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Brawl Resembled Battle Betiveen a Pair of Saturday-,
Nighters Roughing Each Other for Doughnuts in
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BSXY LKONAUD stepped into a flock of trouble at tin- I'luK psrk last
1 nlirhf ml rninrpil himself like a lending character in an auto wreck. Tor
eighteen long, sensational, to say nothing of strenuous, minute lie mingled
with Soldier Bartfield, nnd, believe us, he hnd hU mitts full to the brim. He
won the decision from the slashing soldier, but it wasn't n run around or
anything like that Tlicllghtw eight champion indulged in -onie manual labor
for a change and was well aware he had been in a fight.
From an uninterested, outside slant the brawl probably looked like a pan
of Saturday nighters mnuling each other for fifty bucks in the first preliminary
There seemed to be little science spilled around the ring and the boys battled
like a pair of stevedores for the championship of Tier S.
One thought was uppermost in the mind of each contestant, and that
was to muss, batter, spoil nnd otherwise smear the features of each other.
Had the boys been allowed to use their fiet the fight piobably would have ended
with a left kick to the lung or something like that. It was n shame to see
those gujs trying to knock their blocks off with soft padded boxing glove". It
would have been a more imprene sight had they worn horseshoes in their
,jloves for good luck or carried n miiplc of bricks concealed about their persons
Bartfield was sore nt Lconaid and Leonard was sore at Bartfield. That
made an ideal setting for a snap nnd the many thousand fans who stuck
round the old homestead missed the very bet battle of the waulng summer.
The crowd was not large, but thoe who helped paj expenses had a run for
their money . Even the Srnilers and other war-taxed customers announced that
pleasant time was had bj all.
There was no doubt about the outcome of the affait. as Leonard showed
class and performed In a moot workmanlike manner. lie was able to evade
most of Bartficld's wild and furious swings and hand some sweet punishment
back as a receipt lie proved himself a champion, but it was a lough and
rugged road that he had to travel.
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the first time in many months Ileum itat foned In rtttmi
intself. lie uas not stacked agamit a set-tip, but a mauling.
tieo handed slugger who teas likely to put the parade out of step at
any minute. The chance are that the boys neiei ctll fight again
Once m enough.
Leonard Soon Settles Down to 11 orh
LEON A 111) appealed wearing his usual carefree, nonchalant expression and
reallj seemed bored thnt he should have to devote part of his time in
polishing off that IniiNer from Brooklyn. Not that the soldier is a bruiser
or anything like thnt. but it sounds better when connected with Brooklyn
Benny's hair was nirelj roiabcd and parted in the middle and he looked like
a waterless bench llsaul at the shore Still appearances arc deceitful, as
they say at I'ort Indian.
In the first lound Bnrtf.eld rushed out of his orner and started that
Pier S championship stufT. Swinging both arms he wnded into the light
weight champion and in a eiy few seconds had Iienns hair all mussed up
That was n breach of etiquette and the champ was considerably annoyed.
He scowled as he looked ocr in the corner ociupied by Eddie Lewis and thin
we knew it was a real tight. Scowling b Leonard is a declaration of war.
t Benny became interested in his work and began to step around nicely,
always making it a point to leave a certain spot before n certain swishing,
haymaking wallop arrived. In this he was quite successful for a time, but
later left his face behind and received many healthy smacks which were sincere
and carried much feeling. But those soaks were not numerous enough to do
any damage and the soldier was much perturbed
Leonard started in to operate on the feature of his adversary or wh.itevei
it was and shot some stiff rights to the map. Bartfield was rocked in the first,
ditto in the second and likewise in the third. He would rush Benny, fall into
a clinch, land n hard blow aud then adopt that awkward, stooping pose, half
turned around, waiting to send home his famous backhand, and knock Leonard
over the right field fence for a home run. While waiting for this opening
Leonard sonked him unmercifully and piled up a very big lead.
The soldier could have made n better showing had he eliminated that stuff.
