Evening star., 1914-08-14
McLOUGHLIN SAVES THE DAY
BY VICTORY OVER BROOKES
Californian Turns Tide After Wlding Defeats Williams in
Davis Cup Tennis Matches-Big
Crowd on Hand.

IN Hand.
Brookes match is forgotten. Brookes
| was the first to come out on the courts
and received a great ovation. but the
red-haired Californian came In for a
storm Of applause, for every one now
realized that in him lay America 8
| only hope. The antipodean started
service and took the opening game at
love, but Mclaughlin retaliated and
won the next on his own service. On
the third game Brookes made his first
three points on service aces and 1t was
noticeable that the Californian was
having a difficult task In solving the
idiosyncracies of the left-hander's de-
livery.
The opening set went merrily along,
with each man winning on his own
service, until the score stood 9@s, with
came within a point of taking the set
at 10-s by bringing the score Of the
eighteenth game to 40 love. Mo-
Loughlin rose to the occasion by scor-
ing two consecutive service aces, one
of them on a second ball which came
over even harder than the first, and
made the game deuce when he pulled
the islander out of position and forced
him to drive one out OF bounds. The
comet then finished the game with a
other service ace.
Pace Wears Out Antipodean.
Once more the men kept to the even
tenor of their way and heightened the
set by carrying of their own service
games. In the twenty-sixth game
Brookes again had couple Of chances
to win the set, for the had the lead in
games at 1912 and in points at 4O-15
Mclaughlin made a daring placement
along the side lines and followed it
with a couple Of service aces. which
gave him the first vantage point and he
eventually pulled out the game after
1t had gone to deuce three times
Brookes made his fight in the twenty
ninth game. which he won after deuce
had been called Ave times. At this stage
Of the game he showed unmistakable
signs of the great strain and became
cranky about everything. He even had
the referee request the spectators to stop
smoking. McLoughlin finished the record
breaking set by taking three consecutive
games.
The Californian ran up a total Of Ill
points in the set. Just one less than
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| 13 points is accountable for by the fact
that the American won quite few love
games. while Brookes gained most of his
games by twSpons T Ooat. margin in Ma Me-
were service aces, which comes pretty
close to being a record for a single set.
| The Yankee made 10 more errors than
| Brookes but the latter earned only IS
Of his points.
Mclaughlin Ranking Player.
The second and third sets found
Brookes too fatigued to put up a real
fight, but he showed occasional flashes
Of marked brilliancy. In the second set
Mclaughlin took an early lead and never
| relinquished 1t, only two games Of the
nine played going to deuce. After lead
| ing at 60 in the third set Mclaughlin
dropped the third game losing on his
own service for the first time. Brookes
took the next evening the score, and
held 1t square until 3 all. Mclaughlin
then put on full speed and outplayed the
tired islander in the next two games.
both of which went to deuce, and fln-
ished the set and match on love game
The Yankee player had a total of IT'S
| points, against 143 for Brookes, and of
these he earned 105, sixty-seven by
Wnile srooses na earneS only fosty se se1sn
thfrty-nine by placement and eight by
| service. Brookes made seventy errors,
only twenty-six less than his rival,
| most OF them because he was pulled out
! Of position time and again by the hard
driving Of the Califarnian.
No better tennis has been seen in this
country than in the McLoughlin- Brookes
match yesterday. and it is doubtful IL as
good has been seen in any part of the
| world. The Australasian was marvel
on ground strokes particularly. and he
sible. His only weakness seemed to be
in his overhead play and that more in
| lack Of power than in inaccuracy.
Brookes has been hailed as the greatest
4 &Lnt a
court and his defeat Of Milding at VIM
bledon this year in the all-England
championship tournament gave him
what is practically the ehampi.onship n,. el. OF
over him yesterday stamps the Cali
| fornian as the leader of them ALL So,
even If we should lose the DAVIS cup
this year. an American. Mel 81 ugh,in;, HIN;
| wielders of the world.
Williams Begins With Rush.
Williams started with a rush that
cheered the hearts Of the onlookers. for
In the first three games he played rings
around the crafty Wilding and looked
like an easy winner. The defender won
the toss and took the service with the
sun at his back. It was no time until
error by his opponent and three serv-
ice aces. Wilding scored his first VIC
tory In the fourth game on errors by
Williams, but the latter came back and
took the next on his own service and
had the score at Al.
The Philadelphia had played well up
in fore court during the early games. and
this was what gave him his lead, for
neither of the islanders are particu-
larry strong against that style Of attack.
From the start Of the sixth game. when
he had apparently q commanding lead.
williams began to beat himself by drop
ping back into deep court and attempt
ing to beat the Australasian at his own
game.
Williams was never moro erratic and in
accurate in his strokes, but he could not
seem to realize this and instead Of using