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Show MURRAY WINS NET TITLE S S .23 BEATS TILDEN IN FINAL Californian Scores Victory Over Rival in Straight Sets; Uses Famous Service With Deadly Effect; Fifty-five Minutes of Play Proves He Is Ranking American Player of Season. FORJT HILLS. X- Y.. SepL 2. The Earae of F- Lindley Murray was today added to the list of California tennis players who have won the national singes championship on turf, when he captured the 1rjl title by d.;:"eatin W. T. Tildcn. Jr.. Philadelphia, in straight sets t'y scores of 6-:", 6-1, 7-5. Playin? in the firm! ajid championship round on the courts of t;ic West Side . luh. the California Cali-fornia meteor won the first national tennis ten-nis championship tournament sir.'.-e TjD-. Vifty-five minutes of court ha' tie pmvd i;-.a Murray is t He ranking Amonin i plaver of the season. Fr.".lo-A'inc the foots'eps of" Mauri'' K. jr-Ln'j'j'r.;:; who '.von m 1 " I and 11". j aud Wilirini M. Johnston, u Tit'.---hoMtr of 1 9! 5, M urray showH the siaie 7 r'-undd sarr.e and r-onf idnv'' th it ir.rkd the pl3y of his pfe-l"'-e.;-. Hm Jory wi; the mor re.nr-t rka' h-',"-?u- :" h:-id no; p'y- serious tourn.in:-'it tt uma until about ten das a zo. w;i.--n, after , rf-ceivinsr a vacation frcn the :nunit ons plant waere he is eiapl'-V'-d rus a '.init.-L, he rnado his appea ni.n.-e at outhamptoa and latt-r at For'-M ?!:t:5. I Tild-n, owini to his ItntTOve-nn t ar;di greater to':rrui.ment pra'-n iliis -vaj. v, is expected by many tj prove M .r- , rav's matpr. The Cali fornian, p'-iy, ne j from trie Niagara Fa I f. X. V- Tennis club, proved thnt even in the F-;ort -ph- p of tt me aliot td to him for pra-'fice, h--touhl rf-nr'n I-- heights of court s'riii and 'rate?y that proved so bewildering '.o TU J-n. The tall Phi!ad-?!r hian. de?nit h: w:,-ardrv w:,-ardrv of 'H-sTn-i'-s and '-ourt-''ovenni; ahi.ity, was i r.a ); to ch k for ar v it.-n-'".h of i ime M ; rray's n. ir--h to th-- cha mpionship. T:. Jen was ha: dtranpwl hy a hoil on his a::kle. whi'h sTion:y interfered with h:s foo::r.. Murray u.--d ;na3oir: Uc:tie8 at times, hnt .o skill-fniiv skill-fniiv inr.-r-T&rs'J ih-rn v-ifh rho: fnre-'ourt f-trokra. io":,.-, and s-Jekne pa--s. ha t Tild'-n f on-Un1 ly unba I-irc ;d bv t " v'-r.-'j tii' ty of ' c- att'k. In addition. Mijrrty alwa;--, had th r-:--e-,-p of his r.r.rrifjc st. n FTc t'.'ii at t;-riS ".-'Tli rV-a'i';." ffff-"t. an w ov. -l by rhe :-rn-,kc nn;::ys;! u',i"h rf-j -; jr - hi rn wi Lh f; ft-en :-er-. i e.-: Til- , d f n'fl four. I Tildens Play Flashy. In th fa"- ' tn r oi.-f,f ri r i v r. e ; .v-'ierrif ' of:''-ntf Tilden m-iclc rnanv t-rorr, t-rorr, ari sldrn a:-P;-r--d tr, r'.-"- to (!, ; f jii height and power nf ' ' - f is fiV.'i y he v ci !d hri a ; phc j.s f t'tf-fr.e t'tf-fr.e ea! 'Tv of k'Vft;:! thouja:.d ;--. :;i tr,r tt' rlr'nitii' returr.s D'-rofi'-i tv,p fi-jr-f or : to h; o.se li nes. hut t hf y w r-r j f;;i. (",'-, oriiy. Murray, from hi pori:ion nt Hi" n''f, I r : i ;i in t rapid - f i re e . in n- ?, ;tl- ways worked with the skill anil dt.-hbern-t;on of a m.isler; and tht Htvad i nts :th with he mad"1 inipns.-':l.ie kr,,t--- and retnrn of lir:htnini,r-like strokes a;pear--.i lo litke the h - art from 'Ihiden's play. H w:is t lie laiter's un.s;eadint,'-s in rifttin and om-i:i om-i:i the hail at crili-'a! mo:n-nts that rraliy cost In in the rhamp!onshi;i. for hn ;i'-:u.i'iy O'itpi.o'd Murray in the number f Mm kiilin: H-.-e.s. M urray never appeared to he t orri- ! hy those remarkable si reaka of phiy o-Tihl-.Ti's p.irl. and .-i. n tinu"1 carry n-j-his 'hi.n of ram.MU'n .u- tn-u:ri tlv m- t - . ((.ni1 w.is never m doutn. I t-'i-at-'d ' v. i . went ;u';jr r-'in:; f in - :y -v : r-r r . ; of the l-")t:nd;ir , and by n:.irv. lou- .i!n-k- imir MO'ild brin the bab ba'-'r, n.to 1'iT.y w: r h u--h persistt-n'-y t hat T. id-n w n.i 1 f'naUy lose the po.r t on the sini;n--.f j ap:--."i rin? kind of error .V u rm '. 's a' ; nr: rna y .s .i f 1 1 -f h n r dein ons:rrtrd bv the f,i.-t ( in t w n: '. -f : ;; r ; -a:.ne.s p!'ied, only six wer- f-trried (. ik '.' p : . 1 'he c i -i r.r. er in wlii' u he ! . . pot-d of "l'i!r!ef1 in b-- '.i.iri or.f bn'ir er , ' P'.lv wj a further d-. it. on. t ra ion of ;.i ! s r 'Tio.-if. T;e po,r:t i-'-r.re. stroke an.i'ysn .tn-l re ' t U'a' ion Of the rn:it..l. fi i i.!'r.v. I Vmtji tit. "lt .Vri .1'. i-ivii, .i rm". T'M-n 1 (II HTiv -J-". --:n!i llr- hhmv j SA I'l. OITi ShTTH lK Mnrra 7 1 Il1n 0 1 J 11 ' . -on'i jr; : t.l'l.-n if''J 2-n luiiiUi. n- (tar:.--. H l i, hi ts n rrrs pi M J rrn t S f, n . T: 'V n 0 .. t; l , Jinrrjy MI 'M I M i.-rrn (fn ?.. . 'I'.i'I-n :n M p.,tn'9. fl- r-tm' We a ri 1 tI j S IT. Ol 'TS N I7T.H I'K Mnmr - .. "' Til'1-n I 1 1 ft 11 1 K'-'-a . it tj ;a ' I'-n : f.ii-fi'- s i.iim ri.i. Mu-a 1 a !' . j 'I U'lr-n 0 0 it 7" s v ft. 'rn i Nil: r( 1 '--y . . . . 1.-. rr, IT )' t,i.- . . -. I I'T.f - 0.1 tnlliu''!. rur ;ini"i -S.l |
