New-York tribune., 1912-08-24
N'LOUGHL|N THE MASTER
wiIIian,s Again Bows in Defeat
After a Battle on Courts.
poy FIGHTS TO LAST DITCH
clothier, Behr and Johnson Also
Win in All Corners Lawn
Tennis Tourney.
,Bv Telegraph to The Tribune.l

,,.Ioughin by the power OF MS good
~, arm rather than by skill in the use
, ,he racquet managed to defeat r. Nor
d. Williams. the young wizard of the
,.wn tennis courts, in the battle for the
lace in the semi-fnal round of the all
.or,ers, national singles championship here
day on the turf courts Of the Casino.
rho match was scored at Cd, 81, 6-4.
.-e is vt every stage Williams COM
aoued his famous adversary TO use all
,ha ingenuity he possessed. The boy
so,ght 10 the last ditch. and lost by the
,arrowest Of margins. as the point totals
s,ood at IL for Mclaughlin to 1G1 for
Williams on earned points. scored
,ripcpally as Mclaughlin attempted to
ANN to the net, Williams outplayed his
opponent as he scored 50 earned points to
g for the Californian.
william J. Clothier. Karl H. Behr and
Wallace +. Johnson also survived tn,
Struggles that led into the semi-hnal
round II fell 70 Clother, the national
champion Of 1856 to eliminate Raymond ID.
little IN straight sets to the score of
80 60. G-1. BY his victory Clothier
couples with Mclaughlin for the final
roIhd Of tie tournament, and IL is re-
mefrbered that it was Clothier who
Nighted McLoughlins hopes of the cham
piG1 crown upon his debut here in 1909.
Behr, using his straight volley shots. ef-
fsefvely won the easiest match of the
DAYS programme against George NJ.
Church the Princeton star, scored at
50, CO. 60 The only other match
that went beyond three sets was that in
witch Johnson, the former intercollegiate
Champion Of the University of Pennsyl-
yahia. defeated Watson NJ Washburn AT
s-6 e. St, 6--3. The peculiar whip
Ike strokes Of the young Harvard player,
COUPLED with his ability to play the net
with freedom and accuracy, always kept
Johnson on the alert and caused him no
snas Of trouble. Washburn led at the be-
ginning Of every set, compelling Johnson
10 show ell his skill
II was another gala day for the Cali
orhia contingent, for not only was the
dctory Of Mclaughlin looked upon as in
scative Of the probable successor to the
ionai tit'eholder, but for the first time
IN history the national interscholastic
championship went to the Golden West, as
1ifton e. Herd the Pasadena boy, who
Aolds, ,ihs Harvard laurels, defeated Jerry
II Weber. representative of the Univcr-
aty Of Illinois by tho score of Sc. %
a. G.. Herd, young giant of nine
teen years over six feet in height and
Weighing 2oo pounds, exhibited all the
isshing speed of McLoughlin Once he
lad steadiad his smashing. Weber could
10 nothins with the ball. and Herd pound
ID out the victory.
The day. which turned out 50 gloriously,
began with low hanging clouds that were
foybdding and threatening. 1t did not
daunt tie gallery which came carly and
70 the number Of nearly six thousand, and
found places about the championship
stretch of turf Mary Brown. the Cali
iornia girl who recently won the wom-
g's national title, and a group from the
Golden West found places at one end Of
he court. and they rooted ferventy for
their favorite Mary almost had a spasm
when Mclaughlin fell behind and lost the
fourth set, as for the moment he seemed
20 Be fading from the struggle. But she
vas the centre Of a jublant group at the
snd Of the Gventful tfth set
The betting was in favor OF Mclaughlin
heating Williams as the two took the
court The prices ruled at TO 3, and
there were supporters OF Williams in
abundancc with a lot Of wagers on the
side as 20 the number of gets that the
match would run.
Williams opened with the service i'm the
match, which put the other contestants
o, the sixth round I'm eclipse. McLough-
In sdvaneed to the net at once and In
smashing rallies forged ahead to lead
Of 5~-l on games. He was strongest on
The receiving OF service. and later this
helped him to break through against
Williams, who had trick of speeding his
9cend. ball even faster than the first
lien the boy got his shots down the
aes working, and, as Mclaughlin came
up, he passed him, so that, reeling off
hree games, he took the lead at -.
This steadied the Californian 50 that he
took the next three games, scoring the
eighth and tenth on his service at love.
II was in the second set that Williams
made his greatest fight II seemed i'm
POSSIBLE for McLoushnn to check him. as
he swung the shots into the corners, and
held the Californian back In court, and
ihen, plunging for the net, snapped off
the returns az twigs from a dead tree
unhl he led al % on games. Again Nc
LOughlin forced hts game 10 carry the
games to all, only TO have the boy out
general him again for the set at 7-5. In
hall, when Mclaughlin rams u the
'hsnges on his pace, so that " is by
continually driving outside, J, 80 set
NTH s-S, although the points osely
,alied
fhe two players heightened the rest
eaowing the third set out 10 twenty
hnutes, for the sun had broken through
'ae Clouds, shining with tropical fierce
asSs, so that each, was badly used up.
Nhsn they resumed the contest McLough-
+n'was wild in his smashing and his
O'iVes were all overplayed. lie was so
unsteady that Williams had Practically a
H.eess,on Of the fourth set to win at 63
vas then that Mclaughlin nervcd
~0seif for the final struggle. He cut
O'ss Tor smashing rallies, working like
~'s..' Despite sor~ wildness. hS
'eul 10 the front at ii, and then Will
sns Eilted under the strain He fought
0eEiiy TO the end, Mclaughlin taking
VIC SET and match ia a love game by a
'4Ot that sped sizzling along Williams
oFehand side.