The San Francisco call., 1910-07-13
Will
COMPETE in EAST
Coast Crack Leaves to Take
Part in Championship Ten-
mis- Tournaments

Maurice Mclaughlin, the crack tennis
player of this city, left yesterday morn
ing on the 10:4o O'Clock train for the
east and will participate in all of the
big championship tournaments. Nc
Loughlin will go direct to Boston and
will arrive there in time to play in the
Longwood tournament next Monday.
The departure of Mclaughlin was all
most as much of surprise to him as
1t was to the local fans, as he was
let in on the secret only last night, up
to which time he had about given up
hope of going east this year. The dele
gates to the Pacific state lawn tennis
association met last night and decided
that the funds in the treasury of the
governing organization were sufficient
to permit of McLoughlin's making the
eastern trip.
McLOUGHLIN HAPPY
Mclaughlin was overjoyed at the
chance to meet the big players of the
east again this year. When he and
Long lost the coast championship
doubles to Bundy and Hendricks last
week they gave up all hope of making
the trip.
Mclaughlin will not take part in the
western or northwestern tournaments,
which are played in and around Chit
cago. He will participate only in the
ranking tournaments in the far east.
There are the Longwood event at Bos-
ton, July 18; the New York state cham
pionships. July 2s, the South Hampton
1nvitational tournament and the ma
tional championships at Newport
Mclaughlin will not play in any of
the doubles tournaments and for this
m olx
showing in the big singles events than
he did last year. He has very good
chance to make the Davis cup team
again this year and this was one of
the reasons he was sent east. The
team will not be picked until after
the Newport tournament has been
played, and the result of the national
championship will have a whole lot to
do with the players selected. IL Nc
Loughin shows UP we'll in the earlier
eastern tournaments and wins the New
port event or gets in the finals he no
doubt will be sent to Australia to play
in the singles.
OF course, the local crack has his
work cut out for him before he makes
the international team. but local fol-
lowers of the game are pretty confident
that he will not fall down. He is un-
doubtedly the best player on the coast,
and the Pacific state law tennis asso-
citation made no mistake when they
singled him out to represent the west
ern states in the big events He may
not win but he will take lot of beat
Ing, as he is game youngster and
plays grand game of tennis. He was
ranked No. 3 last year and may do
even better this year.
HAS SHADE ON LONG
The selection of Mclaughlin instead
n hat or
would have had considera BILE difficulty
IN arranging a long stay away from
the coast and also because of the fact
that Mclaughlin has shown much bet
ter form during the year than his part
ner, as we'll as getting a better rank
ing last year. With one player to go
the associa ton could not have selected
anybody but Mclaughlin. as he unques-
tionably has a shade on Long with both
at their best
Trow Hendricks and Tom Bundy, the
Los Angeles cracks who won the coast
championship in doubles on July 4, will
not go farther east than Chicago,
where they will playin the national
preliminary doubles They will leave
the preliminary doubles they will meet
Hackett and Alexander for the doubles
championship of the United States.
Bundy and Hendricks will probably
play in the western and northwestern
championship events.
As Mclaughlin and James won the
preliminary doubles last year Bundy
and Hendricks, who are considered
equally as strong, look to have an ex-
cellent chance to qualify for the cham
pfonship match. The champions of the
east, west, south and Pacific states
only will participate in the national
preliminary doubles.