New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
TITLE NOW IN BALANCE
Mclaughlin and Johnson Pair
in AII-Ccners' Tourney.
.CLOTHIER MEETS HIS MATCH
Behr's Hopes Easily snuffed
Out-Gobort Praises Lawn
Tennis at Newport,
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Newport K, L. Aug 4-Again the Pa
cifc Coast and the Eas, are lined w on
the lawn tennis courts for tie all comers'
national championship title. ~ Maurice
T.. Mclaughlin and Wallace +. Johnson
won their places IN tho fnal OF tho tour
nam"nt to-day on the courts Of the
Casino Mclaughlin. with his plungcs FOR
the net. his powerful sweeps OF the racquet
aud his dy mamie energy. playe y .cusH-
NOnal and spectacular match In defeating
william j. Clothier. the national cham
pion Of 1876. after four fast sets at SIS.
60. &c. Ct II fell To Johnson. the for
mer INTERCOLLEGIATE champion Of tho Uui-
versity Of Pennsylvania. 10 work what
was generally considered a. an upset In
the other semi-nnal He defeated Karl
II. Behr IN four sets that were over
whclmngly onesided at the end by the
score Of IS. 90, 50, s . Behr. tho
hero OF international battles. was making
the EFFORT Of his career 10 come back into
championship form. The stalHart Penn
sylvanian ruthlessly dashed his hopes and
took his stand hesid Mclaughlin as the
two sole survivors 81 the field Of l59 COM
petitors who began their battles last Mon
day on the courts for the crown and title
held for seven years by William 4.
Layned
An interested spectator Of the starred
match OF the day was Andre r. Colbert,
the famous French player He was
astounded at the speed and scorchine
80 f,T
he had planned TO enter the tournament.
but had been taken i'll IN Canada. The
Frenchman was enthusiastic in his
praises Of the Casino surroundings and
the brlliancy OF the gallery which. he
declared was more like Paris than Amer
lea.
The contest in which Mclaughlin de-
feated Clothier held the post of honor on
the grandstand court to-day From the
beginning the Pacific Coast champion was
always aggressive. Clothier worked I'm
sensational fashion to hold him I'm deep
court In measure he succeeded, but
when he needed point Mclaughlin
leaped TO the net In his cyclonc style for
the ace which usually came 10 him Me
Loughlin earned G4 Of his total tally Of
lA points. while Clotber scored only 10
earned points out Of total OF l29. The
Californian made eighty-nlne errors OF
nets and outs TO eighty for his opponent.
This, in measure. was due 10 Clothier's
phenomenal gets. for the old champion
brought Off amazing shots from what
looked to be certain passes for the Cali
fornian
Behr ruled favorite over Johnson IN
their contest. Those who had not fol-
lowed the performances OF the two men
closely figured that the former inercol-
leeiate champion Of the University OF
Pennsylvania. would DE fortunate 10 get
a set Johnson was slow In starting his
game, and with the lightniBglike attacks
Of Behr at the net lost the Grst set. Then
the battling chop strokes Of the Pennsyl
vanian began to upset Behrs range. In
his attempts to use his straight volleys
he lost all control in the second set which
Johnson made a procession Of six games.
In this second set Behr got only
points. After that all Johnson had to do
was TO feed the ball to Behr, who so lost
bis temper at his nets and cuts that his
skill deserted him. Johnson earned only
10 OF his total Of l27 points. while Behr
earned 3S of his total OF "a. The differ
ence was on errors, at which the Penn
sylvanian only had sc TO Behrs 81.
Mclaughlin at every stage OF his con-
test demonstrated his ability to lift his
game to It's pinnacle Clothier made
wonderful pull-up In the first set after he
had been behind at al on games. BY