The sun., 1916-09-03
MURRAY WORKS
BIGGEST TENNIS
UPSET OF WEEK
After Losing Two Sets to
Church., Californian
Is Victorious.
JOHNSTON, F
AND WILLIAMS WIN
By DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
George ". Church. wrecker of tennis
hopes. was himself dashed upon the
rocks at Forest Hills yesterday after
room. Exhaustion and Robert Lindley
Murray worked the downfall of the four
day sensation Of the national champion
ship tournament. After winning two
0sts the conqueror Of Mclaughlin and
Kumagas found himself unable to stem
. sudden and remarkable rally by Muir
ray. and tho Californian triumphed at
80. As. Ga, e.. g..
II vas as stirring a battle a. has been
seen In an American titular competition
In many years and 10000 sat breath
less while Church. after losing the first
four games OF the fifth SET. came up
with n great burst Of speed and won
four Of the mex Ave games. But Murray
was not to be denied. Calling upon his
last once OF reserve strength he smashed
his way to the fore. allowing the East
erner only one point In the last game.
Infinitely more potent than any other
factor in Murray's wonderful achieve
Aent was his terrific service. He ac-
counted for twenty service aces In the
ave sets--a performance which IL not n
record for a national tournament comes
mighty near being one. Murray showed
Q service that was even ultra Califor-
MAN. Even In his winning sets Church
could barely handle the cannon ball shots
tina came at him with Irresistible power
and hopped up into his face before he
could lay his racquet on them. When
Church's strength deserted him he was
absolutely at the mercy OF the Meteor's
smashing service.
Chs@pion Easy winner.
Murray's victory marked the biggest
upset Of the week. 1t transcribed even
the elimination Of the great Mclaughlin
e0 Church the day before. II was not
only the fact that the Californian tri.
umphcd. but the thrilling and forcefu'
manner In which he did II that wrote
his name in letters large in ennis his
tory. Even should Murray make nc
further progress in the tournament. his
Sight against odds yesterday will have
won him honor enough for one year.
The Murray-Church battle far over
0hadowed the other three matches staged
yesterday. william NJ. Johnston. striv-
Ing for a second holding of the title,
ocored an easy and altogether unexcitinG
Ouccess at the expense Of Watson NJ.
washburn Of this city. Ga. g.. IS.
Richard Norris Williams. I'd. champion
Of 1914. dropped the first set to Douglas
q. Waters Of New Orleans. Southern
title holder. but rallied strongly to
win at 80, 6-1, 6-I. e.. Clarence
J. Griffin eliminated Wallace F.. johnson
Of Philadelphia. Ga, So. GO.
The hopes OF the East are now cen.
tired solely In Williams. for the other
three survivors are Californians. In the
semi.inal u tomorrow Williams
will meet Griffin. who has already
beaten him Twice this season. In the
feature match Johnston will have II out
with Murray. The stage appears set fol
At least one of the biggest form re-
versals In our tennis annals. II re-
mains to be seen II Johnston will sue
seeded in beating back the i%mpetuous and
intrepid %conQuerer Of Church.
New Works. Hope Gone.
The elimination OF Church tore from
New York it's last vestige of hope oil
again furnishing the winner OF the ma
tional title. for since Bill Larned LEFT
the lists the metropolis has been II
eclipse. While Church Is listed from
Tenafy. he is a native of this city. and
II was here. at Irving School. that h,
laid the foundation OF his game.
Aside from his remarkable rise in th'
tournament, Church had every reason
to believe that he could score over Muir
ray. 1t was not 80 long ago thai
Church defeated Murray in the final a
Seabright. In the national ranking
Church was listed Number .. Owing t.
''insuficient data despite his havint
won the national indoor championship
Murray was not given a rating
Murray. full OF "a dash and Ave that N
many ways Outdoes anything shown b,
Mclaughlin In his halcyon days. In nov
being hailed as the successor OF mac
Tit Comet goes n the Meteor rises
Like Mclaughlin. Murray In a remark
able favorite among the followers OF tn
game. He has Il winning personality
IN a great fighter. and Is primaril,
spectacular.
Crowd Hurls CushiOns.
All through the match yesterday IN
gallery was strongly In favor of Muir
ray. When the Meteor had scored hi
last ace the crowd hurled hundreds o
cushions into the arena and chcered tn
8ayonne Californian to the echo. I
was n demonstration only rarely seen a
tennis matches. and divers killioys wer
heard to decry the invasion OF baseball
cheering methods into tennis.
The scarcity OF sympathy among tn
onlookers seemed to work on Churc
late In the match. At the start Of tn
fourth set Church asked the umpire I
request the spectators not 10 cheer Will
= play was in progress. hut TO save II
banzais until the action was completed
This certainly won Church no ne,
friends and antaGonized many onlooker.
When room after he was guilty OF
costly double fault n wild cheer reechoe
through the stands.
Church grew sullen-he got hghtin
mad. With success still the elusiv
will-o'-the-wisp. giving him a merr
chase hat sapped him of his %strengtl
Church was keen 10 find fault wit
everything. Not that he Is n sore lose
The Princetonlan all through his matche
gave annie evidence Of being a sorapps
OF the finest type. but his sudden IA
asked that the linesmen move their chair
OF desnair worked on his nerves.
In the last SCI, az the shadows WEI
lenRthenlnr across the court, Churc
This request, ton, was received with |
grace by some ~ tho moro rabid SUI
pOrters Of Murray. Partisan reelin
surely ran h,oh yesterday.
Did Netter Player Win.
MURRAY vir'o,v WIS clean cI' .upupl
hut u sim 'or' room for doubt "a a,
V,hethe" tho b'tt = 'nn's pliye" woI
Ellm'n"'irp the service from ronsllerl