Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-15
MANSLAUCHTER COR0NER'S
FINDINGS AGAINST ARBUCKLE..
ACCUSED UNM0vED AT NEWS
TILDEN / DEFEATS
JOHNSTON IN TENNIS
PLAYAT QUAKER CITY

Philadelphia, Sept. 14-For the
second time in two years William
L. Tilden, H., of Philadelphia de-
stroyed all chance of William NJ.
Johnston, of San Francisco, securing
permanent possession of the cham
pionship tennis singles cup, by de-
fcating him here today, 4-6, 10, GA.
%. III the fourth round of the animal
ttular tournament. Johnston. WIN
ner OF the championship in 1916 and
1919 staged 4 spectacular comeback
tut rs vas the case at Forest Hills,
asst September, it was Tilden who
defeated his plan to secure a third
AMI final leg upon the historic
trophy.
< year ago Tilden won from
Johnston in the final round by
scores Of 6l, 1-6, rs, 81 Ga. To-
e.,s on the courts of the Germantown
Cricket Club, the local player erased
the 1.-the Californian in a four set
match ard apparently cleared the
way Tor retention of the champion
snip which he won for the first time
il 1920.
Johnston was not the only former
title holder to be eliminated, how
ever, for r. Norris Williams IT,. Of
Boston. champion in 1914 and 1916,
also went down to defeat before J..
Q. Anderson, the Australian Davis
Cup player in a hard five-set match
G-3. 6-S, &c, 4-6, ca.
Other survivors of the fourth
round included Wallace +. Johnson.
OF Philadelphia, Francis It. Hunter,
Of New York, +. Gordon Lowe of
England, Willis f. Davis, and Robert
q. kinsey of San Francisco.
Tilden's victory. while not entire
ly unexpected to a certain extent
makes the final round scheduled for
Saturday rather an ante-climax. The
holder of both the American and
English titles is conceded to be the
class of the remaining field and it
would be most astounding revers-
al and upset of tennis form if he
was TO be defeated during the next
three days of national champion
ship play. Certainly none of the
survivors of the present tournament
are likely to give Tilden battle
equal to that put up by Johnston
this afternoon.
The California successor to Maur-
ice f. Mclaughlin gave all he had
IN the way of super tennis in his at
tempts to defeat Ti!den and it was
only the extra steadiness and fex-
Utility of the Victor's game that
he
and defeat. Jilden oven in the face
of Johnston's hardest bombardment
of placements. change of pace and
perfect examples OF tennis technique
and strategy. matched skill and
brain with Johnston and fully held
his oWn. Added to this he had
greater physical endurance and
court covering ability which perhaps
in the final analysis gave him the
winning edge.
In many respects the match lack
cd the sustained thrills and spectac~
MAR play which has been associated
with the game of these two players.
The tennis was so well nigh perfect
that there was an absence Of the
smashing kills and unreturnahle
passes which both 'Tiden and John
ston employed against weaker op-
ponent Today these were injected
when occasion Offered but such op-
nortunities were few and far be-
tween. Each was satisfied to safely
return his rivals shot without put
ting finality into the stroke unless
there was more than reasonable
surety of success. In these cv-
changes. however Tilden always
held the edge.