The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-07

week. Prior to tho beginning Of the
national championship at Forest Hills
many persons we'll versed In the game
had come to the conclusion that the
y%oungster had reached the zenith of
his career too early and had come to
a point where he could climb no higher,
although he might remain there for a
long time. The one hope held out for
him was his youth. He Is only 20 now.
1t wa held generally that II he ever
did advance II would be by a sudden
Jump.
The sudden Jump came in this very
tournament. in which he was not held
to have a anc even OF getting into
had TO go through Harold n. Hackett.
one Of the greatest generals that ever
stepped on a court Clarence c. Pell.
the national racquets champion: Doug
las S. Waters. rated the best player
below the Mason and Dixon line: Karl
II. Behr. the third OF the tennis tri-
umvirate, and Clarence j. Grihin, his
doubles team mate. He not only over
came all his obstacles but did Il In a
masterful manner. and now tina he
has passed Williams needs only to keep
on playing tho same way this afternoon
and perhaps he can number tho great
1hCiouHulln aiIoHB liz NlCt1rnS.
Coming at a time when Williams was
at h apex Of his power, the victory of
Johnston carries all the more weight
with It. Tho Williams that Johnston
beat WIS not tho ono that failed miser-
ably last year before the great Norman
r. Brook and tho late Anthony r.
Wilding. but the brilliant. steady will
Jams hat overthrow McLouehlin ut
Newport and Karl Behr at Seabright.
Both show Strong Service.
Tho two young gladiators. bearing the
hopes OF the East and the West came
out on he courts promptly at 3:15 to
begin the match which was to make
tennis history. Everything was in per-
feet order for a real battle. The courts
could not nave been In better shape I'D
tho only fly in the ointment was thu
cloudy sky which threatened rain. The
clouds soon disappeared after the two
got TO playing n II seemed that ever
the sun himself must come out to see
the match.
Johnston started service, n a pow
erful delivery Il was. He did not score
any perfect aces. but the speedy serve
! opened up the way for him to score two
placements and force Williams to make
two errors in the opening game. enough
to give II to the Californian. The ma
tional champion shove that he too could
put a little something on the ball in
chasing II over the net and he turned
this something to good account by even
ing up the score.
1t was right after this that the gal
lery saw tennis fit for the gods. John
ston started out on a squirt that soon
left Williams far behind, The young
Californian ran four straight games In
remarkable style. His speed during this
effort was that OF thought, his driving
as merciless as hate. and his placing
as sure as death. Williams could do
nothing against the terrible onslaught,
although he was trying every minute.
The fourth game of the set was a fair
example OF the others. In II the Phila-
delphian started with three straight
points. Leading at 40 love. It seemed
certain that he must keep the match
even, hut Johnston o the game.
Little difference Mig Difference.
When hi had run the score up to
and the set looked his Johnston
fell upon hard times. On the seventh
game he had set point at 1910, and
again at vantage but Dame Fortune
/ frowned on him. Where he had the ball
going IN inch over the net before, II
WAS dropping M inch below the top
then and, where he had been skimming
the inside edge of the lines in the ear
Her games, his strokes were skimining
the outside edge now. lie lost that
game and the next after he led Mt 30-15.
In the ninth the Californian was within
an ace at i0-l5. $50 and vantage
but could not pull It out. and the next
three went the way OF the seventh,
eighth and ninth.
Williamss remarkable pullup made