Show EAST AGAIN SUPREME california tennis players bow to j eastern stars I 1 r fitting that richard nor morris rig wll wil llama hams 11 II and william M johnston should meet in final championship pion plon ship contest it looks as if the east had once more regained gained le liar her supremacy in the tennis world the comets and meteors from fame on the courts have passed or are about to pass A review of the season seas on but recently closed with richard norris williams II 11 of philadelphia regaining the national title lie he had lost the year before to william id johnston of california and the men from the far west being repulsed repulse I all along the line would seem to augur such a thing california sent its best to do battle with the east and when it carne came down to a final round johnston the champion from san francisco was pitted against williams of Philadel former champion and it etwas was fitting that these two should contest for the highest honors on the courts for both had previously shown their right to settle the question of supremacy it took five desperately fought sets before williams was hailed as champion of 1010 five sets during which the philadelphian coming from behind and rs ra I 1 ca E 9 fa IL W fx f 1 ak 1 william M johnston growing ever stronger ever more confident actually hammered his dauntless opponent into submission the victory was not regarded so much a triumph for eastern playing methods and court tactics over the californian in this particular ll instance istance as it might likht have been had williams opponent been maurice mcloughlin lindley murray or another of the ripping tearing net storming men from the coast the reason for this Is plain for johnston himself Is one of the soundest of players both as to production 0 of f stroke and court generalship he does not place his reliance on rushing the net at every opportunity on tremendous me adous service and vicious smashing but rather on a combination of all that Is best in lawn tennis the striking fact as brought out in the seasons big tournament play piny Is that the men whose game Is typically californian did not meet with any conspicuous ious success in their campaign on eastern batern courts mcloughlin succumbed 77 4 richard norris morris williams 11 II to george myers church in the fourth round roun dof of the national championship at forest hills while the spectacular murray yielded to johnston in straight sets in the semifinal final round on the west side tennis club courts the younger generations of call fori nans who have visited the east since the 66 advent of mcloughlin johnston murray and have not measured up to the standard set by their brilliant predecessors roberts and davis da vis hare shown streaks of brilliant tennis at times fames but bowtle on the whole their work has been disappointing while johns warren and hawks aw art of a distinctly lower grade |