Washburn took a week off but Williams and Richards
were in the competition.
Johnston crushed Richards when the two met, in a display of
aggressive tennis so remarkable that the boy was helpless before
it. Richards was stale and below form, but even if he had been at
his best, he could not have withstood Johnston's attack. Little
Bill followed this up by sweeping Williams off the court by
another marvellous streak of well nigh perfect tennis.
Southampton and the Women's National Championship conflicted the
next week. The story of Mrs. Mallory's sensational triumph and
successful defense of her title is told elsewhere in this book.
Southampton, as always, proved the goat, for almost all the
leading players took a week's rest before the National Doubles
Championship.
The English Davis Cup team, Willis E. Davis, Vincent Richards and
the Kinsey brothers, Bob and Howard, were the leading stars. The
event narrowed to Davis and Richards in the finals with no upsets
of a startling nature. Davis had had a very poor record all year,
while Richards boasted of the finest list of victories of the
season. On the other hand the boy was over-tennised and stale and
it proved his undoing, for after one set, which he won easily,
the sting went out of his game and Davis took the match in four
sets.
The championships were just ahead. The Doubles held at Longwood
Club, Boston, found several teams closely matched.
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