Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-05

M'LOUGHLIN'S
REMARKABLE
CAREER

Maurice MC'.OUShlU' CarCC. uu tL,'
way to the \atiOnIl championship has
ht en- the most remarka Gtc .! any ten
ris player that ever won the tide.
| as always been claimed that no play
er could develop into championship
timber until he had been at the game
ter years at lea / M"Loughha took
up the sport just eight years ago when
he was II years of age he won h
fist tournament back in lP0I as a
member of the Golden Gate J"ni1r
Tennis Clut. =. and that little trophy
NtGnds out prominently With the more
valuable ones he has captured since.
Mclaughlin attributes mu"h n( h
success on the courts to 5. Il. Marvin
who formed the Golden Gate Irnio"
Tennis Club and has conducted its af,
fairs since 1904. Marvin saw ctam-
rionship possibilities in the roungst""
and saw that he got prOTer "ra' tie
With such men az Robert y. Whit0rv.
Dr. Sumner HARDY and Others Of tho
crack players of that time.
From the dav NrLnurl lin ,irs'
topped on the courts he had tE" - ~"
drive he uses now. It WIS q long drlv"
with lots Of drOr. hat " toure" it
lacked the speed Of his present drive
W the course Of few months t"C
present champion developed into the
hest player in therGOldCn Gate .Iupior
Club and in 1907 no won hi: 6rSt
championship title the San F." nciscN
championship. Since then he has
never relinguished this title. That
wear McLoughlin Come I" the front
with remarkable strides Not ONLY di3
he win the city championship but
Won the Pacific Coast title in both en-
giles and doubles. the bav counties
title and the Alameda county Cham-
rionship. He has held the Coast it'll"
four times and the other two times no
failed to participate in the tourna-
ment.
McLoughlin went East wiz" Nelvil'"
Long and George lanes in 1900. II was
the first time he had heen out ide 81
California and his Dlavipg was tn"
sensation of tho Newnort tournament
His match with Melville Long is ro-
called bv the followers IF the srO~t i
the Fast as one of the best ever plav-
cd there. McIIouetlin won his waV
into the final round of the allcoTers'
tournament that wear md was defeat
ed in the finals by w. J. Clothier
whom he disposed Of in tho semi-fnal
round Of the competition which closed
yesterday.
So good were the showings o. Nc
I,oughin and Long in the Newport
and other tournaments that thew we've
selected to REPRESENT America in the
Davis cup matches with the Austria
lians. Brookes and Wilding The local
yCun gsters were not exnected 10 m"ke
mrch of a SHOWING md thew Foilnd I"
win match. though McLo""H'in man
arnd To takn, ono cot from WELDING.
IN 1910 M"Lcrchlin showed to poor
ADVANTAGE at Newport "nd was do
featad in TIE narlv rounds nv an in
ferior nlavor. Last Ye"r. however. he
succeeded in winning tho oven tOurna-
ment and was defeated by William A.
Larned in the challenge round
Again McLoUghlin went over TO New
ZPa land for the Davis "up watches
with Larned and Beale WRIGHT: Lorn-
cd and Wright Wern crDUOsPd to he ut
their best and decided to nlav in the
SINGLES against the Australians. After
both were beaten in the singles and
Wright and McLOughlin had lost the
doubtless MCLOughIn was substituted
St am Omnnt'c notice for L4rnPd in the
singles match against PROXIES tn"
Australian won tho match. but it took
him five sets to do it,