The Washington herald., 1920-09-07
Superior Play Wins.

% tH1fb Aue dEdmd OF the courts
and the passing Of a champion after
a fight which had extended through
a week Of royal play.
Within reach Of a successful de-
fense Of his tide, Johnston fsltered.
not through any fault Of his own.
but because OF the superior game
which his opponent played.
A wetk ago I2S men from all parts
Of the country stormed the cham
pion's throne One by one he re-
sisted them, and one by one they
passed into the wings defeated until
only Tilden remained. And yester-
day they staged the last scene Of the
great drama, and TiIden won.
As they played. of stage, in low
hanging cloud two men. Circling the
courts in an airplane, few TO their
death. The machine had passed over
the STANDS and was about TO come
back when the motor went dead. The
plane wsvered in the air. women
shTieked, and Johnston and Tilden,
looking up. stopped playing.
Then il spun into a nose dive and
stands. The stands bUzzed with won
der. half afraid, half hopeful
Play was resumed, and later IL
became known that the two men in
the plane, a Lieut. Gresr and a
Sergt. SAKE. had gone TO their death.
Rain Hslts match.
The start Of the match vas de-
layed Ny a shower, and twice the
~ II -H
rain. The last scene OF the drama
however. was so frsught with thrills
that the women in the gallery re-
pudiated the alleged vanity OF their
sex, sat through the match and for
got all about the rain as the action
of the final clash reached its eli
max.
At one time the stands looked
like vari-colored fields Of flowers in
which a riot of silk parasoIs and
umbrellas had suddenly exploded
into bloom, and as the play went on
two women. lost completely IN the
tensity OF the struggle, tainted
Johnston PLAYED a. he always
does, with all his might and cour-
age In the fourth set TiIdsu was
within = point OF victory. but the
mighty little atom OF the courts
with. his back TO the far wall OF his
kingdom, Unlcsshed the full fury OF
his game and fought Tilden OF.
brought the score to deuce. and
finally won the set.
Tiiden was splendid in victory
he matched his terrific service
against Johnston's great forchsnd
drive and won. The experts had
said that he would not win. but NJ
entered into the play with 4 deter
minstion which swept Johnston be
fore him in the first set
The little Californian had twice
won the national championship and
needed hut one more victory 70 &C
quIre. pCrms suCnt possession Of the
championship bowl. So he. too. was
determined 10 win. and as Tilden
drove and smashed his way through
the first set. he shook his head slow
~, as though EraSpinE the siEnifi-
csnce Of the trend OF the battle.
First Five Sets 10 TiIden.
Tllden won the first 1--WE games OF
this set and after dropping the sixth
game won the seventh. In the srr-
ond set Johnston reversed the order
Of things and allowed Tilden onlv
one game. The third went to extra
games and Tilden won. The foufth
set also went 10 extra games and
this time Johnston won.
Then entering the fifth set.
Johnston won two straight game
and here Tildcn staged the rally
which carried him through to vie
tory and the championship. once
as the rain came down, a ruling. h.
George AdcC, referee Of the tour
nsmcnt, was made after a confer
enCe with Edward ConIin. the ur-
pire. But the play went on and
Iilden finally won out. reversing the
result Of last years tournament. in
which Johnston defeated Tildcn in
tho final round
Early in the day Vincent Richards
defeated William NJ Ingraham. or
Oakland. r. /, in the final round OF
the national junior singles. Tn.
score was So 6-4. 6-l.
The stroke analysis and summary.