work Of the season. He heads
the Eastern team for the PACING coas:.
! which leaves New York soon TO meet tNe
| pick Of the California players at the
exposition in July. Their frst play vii.
he at Pittsbure June 20 for the clay
! court championship, ana Williams seems
to hold this safe unless some OF the "a.
cifc men should steal a march on MIN
and come East In time for that. Tor there
are several men out In California no"
that are dangerous for the champion.
The champions biggest task OF course
will be his meeting with Mclaughlin In
July in the East VI. West series. but
this will be only the first struggle OF the
season. for the California Comet 10 ex-
pected 10 come back East after the Coast
series with the other men and plAy
through the schedule here. from Long
wood to the championship at Forest
Hills. and this should provide q number
Of meetings between him and the cham
plon unless some OF the younger men
step in n upset present calculations.
The really vital matches OF the year
! promise to resolve themselves once more
into a duel between these two stars.
/ However. Murray. Johnston. Church and
| strachan also must he taken into con-
xideration. out on the Coast the best
| Judges declare that Strachan has even
more brilliant prospects than the 9TH
ers. He beat Murray this spring In one
OF the local championships out there. so
we know that he 10 In the nrst Night at
any rate. Grimm and Fottrell. two more
OF the younger generation In California.
l NUT be taken into consideration. ~ both
have rosy prospects for the highest
championship honors. They met In the
finals OF the clay court championship
last season and Griffin won after a
gruelling five set match. Strachan de-
f~aulting to the winner after having won
this title In 1919.
II would seem as II Luther Burbank
had turned his attention to the Tennis
game out on the Coast. from the startling
manner In which brilliant young tennis
champions grow there. With McLough-
lin. Murray. Johnston. ~Strachan. Fot-
trell and Grimm. all In their best form
shown no far. there would be little
chance for the Eastern leaders to beat
them. All but Mclaughlin anyway
seem not to nave reached their limits
yet. while the majority OF the Eastern
leaders like Behr. Alexander and Cloth
Ter are all past their best efforts. We
need more ung men here n they
! are not in sight yet.