The sun., 1916-08-20

chine like accuracy which distinguished
all OF his work on the courts. He was
weak overhead and on his low %backhand.
but at this stage Johnston d~isregarded
these minor details and simply went in
to overpower his adversary. and he got
the worst Of it by a wide margin, for
the best he could do was to win his first
service game Of the match.
The. hrst game Of the second set also
went to the credit OF the japanese. Civ
lns him half a dozen games in success.
sion. That made the gallery sit up and
a X notice. The third game saw Ku-
magae smash his way to victory against
Jotnston's service and the gallery sat
up with even greater wondermcnt.
Johnston began to realize that he had
a mans size task on his hands.
FIrst Love Gam~.
Not only did Kumagae break in on the
champions service but he made IL n
love game. the first Of the match. The
japanese worked up 4 lead OF 5-3 in
games, but Johnston fought harder than
ever and advanced TO even terms at
5-all and then all. Johnston had
to play the very best tennis tina was In
him to bring the set to deuce twice. but
kumagae finally triumphed.
The japanese made Johnston play
right into his hands. II looked as II
Johnston were doinG all the Forcing and
holding the commanding position. but
kumagae made him break at critical
stages and leave openings for sizzling
drives hat PVT, the set on the japanese
side OF the score.
In the third and fourth sets Johnston
made his best showing because he COM
bin~l head work with splendid execu-
ton. He found that the low backhand
Of the Japanese left handler was not up
to snun and Johnston played for that
weakness. Had Johnston made use Of
similar keneralsbip in the previous Sets
the result might ave been different. but
he was too %impetuous. He threw all eau
ton to the winds In his eagerness To
overw helm his man with speed. but his
speed most often was misdirected into
the net or out OF hounds. This was
especially true Of Johnston's attempts
to play the Japanese at the net.
CALIFORNIA; At His Best.
In the third set Johnston's strategy
! developed results, for he went into the
lead at So ir games. The champion
found me corn""s vita far Greater a';u-
racv tins in the previous sets. For n
spell Johnston again forgot himself AMI
/ Kumagae made II 5 all. The man from
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ston's smashes parallel with the side
lines. and he cut the lines with the fine
/, hand OF an etcher.
The la Isl two games OF that third SET
saw Johnston rise in his misht. II was
| the Johnston OF the 1918 final VINO out
! smashed. o%utguessed and In every way
outclassed the Japanese. Johnston ran
of his eight aces for the two games and
the se, with lightning rap!dity. while
Kumagae was unable to break in FOR a
single ace.
The fourth set was pretty much a du-
Mi ate OF the third. only that Johnston
made greater use OF the lob and forced
Eumagae to look decidedly bad in his
Smashing game,
The nfth sci was "A gruelling session.
! II was all that Johnston could do to
stand on his feet, and ne took consider
able time bet ween rallies TO recover his
wind. There was no sting TO ms OYER
hand. He made gallant snurts' the mos,
+ amazing being a whirlwind' assam! III
the net for three consecutive games In n
.ry ,or the lead "A, SIS On games, Tmr-
ING this period Kumagae was four times
within a point OF victory.
|. american Loses His Control.
.Johnston.s exhaustion was 50 great
| mat WITH lIt i'hh "
iiver the deciding points. Control DC
serted him when he had the match
within his GRASP. and so the stamina
and nerveless staying powers OF the jap
anese carried him on TO victory WINE
the American falteringly 70
enter into the closing rallies
Eumacae by his victory follows u
Norris Williams cd as the holder OF me
trorhy here on the courts where WIZ
Iams won his national honors W. years
nyo and where he defeated Mauri e II
NcLouuhlin In the final a year ago.
SIRE ut hear, and In spirit n tired
from his .exertions In his singles tnort
Johnston was in nc mood or cond'',oI
for the doubles final Grimm was a'$l
of form, and they hardly PLAYED tht
kind Of tennis one would expect IRON tnt
Nations best team in double Arm,
strong was in remarkable lett'e ahc
Johnson, once 4 member Of a DAVIS cuI
team that went to England. made a nhe
partner for the one time Minnesota star
Johnston and Griffin made a. gooe
start, not so much because OF their OWL