The sun., 1916-08-27

ourn mas attained the top of his game
were given this morning In the fnai Of
the invitation singles lawn tennis tour.
nament at the Meadow Club. washburn
defeated william J. Clothier Of Philadel-
phia. former national champion. In
straight sets at s-3. e.. S-2.
In the final Of the doubles William NJ.
Johnston and Clarence J. Griffin, Ameri.
title holders. defeated Richard Nor
ris Williams I'd and Richard Harte Of
Philadelphia. 10, e.. e., 6-3. The
four sets were ~furiously contested and
were replete with spectacular rallies
and sensational smashing and driving.
Washburn scored over Clothier through
more effective play both at the base
line and the net. He outvoileyed
Clothier. sharp cross court strokes and
fast drives down the lines placing the
veteran at his mercy. washburn's pro-
nounced was overhead, his
strokes In this department often finding
the net.
Clothier made his best bid for honors
In the second set. but a voiley OF place.
ment points from washburn's racquet
In the last James ended his hopes. In
the last set Clothier was clecn,y out
played.
washburn was winner Of the tourna-
ment a year ago. Most OF the ranking
tennis stars Of the country were entered
this year. but several Of the foremost
defaulted their matches.
Clothier Lobs Succeed.
Cloth!er. the cool. clever tactician. was
continually on the defensive against the
dashing washburn. At very Few stages
of the battle did the Philadelphia
compel the former Harvard captain to
extend himself. Fast and accurate
drives invariably gave washburn a
chance to com through for a net at
tack and the aces.
1t took Cloth:er only one game to
realize that he was confronted with a
more formidable proposition than he
had barga,ned for. washburn. on his
service. ran of the frst game with four
aces In a row and Clothier never got
near n point. washburn dashed for the
net and shot for the corners with rife
shot speed and n accuracy.
Cloth,er then decided to try his man In
the lobb.ng game. the old standby that
won him the American championship a
decad ago.
The lobbing game proved a winner for
N. oNltls ~ - sht' sOo' N'"N
washburn was unable to do much with
them and indicated that his smashing
game was not exactly up 20 mum Cloth
,cr's easy losses had the New Yorker on
the run and washburA dropped three
games In succession. Clothler showed a
fre change Of pace. He drove down the
side lines to cut the tape and mixed In u
few cross court shots now and then.
Gets Gauge of Veterans Game.
washburn soon got the gauge Of the
former champions game. He began TO
convert Cloth!er's lobs into KILLS ana
whenever they got together AT the net
II was Cio;hier who was forced to beat
a retreat under n fusillade OF over
handlers that went down the sides
parallel with the lines.
BY varying his game Clothler held the
score even to 3 all in the second set.
He timed his line drives prettily and
brought III many brilliant shots for
passes. Clothier also found that Wash
burns back hand was not dependable
and he made II a target.
Washburn went to the lead at SIS by
his net game and sizzling cross courts.
only to have Clothier break through s,is
next game. The veteran was no match
for the whipping pace Of his rival. how
ever, All hsIlbuTu uh.siicu va a"c y
with some brilliantly placed drives.
Washburn had all the better OF the play
Ing In the Anal set. He pulled out games
by remarkable place shots whenever
he was compelled to, for so skilfully
did he as to cause Clothier
to break position.
One Of these games Washburn finished
after deuce had been called with "
service aces. The best the Philadelphia
could do was to win the third and sew
enth games. He played ably. but was
mastered by more modern tennis and
a faster and younger a
Doubles Final . Thriller.
The ANAL Of the doubles was a hummer.
Johnston and Griffin started very weakly,
the former being guilty Of many nets.
Twice Williams got bad falls that shook
him I'D considerably. The rallies were
fast and furious, but In the second set
the Californians struck their gait and
outplayed their opponents. All OF the
games were closely scored with plenty
Of lobbing and volleying to furnish
thrills for the crowd.
In the first set Johnston's short game
at the net refused to produce results.
and he rarely got a ball across when
Williams and Harte gave him perfect
chances. Griffin worked away g~al!antly,
his singers to williams holding the tally
OF games ever to 7 all. The smashing
of Harte as he leaped in air to pull down
drives and master the opposing side
finally broke through Grifin's service
for the set at 81.
Williams was taking long chances
with his injured ankle and. In the second
game Of the second set he fell. That
caused him to be more cautious, espe-
ciallv AZ Johnston was finding his