New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
GALE PLAYS PART IN
M'LOUGHL|N'S VICTORY
OutueneraIIed on Courts VIII
Jams. Wind Comes to Call
fOrnia Players Aid.
BEATEN, BUT HIS MASTER
Bows Wonderful Place Shots
and Rallies Win Applause
in Stirring Lawn
Tennis Match.

H4f9el ir no slight degree d. a gale Of
wind Nau-'ca = Mclaughlin Yesterday
scored his second holding of he y.
York state lawn tennis singles cham
p,oDship on tie turf courts Of the res
cent Athletic C,ub .: Pay Ridge In the
rraI arl CLOSING match OF the crea' ;o.'-
vamert the Pacific coast champion doe
s,ate1 r. N---i Williams af'o- five hard
fought ana spirited sets BY rho score o.
- s-2 -. 4-C o.
As the more than two tr9p~'~o sne. IA
tors who had watched the competition
left the court tie majority cXpress.a
themselves as having seen a plalef who
stood as the master % MCLOug. .i-. even
T. ne had come Of second best N the
match once he settled into his game
Williams the recent winner of the ma
tional clay court championship and Penn
sylvania State title outmanpuvred and
outplaced his famous opponent During
the progress OF the match Williams
earned SO points by placed shots 70 .
for McLoug.En. Il was margin that
was impressive II was all The more 50
when the total 0f nets and oats is taken
iau1s's errors ir this respect would ru-
doUbtedly have been good enough 10 win
points had not -ae high win4 carried the
ball out Of its course Williams made 81
nets anG ls outs total o. g. 20 No
McLoughlir's 81 and 90. respectively. a
total OF e. The tally Of points for each
IN the i've sets was l62 TO l45
Unfortunately. Williams was on several
occasions the victim Of careless work in'
the scoring The most fagrant case was
In the last game OF the first set when the
score had touched deuce. with McLough-
ling serving Harry Martin called fault
on Mclaughlin for the first bal. Then
followed two lets" and while the balls
were being recovered apparently the frst
fault was forgotten. Mclaughlin served
the next ball into the net for what Woulo
have been a double fault. He was a.
lowed to serve q third ball, however. and
Williams lost the point by poor return.
Before the match began Mclaughlin
ruled a favorlte in the betting al 10 l.
So far as Williams was concerned ne was
the favorite with the big crowd. who ao-
rnired his pleasing personality. his ready
smile and his splendid sportmanshlp.
Everything he did was literally applaud
Cd. and = was evident that his star IS
rising fast or the courts Williams
began the service, and at this ne was
wofully wild He dubbed three double
faults IN q row. so that the Californian
took the game az love Il was not until
the third game. his second service. that
Williams began 20 come around He
opened with a dazzling place drive low TO
McI.oughLn's back hand. which he
worked considerably. Then he tailed two
service aces and took the game on a
drive q McLoughlin's that went outside.
But the wind was far too strong for Will
Jams 20 show the strength Of his game
Furthermore Mclaughlin kept the ball
flying high. so as 70 profit by Williams 6
weakness overhead. He did Il 80 well
that he ran out the set without much diff
fculty and followed with the second with
hardly any variation.
McLougalin LED Of hv winning the first
two games o. the third set Williams
WAS beginning 70 speed up Nis game and
IN the rallies McLoughlin was coming OF
second best. as ne was forced out OF po-
sition. while the ball crossed on the op-
yosite side. Williams balanced the score
at 2-su by winning the fourth game
against the service OF his opponent by a
series ot placed shots always favoring
McLoughnn's left-hand side The games
went along 10 sail. following service,
when, on the twelfth game. Williams out
.generalded Mclaughlin. and. helped by
two double faults. won the set. Then the
oPowd broke loose and cheered IN a way
ttnat the Crescent courts have not known
since the international matches Of 1902,
when the famous Doherty brothers were
snsaten.
1he yoUngster had MS shots going bet
tsr with the beginning Of the fourth set.
He was constantly outplacing McLough-
lin. tricking MIN out Of position. Still
this Pacific Coas, player displayed his
class By gets OF the most spectacular
character. controlling himself perfectly
IN dashes TO the net 10 pick UP md pop
over short returns that appeared good
for points. The work OF Williams held
him, however. and in another wild burst
OF cheers he balanced the set score at
two apiece by winning the fourth
Mclaughlin seemed firing with the
~kcAA1e "a tltt lItI set. re put al Inc
sting he could muster into his shots, only
20 nave Williams nimbly get the ball and
capture the points 10 lead at % or
games. Then Mclaughlin set himself o.
hls work. and. by coming Up to the net
ana smashing. he ran off three games.
only 70 have Williams catch him al 3-all
oy wonderful series OF place drives 20
deep court. Williams was making a SIGHT
mat held the spectators tense with ex-
citement. Steadiness. however sent Nc
Loughlin into the lead again. and while
the points touched Al deuce four times in
the last gaue. Williams failed to keen
his range. anl lost the set and match en-
etrSteo tnat he is 20 De the lawn tennis
idol OF the season, and. barring mishap.
pionship.
FIRST SET
,,-,. Pts Games
MiIfisSs NffSSsslin . = . : "a
NeLoggElin-- Aces 3; places o. nets. 3; outs
q. double faults o
,o7 w5s%'TAs,: g6agTs 53Si,: places 8 nets. 3 outs
SECOND SET.
MihSnsalio.. MiIiians 3 : $f$f ! 80
MeInaghlin-Aces. 2: places 3. nets. 3 outs
8. double faults
winiaIns.-Aees /: places S: nets = outs.
o coutle faults G.
THIRD sEr.
MMfh8assiin Mhiis4ss ssiiiistssG96oIisss5
McIDughlin--Aces. 8, places 7. nets. 70.
outs u. double faults. 3.
wiilans-Aces o. places. 10. nets II; outs
a. double faults. ;.
FOURTH SET.
NiIf1Sas.,a.... Wlitis.aa = 55lS - :
faffe a IL