Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
SINGLES Ten MS
TITLE WILL STAY
IN UNITED STATES
All Foreigners Are Eliminated
in National Champion
ship Tourney at For
est Hills.

Forest Hills, Aug. 3o.-All danger
of the 1919 national turf tennis sin
giles championship going abroad at
the end of the season was removed
here today with the elimination OF
the last of the foreign competitors
in the thirty-eighth championship
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 title holder will be evolved
from among William NJ. Johnston
OF San Francisco, Wallace +. John
son, William T. Tilden II, both of
Philadelphia, and Il. Norris Will
'liams of Boston. Of this quartet
two are previous holders of nation
al titles. Williams won in 1914 and
1916. while Johnston was crowned
champion in the 1915 tournament.
Stars Go Down.
The play today marked the pass
ing of two famous international
Davis cup stars and the American
title holder Of II years ago. Nor
man E. Brookes of Australia fell
before the tornado-like drives and
smashes Of Tilden, while r. Lindley
Murray of Niagara Falls, who won
the championship from Tilden a
year ago, bowed before the racquet
wizardy of Johnston. Along with
Brookes> went Maurice z. Nc
Loughlin of Los Angeles, who five
years ago on this same strip oil
west side club turf defeated Brookes
and Anthony Wilding in the great
est Davis cup matches ever wit
messed in any part of the world.
Brookes made a~far better show
ing in his elimination match against
Tilden than Mclaughlin when OPP
posed by Williams, Notwithstanding
that the Australian is many years
older. Tilden defeated Brookes SO,
Ga, rs, 6-3. but not until the vet
eran had given remarkable ex-
hibition of the court play which has
made him famous. The tail Phila-
delphian employed absolutely stun
ming speed and power in almost all
his strokes and had it not been for
the fact that this power was mixed
with extreme wildness would have
won in all probability in straight
sets.
Serves With Speed.
His service today was beyond ]
anything ever seen on a tennis
court, the bali coming off his rae
luet like white streak with
speed that far exceeded anything
,ver shown by Mclaughlin when
he latter was at the zenith of his
orm. Tilden scored no less than !,
Is clean service aces and in addition
orced Brookes to commit many
more errors in his attempt 10 re-,
urn these rihe-like shots. In fact
t was speed alone that threw
3rookes so completely off his form
or when Tilden chose to slow up
he old masters play Immediately
ook on impressiveness. But, even
t these times the Phila delphian by
lis remarkably accurate lobbying
nd puzzling change of pace, scored
n caused Brookes to net or out
he ball for points.
AS the play progressed Brookes
ired under tile terrific strain OF the
attic and the realization that his
emarkable skill and steadiness
vailed him not against the speed
nd varying strokes of Tilden. That
ROCKIES fully appreciated the cali4 =
re of the victor's tennis was shown
v his enthusiastic congratulation
{ Tilden and the fatherly manner
| which he patted him on the back
5 they walked off the court. A