He virtually made the tight, but always covered up when he seemed to be going
good.
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tARTFlELD leas strong m the fourth and soaked Benny itilh
cierythtng he had. Uight and left sicings. bad. hand and fote
hands, all wete alike and reached their mark. It nai the soldier's
round by a Jew wiles. In the fifth Ucuuy slammed him again and in
the sucth had him all but out. While trotting for a chanca to register the
sleep producer, houcier, Uartfield came back and tcaj fighting hatd
at the bell. Although he lost, Uartfield deserves lots of credit.
Phillips Gets Encouragement From Ilindin That's All
TI'S great to be n fight manager All you have to do is stay in a corner,
far away from the scene of battle and urge your man to fight, Herman
Hlndln did that very thing lat night and worked hard while Willie Jackson
was hammering the daylights out of Joe Phillips, labeled the Iron Man of
Philadelphia. The name was correct, for Joe took a terrible walloping.
"Don't mind him, Joe," Hindin would yell, after Jackson soaked him
a the cbin with a hefty right. "He can't hurt you. Come on and fight him."
Jof would reel across the ring, spit out some blood, get another bung ci
the whiskers, see a cluster of stars and through his befuddled brain he would
hear as if at a great distance : '
"He can't knock jou out, Joe! Keep in close! That's the boy!-'
Encouragement was all Phillips got last night in the first wind-up.
Jackson was in rare form and just hummcred him all over the place. Willie
was not so wild and fought like a champion. He used an assortment of
punchts which could not be beaten, and if there is any doubt about it ask
Joe Phillips. Herman Ilindin is not an authority.
Johnny Murray and Joe O'Donnell mixed it up in one of the other bouts
and Mr. Murray wbb the wetor. Johnny is a classy little, performer and in a
abort time will be heard from. He has a dangerous left hook and almost put
Joe on his iattggthe third round He cut O'Dounell's eye and raised a
bump on his forehead with his well-aimed soaks Joe fought well, never
broke ground, but absorbed lots of punishment
Pntsy Wallace aud Max AVilliamson furnished some exciting amusement
in the curtaiu raiser, Max winning the verdict by n shade. That, however,
does not detract from Patsy's performance. He seemed entirely too small to
cope with the long-armed Williamson, but he fought hard and was there
battling at the finish.
'VII1H was the fastest strap of the evening and icas well received.
Williamson's left jao teas his most effective blotc, while
Wallace used the Johnny Dundee style to good effect.
Benjamin Looks Good Against Koons
TOE BENJAMIN kept the audience waiting for one-half hour before he
put in an appearance, but after he appeared on the scene made short work
of Jot ICoons. He dropped Joseph in the first, second and third, making the
Richmond boy feel like an elevator. He met the floor so often that it felt like
an old friend.
Benjamin looked much better than on his previous appearance and probably
Will be one of the topuotchers before long. He is a clean puncher and can
hit a hard wallop. However, he does not yet know how to finish his man
-when he has him going, but should learn. Lew UriuiBon stopped the bout in
tha third round when Koons was in a helpless condition. This was a good
piece of work and shows that the referee was using his bean.
milEIin was no announcer at the park and Doc Cutch, wearing an iron hat,
X volunteered his services. Doc's stuff went big and be put St over without
life aid of a megaphone. Uobby Calhoun, the tllver-volccd announcer, had
an engagement nt I'oint Jjrceze. iiaviug Deen anectea by the H. Q, of L.
he spent the evening watching the highest priced egg in the world.
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JOU PHILLIPS and Leon Hains took the most punishment last night The
bouse was small and uuremuuerative.
