Evening star., 1919-08-31
FOREIGN PLAYERS
OUT Of RUNNING
National Tennis Title Sure to
Remain in Hands of
American.
TILDEN DEFEATS BROOKES

FOREST HILLS, n. Y, August 80
All danger of the 1919 national turf,
tennis singles championship goint
abroad at the end of the season was
removed here today with the elimina-
tion of the last of the foreign COM
petitors in the thirty-eighth champion
ship tournament of the National Tennis
Association. The completion of the
fifth round found three eastern and one
western racquet expert still in the
running and given fair weather the
new titleholder will be evolved from
among William w. Johnston of San
Francisco, Wallace +. Johnson, William
T. Tilden, I'd. both of Philadelphia. and
r. Norris Williams of Boston Of this
quartet two are previous holders of
the national title. Williams won in
1914 and 1916. while Johnston was
crowned champion in the 1915 tourna-
ment.
The play today marked the pass
ing of two famous international
Davis cup stars and the American
Norman E. Brookes of Australia fell
before the tornado-like drives and
Murray of Niagara Falls, who won
the the championship from Tilden a year
wizardry of Johnston. Along with
Brookes went Maurice Mclaughlin
of Los Angeles. who five years ago,
on this same strip of West Side Club
turf, defeated Brookes and Anthony
Wilding in the greatest Davis cup
matches ever witnessed in any part
of the world. Brookes made a far
better showing in his elimination
match against Tilden than McLough-
lin when opposed by Williams. not
withstanding that the Australian is
many years older.
Tilden Defeats Brookes.
Tilden defeated Brookes 3-6. "a.
7-5, 6-3. but not until the veteran
had given a remarkable exhibition of
the court play which has made him
famous in all lands where tennis is
in vogue. The tall. Philadelphian en-
ployed absolutely stunning speed and
power in almost all his strokes. and
had it not been for the fact that this
power was mixed with extreme wild
ness would have won in all probabil-
ity in straight sets.
His service today was beyond any,
thing ever seen on a tennis court. the
ball coming off his racket like
white streak, with a speed that far
exceeded anything ever shown by Nc
Loughlin when the latter was at the
zenith of his form. Tilden scored no
less tnan sixteen clean service aces,
and, in addition, forced Brookes to
commit many more errors in his at
tempt to return these riflelike shots.
In fact, it was speed alone that threw
Brookes SO completely off his form.
for when Tilden chose to slow up the
old masters play Immediately took
on impressiveness But even at these
times the Philadelphian, by his re-
markably accurate lobbing and puz-
zling change of pace, scored or caused
BrookeS to net or out the ball for
points.
The latter started we'll by winning
the first set partly on Tilden's errors
and partly on his own accurate plac-
ing and beautiful defense of his court.
lie also made great stand in the
third set which went to deuce, but
as the play progressed he tired under
the terrific strain of the battle and
the realization that his remarkable
skill and steadinesS availed him not
against the speed and varying strokes
of Tilden. That Brookes fully ap-
preciated the caliber of the victor's
tennis was shown by his enthusiastic
congratulation of Tilden and the IA
therly manner in which he patted
him on the back as they walked off
An analysis of the playing cards
of the two men shows that Tilden
won three sets to one. z2 games toi
Is. 126 points to 113. The stroke
43 for Brookes, Al nets to 81, S double
faults to 2, 3S placements to 23 and
16 service passes to 3.