Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-05

IIHFAnI 7 :. VIII lNE WITH LIN
we are finding ourselves second
choices even in our own free and de-
lightful country. If you want to
gamble on the outcome of the Davis
cup tennis matches you will be able
to at least secure even money and
some of the cold foot" Yankees will
offer you odds that We are beaten
In the elimination matches with
Australasia, which are to be played
here, the Americans are well liked
but not strong favorites. The same
feeling prevails in regard to the in
ternational cup races. Americans
seem to think we have held the
| trophy long enough and that Sir
Thomas Upton, being such a fine
fellow, we should so arrange the con-
tests that he would be the winner.
That is the spirit that is in the air,
and all the good old Americans are
expected to feel in high glee if our
defeat in all the big international
g
We know now, for the first time,
just where we stand in the interna-
tional tennis matches, the first of
which will be played tomorrow
against the Australians at the West
Side Tennis Clubs courts in New
York. Raymond D. Little is out of
1t in the doubles and his place will
be ably taken by Maurice McLough-
lin, who will also compete in the sin
giles. Harold Hackett, as originally
chosen, will be McLoughlin's partner.
The singles. in which Horace Rice,
the foreigner, will meet Mclaughlin,
will be first on the program. These
matches will be played tomorrow af-
ternoon, as will the contests in which
Captain Stanley Doust, of, Australia.
will meet r. N. Williams, our repre-
sentative. On Saturday afternoon the
doubles will be contested, with Nc
Loughlin and Haekett against Doust
and perhaps Jones, but this isn't any
certainty. as Jones has been ailing
and a substitution may be made The
men on both sides have worked hard
for these matches, the finals of which
will be held in England. outside of
the illness of Jones, all are believed
to be in excellent condition.
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Mike Murphy is dead, and the ath-
letic world is hanging its head in sor-
| row today, for he was the king of
the pastime. Ailing for months, yes,
years, the grand old man of the cinder
path passed away virtually in his
hour of triumph. His was a notable
| and noble career. and he died as he
had liVed-a good clean man. The
end came yesterday afternoon at his
home, in Philadelphia, where he has
been sick man for some little time
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! Michael C. Murphy will always be
remembered as plain Mike Murphy.
| He liked that name best himself and
| he answered to no other. He was in
| his fifty third year and he wasn't an
old man at all for his age In fact, if
he hadn't tubercular trouble he would
have probably lived to a ripe old age.
! When in harness he was very
strong man and he was also very Sc
we're. He was the sole boss no mat
ter what the situation, and the ath-
letes not only minded him, but re-
! spected him. No man was too big
to be given a call down by Murphy
bigger the man the more severe were
Mikes attacks. He simply took
charge of everything and bossed
everything and if anybody dared to
interfere or overstep the rules he
might as well quit the camp
@
For years and years Murphy had
been the leading trainer of athletes
in this country. He could go as far
back as the early days of John L.
Sullivan, whom he trained for more
than a year. Then he gave his at
tentions to track and field sports and
ever since he has been a foremost
figure in the sporting world. He was
a man of success from the start He
brought out famous athletes, one
after the other. He developed Maxey
Long. the greatest quarter-miler of
his day, and of any day, according
to experts. He put John Flana gan,
the champion shot putter, in the
llmelight and he brought to the fore
Kraenzlein, the famous Splinter, who
is now director of athletics in Michi-
gan. Among others in the old days
were McCracken and Tewksbury and
in later days hundreds of athletes
have benefited by rs training Meth
DDS and his advice. He had charge
of our American Olympic teams and
everybody knows how successfully he
mana ged them. To Mike Murphy the
American people owed much. He
! won for us world wide prestige and