New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05
Williams, Johnston, Pell
and Mclaughlin Lead
at Forest Hills.
COMET" SHOWS BEST
FORM OF SEASON
National Champion, on Other
Hand, Displays Lack of Control
as He Defeats Rand.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.


R. Norris Williams, I'd, national
playing-through champion; William VI.
: Johnston, Maurice Evans Mclaughlin
and Theodore Roosevelt Pell won their
matches yesterday in the fifth round
of the All Corners national lawn ten
MS championship tournament at For
est Hills, Long Island, and will meet
in that order in the semi-dMal round
tomorrow afodrie0R
Thus East and West will again nc
aligned against each other in the bat
tie of the courts. Indications are tina.
il will be Williams and Mclaughlin IN
the final round, as was the case a year
ago at Newport, but Johnston, who
has been playing with the speed o.
the wind in his last three matches,
ray work an upset that will tumble
the champion from his throne.
In that case, and taking 1t for grant
ed that Mclaughlin will vanQuish Pell.
all the honors of the great tOurna-
ment would fall 20 the men Of the
Pacific Coast. for the challenge round
doubles on Wednesday will find al
four men Californians.
The matches played yesterday on
the West Side Tennis Clubs turf odrts
resulted in the logical favorites com
ing through. Mclaughlin defeated
Frank 7. Hunter. of Cornell Cniver-
sitv. al 90. 6-4, 60; Williams de-
feated William Rand Sd, of Harvard,
bv a score of IS. = !; John
ston took the measure OF Clarence J..
G. OF , ID
6-s, ST, 81, and Pell won :.ti1
Irving c. Wright, Of aston, by d"
score Of 6-3, 81, !.
Harold :. Throckmorton. OF, Sc
warren. Y. J.. Princeton interscholastic
winner, won the national interscholastle
championship by defeating Charles S.
Garland. Of Pittsburgh. winner Of the
Yale schoolboy title, by score OF o.
%, 7-5, 6-3.
Mclaughlin Is Right
Mclaughlin gave great encourage
ment 10 those who hope 10 see him win
back his title by the manner in which
he swept young Hunter before him
Yesterday. The player from the Coast
went through his PAGES like man who
feels himself in tip-top physical condl-
ton. and there was more life IN ms
plav than he has shown at any time IN
the East this season.
Williams, on the contrary, was an
enigma 10 those who have been watcn-
ing his work throughout the week. In
the first two sets of his match with
Young Rand the champion was wofully
weak in judgment, and seemed either
utterly unable or unwilling 70 control
his strokes. In the final set, however,
Williams flashed 70 the fore with
brand of lawn tennis that kept the great
gallery on the edge Of the seats as he
overwhelmed Rand by an amazing dis
play of placement and speed, beauri-
fully controlled.
Johnston. after walking away easily
with the first two sets in HIS match
with Griffin, suffered a slump that en-
abled his fellow Californian 10 bring
the struggle even. In that final set
Johnston uncovered his full battery of
shots and crushed Griffin beneath q
bombardment OF terrific forehand drives
and short, sharp volleys.
Pell, who has lost only one set out Of
sixteen in the tournament, completely
outplayed Wright, and handled the
Boston mans puzzling chop strokes
with ease. Pell has been one OF the
surprises OF the week, and many De
lieve he will give Mclaughlin a difficult
task tomorrow.
Although il was a half holiday, the
crowd was very tardy in putting in an
appearance. and there were only few
hundred person. on hand when Throck-
morton ard Garland took the cham
pionship court TO decide the schoolboy
championship. Along toward 2 o'clock,
however, the trains from New York be-
gan 70 discharge their loads, and q
steady stream of humanity flowed
through the club gates, filing up the
grandstands and dotting the standing
room space on the lawn.
Enclosure a Furnace.
The sun beat down relentlessly, and
the absence Of wind made the Enclosure
in front Of the clubhouse and stands .
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