Evening star., 1915-09-12
MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
Eastern Tennis Stars Win All
Matches Against Coast Cracks
WILLIAMS GETS REVENGE
Defeats William Johnston, the
Champion, in Three Out OF
Four Sets.

FOREST HILLS, September 1.-THE
eastern players made clean sweep IN
the final matches against the Pacihc
coast stars here this afternoon, thus
upsetting to some extent the form dis
played in the national championship
tournament which ended Wednesday.
These special contests between selec-
tions of the far west and Atlantic coast
players began in San francisco in July
and the final scores >esulted in seven
victories for the 1est against five for
the east
In the contest at the West Side Club
courts this afternoon r. Norris Will
liams, I'd, of Philadelphia, the 1914 sin
giles champion. defeated William NJ.
Johnston of San Francisco, the winner
of this years title, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4, Ct
Clarence J. Griffin of San Francisco
Johnston's partner in the 1915 doubles
honor, fell before n. w. Niles of Bos-
ton, who won at 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 81.
To complete the eastern triumph, T.
r. Pell and Karl H. Behr, both of New
York, defeated Maurice E. Mclaughlin
of San Francisco and Thomas V. Bundy
of Los Angeles, three times champion
of the United States, in grueling
five-set match at "a, SO, 6-S, SIS
and 6-4.
Champion Is Outplayed.
The feature match and the one which
drew a gallery of several thousand for
the final big contest of the season, was
that between Williams and Johnston.
The former champion, eliminated by
the young San Franciscan in the semi
final round of the titular singles, came
on the court prepared for revenge. With
the exception of the second set he COM
pletely outplayed Johnston, although
ha latf OF oh hn mo o. e..
ing spirit that he did when he was win
ming his championship honors.
Williams played almost perfect ten
mis- in his winning sets, his judgment
the lines being the best that he has
shown in the east this year. Johnston
was unable to cope with this game and
helped Williams to victory by numer-
Gus errors In the second set only,
which he won at love, did Johnston rise
superior to Williams.
Had Fastener on Run.
He had the easterner completely on
the run, scoring placement shots al
most at will, while his opponent seemed
unable to keep the ball in court. How
ever, the new champion could not
maintain the pace. and once Williams
got into his stride again there was
never any doubt as to the ultimate
victor
The doubles contest produced the
most spectacular play of the day. The
eastern and western pairs were evenly
matched, long rallies, brilliant aceing
and placing shots, combined with re-
markable gets, were frequent. Nc
Loughlin from close to the net scored
numerous points by killing smashes
and clever dropping of the ball into
unguarded spots. Bundy also won
many points by his 1obbing and ability
to shoot the ball between his oppo-
nents. Behr and Pell also had fine con-
troll of the sphere, and to their placing
and ability to break up the team work
of the former champions owe their VIC
tory. Nets and outs were frequent, due
to the constant battling close to the
manner were about equally divided.
Long and Hard Battle.
The match was one of the longest and
hardest doubles contests played in this
vicinity in some years. 1t required
sixty-six games before a decision was
reached and it was so dark that the
players could not have continued many
minutes longer under any conditions.
Griffin was no match for Niles when
their contest was considered as a whole.
The Boston player. with his fine assort-
ment of shots and control of the ball.
kept his stocky opponent from the
far coast continually on the run trying
for the balls which Niles dropped into
unguarded parts of Grifiin's court. The
latter made a determined stand in the
second set, which he won 6-4, but could
not hold his game on a plane necessary
to win and dropped the third and