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Show DEFEAT DF WESTERN STARS IS COMPLETE Eastern Tennis Sharks Take Six Matches; Sunsetters Get but One. r FOREST HILLS, N. T., Aug. 5. The eastern tennis stars completed their rout of the western racquet experts here this afternoon in the second half of the international inter-national tennis tournament winning two of the three matches played and the tournament by a score of six matches to one. The lone victory of the California stars was that in which William M. Johnston John-ston and Clarence J. Griffin, both of San Francisco, national doubles champions, defeated Frederick B. Alexander and Karl H. Behr of New York, three sets out of four, by scores of 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. R. Norris Williams II of Philadelphia and George M. Church of Tenatly, N. J., evened the doubles score by defeating Willis E. Davis and Robert L. Murray of San Francisco in a sensational five-set match, 6-8, 6-2, 6-2, 1-6, G-3. Nathaniel W. Niles of Boston won the only singles match played today, defeating defeat-ing his youthful opponent, Roland Roberts of San Francisco, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. ' While all the matches were well played and closely contested, trie final contest of the series, the doubles between Williams Wil-liams and Church and Davis and Murray proved to be the best and most exciting exhibition of the series. An Exciting Battle. No such doubles play has been on eastern courts since the Davis cup matches of 1914. The rallies and rapid-fire rapid-fire exchanges of the four players who lined up at the net and volleyed the balll too fast to be followed by the eye kept the gallery of some. 500 spectators in an uproar of applause for two hours. Williams and Church, with their superior su-perior court generalship and placement ability, finally outpointed the younger team from the Pacific coast, but not until the quartette was ready to drop from exhaustion. The matches were played in a heavy, humid atmosphere, to which the heat of the sun brought additional discomfort dis-comfort for the players. Murray's severe service won many points for the westerners, for he frequently fre-quently aced both Williams and Church. Davis proved hard to pass at the net, his smashing returns scoring many un-returnable un-returnable poinis. The contest was a struggle for the net ail through the five sets, and the greater experience of the eastern pair enabled them to gain the point of vantage more frequently and, once in position, to outmaneuver Murray and Davis until an opening was made for the winning shot. The match was singularly free of the netting and outing usually occurring in doubles played at such terrific speed. Score by Points. The point scores in the various matches follow: First set: Johnston and Griffin 4i9 044 215 444 45 7 Alexander and Behr 617 461 443 20 40 5 Second set: Johnston and Griffin 143 424 646346 Alexander and Behr 425 242 424 2B 5 Third set: Johnston and Griffin 421 411 03 16 2 Alexander and Behr 144 244 46 2S 6 Fourth set: Johnston and Griffin 124 144 56431 6 Alexander and Behr 441 411 241 23 3 First set: 141 302 424 344 4157 Roberts 411 144 242 521 1415 Second set: N'1Ips 4S3 214 5) 40 6 Robrr-9 065 442 372333 Third set: N,les 204 015 454 2S 6 Roberts v. 441 423 031223 Flm set: . Williams and Church ..011 144 405 415 22 S7 6 Davis and Murrey 414 412 243 643 44 46 S Second set: Williams and Church 341 454 54 316 Davis and Murray 504 242 31 21 " Third eet: Williams and Church , 454 424 2733 6 Davis and Murray 241 242 45 2 Fourth set: Williams and Church 241 502 1 if 1 Davis and Murray 404 744 4976 Fifth set: Williams and Church 443 565 43438-6 Davis and Murray 005 347 152273 |