Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-26

in a very enthusiastic tennis vein,
and they have taken right smart in
terest in the all-comers' tourney now
down to the final round at Newport
AS far as the caliber of the entrants
is concerned, the competition has
been about the classiest that has been
seen in the East in years. The very
best players in the country have
taken part, yet out of it, and natural
ly, too. we have Maurice q. Nc
Loughlin, of California, and r. Nor
ris williams, of Pennsylvania, play
ing in the final round for the high
honors. Their road to victory
throughout the competition was never
once threatened. They won their
matches like true artists, and real art
was in evidence in their all-around
NAV Now 1t has come down to a
case of one must fall before the
other. That is the hard luck of be-
ing commissioning friends. Here
are two young men with wonderful
tennis skill, both of whom battled
almost arm-in-arm for the world s
championship in England, now forced
TO go into the fray, one against the
other. In the victory there will still
be keen enjoyment and defeat will
hang heavy on the head of the loser.
That's the sport of it, though. Men
who fight shoulder shoulder today
may fight just as fiercely against
each other tomorrow. That's the
way it goes the world over, and 1t Is
no different in tennis.
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But Mclaughlin VS.. Williams is just
the match the tennis devotees are
anxious to see, yet for q moment, a
moment only, though, it seemed as
If the pleasure would not be ours.
With Mclaughlin the all-comers
champion, it was expected that he
would default in the final match pro-
viding Williams reached that round.
Maurice, however, took a different
sauint at the matter. He was not
bit selfish, and said he realized that
Williams had defaulted to him in the
l-England championship in order
to make the going as easy as posi-
BILE over there, but also declared that
1t would be a big mistake for him to
default to Williams in the all-comers'
match.
you see," said Mclaughlin. 1T
would mean empty honors for Nor
ris and he is too good a sportsman,
too able a player, to desire any such
proceeding. No, Norris and myself
will play 1t out in the championship.
He is a grand player and while hope
to win and will do my level best to
win / will neither be disappointed nor
displeased If my Davis cup partner
carries the day"
It is because Williams is such a
worthy opponent that Mclaughlin
is playing him today. In the matches
over in England, RED Mac" as Nc
Loughlin Is sometimes called, became
a rage, but just the same Williams
played beautiful tennis and came in
for high praise among the experts
there. In the final of the Davis
cup championship, Williams won his
first match. while Mclaughlin was
beaten. That was an awful blow, as
those who were interested in the event
will recall When the report of the
defeat of Mac" came over the cable
the shock was violent, and 1t seemed
as If all were lost. Then came the
victory of Williams. which gave us
added confidence. No one over here
expected the Americans to win the
doubles, but Hackett and Mclaughlin
came through victorious in a most
gruelling contest, which was all but
lost Then followed, the next day,
the triumph of Mclaughlin, and the
triumph of the Yankee team over the
English team for the cup. Since then
we have been rather close to tennis
and have really worked up love for
the game-a game that Is very much
misunderstood and which is more
strenuous than baseball or any of the
other pastimes one might recall In
hurry. No delicate, namby-pamby
mothers boy can play tennis-real
tennis-and endure it very long. 1t
takes the young man with the keen
mind, the quick eye, the healthy, we'll
trained body to go into a tennis match
and come out a winner. Those who
think it is a mild-manner, society
game are off their trolley entirely. 1t
is the kind of game that brings
all that's in a man out of him-tem-
permanent, grit, endurance and the
right spirit in sport.
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The outcome of the Mclaughlin
williams match is conceded to bring
out "Red Mac" as the winner. He
has been playing well, yet he has
shown evidence now and then of too
much tennis. He is the more expert
beyond a doubt. but in tennis condi-
ton and the mode of play sometimes
cut big figure. Williams would do
well to beat Mclaughlin, but he will.
Of course, have his time doing so.
Maurice, If at his very best, should
just win, for he hasn't enough over
Williams at the game to make many
mistakes. The match is attracting
attention throughout the tennis
world. We await the result with deep
interest.
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A number of baseball fans were dis
GUESSING the proposed sale of the New
ark club around the corners last