TttHIj (;rASSJfAN"8 show, Vbich was announced from the rinr. is a
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aM!l'WroIce Joo Welling aud Ralph Brady, Joey Fox and Dick Load-
', Jo iiirmiA,m Joe Xtfsco, ana j.-aiy uuoe ana iw xoaaitr,
Thrde Out of Four in Semifinals at Forest Hjills andl
Three Out of Last Eight at Oalcmont Make Fans
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v IN THE SPOIITLIGHT BX GKAJJTLAN'D IUCE
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BILL Y JOHNSTON IS REALL Y
TENNIS CHAMPION OF WORLD
Tilden's Conqueror in Mar
velous Form, Winning
American Crown by Per
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IJY SPICK HALL
Westside Tennis Club. Forest Hills
L, Sept. 5.
lawn tennis followers were
restlessly today for the in
ternational matches, between the Aus
'tralians and Americans, to begin, they
were busilj takinK post-mortems ou
I the Bill Tilden-Billy Johnston match
1 yesterday. Among those present was
' the veteran Frederick B. Alcxnnder
Tin' famous doubles plaer, who won
rnan titles with Harold II. Hackett,
declared that Johnston's game agains
Tllden was the acme of mechanic ul and
mental achievement on a tennis court
"Johnston was everj where that he
j should be," said Alexander. "He was
I rarely out of position aud the few times
1 that he was caught, he managed, in the
majority Of cases, to make r great get
1 and resume a position from which he
I could o!Iey Tilden off his feet. Tt was
j this perfect volleying from a perfect
position that gate Johnston the matclj
in three sets. He plajed a wonderful
game, in fact I doubt if there was ever
1 another plajed as well
Alexander knows as much as any
man tiling about tennis hence his
words can be regarded as the expres
sion of a sage. Of course Tilden, in a
waj, was off his game, but it wns
1 Johnston who threw him off, just as he.
Tilden, threw Norris Williams off his.
There has never been seen and is not
likely to be again such a sustained
brilliant volley attack as the ono ex
hibited by Johnston. Tilden's drives
and chops were not easy to handle, but
Johnston made them look ensy because
his play was virtually perfect
Defeated Stars
After playing through the tourna
ment and eliminating the powerful
Australian, Gerald L. Patterson, beat
ing Wallace Johnson and then beating
Tilden in straight sets. Johnston is en
titled to more than the Ameiican tenuis
crown. He should be conceded the
world's champion because the recent
tournament here had on its roster the
names of the greatest plajers that any
laud can produce.
If Patterson is the official champion
of the world by wrtuc of his capture of
the British title, beating Biookes in
the finals at Wimbledon, Johnston's
claim certainly transcends the Austra
lian's and he should be ncclaimed the
tennis monarch of the universe. 1
Among other things that caused Bill
Tilden's downfall was his complete col-
lapse of judgment. In his other matches
Tilden showed himself to be a master
, tactician. But yesterday he gave an
exhibition that would place him bark in
the ranks if generalship were the only
thing considered. Johnston's game was
so brilliant at all times that it is doubt
ful if 'Tilden at his best would have
beaten the Callfornian. At the same
time, if the Phlladelphian had played
an offensive game from first to last, in
stead of a defensive one, he might have
gotten the cool Johnston off his gHme
and then have scored enough points to
win. Bat, as it was, Tilden's aggres
siveness was only fitful and the "fits"
were extremely few and far between.
He Can Volley, Too
When Tilden did rush to the net and
volley he was almost if not quite as
good as Johnston, but he seemed to
lose his sense of proportion utterly,
Johnston would dash to the barrier
after returning Tilden's service and
after delivering his own. In this way
he completely dominated" the situation
throughout the three short sets. Tilden
surely must have seen that Johnston
was cutting down his fast forehand
drives and spedj chops for clean points
with his splendid volleying, nccrtbe
less, the Phlladelphian continued to
plug along from back court and lose
point after point. If, Tilden ever be
lieved that Jqhnston would beat himself
with errors, he should have seen early in
the match that such a thing could not
happen at least not yesterday. John
(too was out there to scoro points, set
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Giving Due Credit
(Philadelphia had three entries among the last eight in the amateur golf
championship nnd three among tho last four in the lawn tennis championship.)
