New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
TFNAFLY PLAYER is
VICTIM OF INJURY
coroueror of Murray Loses His
Speed When He Sprains
His Leg.
By JAMES s. O'NEALE.

harley horse he would, possibly have
a,ssated Richard Norris Williams,
o. in the challenge round Of the
annual Seabright invitation tennis
..,-,arert here this afternoon. As
!, xas VILLAS won IN FIVE great sets,
"a. IS. 4--6. 60, and the
-o3;c,ion Of those railbirds who had
tesn saving that Church. who Is playing
he hest tennis Of his career. would
hss. The internstionalist, went to the
Sssbright winds. plentiful for brief
period in the match. 1890.
n was not so much Williams that
s.onned the Terror as 1t was achillo-
Jvris. which is Inflammation OF the
Mrs. between the Achilles tendon and
he heel Achillodynia. or charley
borse. first made It's appearance early IN
.le secoud set. when Church. after
s,eot start i'm which he broke through
- rivals fast service, began TO limp
sliebtlv and 20 pull up on shots that
he otherwise would have made every
e4ort 20 get.
Ne camclv continued 10 do the best
- eould. however. lost the set and the
,sxt and then. refreshed by rundown
n The customary rest, made the set
.eoro two-all by a sterling exhibition.
The effort was too much for him, as
his leg went bad again, and the last
cot was necessarily a procession LOT
W,liiaws. who BY his victory earned
,e-rarert possession of the AcheHs
sL.llsroe Gun. which has been in COM
netitior since 1908, and contains on II
he names Of all the best players OF the
last decade.
Champions Win Again.
Karl II. Behr and Fred b. Alexander,
,ybo lost i'm four sets TO the national
cbonnions. William W. Johnston and
CLARENCE ]. Griffin, of San Francisco,
:, ,be East-West matches at Forest
ri1s failed 10 take advantage OF an
o,nortunity 10 even the score. The
veteran internationalists lost in the
Trals again in four sets, with the
scores in favor Of the Golden Caters
so "a. 11-9. 81. The champions
had much harder fight. and only
spectacular work in the pinches by the
sandy little Johnston and the heady,
chunky Griffin turned the tide. The
tennis was trihe in and out, at times
rising 10 the greatest heights, but IN
the closeness Of the match there were
thrills enough.
Leaving out mention of Church's
charley horse. Williams won by pam
mering his adversary's backhand to a
fare-ye-well but usually not so well
for Church. The great Princetonian,
on the other hand, did his most eI-
fectiye work in his usual spectacular
fashion az the net, where he spread
eaged the court and nipped off every
shot that did not just nick the lines.
ff-srn l.. ct,e ofsf ri CT -
jng way, made many of the beautiful
line shots that have been the admira-
ton Of galleries wherever he has
plaved. 4 wonderful backhand cross
cont drive stood out in his play, and
he scored with il time after time, vary
ing il lust enough with line drives to
keep Church guessing.
Church Fights Bravely.
Church. whenever his leg permitted.
PLAYED his usual daring net game, often
volleying for the points when the sheer
audacity Of his advance TO forecourt
surprised Williams into hitting the
bali back 10 his tall, shifty opponent
The loser had a rather poor day over
head. probably - worst of the season
Tor al ordinary times II is certain dea,h
20 lob 10 Church. Several OF VIII
iams's losses. however, never came
back. but found their way into the net
or out OF bounds instead. Wllilams
himself was inclined TO be erratc IN
, the face Of aerial attack.
Church's rushes for the net covered
up his ground strikes, the weakest
points Of his play. except at the times
Williams chose to come IN on ms own
service or after a driving rally. Then
he usually played to Church's PACK
hand. which was not often good for
passing shot. and when Church did not
make errors on his Ofside Williams
usually succeeded in getting a GRIP
pie" that he tucked away neatly enough
at one side or the other. When Will
iamss drives began to 20 better he did
not trouble himself so much to ad-
vance 10 the net, preferring TO stand
pat on his great strokes which. played
as they are on the rising bound, give
him tremendous advantage when they
are coming of with regularity.
Both Wild on Service.
As il was. Williams played a eharac-
terstic Williams match, for his total
Of errors far exceeded his opponents,
largely because Of the greater risk OF
the same time. his placement shots
or aces far exceeded his opponents,
also, and there was the margin of vic
tory. Each man was inclined to be
Wild on service. Williams making about
his usual number OF double faults and
Church o few more, perhaps, than
usual due partly 10 his leg.
Church had one winn&$ drive, from
oh
was a forehGnd shot, heavily topped
but hit with great speed, cross court.
Several times it sped by so fast that
the intercollegiate champion could not
recover his balance from his delivery
Of service 20 enable him TO get started
Tor the ball al all Church did not use
THIS shot often, but when he did putt
INTO play il was almost a sure point
Garner. As for Williams, that husky
and debonair young man drove with
equal facility and speed forehand or
oaeShand. and never had TO work as
Isrd as Church, the hardest worker on
tne courts and. minus a charley horse,
NE most untiring.
Service was broken through seven
Wen times. Williams pulled the trick
az Chufch's expense eleven times,
Nhurch was successful six times.
Nhurch usually succeeded in breaking
through by whirlwind dashes to the net
whenever Williams did not follow SER
wee IN, and sometimes when he did 60
70 iorecourt on delivery, by madly
sashing for the net also and engaging
N yolleying duel Williams, on the
1'her hand, broke through with less ef-
J Az oy reason Of his great passing
erVe,s' which, though often hitting the
Op oand Of the net, came in enough
Tysnehes TO account for eleven games.
Ny 49, orlves were 50 good that even
when they did not rass the seven feet