Show Ui jJ TENNIS JENNIS STARS DEFEAT u 0 I S' S I STA KS JAPANESE J HOME PLAYERS i wv TAKE ME FIRST c GAMES f I Johnston and Tilden Show Brilliant Form Fonn in Title Titley y j Match Series n By mir I r. r L fj J P Prea Staff FOREST FOtT HILLS N. N Y Y Sept 3 Ja Ja- Ja tennis army will mako Its ts last stand this afternoon on tho court bat bat- of or the tho West Side Tennis I club Defeated In the thc first two battles orthe of ot the Davis cup challenge round jy America the Japanese must win tho thu doubles today or lose the change hanKe tt to engrave their names on the historic trophy troph Victory by the American pair pall will Keep tho the cup won from Australia last 11 winter at homo home f for r at least another year Kumagae and ond the diminutive tive challengers will meet ho tho American Amen Ameri Watty Wotty can pair pain Dick Williams and Washburn In what mo may b bo boO tho deciding I. I Jn lag ing match Mile Lenglen European tennis ten ten- nis champion will appear this afternoon afternoon after after- r- r noon In an exhibition match arranged 1 as a a. feature of ot tho the program FOREST HILLS N. N Y i. Sept 3 Pos Pos Pos- prospects that the Davis cup emblematic em em- tho the worlds world's tennis championship championship cham cham- of or this fall tall might travel to Japan the courts I received a decided 1 setback on of ot tho the West Side club here this afternoon defending players won when hen American two straight matches from the Japanese challengers William WiliIam 1 ir M Johnston of San Francisco In 1916 1915 and 1919 de defeated do- do national champion In straight sots sets 6 C of or C 6 4 6 at singles by bv scores William T. T II of Philadelphia present nt American title holder had a far more difficult task In subduing ZenzO In itt a 0 set five battle by scores of 7 6 6 4 7 61 6 6 62 6 b I Tomorrow Watson atson M M. of w 1 A w York and R R. R Norris Williams of Boston the the American doubles team win the players In the samo Barno Japanese third play match of or the challenge round A A. victory victor for tor the American pair pall would mean the tho retention of or the cup won In I New ew Zealand last winter as ns throe three victories required under matches are aro out of five fIe tho the rules CONVINCING GAME CAME Johnstons Johnston's defeat of ao was the result of or far tar more perfect and convincing tennis than that shown shawn by tho the present champion against The lithe Californian completely dominated the vla play in the first match an and 1 raced MIto M I away to victory as if desirous of escaping as aa coon Eoon as possible from the torrid atmosphere atmos atmos- 1 here phere here which hung over the courts There Thero was a speed and control to all aU his strokes particularly those constantly driven to Kumagae's s 's backhand which caused the Japanese veteran to pile UD up repeated errors The form of attack att coupled with Johnstons Johnston's ability to drive through an placement shot ahot when tho the oc occasion oc- oc occasion casion sion required kept him hinl In complete control of or the play Johnston in winning with sith a a. loss of but eight ht games mes in three sets actually earned e. but five more points than his opponent It was in the two twenty additional additional ad ad- errors that Kumagae piled up particularly at the net which gave Johneton Johneton Johneton John- John eton his wide winning margin marl While the nets and outs went vent as os errors in itt the Japanese's stroke analysis man many of or them might have hwe been termed earned points for Johnston These wore sere duo due t t. t the tho almost Impossible returning of or Kumagae e In his efforts to block or rl e back tho the smashes or t placement strokes which the Californian drove down don the side lines JInes at tho the Japanese t players player's la 18 feet teet or lobbed over his head when Kumagae Ku- Ku In sheer desperation attempted 10 to pia play a net game a n. most unusual situation situation sit sit- for tor him MANY THRILLS If It the yer very finality of or Johnstons Johnston's game gamo prevented a lack of of thrills in his gamo game against Kumagae the 1 battle tattle more moro than made mado up for this lack of Cf spectacular play in tho the opening con con- I test The present American champion opened in a n. most impressive o fashion Il against his Japanese opponent Imported from India especially for the Davis cup pla play Tilden opened with an exhibition of or his racquet wizardry which always appealed to tho the galle gallery and after winning winning win win- ning the first three games two of which went S 1 to deuce b by bv speed and placements Tilden elected to bring Into play a change chang Of ot pace and chop strokes This softening of ot his game came with most ot of the thc strokes being made maIe from deep In exactly UY with Idea of or a n. tennis campaign On his hia own base line Une tho the Japanese player was steadiness personified returning almost every ball with excellent control and ho he soon had Tilden on the run rim The latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter ter apparently found It difficult to re revive re- re vivo vive 0 his forcing game me and In his mixIng mixing mix mix- ing of soft and hard stroking piled plied up errors and was forced out of or position by lobbing and ond sidell sideline no tactics until he dropped th the first two ho sets The third set which was really tho turning point of the tho match moved stead stood ily Uy In favor Cavor until tho the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese cr was vas within thin two points of at victory The heat during the afternoon was In Intense Intense In- In ten tense e and both Tilden and were exhausted by their continuous footing about the turf In tho the torrid atmosphere in addition developed a slight attack o of Ot cramps and the American ln champion sensing tho the fact that his opponent opponent op op- op was slowing up forced the pace sufficiently to o win the third set at 7 5 and gain aln a respite of oC ten minutes in the clubhouse TAKES EARLY LEAD Refreshed by a shower rubdown and dr dry cloUting clothing Tilden ran Into an early lead In tho the fourth set et which ho won on G- G C 6 Tho The fifth and final set Tilden won In Ina Ina Ina a spectacular manner at ot 6 L Some Somo Idea Idea- of oC Tilden's remarkable play when he settled down to is winning Inning is sho shown n b by tho the stroke analysis with A h margin of oC 46 earned over consisting partly of 50 placements and 20 service aces His record in the latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter respect was marred b by ten double double dou dou- ble faults In error making Tilden almost al almost al- al almost most doubled tho Japanese players player's figurea fig fig- urea ures In outs but had eleven cleven less nets In addition to tho the Davis cup doubles match scheduled for Cor tomorrow it Is planned to stage a mixed mired doubles exhibition match in which Mile Mlle Suzanne Susanne Lenglen tho the French woman oman champion will appear appeal Paired with Vincent Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards the tho French star will play Mrs May Sutton Button Bunny and Willis Davis ls of Cali Call fornia A match between Mile Lenglen and one of or tho the leading American women players is also aHo scheduled for Southampton ton courts on Monday |