New-York tribune., 1911-09-03
M'LOUCHL|N'S STAR RISES
Beats Wright in Winning High
Lawn Tennis H0norS.
SPEEDY MATCH ON COURTS
Young Player from Coast Earns
Right to Challenge Larned
for the Title.
[Ry Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


reputation when he first appeared in the
East. Maurice E. Mclaughlin. of San Fran
cisco, won the all-comers national lawn
tennis championship tournament here to-
day. In the long delayed final round he de-
feated Beals c. Wright in four of the fast
est sets ever played on the historic Casino
courts by a score Of G. As, 70, 6-S.
As the result Of his victory Mclaughlin
stands tonight as the challenger of Will
lam A Larned for the lawn tennis crown
which the Nestor of the American courts
has held for six seasons This success
comes after three attempts on the part OF
the players from the Pacific Coast TO wrest
the laurels from the East. Mclaughlin
stands In the same position that Thomas {.
Bundy did year ago
The victory Of McLoughlin-and 1t was
one earned in every sense of the word
rounds out short career on the courts. lie
is j campaigner Of the international cup
team, the winner Of the New York state
championship and winner at Longwood a
year ago together with his Pacific Coast
doubles titles. No young player has ever
done so much in three years.
The thing which surprised the critics was
that Mclaughlin should so wonderfully dis
pose Of his veteran opponent upon playing
surfaces that were TO a considerable degree
in favor Of Wright. After the first few ral-
lies there was no doubt about the turf be
ing soft But this did not deter the Cali
fornian from continuing an attack that for
intensity and speed has rarely found its
duplicate here. BY the compelling power Of
his shots he virtually played Wright 10
standstiIl. Throughout the four sets Wright
appeared outclassed by his speedier If less
steady adversary, and it was only in the
second set, when McLoughlin endeavored 10
change his tactics for a base line game,
that the mistake cost him the victory IN
three straight sets. Up 10 that time the
Californian had forced an attack on his
Eastern rival at such q whirlwind pace that
the former national champion was COM
PEELED 10 give ground as he was buffeted
and battered about the court by the rapid
ity Of the shots that came TO him Nc
Loughlin gave him no time for rest, but
continued the savage onslaught, always in
volving Wright more and more as he raced
for the net, smashing mercilessly In the as
sault.
Only in the second set, which he won, and
in the third, when he was finally over
whelmed by the singing aggressiveness Of
his opponent, was Wright able TO show in
the lead. Altogether he was outplayed. The
points tally stood l33 10 l22 and the games
at % TO Is. 1t was at placement. and that
always at close range, which is the more
difficult. that Mclaughlin excelled as his
total for the match was 81 TO Wrights -.
The outs tailed 40 TO So and the nets IS TO
23. The twisting and bad bounding service
OF the Californian was one of his chief as
sets, but II was somewhat costly, as he
double faulted nine times to Wrghts six.
Foot faults were called. but. while Nc
E0ughlin offended oftener than the former
champion, the penalties did not appear to
bother or disconcert him in the least
When Mclaughlin once found the length
of the court and had his shots in orderly
working action he fairly played Wright off
his feet by the impetuosity of his tremen-
dous attack.
Mclaughlin brought into play his smash
ing. slashing net game TO the best possible
advantage. 1t possessed such a compelling
power that, try as he would. Wright was
utterly unable to stand before it, and he
found himself swept down to defeat at the
close Of the most sincere attempt he has
made to regain his oldtime form.
The tremendous force that lay IN the Cal
ifornian's strokes when he played for a
fact that in the course Of the engagement
he broke the strings Of no fewer than five
racquets, three OF them IN quick succession,
in the fourth set, when he was evidently
bent upon terminating the battle ere it
could be heightened into another session.
only in the second set, which Wright
won. when the latter had placed a marked
curb on his costly propensity to drive out
l. I
Mclaughlin, in attempting to steady his
own game, fall off in energy and power,
and the loss of the set taught him a lesson
which he was not slow to appreciate. After
that he paid less attention to playing care
fully and resumed his devotion to speed
which carried him up out Of a bad 81
hole in the third set and enabled him TO
deuce the session and ultimately win it.
after his adversary had him IS.
Throughout all the match McLoughin's
superiority was most strikingly marked by
the extraordinary facility with which he
brought off ace after ace by clever placing
In the opening set he outplaced his op-
ponent in a ratio of better than to /. In
the second set which he lost he tailed
total Of five more earned points than
Wright The third set gave him a margin
o. IA aces and in the fourth he was 10 10
the good.
McLoughlins total Of earned points was
6s, four Of these being on the service, TO
Wrights %. of which two came with the
delivery With this wide margin in his
favor. McLoughlin's errors Of stroke,
though they considerably outnumbered
those Of Wright, who was endeavoring all
the way to play with care and caution, did
not weigh very heavily against him. Nine
Of his misplays were double faults. for his
own service. while it tailed several aces
for him, was somewhat unmanagea ble at
times, and propensity which linesmen had
for calling foot faults on him did not tend
70 promote his peace Of mind.
Wright endea vored bravely 10 stall off de-
feat when he found that he was playing
into his rivals hands. do what he
could TO avoid It. His drives from deep
court often lacked steam, and though they
found Judgement far more often in court
than IcLOughlins they were immeaSlra-
bly, easier TO handle. At close quarters over
the net his opponent frequently had him at
a distinct disadvantage and was able 20
pass him handiy. Wrights ground strokes
were much surer than the Cahfornians'
whose exhibition in that respect was by no
means credtable, but the Bostonians over
head work was often faulty, while Nc
I>oughlin's was generally sharp and clean
II was the Westerner's compelling net
game, however in the final analysis. that
turned the trick for him. He sought ever
10 dislodge the Bay State star from po-
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