Show CAliFORNIA AGAIN HOME OF TENNIS CHAMPION William M. M Johnston W Wins n Title From Tilden in Great Match ORET OREST HILLS N. N T. T Sept 5 Cat Cal Cal California I F FOREST is again supreme 8 as the home Of or the w worlds gr greatest tennis player tor for the season of ot 1919 On OnI the courts o of ot the West Side club here I yesterday William 1 M. M Johnston of San Francisco defeated William Villiam Tilden II 11 of ot Pennsylvania in straight sets eels in the final ma match ch for tor the national turf singles championship In eliminating the towering by scores of ot 6 4 4 6 6 3 Johnston placed himself upon a 11 tennis pinnacle seldom seldom sel sel- dom reached by racquet masters With Tilden ho he was the 1 sole survivor of ot players layers who began the struggle for the title on August 25 23 This fi field ld contained the famous Australian team winners rs of the English championships at Wimble Wimble- don done as well a as American players con- con in the A. A E. E F. F tournaments 1 abroad Thus Johnstons Johnston's victory stamps stamps' him unquestionably as the best tennis player layer competing in the game in any part of ot the world this year ear earThe The new champion in winning his latest lat lat- lat lat- est Cst st honors pla played ed fully up to the th high stand standard n necessary c to clinch such an honor It is doubtful if Johnston or any other tennis star has eV ever r shown a 1 better better bet bet- ter er round all-round game from both the st standpoint stand l d point of ot stroking and court strategy gy This too in the face of the stiffest opposition opposition op op- op- op position that he has ev t faced for tor Tilden did not nol go downto defeat without a demia demonstration dem deni- great ia as was of t the remarkable Philadelphians Philadelphia's play ga game Yet his courage and his stamina there was not the slightest question when the last shot had been scored that Johnston was the master that both the game and the points scored appeared to indicate Johnston who is not quite 25 years of age stated after atter th the match that he felt that he had never played better tennis at an any time tinie in hI his car career er As he ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed it It h he f felt like a champion Tilden Tilden Til Til- den corroborated this statement when ho hf said I r I have never faced better belter tennis in my life Johnston's Johnstons gl game me was absolutely unbeatable He is certainly a champion in vry of th Ut word 1 |