Arizona republican., 1916-09-06
R. N. WILLIAMS
 BEATS JOHNSON IN TENNIS MEL I
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 FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept. 5.-For the second time in his short career on American courts, R. Morris Williams II, of Philadelphia, won the national turf singles championship at the West Side Club here this afternoon when he defeated William H. Johnston, of San Francisco, the 1915 champion, in five set match, 46, 64, 0-6, GA, 64.
 The match was hardly up to the tennis expected from these two mas ters of racquet and court The gall ed on for a wonderful and thrilling ex- hibition from the two survivors of the 12S entrants who started play here more than a week ago. There was lacking the sensational fighting of the ball which was so marked in the Mur- ray Church contests.
 Occasionally one of the players would swing into his best tennis and for few moments .ne play would sparkle with beautifully executed drives, smashes and lobs. Then, as if fearful they would curtail their force ful stroking of the ball and proceed to throw away point after point by the amateurish errors. Such advantage
 
 the greater chances and his ability to stroke the ball closer to the danger point than Johnston. Added to this was the victor's greater physical stamina, which increased as the con- test progressed. Atmosphere was rath- CT humid and more favorable to Will liams than to Johnston, who is ac- customed to the cool air of the Pacific coast.
 A careful analysis of the play shows that while Williams ran far ahead of Johnston in his ability to score both service and placement aces he piled up many more errors than the San Franciscan. There were but four points difference in the totals of the two players at the end of the match and they were tied in the number of games won.
 From the first they started in a l slow and deliberate manner. In the l majority of cases an error gave the l point away In the first set, games went with service until the ninth game when Johnston took the lead and ran out. Conditions were almost reversed | in the second and then Williams | dropped the third at love by his ina | bility to control his strokes, while ! Johnston was able to pick opening l after opening for points.
 The tide really turned in the fourth | set when Williams played with the dash and vim which usually character 1 izes his game. Forehand and back | hand he was supreme He forced Johnston to keep constantly on the run For the first time in the contest the rallies were long and hard fought but the easterner usually wound up by | forcing an opening for shot witt | which Johnston could not connect. At the opening of the fifth set John | ston set Williams a pace which h, | could not match for a time Johnston slashed and whipped the ball to Wil liams so fast that the latter temporaril, went to pieces.
 It was not until three games had beel lost that Williams finally held himsel in check. The strain was beginning t
 tell on Johnston, and although Will 1 Hams was taking greater chances ant i stroking the ball more effectively, hi | chief maneuvre appeared to be to keel Johnston working hard with the idle; of eventually tiring him.
 l Gradually the latter began to weaken 1 The gallery, with which Williams wa a decided favorite cheered as he began l to run up the points, and there was l remarkable demonstration when Will
 Hams made the score three-all H.
 ran through the next two and took | commanding lead.
 Spectators were beginning to leav | the stands as Johnston started his frs | rally and there was a hurried return to seats when the title holder com pleted the ninth game and was within one of making it deuce. The openin,
 of the tenth found the spectators ol edge. and after Williams had throw away several easy points and the gam
 had gone to deuce, both men and wo
 men shrieked with excitement at tn
 winning and losing of each point
 Deuce was called four times at thi l point before Williams went to vantag
 with a sharp backhand cross cour placement ace and Johnston gave u