In days of old, or sooner stilt,
" When Connie Hack tea at his best.
When hh bold heroes soaked the pill
irnuo rianK ana .Bender did the rest
. , Tho prand old totcn icas there four ways
Ah, yes, those teere the happy days!
Or later still when Pat Moran
Was carving out a golden dream,
. Before he drew the well -known oan
That made the Ite&s a winning team
Tho old totcn lingered on the map
, And stcapped her rivals, rap for rap.
Whereat the cheefing seemed to eeoso
And Triumph found nobody home,
Much like the glory that was Orceoe,
, Tho grandetir that belonged to Rome;
In moody silence, well apart.
The Old Town nursed on aching heart.
When, lot as sunlight after rain.
Or homo ports after leaving litest.
Her banners once more grace the plain
Where warring entries face tho test;
Who cuts again the festive capersf ,
Bay, don't you ever read the papersT
IT HAS been a wonderful thing for Philadelphia sport lovers, after toking
ono look at the standing of the clubs, to switch hurriedly to a perusal of
the golf and tennis news. In this way the dark cloud takes on a silver lining
nnd the sunlight pierces the bitter fog.
Fred Alexander Praises
Splendid Work of Young
Calif omian in Beating
Philddelphian
PLAY NEAR PERFECT
cent of his first services were good. He
was guilty of only one double fault in
his fifteen service games, during which
he served sixty-six times, nud inciden
tally this ono double fault appeared
to every one to hnve been an error in
judgment) on the linesman's pait. One
of the features of Johnston's service
which seemed to be univcrsallj over
looked was its fine placement. He did
not just serve into Tilden's court; he
did more. He placed tho service in 1
sui h a way that Tilden was forced out I
of position to make the rctuin, which 1
incidentally gave Johnston the maximum '
amount of time to reach the fore
couit nftcr making the delivery. ,
The Balance of Power
TUEltH wns a time when Boston with the Bed Sox and the Braves, the
Harvard football machine and Frances Ouimct, ruled the commonwealth.
But the balance of power has been restored where no one city rules tho game.
And in slogging along under the Arch of Triumph, Now York is now w.elf
in the rear. Her two ball clubs are out of the pennant debate. ' ,
Her golfers wcro ousted quickly and deftly, not to say subtly, in the
amateur championship.
She had no tennis star left among tho surviving four.
Philadelphia nnd California had the two tennis finalists. Pittsburgh owns
the new golf champion. Cincinnati nnd Chicago rule the baseball sweep.
Detroit houses the open champion at golf.
XJTUIOII would indicate that Fate has decided to scatter the seeds
Yf of the laurel in sewing the battlefields of fame.
JIM) MUCH FOB TILDEN
to throw them away. When Tilden got
a point ho usually won it by hard
work, not by a careless error on John
ston's part.
While on the subject of Johnston's
volleys, it is well to mention that his
anticipation of Tilden's shots almost
amounted to divination. Brooks in his
palmiest days never nntlcipnted an op
ponent's drives more perfectly and con
sistently than Johnston did. And
Tildeu is not an ensy man to anticipate.
All of his drives nro well concealed bj
1 11 wrist motion, and Johnston deserves
'great credit for the manner in which he
I outguessed the usuallj clever Tilde 11.
1 During the three sets Tilden covereu
I about four times an much territory as
Johnston. Whenever there was n rally
Johnston would be at the net uud Tilden
would be in back court, racing and leap
ing from one Hide to the other. Tilden
did some remarkable pin j ins in return
ing many of Johnston's sharp vollejs,
but Bill was nlwnjs on the defensive.
What good docs it do to make a fine
"get" if the return goes straight to
the man at the net, who has- the -whole
court in which to volley back?
Sears's Belief
Johnston's idea agrees with that of
R. D. Scars, the first American cham
pion and seven-times title winner.
Seais. like all good mathematicians,
believed thnt it was easier to cover the
center of a circle than the circumfen-
ence.
