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Show COASTERS BATTLE FOR TENNIS HONORS TODAY Johnston and McLoughlin Put .-w.iv Eastern Opponents In Semi-final; W illiams Figh,ts C i.nnoU , but Is ( )uKiassed. FOIUCBT KlttXA N Y . Bopt Th-i nniional Inwn lennle 0hlWptOt0tU. tn stlKlrai lor tU6 will v to tt t. 'ahtoi nttt ilt if tomorrow unlOOfl ih lOOBl wtMtiher man intttrveiira Two of the tMiou Nattv Son loyora nn Hie iliiM Mi the O0Wtl ol the Weal UdO oluh here ttiia afternoon to meet In the final round of the thirty-fifth animal an-imal (ourn-anient of the N.ttlonal aaaoola-tlon aaaoola-tlon bv ellinlntttiiia the only two OOOtom experts left in iTi. touinameni, wnloh -n.i n n M eek MO William M. JohiiBton of San Fran.l.tv'o OUBUnotOd R. Norrla Witllaina 11 of PhlU tlelplila in a 00O0&1 lOnal fi e net mat oh. 4-i". 6-4. ft-;. aiul Maurh-r K M' l.oiiKhhn of San PmiiOiOOO, who already al-ready holds two leva on thO all-oomern rltatlenita to. put out T. R. I11 of New York at 4-o. Molav'uiahlln'a vloiory was lOAOJOih riv llctd by tha tennis exniu, fvr the fa-moua fa-moua lavia OOO player haa outronkrd Ml opponent of today for several veaia. Jolm-ton' Jolm-ton' defeat of Witltama was tar nure sensational ami unoxpootOd, and pro ed to he the Mffgeat upset lu a national tour ivamein for several aeaaons. The youni Californian. who aaa placed jduh In the 1914 rankliui. while Williams W .So won hia vU'tor over the present Hile-holder Hile-holder b aupe'rlor play and ReneiaUhip and without, the aemblance of a fluke. Johnston Outplavs Rival. In ihe cruelllm nve-aet match, wit-OOOOOd wit-OOOOOd by a holiday gallery which filled ever portion of the grand stands and clubhouse veranda. Johnston outplayed the famous foreign coached t-hamplon. while nta errors In total were a tilfle leas than' those made by Wtlhama. A stmke analtaia for the entire match shows seven senile aces for Johnston, as against five for Williams in place ment shots The Californian mod flfiv to Hnoma'a forty-two. The victor drove out of court flfly-nlne times to the losers Brar, but retrieved himself by holding hie netted hails to fortv against Williams's forty. six. The Tatter also was gulltr of twelve double faults, as against Johnston's five. It was not alone to his steadiness that Johnston a victory was due. for the 10-veor-oM California! outenerted and out-maneuvered out-maneuvered the playlng-through champion cham-pion representing the Longwood CrUkel club of Boston, lie appeared to have discovered dis-covered weaknesses in the present play of Williams which tha latttr's previous opponents could not dlagnoa. He fought ma way to the net In the manner that MoLoughltn made famous a few rears ago and once there returned the ball at a constantly varying pa.e. chiefly to Wtl-Mams's Wtl-Mams's back hand He did not, however, hold to any aet form and when the title-holder title-holder laaat expected it. a hipped the boll to Wtllta.ms's forehand or to soma uncovered un-covered portion of the court with a sure-ness sure-ness and rapidity which in the long run completely broke down the latter'a defense. de-fense. Williams Fights (.ameh . Williams did not go down to defeat without Sing strenuous battle, and as a result the matrh was the most sensational of the preaent tournament, it appeared as If the Boston player held Johnston too cheaply. Johnston opened the matoh wllh servlcw. and Immediate. v showed his slaving slav-ing campaign by fighting hta wav to the net. using his backhand, which Is almost as effective aa Pell's, and ground strokes, which immediately had Williams In difficulties. diffi-culties. The latter tried to pass his opponent op-ponent along the aide llnea and auccaeded an eventually bringing the games to five all. from which point Williams's excellent excel-lent judgment of distance enabled him in drop the ball Into the corners of the court for the first aet. Nothing daunted, the Californian returned re-turned to the attack and. lifting his game, won the