Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-14

FRANK CAVANAGt
complete upset. The young and
snappy and consistent Mclaughlin,
playing at the very top of his game.
was looked upon as a certain winner.
But 20 no! The experienced and
powerful Wilding took him into camp
after a rather difficult, though hardly
doubtful, series. Mclaughlin it
seemed, lacked much of his skill in his
match against Wilding, and there was
a noticeable absence of his great
strength. Afterward it was said that
there was something the matter with
Mclaughlin" and the player intimated
that he would have something to say
later on. 1t was gossip that Nc
Loughlin was too well treated, too
royalty entertained, during his stay
abroad, and that his form broke just
before the Wilding match. If that be
So then the lesson should be a suffi-
cient warning for him previous to the
important matches to come in the
Davis Cup competition.
g.
As matters stand, the Yankees have
reached the final round in the Davis
cup competition and they will have
to defeat the apparently durable Ca
nadians in order to get into the chal-
lenge round, where the English hold
ers of the trophy will be waiting for
them The consensus of opinion
| prevails that the Americans will not
only beat the Canadians, but that
| they will win in the challenge round
| from the English. All this is most
encouraging, but not any more so
| than the assurances which prevailed
| previous to McLoughlin's match with
| Wilding. We felt so sure of Nc
| Loughlin that we left no room for
doubt, yet we awoke to find out that
| there isn't any sure thing after all.
| OF course, we hope for and expect
our representatives will come through
gallant winners, but we lack the pos
itiveness that marked our spirits be-
fore Wilding so brutally shocked us.
! G
Such wonderful tennis did Nc
Loughlin display in his matches
abroad that the experts went almost
| daft over his performances on the
court. No less an authority than C.
P. Dixon, who knew Mclaughlin and
who had played opposite him previ-
Gus to his present visit to England,
went into ecstaces over the young
mans tennis.
BARELY 20, Mclaughlin writes Mr..
Dixon, sis unquestionably a wonder
fully fine player for his age, and in
many respects unique BY his calm
and natural demeanor Mclaughlin
quickly ensconced himself in public
favor, and he has already been al
luded to as the pet of Wimbledon.
Who will ever forget his first APP
pearance in the centre court on the
initial day, when he was opposed to
the ablest general we have in the
game, H. r. Barrett? 1t was admit
tedly an ordeal from which even the
stanchest and most seasoned player
might we'll have fiinched; but not the
young Californian. He was every
whit as cool and possessed as II.
r. B. himself Only having landed
on these shores a couple of days
previously and being entirely new
to the conditions at Wimbledon, it
was hardly to be expected he would
appear at his very best, but the mis-
takes he did make were due more to
this fact than to any breakdown OF
nerves or centre courtitis. l lay
stress on this point, as it is remark
! able how we'll he bore himself, when
one remembers how may great play
ers (his own countrymen included
have signaliy failed to do themselves
full justice at Wimbledon.
whether Mclaughlin wins the
championship or not, and he seems
to be going stronger every day." the
English authority goes on to say, "he
will certainly leave behind him moth
ing but pleasant impressions and
recollections, and what a fine tenn
permanent he has! Nothing seems to
ruffie him. Serious and concentrated
as he clearly shows himself to bt
when playing the game. there is with
it all a pleasant and resigned deter
mination to take the good and bad
luck which happens to come his way