Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
NEW TENNIS CHAMP NOW
YOUNG WILLIAM JOHNSTON
BEATS VETERAN M'LOUGHLIN
i"enty.fcnr-OId Californian Tnke, Ono
MOST sensational Matches In
history or Sport.

Ui,iinESI HILLS, l.. l., September T.
Tho LIN an Al. Johnston, of California, IS
one ng w national tennis champion In
ill., .he most sensational matches in
Maur Ii.stoEy Of the sport he defeated
| forria f. McLoushlin. also Of Cali
here this ar iaf @es' Side Tennis club
,n1y or about 10000 people saw The
Twenty years old and ch,mn,o
! me youngest champion i'm the annaIs
- III saihc, and Il great champion and
ro n,"iiipi9n at the expense OF the most
Tennarkabie player of all time, Nc.
1f,o'"shlin. the conqueror of the wonder
IN anthony Wilding and the craftv
t 10, nan n i,rookes in the last interna-
,ioiiai DAVIS cup matches-that is WI
linn NJ. johnston ''"' :" p" IL
Yet he is more than the champion OF
t,of Richard. the lion-h hearted, raisna s'9 III
the nth power; for in his match to.aa, ~
no eVinccd all convincing evidence .hat
his slight and 1.-the frame housed the
hcart OF n Eiant-a COURAGEOUS pt,nt
McLoughlin. too, split the honors witb
, MIN In this respect. |'
lhat one OF tho two PLAYERS h,d o,
lose ip was the only regrettabic feature Of
the match. That is the sort os tcnnis
sp pey pingshi and tina, is the sort Of
, Chat. S aIsd wns me displaced And
Of the spectators; for when the match
was over and Johnston was being car
Lyle T.. Mahan and II. G G,ilnr !. "a
,McI.oughlin by Tom Bundy and Ward
lawson. a mighty roar OF cheers thar
went up "FP'
twenty years old, It is almost incon-
s sbn,,; That q Kid OF such an age
who had established beyond ali doubt
IN Two hen!sphercs. his right 10 be
Mh9Wh as the peer Of them all Yet
II is an indisputab!e fact Johnston
earned his victory and fully deserves
| me ti'ie he won ana the honors when
WI! he his. He clearly DEMONSTRATED
McIonrhlin Played Good Came.
Hnd McLoughlin played better tenni.
r u, thnn he did in any of the tour
namcnts in which he participated since
ms arrival Ia the East about six weeks
"Sq. ne was tho old McLoughlin. tho
McLouGhiin who battered down the de-
me sheer fcrocity of his smashing at
tack and wonderful vitality. Eecause
OF TINS ono marv"ls more than ever
| oyer Johnston's win. and appreciates II
tho moro .or It, -
The match went TO four sets and tho
1nih ey@unsstsr won by the score OF
over, McLouEhiin. The mighty, was the
moro tired Of the two. He used his
con9ueror.s shoulders as support.
while Johnston pattnd him on the back
ana iehncd his own weakening frame
against the comet for support To us
ms sncctaGie suggested that Johnston
Was sorry II was Mac he had to beat
fh' then, We may be overly enthusiast
Tic ana sentimental
In tho first set Mclaughlin indicated
that his game had reached its highest
n2int He smashed and drove and
played al tho net with all his old-t,tno
sensationalism. and allowed Johnston
only ono game. In III. following set
however. McLoughlin did not win a
| single game. Johnston won all six of
this set, and the first Of the next hefors
Mac came through with another win.
rms was believed 10 have been the frst
! Nmc in his career that Mac lost seven
games in row.
From tho first game OF tn. third set
10 nc end OF N" match tho gallery
watched the players hewildered and
enthra!lcd. The two Westerners fought
as no TWO. players have ever before
fought with the match and the cham
nionship OF the country suspended, as
II were. In the air.
tn" third set required extra games.
as d!d the last one also In the decii-
inE set Johnston was twice within n
point OF winning the match and the
title. but each time Mclaughlin met thu
issue as might have been expected OF
I him. but in tho end Johnston was not
20 he denied. He couldn't have been bv
a human being on this earth. He was
!nvinc!hly wonderful
Tomorrow Johnston and Clarancn
Griffin meet Mclaughlin and Tom
Bundy for tn" doubles title.