Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-05 | Page 28 | Forest Hills Filed is Reduced to Four

FOREST HILLS FIELD IS REDUCED TO FOUR Johnston Beats Griffin in Warm Contest, and Is Picked by Experts as Class of Lot for Championship. player, in straight sets at 6-2, 6-4, 6-0. The Cornellian suffered from stage fright throughout the match and failed to do himself justice. Only in spots did he exert the "Comet." McLoughlin vs. Pell. MeLoughlin 'a opponent for a play in the final round will be Theodore R. Pell, who won over Irving C. Wright today. The score of this match was 6-3, 6-L 6-1. , Harold A. Throckmorton of the Wood-bridge, Wood-bridge, N. J., high school, won the national na-tional interschlastic championship bv defeating Charles S. Garland of Pittsburg Pitts-burg in the final round bv the score of 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Throckmorton had his wonderful service well in control and displayed a game which promises great things when he is a little more experienced. ex-perienced. He is only 18. years old. By International News Service. FOREST HILLS, N. Y,, Sept. 4. The field of contestants for the national championship was reduced to four on the courts of the West Sido Tennis club here today, with William M. Johnston, R. Norris Williams, Maurice E. McLoughlin Mc-Loughlin and Theodore R. Pell occupying occupy-ing places in the semi-final brackets as the result of their victories. The features of the day's play was the remarkable game displayed by Johnston, who defeated Clarence Griffin Grif-fin in the most sensational match of the tournament. Johnston and Griffin will meet McLoughlin and Thomas Buudy for the national doubles title on Wednesday. The Griffin-Johuston match went to five sets, Johnston winning bv the score of 6-2, 6-1, 6-8, 5-7, 6-1. 'The loser was slow in finding himself in the first two sets, but once warmed up. forced Johnston to plav better tennis than has been exhibited by either McLoughlin or Williams. Impressed With Speed. This was especially true in the last and deciding set, when he drove and smashed so overwhelmingly that speculation specu-lation became rife as to whether Williams, Wil-liams, the present national champion, would be able to withstand the westerner's western-er's speed when they meet Monday for a play in the final round. From the game Williams plaved against William Rand, whom he "defeated "de-feated at 8-6, 7-5, 6-1, it was believed by tennis sharps that Williams will be defeated unless he shows a marked improvement. im-provement. McLoughlin today again indulged in a game that resembled his old stvle. He defeated Francis T. Hunter, a' Cornell