New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
',..bby Californian Has
Gun Ideas of How to
Win His Matches.
aOW AND STEADY
ALWAYS HIS MOTTO
Checked Cap on His
left Ear and Bids Rivals
TO Begin.
q, lanes G. o'NEALE.


1 .. n. tabled svs-nile race between
4, ..onns hare and the deep-thinkina
U. Il will Re remembered that the
Ssse.sdins hare ran far IN the lead
a. outset; go far, in tsct, that he
Z. .su-. IN taking c rap. When ne
-. 10 be cav the despised tortoise
.u,ps the goal. The moral that used
H. h 90 innstent in our ears VAS
x,v end steady wins"
ru,,, followers almost 20 a man or
! ..,a) look upon Clarence J. ("Peek }
-, ranked Ne. in the singles and
..a,,sl doubles champion With VIII
N Johnston, AZ slow and steady
u n. tennis is first viewed some
| ~, ,eonnsly, snG few, when they
| =, -. him play. think that the genial
-, !, one % n. country's strongest
ayers.
:. Grim j. plusgsr who gets
| 80. he often lsgs fsr behind in the
a.. mar. o. a match. only to win out
800, or the courts. IS never beaten
-. ard he is ore OF the hesdIes'
- the lsst point, and IS always
s-s,i,o out his next moves oehesNu
~, rS.eker-bosr6 cap OF his.
=. eap IS famous. Peck wears u
..v, 70 matter how not the day -
H. !, always tilted az q rskisn angie
rr NJ, ear. but one look a. the round
ling face OF the good-humored, TO
80 s1pert 81 once dissipstes any
.ar. that a gentleman from Third ave
-. o- .he villain OF crime play mas
s,pped o. the court :
e-rn's play grows on one. ne -
ABBY. witty and good-nstureo, sno
as hard. a. first, for tennis SPECTATOR
!. TX. MIN seriously, especially When
s,r 40. that HIS strokes have not the
,,,.a OF any o; the other men ID tae
~ twenty and that he appears 70 Dc
t,z in covering court.
=, San Franciscan IS not SLOW AZ
.- n. is extremely fast for q heavy
80. ard Increases the amount q eour'
/, cover. By an anticipation OF snot;
n, IS As coed ss any other mans IL
4, tountry. He 10 unlike the other
G.orni,ns mainly in the matter O.
r..d All the other Coast expert;
nv the slashing, dsshlns, Vhir!"ino
a., that 90 delights he fasteners
Is;fn : the exception.
A. Forest Hills last summer, on tns
". day OF the national ehsmpionsnlps
h:k was playing or q side court " nen
D, Star" mstches-the ones tha'
,,-is.d the stiHest eompetiton-were
t,,, en- the grsndstsnd courts most o.
n. spectstort wandered over 20 view
GO. Only about hall remsined. The
.,k,-, watched @ fev minutes; then
vi.h remarks concerning the difference
.,uesn GriSn and the speed-deinoi,.
70 the detrment OF
IA. foru.r--tbey walked away.
Before TIE tournament vas over
sVy~er, there were many fans root-
,s !or -. chubby one. He Vas nick
,sn.d Cupid" "Ksvpie" and othe,,
nInes. bat whenever ne wes mentioned
q, vo;c. held tone that bad IN IL
sz. tingl. % admiration, and even
lsse.ior.
GIsa's genial personality, on and
. u. couYt- has made him perhaps
q. ros. popular with The players
Asush. % course, he ia not the rs,
,o-sl Ae5r. ,hs: NeLoughiin ana
Williams are. ,,.r-
II .Le SER round e. Fores. Hi.ls
e.iHr gave Billy Johnston. MS douoies
nyns,. who won the national singles
airp!onship. as hard q match 1s VIII
AZ, rsve The young Phenom, and hsro
y han Mclaughlin in the finals. Gri'-
&, Is j. often the case with MN
s.sypei .he srs. tvo sets. -, IL
: appeared TIA. re was gone.
vten PecS. IT, his usuA! impertuEo
Isle r,tzner. began 70 reel OF series
I, remarkable strokes. He took the
eird &c. A. SIS, covering eo1rt o: Ve!l
y lie Ia; ii;tle Johnston Tho az 7
TED e.:perat.ly % end the r;stch, 1ot
vor hs rsI scheduled 20 NEE;
r.l.sr. the rezt day and he wished
: se.se-ve re strsr 9Th.
Z IL. fourth Sc. CrHn follove up
:. rs,e..s 81 the third. he picksd tne
'peaings with his usual almost IN
as-y tivins.ion-outgues outdro7e
~ sutnsnuuy-ed Johnston. John
rag. speed did not bother Grimm q
" PeeI took the sst az 80.
J, IL. Asth get Johnston played tne
ssf brillian, tennis 90 tAe teurns-
ss-. Suddenly h. got gong ~ oet,e,
:I his bet, and ne sin ply brushed
s:s a. opposition by the sheer speeo
c! placement o. his drives. Grimm
" 20 chance. Just az TO other man
ssd have vi,hstood Johnstons Amos
s:vtzrnabl. attack. Peek got one
nas, bat finished the match In bis
ma unruSed manner. go.
ic,ergrb&5.llty, serenity, plaelcityy
zzpSsurs. ssrg troid. eSlnness snc
= Re rs;t show IN Peck's play az all
s1n Re Wa imperturbsols lay
Erar When he defeated George NJ.
ssrrs. he vas dispsssions.e when
= ses,1 p Morn. Williams az the
Lf,st.t.or Tournament He vas serene
s:s. BE los. % Theodore Roosevelt
ItA 70 Nathaniel ". Niles and twice
s!stns,1n and Williams Those we're
= rs loser. IN addition 20 Williams
=; Csufeh. ,. defeated Irving WriKht
S.s ard his fellow Calisoruians, Ella
''r.ll ard Ward Dawson
Sr.a's 1915 record 10 rot long. but
sas tie most consistent Of the top
~ r.a. He ga rot lose once 70
F70 nltesd bsiorz MIN In Tho rank
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