Tilden probably believes the same
1 thing now, after having covered tho cir
cumference so many times yesterday,
while the cool, implacable Johnston kept
standing in the center and hammering
the ball back with exasperating regu
larity. Tilden lost his power to reason on
the tennis court, otherwise he would
never have permitted himself to make
such n fatal slip in generalship ns to
try a bnck court game against John
ston. Last week Bill did almost the
same thing when he nllowcd Ichija
Kumagae to take two sets from him.
But on that occasion he saw his error
in time to pave himself. Tilden couh
not last week nnd cannot today beat
I Kumagae tit the back court game,
j li-nce it is unthinknblo how he ever ex
pected to beat Jokncton from the base
line.
Just how far Tilden was outplayed
is shown clearly in the analysis of
'tiotses. Tho Philadclphian made forty
two diives into the ret, thirty drives
out of the court nnd five double faults,
for a total of beventy-scven errors.
Against this Johnson had thirty nets,
I twenty-five out and one double ,fault,
1 or n total of fifty-six errors, twenty
one less than Tilden.
In placement shots, the majority of
which were short, fast, cross-court vol
leys.Johnston led Tilden thirty to eight
een. These placement figure? Bhow tho
vast difference in the accuracy of the
two men's play, Tilden did better work
in placements in the last set than in
either the first or the second. Ho tied
with Johnston in the final nine games,
each scoring nine placements, nu aver
age of one a game. In the second set
Tilden was at his worst. 1
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Facts About Monarch
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of American Courts
William M. Johnston, of San
Francisco :
Is twenty-five years old and Is
married.
Is five feet eight inches tall nd
weighs 122 pounds.
Is a right-hand player.
Come East first in 10111 and was
ranked No. 4 after, beating W. J.
Clothier nt Longwood, being de
feated by It. N. Williams In the
all-comers in four sets.
In 1014 be wsb ranked sixth.
In 1015 lie won the national title,
beating Karl Behr, reck Griffin. It.
N. Williams and M. E. MoLoughlin.
TIW forehand drive is rated the
finest in the world. He gets his
ppwer by keeping continually on his
toes amT driving with his whole
body.
T)iis year Johnston, besides having
won the eecond leg on the American
bow1, won the Longwood tourna
ment, the clay court title, tho North
west championship ,and the Pacific
coast crown,
Point Scores
A glance at' the point score nnd
stroke analysis 'which follow giies a
fnirlj clear idea of how Johnston won
the title from Tilden:
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First Set
3117040 B 74 321
.S4454243G 0 IJ (I
Second 8et
1414070512- 2r 1
4 li4 2 4 5 4 3 4 4330
Third. Set
0 4" 244412 4 25 S
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STKOKK ANALYSIS
First Set
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Second Set
Ttlden
Johnxton
TIMen
Johnston
Tilden
Johnston
Tild-n
Johnston
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32 2
Tilden
Johnston
Tilden
Johnston
Tllden
JOl
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10
Third Set
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TotaU
42 80
SO 20
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The Phlladelphian would have fared
somewhut better if his service had been
working properly, but it wasn't. Til
den's delivery was far softer against
Johnston than it was against Williams
or Brookes. He did not seem to try to
put his usual 'speed on his first ball,
for wbene7er bo did attempt it he usual
ly got all of his wonted pace and
break on the ball. Tilden bad the
servico fourteen times. He scored eight
sei vice aces against Johnston's two, but
he offset this good work by committing
five double- t faults which brings his
(.ervicc-ace, effectiveness down to thrcf)
points in the three sets, A poor rec
ord for a man who has tho ability to
serve as well as McLougblin did In ,t1ir
Davis Cup matches In 1014 against
Brookes and Wilding,
Johnston's service waB typical of his
game 'in, general, Ho delivered with
unerring accuracy and ho put o tot o,t
epeed nu. the ball. Uore than Cp per
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