New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
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FLAVOR Trumphs Reads Almost Like Fairy lale
Davis Lawn Tennis Cup 81
Returns to Home Shores
After Ten Years.
M'LOUGHLIN'S STAR u
SHINES BRIGHTER
California Comet, Mainstay Of ,
International Team, Retains
All.Comers' Title.

| Standing out above all else In the lawn
tennis annals of the year was the return
of the Davis international challenge cup
| 10 the United States, the nation that
originally offered the famous trophy. ''
The cup emblematic Of the world
| championship at a game that has at-'
tanned worldwide popularity, found its
way home after wandering about the
globe since 1903. It was recaptured largely
| through the indomitabe courage and
| skill of Maurice Evans Mclaughlin, the .
| youthful wieder Of the racquet from
| California, who has left his imprint SO
| indelibly marked upon the courts OF the
world during the last three seasons fsi'
| Never before in the history Of lawn
tennis, and all Of those duly qualified to
pass in judgment agree upon this point /.
have such stirring battles been fought for :
the bauble Of silver. whose value is not
1.-THE OF the money that has been
lavished In the effort to win or hold 1t.
Eight countries, the United States, Ger
many, France, Canada. Australia. Bel
GUM, England and South Africa, fought
for the cup in 1913. yet. through the haze
OF the great battles OF June and July
! Mclaughlin and the cup tower above all
else. II was a splendid American tri-
umph.
| Throughout a season filed with rec 3
markable contests. Mclaughlin bowed
to only two superiors. For the first time
In the record of the classic All-England
championship, at Wimbledon, a foreigner
stood as the challenger for the title. II
was Mclaughlin. Through the rounds Of
the tournament he moved down one ad-
versary after another. At last the pride
| Of the Americans, whom the Englishmen
had made their pet, stood against their
most famous knight of the courts, An
thony F. Wilding. The marvellous skill
of the defender In finding the weak spots
in the armor of his challenger, principally
in his ground strokes off his back hand,
repulsed Mclaughlin in a remarkable
! game, scored at Sc. 6-3, l0-8, while o
| thousands OF Englishmen stood behind
the ramparts of the stands at Wimbledon
unable to catch even a glimpse of the
fray and eagerly having the word passed
TO them as to its progress.
Again In the challenge matches for the
Davis Cup Mclaughlin met his master in
j. c. Parke, the leading singles player OF
the British Isles defenders. The cracking
accuracy with which Parke attacked the
Americans lower strokes and prevented
him from bringing off his tremendous
kills resulted in the downfall of Nc
Loughlin after Ave OF the most furiously
contested sets the courts have ever
known, the score being SO, - 81.
l-6, rs.
Returning to this country Immediately.
after winning the Davis Cup along VITA.
r. Norris Williams, I'd, Harold Ii,
Hackett, who acted as captain OF the
team, and Wallace f. Johnson, the four
who had formed the American attacking
party and who had SO ably carried off the
victory, the Californian entered into the
all-comers championship at Newport. IL
marked the first actual test OF the cham
pion's playing through the field, which
J numbered l4S competitors. Yet il was
repetition OF the performance at VIM
bedon, for Mclaughlin maintained his SUI
J premacy and kept his laurels bright by
, winning the championship for the second
: time. In the final Of the tournament.
which attracted greater crowds than the
picturesque Casino had ever known be-
fore, Mclaughlin defeated Williams, O.,
, 81, 6-3, 81. Incidentally, Mclaughlin.
with his old partner, Thomas c. Bundy.
repulsed the challengers for the national
doubles title, defeating John r. Strachap
, and Clarence j. Griffin, two brilliant
, youngsters from California, at O. 10,
, 81. II is upon a record such as this, ,
which finds no parallel In the history OF
. the American game, that the competent,
critics place Mclaughlin as a close second
to Wildng, as one Of the greatest lawn,
tennis players in the world d
Tho Davis Cup matches OF the last sea- :
son formed an international spectacle
which more than anything else proclaimed
the growth OF the game among all sorts
and conditions OF men. The German
team composed of Oscar Kreuzer +. W..
Rahe and Herman Kleinschroth led of
in the series by meeting the French team,
composed of Andre II. Colbert, Max,
Decugis and Mr.. Germot, on the hard,
courts at Wiesbaden Germany. The Ger--
mans scored the series four matches to
one Almost at the same time the Amer,
leans defeated Stanley N Doust, a. b,
Jones and Horace Rice on the turf of the
West Side club, OF this city, four matches
to one. as Doust and Jones defeated
, Hackett and Mclaughlin in the doubles |.
imatch, g., 2-6, rs, 2-6, 81. This con-
test was interrupted for an hour by a
deluge of rain, all but a thousand OF
the spectators waiting through II 10 the
end, despite the fact that they were as.
wet as II they had jumped overheard. -.
The scene OF the cup matches then
moved to England, where on the courts Of
the Queens Club. London, in the nextn
round the Canadians, Robert B. Powell
and Bernard P. Schwengers. defeated the n
South African team, r. F. lie Sueur and
". r. Gauntlet three matches to one, the
fifth not being played. At about the same
time the Americans moved against the
Germans at Nottingham, the Germans be-
|. ing reinforced by the great Otto Froitz-
helm. II was no secret that Emperor
William OF Germany had hand In the
financing OF the expenses OF the German
team. II was no match for the Ameri1
cans, however who won all OF the Ave
contests. losing only six sets. Then the
Canadians faced the Belgisns at Folke-'
stone, defeating the Chevalier Paul de
Borman A. G. Watson and w. II. de W.