New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-22
l||FORN|ANS WIN
THE DOUBLES TITLE
Mclaughlin and Bundy Defeat
1ouChard and Little in
Fast Match.
CHAMPIONS ARE 0UTPLAYE0
all Jnman and Niles Elimi
mated in Fourth Round
of Singles on Ca
sine Courts.
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,..,,or, Il. J.. Aus. 2l.-California's
~ pbenomeusl lawn tennis players.
.,cs Y. Mclaughlin and Thomas G.
"a won the doubles crown Of the
BUS after four hurricane sets here to-
w. chile six thousand spectators cheered
@ ss IN the days Of their first appear
~. IN 1909. standing as the challeng-
.ho pacific Coast champions defeated
n..,,ond H. Little and Gustave F. TOu-
"a the defending champions, by the
If Is e. 6--l, -. The
.oh IN every way surpassed eXpecta-
ss,t was one OF the bitterest battles
national championship ever waged
r,hln the picturesque Casino Enclosure.
~. mint tall at the end was 1872 to IL.
while the deciding of the championship
.,.badowed all else, the progress OF the
.,,olss in the fourth round brought three
-.rnr.als with H. One that attracted con-
.,a.-sble attention was that in which
rn,ton B. Herd young California giant
.nd the holder Of the Harvard interscho-
,,stic title. defeated Walter Merrill Hall.
,ho was rated as No. 10 on the national
lief last wear. The score was Ct. -.
- Herd is another Mclaughlin. al
,tough he is a trife larger, standing six
,.s, In height AMI weighing 500 pounds.
iro ,s only nineteen years old. and those
VINO witnessed his Impressive Performance
NJ Yesterday declared him 10 be one Of
The tastes; players ever seen here. Herd
hts like 1arer,rs ram. lie is even
more severe than Mclaughlin. and there
{. consi5srqmy r.crs kick to his service,
which required Al the skill Hall was
po.esss1 if - handle. At the net The
,outh was , tornado In action, and only
Ms unstsas -sss saved Hall from one
SIDED score. Herd prepared for Harvard.
where he enters this autumn. at Exeter.
He was ful'bsck on the eleven and one
81 the all-s-ound athletic performers.
The other upsets that went down on
The card were the defeat OF Nathaniel W.
Niles By George Peabody Gardner ir., at
~ - "a 81. &c. Gardner snuned
out ell o. Niles's shots as he came up 10
yoley He was as agile as a cat, so that
The mighty Niles went down after lead
INK at two sets 10 one. Alfred 5. Dabney
worked the other upset. as he defeated
Frederick c. Inman also In FIVE sets, the
sore being G-i. q. 4-6. -. e.
The two Californians in the challenge
match completely outplayed the cham
rons Only in the first set were Little
and Touchard successful I'm holding the
pair from the Pacific Coast in check. al
though from the beginning they played
The aaftiest sort OF game and one
which continually made the Westerners
hattie for the points. Bundy. despite his
illness was the doughty little Napoleon.
lie directed the attack. splitting the
sleys with his cross shots and Working
wonderful passes out Of the rallies. once
y twice in the third and fourth sets he
vlnced as II in pain. But he kept
Iscldly on. and on his side OF the net
vas the main factor in the deciding Of
he title for which the pair had tried Tor
iour years.
Strangely enough each had total Of %
Placements TO his credit. while McLough-
In had o outs to Bundy's 10. and - nets
10 his partners y. Only on the recelV-
ag Of the service was Bundy at all
weak. and that was due TO his inability
10 throw himself vigorously into the
necessary drive.
The match was filed with splendid lob
hing. Both pairs kept the bail SAILING
high in the air while they attempted 10
secure the strategic position so as 10
shoot through the smash or volley ior
the point. The order Of the service was.
Touchard. Mclaughlin, Little and Bundy.
Touchard was easily superior at this on
bis side of the net, while Bundy played
better than Mclaughlin, who, because OF
the severity of his overhead strokes, was
Inclined TO be uncertain at times.
In the first set the steadiness of the
defending pair helped them to score.
Then Mclaughlin and Bundy opened up
their crossing shots and smashed deeply.
m that after 2-all on games had been
called they reeled off four games in order
for the set. Little managed by good plac-
ng to win the first game OF the third set
against McLoughin's service. II was all
they got. for the challengers forced the
olaying al close range, despite the lobD-
ing, and putting wings TO the ball, cap
,ursd six straight games for the second
set Of their string.
The champions cleverly stopped the
irving Of Mclaughlin and Bundy by soft
and low returns in the fourth set, run
rug INTO lead OF 81 on games. They
also led at 81, when Bundy showed his
rt making his service good for love
came That was the beginning Of the
std, for the two rallied with dash ana
spirit against Little and Touchard, fairly
weeping them off the court By the
is'ocity Of their attack, which was ably
ststained 10 the end.
The point score and stroke analysis fol-
low:
FIRST SET.
Ncl0gzhI,n and Btindy....l 3 o 4 t-Z3-3