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Show a- " .. . . N Tenuis Stars Who Are Participating in 1818 Tourneys lira TILDEN JS. 0-1,'0 I WMAGAE fvh, ; v: J a p x x fc. ' t v i m ' i , - 5 l y : yy i uwrK.fa". 4 a if fgipl V; vincent , I , V-:- wy-- Vi ,y .If -.s'usr m mmim --jtn , fAm - TT' nfA 1 1 1 have J?- Wxk M V- .',-' ' x ' 'X i l l 1 V'AW v" ' 'V: ,V,iriiIiflpI ' 2?;; r oft XXs' ' Vl i.-J X. j r i-- . ' . X X . , . bI7pu-tr ms.MomiD ,H (OX . t;- BURDLOO ' OSHELL HAROLD TAYLOA Preliminary Round for Championship Singles at Southampton Begms Monday; Forest Hills Will Be Scene of Final Matches; Vincent Richards Rich-ards and William Tilden, Jr.t Are Doubles Winners for This Season, TWO weeks yet remain of th,e national na-tional lawn tennis championship tournaments. To the initiated the outcome of the doubles matches during the past week on the turf of the Lomxwood Cricket club, Boston, in which Vincent Richards and William Tilden, Jr., emerged the victors over Beals C. Wrhrht and Fred B. Alexander in the final match, and the singles matches' at the Meadow club of Southampton, and at Forest Hills that follow, really writes the history of the year that stands im- i perishable in the record. j More than the ijsual amount of atten- j tion attaches to r.he tournaments in this year of world war strife. The playing of the national tournaments marks a resumption re-sumption of the greatest of America n , classics of the courts after a dark and i somewhat doieful year, during v.hich the laurels were held in abeyance. As the records stand after the last national na-tional championships were decided on the turf of the West Sine Tennis club in 1915. . when R. Norris Williams II ro&e again to the hi.ch.est flight of his singles eame : to demonstrate his supremacy against, his ; young rh al and titieholder from the Pacific Pa-cific coasL William M. Johnston. That ma tch was scored at 4 j, 6 1, 0 6, . 62, 64. I Tjieu tenant Williams is now in France I with the ariillery of the Amerivn -x- j i.edit'onary forces. Po are many of the ' other dashing and brilliant lads who have , i won honor anrl fame over the chalk- s marked turf. That fact was pointed out ; at the annual meeting1 of the T'nitcd f ta te-s n tional Lawn Tennis associa-i associa-i lion at the time the championships were re-est.-ihli5hcd fr-r this yar. It was at tha t ! ime and orcasion that the ring of 1 the voire of the true A rnsri can snort s-1 s-1 man was harn. a? Ucv.: en ant V, j tpon i M. Washh:rn slated; "Of course, play the cha m;? ion si tips." Nothing is to be zr-tir.ra by puft-r: the . t;t!e.j. in storage while some of the srrnt-e-st of the players are away m P"rar,"-e or. oti:er duty. Bring fo'th the bert there is a champion. I-er. hi:a have his ieward. Then, -tt-bext the best return trom Franco he can prove his right to the laurels or give them up. The thing that appears to be lost sight of in the rush of affairs is that the doubles tournament at Longwood marked the first time in the history of the American Ameri-can game that this event has been decided de-cided in a separate tournament When the pairs fought at Forest Hills two years ago. the old-fashioned system of the challenge match was followed. At that time Maurice E. McL-oughlin and Wart) Dawson, as winners of the preliminary prelimi-nary sectional doubles competitions and holders of the Pacific coa3t honors, stood as challengers to William M. Johnston and Clarence J. Griffin. This match, which will ever remain a monument in lawn tennis history, is chiefly chief-ly remarkable as being the farewell appearance ap-pearance of the mighty McLoughltn, the hero and pet of Wimbledon, on the courts of the east. It showed that his great mastery mas-tery and supremacy at the game was passing. From their side of the net Johnston and Griffin consistently maneuvered to keep the California Cost out of the rallies. Much of the time they left bin cold and so inert as to cause him to make many blunders. The battle was one of the fastest, fast-est, if no one of the most brilliant, ever fought in this country, Johnston and Griffin -winning 3t 4, G 3, 5 7. 6 3. It is something of a commentary that wit li the exception of Griffin, who se-; se-; cu red a lieutenant's commission in the j army and is now in France, all of the others enlisted in the navy, it is Ensicm i Johnston now and he is on one of the Fa-j Fa-j oi fie coa st stations. McLoughlin enlisted in the navy and has been preparing liim-j liim-j sHf tor an ensign's commission, and so has Ward Dawson., who is at Pelham Ba v. F or many ye ars tne singles at South-.-irr.pt'm hii ve been linked to the national championship that follows at Fores Hills as the pri:limir;ary round to the greatest of t're American tournaments. I-Ynyn all appf-a-rances this is to be more stronglv in evidence this Ea.;on when the top flight (Continued on Pa-ge Tra) 10 WEEKS l!E ID DECIDE Iffll Mi .. (Continued from Page One.) of the racquet men gather at Southampton Southamp-ton on August 19. . : 1 The list for that historic meeting it reported re-ported to include: R, Lindiev Murra-who Murra-who has reconsidered and is to plav in the national tournament; W illiam T 'Til-den. 'Til-den. II national clay court champion- fj Howard os,:ell: lehlya Kiirnagao, the M.Prr?n?Ht,n,Zar1 f the ral"ei: Walter Mernll Hall recent winner at Middie States: Beals C. Wright, the former national na-tional c.ianipioni Frederick B. Alexan-dor. Alexan-dor. and me two western cracks. Walter T. Haves and Ralph H. Burdi.-k There are times that one or two other s,arr- r,re probable. Any wav. it is worth rememoerlng that Murra-- won the Puri-otic Puri-otic fmsjti l ist year: and two years' aso that i,6 rent y,sor M. Church and was oniv bcuen 1c. Johnston in the great ecti mpionslnp. taico. Of coiii-ie the program for Forest Hills nas not ceen determined except that five national titles v, ill be competed .'or n inclines the singles, the hoys', juniors', cloran. ait.-l the father and son cornpe- .tttons. Notmng of such an ambitious name na-me has eve,- before been attempted in :;!y":''v' to launch it 'in a times Kswaks ;, e comicencc . t'l.-t th' ofticors ,,i nitin,,..! association ha-e" in the respon-iveness of tie game. KINDLING THE WAR SPIRIT. Full many a soul is somnolent and wan His spirit is pacific, calm and lax: ' He tines not know a war is going on Until he has lo come across and pnv a tax. K - |
