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...Seabright, N. J. David of Israel, on the day when he sent a round pebble into the dim, appalling brain of Goliath, was doubtless a thin, supple little man like William M. Johnston, onetime (1915, '19) national champion. Johnston's accuracy, in his heyday, was doubtless superior to that of the Israelite champion, but they both made the same appeal to a gallery-the appeal of skill, of courage, hazardously sustained by slight flesh. In 1921, 1922 and 1923, Johnston won the Seabright Lawn Tennis Bowl. Last week he got off a train from Chicago and within four...
...Miss Wills. Both players wore spiked shoes, but before the first set was six games old, Miss Ryan was taking off her shoes. The gallery giggled. She tried on a pair with soles of crape rubber. They skidded. She tried on a pair borrowed from William M. Johnston. The gallery tittered again. Miss Ryan removed her footwear altogether, began to scuttle about the court in stocking feet. The score at that point was 4-2 in her favor in the first set, and Miss Wills was just beginning a rally with which she obviously intended to take...
William M. Johnston, his Davis Cup teammate and rival, whom he has defeated so often since he took the national title from him in 1920. The score was 6-4, 6-3, 9-7. Johnston stood the grilling pace (which lasted an hour and a quarter) well. He came off appearing fresh, which was more than he did after his defeat by Tilden at Forest Hills last year (TIME, Sept. 8). But he did not have the drive to meet the drive. Tilden said of himself that he played the best tennis that he has ever played at Chicago. Sandy...
...doubles, Howard Kinsey and his brother Robert (No. 16 in ranking) were leading Tilden and Sandy Wiener when Robert crashed full length to the court with cramp in the abdomen. The match went to Tilden and Wiener by default, but Johnston and Clarence J. ("Peck") Griffin overcame them in the final...
...dirge swelled and another wake was held at the 19th green, where, of two birdie 3's almost in hand, one fluttered away from defending-Champion Harrison ("Jimmy") Johnston, sandy St. Paulian, and the other nestled in the cup at the cunning behest of rugged Rial Rolfe, former University of Illinois golf captain...