The Washington herald., 1913-07-27

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lifted. America needs but one
more match in the two remaining
singles, to be played Monday, and
at the very worst Mclaughlin
ought to take the measure of
Dixon.
Fierce Match.
The doubles teams in the match today
were Maurice E. Mclaughlin and Harold
II. Hackett. for America. while Eng
lands honor with the racquet was up.
held by Herbert Roper Barrett and
Charles p. Dixon, the latter pair being
present holders OF the worlds champion
ship in doubles The match was the
iercest seen at Wimbledon In the thirty
six years of its history, and when the
last shot was struck the Americans
were announced as the winners by the
scores Of 81. 81. 2s, rs. g.
The crowd was not as large as that
which watched the singles match, but
the stands were well filled. and consid-
cradle eclat was lent to the scene by the
Princess Mary, daughter Of King
George. who occupied a seat In the royal
box. Before the players came out on the
the merits of the teams. Those who
thought they knew were Of the opinion
that Hackett was the weak point in the
American side, and that good as Nc
Loughlin might find himself he could
not take all the play. For the English
side it was argued that Barrett had a
bad leg, but that taking it all in all it
was concluded that England would win.
and some were as bold as to say that
the Britons would do the trick in
straight sets.
player who caused the upheaval was Nc
Loughlin- He was on edge, and as he
came out on the court his Titan hair
stood up almost straight. a sure sign
that his fighting blood was up. He never
smashed with such accuracy nor vollied
with such laundering force. The way he
pulled down Barrett's high lobs for
Kills was blood stirring. and the crowd
was on its feet nearly all the time. Staid.
cold Engiishmen and stately English
girls could hardly refrain from yelling
when Dixon or Barrett made good re-
turn. while the cheers of the Americans
at NcLoughlin's hitting could be heard
a mile away.
McLouEhlin . Wonder.
Every tactic known to scientific lawn
tennis was tried by Barrett and Dixon.
and il is well known that they are mas
ters of the game and were playing it
when Mclaughlin was in his cradle.
They tried high lobs. and when it WAS
found that the Californian was at home
III killing them. they changed to low
driving at close quarters All the tricks
were useless. and as last resort Bsr-
rett and Dixon directed the play to
Hackett. who was considered the softer
nark Mclaughlin was seen to poach,
something he never did before. He GID
ed in and out around Hackett and was
actually under the ball whenever ii felt
and whenever chance happened for
smash of his favorite fore-hand drive ne
made the racquet string sing against the
ball.
When the pairs squared OF for the FIST
set there was great curiosity to see il
Mclaughlin had recovered from the sf-
fects of his sruelling match against
Parks, but his service showed that he
was himself. In serving one of his aces
to Barrett. the ball broke with such
speed that when the Englishman
touched 1t with his racquet IT few clean
EVER the grand stand to the common cYtS
side. y
By shooting the play to Hackett, who
was far from being accurate. the Brit
ishers gained many easy points. All this
time Mclaughlin used to cast anxious
eyes at the ball as If he wished to tear
1t to pieces. Whatever aces fell to the
american team was accounted for by the
Californian's service and his smashing.
1t was sort of ding. dong affair till ths
score came to five games all. and then
the Enslishmen exhibited the real ahil-
ity at court-efaft by capturing the next
two games and the set at rs
America Wins Set.
Seeing defeat confronting him. Nc
Loughlin began to poach in the second
set. Hackett too was seen to pick I'D.
and with a series of high lobs he made
openings for number of the Califor-
mans kills Very soon the Americans
had the score at three games to one.
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