The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-03
WILLIAMS PLAYS
STRONGEST GAME
OF TRIUMVIRATE
Exhibits Dash, Confidence and
Speed Against Fine Play
Of Merrill Hall.
VI PRACTISES UP
WITH YOUNG BEEKMAN
ny J. PAPMLY PARET

Each of the three favorites In the ma
tional tennis tournament lost a set yes
terday. but Behr was harder pressed by
lie Roy than either Mclaughlin or WILL
iams. When 1t came to the fourth set
lie Roy started out with a rush that
gave him n lead OF 30, and II began
to look serious for the old International
list. Lee Roy was playing well of the
ground and his strokes had more than
the usual amount OF sting to them, but
his service was getting him into trouble
constantly. lie Roy does not get his
racket over the ball enough in serving
and he has a tendency to put the bail
Dat OF the court n great deal. Yester-
day he did this frequently and his sec
Ond service was distinctly weak, allow
ing Behr to smear the ball into the far
corners OF his court.
The placing OF the veteran was excep-
t~ionally good and he kept lie Roy chas-
ing around the court to get behind his
long, shooting drives and the short
cross court strokes tina he used in at
tack. From loves Behr ran FIVE
straight games much to the disgust Of
'aho - NV JNeh "'Nih hN ~
to have the match safely tucked away
lie Roy came back hard and fought IL
out to the end, although he was not
quite strong enough TO win.
Williams Confident.
williams was br4mful OF confidence
and seemed able to make any kind Of
fancy shots that he pleased. He played
his usual s%lapdash, whirlwind game,
bringing on one minutes the most per-
feet aces and the next double ~faulting
or putting easy balls into the net. Hall
at the start was overawed and did not
do himself Justice at all. He seemed
tired still from his gruelling match
AGAINST Johnson on Wednesday and al
most resigned to the imposslbility Of
beating the champion. His judgment OF
distance was very bad and he was con-
staniiy too close 10 the ball. missing
many shots from being out OF position
to play them right.
When at his best there are few
players In the country who make as full
n swing and follow through as Hall
Except for a slight flourish Of the racket
just before he hits the BAH his play is
thoroughly orthodox and In the best OF
form. With Williams yesterday, how
ever. the ball constantly jumped in too
'ioTt u UtIn anu liz ull not give the wei
known shoot OF Willlams's strokes room
to handle them freely. As the match
progressed he gained more confidence
and then he began to hit out more freely
again and with better results. In many
of the rallies he outplayed the Chamuion
clearly, hut the smile never left VIII
iams's face, and he generally came back
with two or three unplayable shots
every time he WAS outplayed.
Williams tried short balls and half
vollcys and occasionally n voileved lob
and never failed to shake his racket and
laugh-nis favorite mannerism-when-
they went wrong. In the third set
Hall ran up a biz lead, but Williams
never seemed worried and even after
the score mounted TO 81, and finally
the set was lost, the champion was as
confident as ever. In the fourth set he
evidently made up his mind to end it
quickly and he did SO to the queens