second set bv clever placing, principally prin-cipally from the net. although when Wll-llams Wll-llams succeeded In dislodging him from y that point of vonltUfO tW hld llB OWB in the longor strokr Main. The third -i woi tot kordool fouibl of I he ontlrO Min t. h. EQOtMi on on his own oorvloi throuajh l10 tonth uttine with long rallies nnd sensatloiuil nal and 'leap ooMfl axchongaa, wlioratn thor ssi Utile idvantteaTo for alt nor Mntondor. VVIlllonii arttae au par lor for the numidit, howovor. and ollnohad (he et with a snrles of brilliant side line drt e:, which Johnoon could 001 rOgvOh. Sticks to Ply. The yOUBatOtOr Horn the Pstirlc roast showed Ills real courage h conllnnliiK to fight out the DOttlO on the lines which he had evidenth plonnod In sdvance nnd, as thv pla graa faster, hit supci nu ll over Williams InOfOOOOd Johnoton drove and chopvel the hall at Willi a ins with out a monieui'k respite, sppeni lug to have perfect control of t he sphere, no mailer how hftPd thO iiatnp1on returned tt to hi in. It was an exa mple of t lie old adagti that nothing guooooodt hke success, for the harder Johnoton la. ed the hall I he faster It travel, t in unuartlrd ipotg in Williams's teirltory f or the ni si lime during I he plav I he latter gppe.t red (o lose his . onlldence as to the ultimate outcome of the contest He wms driven into defense Stand on his base line n nd Forood 00 handle returns so uulckly thai the pro ed easy for Johnoton to score with or went Into the net or out of bounds. The fifth and deriding de-riding set wan even easier for (he Sun PYanclgOOn Ond the orowd .eased to applaud ap-plaud the telling strokes snd hops of the pla era in sheer MmnBeinent at the suddenly de eloped HMMVOl w laanlry of of Johnston Williams fought doggexttv to aveit defeat, de-feat, but it waa a loalnK lUhi and his play indicated that he knew It He loaf all suretv of stroke, ens. of dite. tlon. and nnafly reached the point w here he stood In bewilderment as Johnston's drives tipped the turf first at his feet and then at a apot ten or fifteen feet away. Pell Is Easier. Mcl .oughlln's vlctorv over Petl la. ked the spectacular pla and thritla that so arouaed the gmllerv in th Johnston-Williams contest, bui It was Indicated more clearly from th beginning of play It was evident tlvat M. lyoughlm, tOO, had a plan of campaign, which was Just the reverse of that adopted by Johnston. He whipied and alashed the ball at every opportunity to Pell's forehand and thus nullified the greatest aaaef of the latter, a back - hand stroke, which la generally conceded to be the beat In thla country The former nat lonal champion did not evince any great desire to plav his old net game arid there was little need of tt for he uncovered a deep .ourt driving and placing game whtr-h wag little short of that exhibited bv Williams at his best As a result of the length, accuracy and placement of M-loughlln strokes, most of whl, h were made from the base -Una or beyond, he kept pell continually on the run from corner to corner, or from baseline to net. and the New Yorker seldom had an opportunitv to lake the offensive The moments wlier Pell was able to gain and hold the net ahowed htm a his best, but they were too Infrequent In-frequent snd of too short duration to count aa a winning factor In the long run and aa a result Mcl.oughlin will meet his vounger tow 'isman and teammate on the same stretch of turf at S oVJock tomorrow afternoon. A victory over Johnston w-ill give htm permanent possession pos-session of the missive silver challenge bowl emblematic of the national championship. cham-pionship. Mcl.oughlin won his first leg on this trophy In IMS gnd repeated in HIS. Last v car he waa ehut out In the final round by Williams, after pla - log t've greatest gsme of his career during the DOYVtO Ottp matehes. in whl-h he defeated both Normin Prookes and Anthonv Wilding. Wild-ing. Wilding was reently killed In the Dardanelles while serving with the Australian Aus-tralian forces. |