| Show MURRAY WINNER I ii CHAMPIONSHIP I OVER TILDEN Easil Easily y Def Defeats ea 15 Last Contender Contender Con Coil tender for National Singles Honors Forest Thus N. N Y 1 ept 3 The Tho Tho name of oC R. R Lindley Murray wa was to today to- to oclay o- o day clay In added to the thc lie list O of California tennis players who have won the national singles ch championship on turf when hen he lie captured the HilS tIlie tI- tI tic lie by defeating W W. T. T Tilden Jr Philadelphia In straight sets b by scores o of 3 C 6 1 7 7 G. Playing Inthe in the lie final and championship round on the courts o of the Vest West Stale Side club the thc California meteor metor won the thc first national tennis championship tournament tournament tour tour- since 1 1916 16 6 five Fifty minutes min min- Ute utes of oC court battle proved that lint Murray is tho ho ranking American player of oC the lie season Following ti th footsteps of or Maurice I E. E who won In In 1912 and tn 1913 and anal William M. M Johnston tho lie titleholder ti- ti of oC 1915 1913 Murray showed the same well rounded game and confidence that marked the play of oC his Isis pre sors SOlS Ills victory victor was the more re remarkable remarkable remarkable re- re because he lie had not played serious tournament tennis until about ton days a ago o when after receiving receiving- a vacation from the lie munitions plant where he Is employed as a chemist he made his appearance at Southampton and later at Forest Hills Tilden owing owing ow ow- 1 0 ing to his Iris Improvement and anal greater tournament practice this year was ex expected ex- ex b by many to prove Murrays Murray's mas maR ter teI The Californian playing from rom the theXla Niagara ala Falls N. N Y tennis club proved that even In the thc short space of or time al allotted al- al to 10 him for Cor pra practice he lie could reach the thc heights of r court skill and strategy that provell so bewildering to Tilden I The Thc tall Philadelphia despite his Iris wizardry ardrY of oC strokes cut-strokes and court COI covering cow cov ering I ability was unable t to check C for n. n n. n L LII 1 ui Vi nine r a a S LOthe iu lU the championship Tilden was handiCapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped by a boll on his hla ankle which seriously Interfered with his footing Murray us used d smashing tactics at times limes but so 80 them with chopped forecourt strokes lobs and side line p passes s cs that Tilden was constantly constantly con con- unbalanced b by the versatility of oC the attack In addition Murray al alwa's always at- at ways was had the tho reserve o of his terrific service lie used mused this Iris at times limes with deadly effect as 15 is shown by the thc stroke analysis which credits him with fifteen fifteen teen service aces to Tilden's ens en's four St of 01 ofIn In the thc f fact ct of ot the constantly shiftIng shift shift- log Ing scheme of offense Tilden made ninny many errors and seldom appeared to torise torise torise rise to the full height and power of oC his Iris game garne Occasionally ho lie would bring applause e from roan the tho gallery of oC several several sev sev- eral thousand spectators by ripping re returns re- re turns tUrn across the court or deep to the base lase lines but the they were flashes only Murray lurra from flom his position at the net even en in these rapid fire exchanges al alwa always al- al wa ways s 's worked with the skill and nd deliberation de do- liberation of oC a ma master ter and anal the steadiness ness with which he hd made Impossible gets ets and anti returns of oC strokes cs appeared to tako take the heart from froni Tilden's play It was the lie latter's un unsteadiness ness in netting and outing th liar ball baB at critical moments that really cost him the tire championship for he actually Murray in iii the number num hum her ber of his killing aces Murray never appeared to he be worried by lay the these theo c re remarkable remarkable re- re streaks of or play on Tilden's part and ami continued to carr carry out his plan of campaign a as through though the thc outcome outcome outcome out out- come was never ne in doubt Repeatedly Repeated Repeated- I ly 13 he lie went vent after returns to the very ven ex extremes o of the boundary and 1 by y mar mar- a I veloris stroking would bring the ball bail ballback ballback back Into pIa play with with such persistency that Tilden would finally In B lose the point pointon on the lie simplest appearing kind of ot C error Murrays Murray's supremacy was further urther demonstrated b by the fact of the eight ty-eight games played only six were carried to deuce and the thc manner in which he disposed of oC Tilden in less than one hour of ot pIa play was a further demonstration lon of oC his superiority The point score stroke analysis and recapitulation of oC the match is as felI follows fol fel- I lows First set point score Murray H 41 OH 5 35 35 points 6 C games gaines Tilden uti 26 iO- iO 26 6 points 3 games Stroke analysis SA PL Outs Nets DF Murray 3 t 9 3 1 5 2 Tilden 0 16 IC 1 12 11 0 Second set sel Murray lurra oJ 4 H 44 10 I I. I 4 2 21 I points 6 C games Tilden O 2 2 13 1 13 points 1 game Stroke analysis SA S. PL Outs Nets DF DI Murray I C S I a 2 0 Tilden en I 0 5 5 x I 6 G 3 1 Third set et Murray I il I 20 IO 0 OU 34 I t 3 31 t points 7 games Tilden 14 O H. H H HI 31 I 31 points 5 ga games g in es Stroke analysis SA S. PL PI Outs Nets DF Murray 6 S. S S 5 0 Tilden 1 I II 5 11 1 Recapitulation Matches Sets Games Points Murray 1 I 3 19 93 Tilden 0 0 0 9 70 iO Stroke e analysis SA PL Pr I Outs Ous Nets e s. s DF DI Murray 1 13 2 25 17 12 2 Tilden 2 3 35 26 6 25 2 Time G 55 63 minutes Deuce games six |
