Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-06-30
IS THE UNDISPUTED
COLLEGE CHAMPION AT TENNIS
Clean-Cut Victory Over Cornell in Finals
of Long Series Does Away With
All Doubt.

and Yale by matches to 4. Williams
and Amherst also losing to the lthicans
by 4 to and to 0. respectively: Har-
ward also beat Yale. so the standing at
the end of the season was: Princeton.
first; Cornell. second; Harvard. third,
and Yale. fourth.
The Princeton team was well bal
anced this year and deserved its sue
cess, for it was not due entirely to
Church's efforts that Old Nassau con-
quered her rivals. A glance at the rec
ord shows that she almost outclassed
all but Cornell, and in the play-off last
tied series by winning every one of
the vital matches. In the first series
with Cornell. at Princeton. the Tigers
had expected the usual team of six
could win with a large team, their
next substitutes were close to the reg
ular team leaders. but only four Cornell
lians appeared for play.
Champion Williams was, of course.
the bright particular star of the college
season. He played in all of Harvards
matches and won every match he play
ed in singles. The Harvard team was
not strong enough further down in the
list. however, to hold either Cornell
or Princeton. This spring schedule for
Harvard included many other matches
besides the intercollegiate series and its
team has been constantly busy from
frost to commencement.
liams needed. and he now has whipped
himself into splendid shape for the CRU
cling work of the ason. He heads
the eastern team for the Pacific coast,
the pick of the California players at
the exposition in July. Their first play
will be at Pittsburgh June &c for the
clay court championship, and Williams
seems to hold this safe unless some of
the Pacific men should steal a march
n ca ct n
for there are several men out in Cali
fornia now that are dangerous for the
champion.
The champions biggest tsk. Of course.
will be his meeting with Mclaughlin,
in July, in the east VS.. west series,
but this will be only the first struggle
Of the season, for the California comet
coast series with the other men and
play through the schedule here, from
Longwood to the championship at For
est Hills, and this should provide
number of meetings between him and
the champion unless some of the
younger men step in and upset pres
ent calculations.
The really vital matches of the year
more into a duel between these two
stars. However, Murray, Johnston,
Church and Strachan also must be
taken into consideration. Out on the
coast the pest JUICES ueCidFe that
Strachan has even more brilliant pros
poets than the others. He beat Murray
this spring in one of the local cham
pionships out there. so we know that
he is in the first flight at any rate.
Griffin and Fottrell, two more of the
younger generation in California. must
be taken into consideration, as 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
grueling fve-set match, Strachan de-
faultfng to the winner after having
won this title in 1913.
It would seem as if Luther Burbanl:
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 Mclaughlin. Murray. Johnston.
Strachan. Fottrell and Griffin, all in
their best form shown SO far. there
would be little chance for.the eastern
leaders to beat them All but Nc
Loughlin. anyway. seem not to have
reached their limits yet, while the
majority Of the eastern leaders like
Behr, Alexander and Clothier are all
past their best, efforts We need more
younger men here and they are not in
sight yet.