The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-27
Defeating English Team
in Doubles Gives United
States Advantage.
AGREE THAT CUP
WILL BE LIFTED
With Two Games to One in Their
Favor, Players From United
States Are Almost Conceded
Victory-Princess Mary Is
Interested Spectator
of Games.
Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.

| Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.
Wimbledon Eng. July 26.-The
American eagle screamed and the
Stars and Stripes floated in triumph
over the renowned centre court here
| this afternoon for the American Davis
cup doubles team lowered the English
| team. sending the hopes of the Yankee
| contingent present into the high
| heavens. The victory gives the United
States the advantage Of two matches
| to one. and even the most sceptical
| Brittons who saw the match admit
| ted that nothing short OF miracle
would prevent the CUP being lifted.
America needs but one more match in
the two remaining singles to be played
Monday, and ut tho very worst Nc
| Loughlin ought to take tho measure
of Dixon.
| The doubles teams In the match to-
day was Maurice F.. Mclaughlin and
| Harold H. Hacl.ett, for America, while
Englands honor with the racquet was
| upheld by Herbert Roper Barrett and
Charles P. Dixon, the latter pair be-
Ing present holders 81 the worlds
championship in doubles.
Tho match was the hercest seen at
Wimbledon In the thirty-siN years of
its history. and when the last shot
was struck the Americans were an
'Gunced as the winners BY the SEQ c
of ST. 6-1. 26. Us. GA.
Crowd Diminishcs.
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
Princess Mary, daughter OF King
| George, who occupied a seat in the
royal box. Before the players came
! out on tho court there was some dis
cussion as TO the merits of the teams.
| Those who thought they knew were
| of the opinion that Hackctt was the
| In he Gid
| that good as Mclaughlin might ind
himself. he could not take all the
| play. For the English side 1t was
| argued that Barrett had bad leg, but
that taking it all-in-aIl. it was con-
ciuded that England would win. and
some We're as bold as to say that the
| Brittons would do the trick in straight
| sets
All the theories proved wrong. and
| the player who caused the upheavai
was Mclaughlin. He was on edge.
| and as lie came out on the court his
| Titan hair stood up almost straight. a
| sure sign that his lighting blood was
up. He never smashed with such ac
! curacy nor vollied with such thunder
| ing force. The way he pulled down
| Barretts high lobs for kills was
| blood stirring, and the crowd was on
| its feet nearly all the time. Stately
| English men and women could hard
| ly refrain from yelling while Dixon
and Barrett made good return. while
| the cheers by the Americans when Nc
Loughlin hit could be heard a mile
! away.
Try All Tricks.
| Every trick known To tennis was
tried by Barrett and Dixon. and ii is
| we'll known that they are players or
! tho game and were playing 1t when
Mol ntrb1 in in, la
tried high lobs. and when it was
| found that the Californian was at
home in killing them, they changed to
| low driving at close quarters. All the
| tricks were useless, and as a last re-
sort Barrett and Dixon directed the
| play to Hackctt. who they knew was
| the softer mark Here Mclaughlin
was seen to poach, something he never
did before. He glided in and out
around Hackett. and was actually un-
| der the ball whenever it fell and
whenever chance happened for u
| smash OF his favoritc forehand drive.
| he made the racquet strings sing
| against the ball.
| When the pairs squared off for the
| first set there was great curiosity to
| see If Mclaughlin had recovered from
against Parks. but his service showed
| that he was himself. In serving one
OF his sets to Barrett the ball broke
| with such sIteed that when the Eng
| lishman touched 1t with his racquet it
| flew clean over the grandstand TO the
common outside. BY shooting the play
to Hackett who was far from being
accurate, the Britishers gained many
easy points. All this time McLoughln
used to cast anxious eyes at the ball
| as If he wished to tear 1t to pieces.
! Whatever fell to the American team
was accounted for by the Californian's
| service and his smashing. 1t was a
sort OF ding-dong affair till the score
| cnme to five games all. and then tho
Englishmcn exhibited their real ability
at court craft by capturing the next
two games and the set at Us.
Seeing another defeat confronting
him, Mclaughlin began to poach In tho
second set, and no took a crack at
| everything in sight Hackett, too, was
| seen to pick UP, and with a series OF
high lobs. he made openings for
| number OF Callfornian's kills. Very
soon the Americans had the score ar
| three games to one. The pace was
| fearful. In the ffth game McLoughlin
Won love game on his own. and he
went through Dixons service on the
next for another love game. bringing
the tally for America to 1. Hackett
ended the set by taking his service and
| the set at 6-1. Tho playing time of the
set was twelve minutes. a new record
for Davis cup set.
Engiishmen Take Lead.
Tho Enelishmen took the lead carly
in the third set by shooting at Hackctt.
McLoughln was a bit winded from his
terrific work I'm the second set. and he
was forced to slow down and allow
some OF the work to fall on his part
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