The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

interest in the Davis cup. matches on
this side of the water, the ascension
of Maurice E. Mclaughlin to the cham
pionship witnesses the title journeying
from the Atlantic seaboard, where 1t
has lodged from the beginning, to the
Pacific coast, and with the national
title in their possession for the first
time the tennis circles of the west
should show a renewed activity, Nc
Ioughlin. too. is the first champion we
have ever had who Is not college bred.
For, although he prepared and quail
fed for college, he never entered such
an institution, his entrance upon
business career preventing.
Maurice Evans Mclaughlin was born
1890, where his father was then SUI
perintendent of machinery in the Unit
cd States mint His father was born
in Ireland and came to this country
when very young. while his mother,
Harriet Verrill, was born in Portland,
Me-, of New England parentage. The
family resided in Carson City until
Carson City mint was closed and the
elder Mclaughlin was transferred to
the Philadelphia mint, the family then
moving to Wyncote, a suburb of Phila-
delpbia. Maurice attended the Wyn-
cote school, just outside of Philadel-
phia, until he was 13 years of age,
when the father was again transferred,
this time to San Francisco, where the
family has resided ever since.
Maurice attended Crocker grammar
school and Lowell high school, San
Francisco, and qualified to enter the
University of California, but never en-
tered that institution. Maurice had al
ways been an enthusiastic tennis play
er, and in 1909 gained the distinction
of representing this country in the Da-
Wis cup competition in Australia with
NJ II. Long, Upon his return from
Australia he accepted a position With
but remained there only a short time,
when he went into the real estate bus
mess with Wickham Havens, Frisco
tennis fan, who knew all the young
tennis players of the city. 1t was
Mclaughlin 8 ability as tennis player
that gained him this opportunity, Ha-
vens being an ardent admirer of Me-
Loughlin s play, and a friendship
resulted in an offer by Havens to take
the youth into his employ and teach
him the real estate business.
In fixing first place in the ranking
of the PLAYERS for the past year, Nc
Loughlin left but little work for the
ranking committee to do and no field
for controversy over the selection al
terward. The young Californian, be-
sides winning The national champion
ship, which would in itself have been
sufficient to have given him the pre-.
mier place, established the magnificent
record of having won every tournament
in which he competed during the sea-
son, and during his triumphal progress
defeated every player Of note who
might have disputed his title.
Opening his season on the Pacific
coast. the champion won that title in
singles and doubles, and then came
east to Chicago, where he won the
western championship, defeating in the
finals his doubles partner, Thomas Bun
dy. From there Mclaughlin came TO
Longwood, whore no again won the
title, defeating in succession such
players as Behr, Clothier and E. P.
Larned Then came the sectional
doubles in Chicago, where McLough-
lin and Bundy' won from the southern
and western players and established
their right to play against Little and
Touchard Of Newport.