Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-02
Failure of Californian to
Give Boston Entry Deci-
size Trimming Is Big
Topic at Forest Hills
WILLIAMS DOES VEIL
nv spItK HALL


u. l., Sept. 2.
,InLLIAM NJ. JoHNsToN's failure
w, to give Nat w. Miles. the Olym-
,,e fancy skater from Boston. decisive
.,,mmips in the third round Of play
=" the national lawn tennis champion
.Si, yesterday was the big topic among
NJ ~. r.ynerts and near-experts today. The
cscrnjng bridge parties did more con.
ss,sing about Johnston than they did
,,,hhers and grand slams, as Hoyle
nnmid say, Billy did not even make
yH little slam against Niles, he inst made
S,s hid. that was all.
NiIes's playing was quite remark
sbi,. although It was no better than Il
Sss the day he defeated Wallace II.
yohnson. of Cynwyd. in the Lonswood
;.vitstion tournament. Niles put up .
80 exbibition Of the back court game.
~ was very reliable. seldom falling into
srrors ~ either by driving out or into the
~ but he was unable at the finish to
sope eu with the little Cslifornian's volleys.
vbich whizzed from his racquet to I'm
sosible hooks on the greensward. -,
Niles should be well pleased with
himself for the showing he made. but
Il was really due to Johnston,s errors
more than to his own skill that ne was
sble to take the second set and force
Johnston to a. deuce set In the third
spssm. The complete count was e-A,
! S.tO. 7.5. 90.
Niles missed his big chance in the
| ,hird set when he had the vantage game
Il "a and three times was within
pSint Of the set. only to have Johnston
sull II out on fine volleying. After the
rest period. Johnston ran through Niles
easily for the final set.
ErstIc Play
The trouble with Johnston yesterday
vss his persistent and almost hope.
tssly erratic play. Had Norris Will
iIsms met Johnston yesterday. II Is
nossible that Bill Tilden might meet
some one else beside the present title
holder In the finals. Unlike Tilden's
mme against Hardy, Johnston tried to
win every point. Not once did he fail
a mt everything he had on the ball,
Int he couldn't get his forehand driv-
lnr with anything like the accuracy
he displayed against Carl Fischer, Of
| Cynwyd, on the opening day.
Usually. when Johnston's drives find
the net. the ball strikes very near the
ton. In close proximity to the tape, but
Yesterday be was missing them by feet,
not inches. He would take big swing
and the ball would 20 sailing into the
barrier near the bottom or even strike
ths round before It reached the net.
He kept shaking his head as he contin-
vA 70 err, but couldn't get them mp.
Finally, In desperation, Johnston did
the only thing that he could do-he
decreased his speed, put q lot Of top
On the ball and then he was able to
make his placements, but they were to-
tsiy acking In pace, passing high over
tAe net and coming down In IN arch,
| reminding one Of the drives used BY
lchiya Kumagae, although not quite as
eccentric.
tensions service. too, was badly of.
he played like a man that had stayed
out late the night before, but, As he
b never guilty Of such a thing, the
cause must be found elsewhere; just
where, not even he could say.
To sum 1t up, Johnston's game will
have to be 100 per cent better II ne
hopes to make any kind Of a showing
against Tilden, provided, Of course, that
these two meet In the final round.
Comeback Of Williams
One of the pleasing events Of the
days performance was the great come
back 10 form of X. N. Williams In the
6nal set with Willis f. Davis. The
Indifferent playing that Williams dis
played against Francis T. Hunter and
3. Howard yoshell caused many, even
ls staunchest admirers, to predict the
DOWNFALL Of the erstwhile University of
Pennsylvania player. But Davis wasn't
equal to the occasion, not nearly equal
10 II.
Although Davis won the 6rst set,
and had fine chance to take the second
and third, he was totally lacking In the
necessary amount of initiative. Davis
Played the worst game that he has
played In the East thia summer. His
service. was far softer than usual, he
covered his court poorly and his net
Pay was cratic and lacked punch.
however, he MANAGED to keep on nearly
sQual terms with Williams In both the
seeond and third sets because Of the
Atter's errors. -
II was only when tie final set was
reached that Williams resembled the
man that once was the dominant figure
on American courts.
payls took the first game of this set.
aen Williams suddenly seemed to find
himself, He took five games In a row
quickly that Davis appeared to be
uumoiounded when the umpire an
W;,,IS unced o'l. During those five games,
,.ms "mIiams was constantly at the net
STneying with all his former grace and
srv..Vehess. s"mni. Davis looked very had In
onpsrison ~. % to Williams In that fourth
out oea a,ih.nouSh ,ha 1 he did manage to squeeze
conrt ne seventh game, making the final
Easy for Tilden 4
blll Tilden appeared on m. chsu
tphionship courts for the first time dnrin,
the tournament when he met o. ntajn
w Ssm Hardy, Of the Davis Chm team
when Bill has an easy cnnopsn. tan y.
pays according, thereby differins ta nc
MS rival Billy Johnston. "'W
al, nardy took the first from In. wor,d,s
snnlspn and the crowd howIed and
dtuued dcp't me with delight. New Yorkers
sid. L hke to see any American ont.
Me- Ss oi Their own bailiwick hold a t;tIs
sner wSu'r .nan ina, their best But that d;dn't
thr.s Iilden any. He took the ne,t
crowd Sets and. In SO doing, gave The
tbsv u.,m m exhibition Of strokins that
s VIII not soon forget. '"""'
tbonShetpt in the second set, when hs
Ien sm. ne ought to put II on Ice T;i'
IN I ha rarely went to the net, Hs AL.
IN. 'e trying to stay as far .wsv 'een,e eena
driv.sn d net as possible, taking E.rSvn
4. es of,. coming down which means ~
when 'en e was far back of the has. tass Ma.
IN Froe ne made the return, ' '"'e iine
from this remote nos;t;o. 4,
johnv,nnot over strokes that sw,as
OF fhs'on,s ,h' speediest. He ala %,I passed
Ii. w W.. s'eyeTest cutting ever ~ 80 some
dis.est di west Side courts, sebJ,nv sen on
fersOim to the corners With ,"e a osh
u%e and again. ''"'ay drive wildly
Tilden emnIo, 4, y...