New-York tribune., 1919-08-30

freckled-faced, American youth from
Just humbled the great Australian WI
Then one man tossed seat cushion
into the air 1t sailed out over the
deid and came skidding down through
the air. to land near the court. This
seemed 10 be the signal for the thou
sands who had watched the interaa-
tional struggle on the courts for more
than two hours TO show their enthusi-
asm both for victor and vanquished.
in another ten seconds the air was
filed with flying pillows, which fell like
giant fakes OF snow upon she court
Julian S. Myrick, vice president of the
National Tennis Association, seized
megaphone and implored the pillow
tossers to stop lest some one should be
injured, but ne m ght as we'll have tried
to turn back Niagara itself
No one was hurt, however, and John
ston and Patterson marched. smiling.
through the rain of pillows. Nothing
ike this had been seen since the Davis
Cup matches Of 1914. on these same
courts, when Mclaughlin downed the
mighty Brookes. In fact, the crowd
yesterday was even more wildly demon
strative than on that other notable oc-
cssion.
There were other great matches dur
came through to the round before the
sem-hnal we'll earned their places in
the great tourney.
Williams Drops One Set
William T. Tilden, I'd. of Philadel-
pha, had to go through five swiftly
played sets before he could take the
measure Of little lchiya Kumagae, of
Japan. by a score Of 6-4. 6-l, IS.
4-s, e. Richard Norris Williams,
I'd. Of Boston. champion of 1914 and
1916, dropped the first set of his match
against Ronald Y. Thomas, Of Aus
tralia, before he could bring America S
colors 10 the top by score of If,
6-4. 60, 81.
Robert Lindey Murray. of Niagara
Falls, the playing-thr champion,
vent through Conrad B.. Doyle of
Washington. by a score OF 8. e..
SIS, and Maurice (. Mclaughlin. Of
California still without serious oppo
stion in the tourney, took young Percy
/. Kynaston. OF Long Island, into camp
by score of s., s.. SIS. Norman
Brookes. Patterson's doubles partner
and once hailed as the worlds greatest
player was carried 10 the full five sets
before he could quell Charles S. Gar
land. Of Pittsburgh, one Of the bright
est of the younger players in this
81, s.. Is.
The remaining two matches OF the
afternoon found Wallace +. johnson, Of
Philadelphia. the winner over Nathaniel
". Niles OF Boston, at 4-6. o-4,
s.. I'll, and Walter Merrill Hall, of
this city, Middle States champion,
victor over Theodore Roosevelt Pell. OF
New York. by score of 6-1, 81,
o., S..
Glancing over the list of those re
naming in the tournament. We lind
that there is every promise this after
noon of another day Of sensational
struggles for supremacy.
Four High Grade Matches
Murray VS.. Johnston, Wallace John
son VS.. Hall, Tiiden vs.. Brookes and
Williams VS. Mclaughlin.
Murray and Johnston are old rivals.
and both are going at their best right
now. Johnston has almost uniformly
defeated the present champion, but
this meeting will be harder fought,
probably than any of their former
clashes Johnson and Hall are liable to
put up another great struggle, Johnson,
with his chop stroke, being Inquired a
slight favorite over the hard driving
Hall.
Iilden and Brookes have never met,
and the interest in this match Will be
intense, since SO many people are anxi-
Gus to see how the brilliant Phila-
dephian will fare against the crafty
court MASTER. Personally. | look TO
lfden to conquer the veteran Aus
trailan, but the struggle will undoubt-
edly be bitter one, and TIlden must
not lag II he hopes to crush his rival.
Williams and Mclaughlin. A match
between these two should be enough
10 crowd the West Side Club stands
from bottom row to top. Williams tore
me national pionship crown from
hed Mac's' touseled head at Newport
IN 1914, and again defeated the great
oomet IN the national tourney of
IslS. Playing as he has been for the
last two days, Williams should leave
lhe court a winner this afternoon.
do not believe there is man in
T,rlca america to-day who can defeat the
"llilams who vanquished Willis Davis
On Thursday. Unless Mclaughlin can
uncover game SO per cent stronger
'nan anything he has shown this
season, Williams looks like a certain
winner
S. r. o. Sign Out Early
Long before Johnston and Patterson
zane out on the No. court yester-
aay' shortly after 4:30 o'clock the
s.ahas were filled to the las. inch, and
nyrick ordered the standing room only
SS'eh put out at the entrance gates.
neveral thousand persons were disap
po'hted and had TO be turned away
"neh even the available standing room
points had been filled
~ was brilliant spectacle, those
.ows OF men and women, tier on tier,
.lSlng up to the south and north of
s"o courts, alive with enthusiasm,
Eager to applaud every dazzling shot
y. tnc men who played there oel the
s.tteensward below them. And it was
,',s sne BEST behaved gallery that has ever
uui.,unessed a tennis match on the Forest
nils courts.
Edward c. Conlin was in the UNI
pres chair, and the most alert linesmen
.ne tournament committee could gather
.here at their appointed posts when
'"1 nrst ball was put in play.
johnston began the service and won
sa ne opening game without hint Of
me difficulties that were to confront
nsm later in the struggle. Patterson
vas not able to do anything with the
n,merican youths severe and we'll
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