Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-27
MLOUGH[|N winner
He Successfully Defends Sim
giles Tennis Title.
HARD MATCH FOR CHAMPION
Philadelphian's knowledge of OPP
ponent's Style of Play Makes
Three Sets Interesting.

NEWPORT, r. l., August 27-The lawn
tennis championship record for 1913 was
practically completed on the Casino grand
court yesterday. when Maurice Z. Nc
Loughlin Of San Francisco successfully
defended his title in singles and main
tanned the Pacific coast supremacy by
defeating R. Norris Williams I'd Of
Philadelphia in the finals of the all
corners tournament in a well fought
four-set match The scores were ca.
o.. 6., 81.
As Mclaughlin and T. c. Bundy of Los
Angeles won their second championship
In doubles last week. and Miss Browne
of Los Angeles Is still the women's title
holder. the ascendancy Of California In
the pricipal departments of tennis is as
sured for another year.
Williams gave Mclaughlin the hardest
match since the pair landed from their
successful quest for the Davis cup be-
cause. as the Californian said after the
contest. Williams knew his game from
tnree months OF an almost constant prac-
tice.
No one of McLoughlin's six ANTAGONISTS
In the preceding rounds of the tournament
hanoled the champions sizzling service
SO confidently and successfully as Will
nahs- For two sets and part Of q third
the young Harvard sophomore held his
own against the champions overhead
smashes and his low spinning drives to
the side and base lines And there were
ulnes IN the second set when Williams
even forced the play until his hackers
IN the short ends Of the numerous two
to-one and three-to-one bets thought they
mad glmpses of their money
His Record Spoiled.
The loss of the second set spoiled Nc
liy1sc
tournament. but he came back strong in
the third set. which was practically the
climax OF the contest. 1t was In the
third game of this set that McLoughlin
seemed to have regained his mastery of
the situation. Every one of the five
points in the game was earned with
decision and brilliancy that left little
o0uDt regarding the ultimate outcome.
W!ihamS stood up courageously under
the commandment. and in the eighth game
came across with a few place shots OF
ms own manufacture. At times he seemed
10 even outgeneral the champion in siz-
expiring flicker of a dying flame. for.
although aided by f1fteen-minute res
pite, Williams was defeated before he
came onto the court for the fourth and
final set.
In the estimation of the experts the
match in the finals today not only fixed
Mclaughlin at No. l in American ten.
MIS- but 1t placed Williams at No > The
all-comers tournament this year was
marked by surprisingly few reversals in
form. and. with the exception of Dab
ney and Gardner. all the favorites came
through in the LAT matches that were
necessary to uncover the champion. Nc
Loughlin was easily the bright star in
the galaxy of young talent and old fol-
lowers OF the game watched his progress,
as well as that of his Pacific coast COM
panions, with the utmost satisfaction in
the conviction that the game was secure
for many years in such hands
When Mclaughlin clinched his second
championship title in singles by telling
drive down the side line yesterday he
closed three months of the most strenuous
tennis in his eventful career He left
home in May, and will return Thursday
after the Davis cup dinner, with two
American championships and the salts
faction of having been the principal lever
In lifting the International trophy. He
says that. except for an exhibition match
with young William Johnston on the
coast next month. he will lay aside his
racquet, fiannels and spiked shoes for
another year. He hopes to return in 1914
and capture the two cups. two-thirds of
which are already his.
The following is the stroke ANALYSIS of
the McLoughlin-W Williams contest yester-
day: