The sun., 1916-09-05
of Tennis World
in Final of Tourney
Johnston and Williams Prove Clear Superiority Over
All Rivals in Disposing of Murray and Griffin
champion Favored by Paret.
BY J.. PARMLY PARET.

bu, IL seemed almost impossible for
ever his crisp >olieys 10 get the ball
out Of danger from the terrific drives OF
Johnston.
phc champion lobbed very seldom. SO
Murray had little opportunity to show
his smashing ability. but when he did
get one overhead he was pretty sure to
score from 1t. The indoor champion
bevelled his racket a good deal in hori-
zontal voIleys. and this helped 10 keep
down the balla bound. but even from the
low angle this style furnished the little
Californian was able to pass Murray at
the net frequently.
Miss~d Few Opportunities.
Johnston showed very much better
~headwork and greater resource In his
tactics han ne did "a year ago Four
times he lohbed over Murray's head
when thu latter was caught in close AT
the volleying position, and three times
this play earned a clean ace for him.
Eut the best feature of this stroke was
his clever way of covering II SO that
tn" other man ould not tell what TO
look for until II was too late to get
! back and smash the ball. The way he
brought through his racket as though TO
drive and then changed II to a lob at
the last second was better than any one
els" has made this play since the days
when leo Ware fooled SO many OPP
pou"nts by the same
Foot faults again played some part In
the match. Ex-Champion W. A.. Larned
was placed on the base line to stop the
rushing servers from beating the rule.
and he did his work we'll. There is no
q. tetter Judge OF foot fault In the coun-
try than Larned and he called both
players frequently. although Murray
suffered most from the strict interpreta-
ton of the service rule. both because
he made more foot faults n because
his style OF service needs the running
star, that this prevents more than did
the champion.
Williams IL Impressive.
The Williams-Grinfn match showed
the Philadelphia In better light h he
has been seen At any other time this
season. The old champion was confident
and aggressive az usual from the start
and the balls were hying we'll for him
lie went out for everything, refusing to
play safe at any time. even though SC
much hung on the match and Griffin
had beaten him twice before. Prob
ably II would have made little or nc
difference In the result. as Williams was
playing - well. but the Californian was
very s%rratic, and his forehand stroke
far from effective.
Grifhn uses 80 little back swing ir
making his short choppy strokes tina
his style is generally the best to stoI
Williams's rushing tactics. which allow
the opponent very little time 10 swins
on the hall. YESTERDAY. however. III
seemed sluggish both In movements anc
hitting aud missed an extraordinarI
nuinher of apparently easy shots.
ON the backhand side he WAS dis
! tinctly better than in forehand play an'
the Ihiladclphlan had many %opportuni
tics - regret ii when he rushed the net
for his hackhand short cross stroke ant
deep drives along the line proved thu
most profitable for Griffin. And n
seemed az well able to bring of thes,
strokes when Williams was at the ne
AS when he vas at the back of his court
Keeps Down Service Errors.
Williams served better tina he did II
his earlier matches last week and missed
his first delivery less often. lie doubl
faulted less too, which was an encourag
ing sign. for the column showing tn
former champions total OF doubl fault
generally proves a very expensive iten
on the debit side Of his summary. Per
haps because he was not pushed har
enough to look for weak spots. yet never
.hcl"ss Williams seemed to play more I
Grinin's strong backhand than to hi
weak fOrehand side.
In this respect Williams 10 much Xix
the former champion, Larned. for III |
inclined to ignore tho best spot for at
tack in his adversary and depend O
straight tennis to win for him. This |
all right when It wins. but OCCASIONAL