New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Re- FRED HAWTHORNE.

The wear ASif NiN'SS9N"
i A.. triumph for America on the lawn
;s courts. The Davis Cup. which
u5s for worlds supremacy IN the
So So was lost 20 the challenging Aus
gs,;sns who defeated America 5
re. =, the courts of the West Side
g gs Club at Forest Hills, Long Isl
- last August by three matches 10
w" Ta, was the disaster that befell
~ country in the greatest test known
tbe lawn tennis world, but the ul,
- was even more sensational. ana
~Sa.ranensated in large measure tor the
,css Of the international trophy
Maurice Evans Mclaughlin, then the
A-nsrican champion, achieved the as
,;Dct;on OF decisively defeating NOT
~ Tverard Brookes and Anthony r.
Villains. Of the Australssian team III
80 spectacular matches that en-
.brsred more than 10000 spectators
s-ookes and Nilding. both OF wnom
I'D defeated the American IN previous
-'.tcbes abroad. were regarded as the
r,S,s foremost opponents Of lawn
$50 before Mclaughlin defeated
-, IN those thrilling battles.
NcI.ouchlin did all. and more than
- exnected Of him in defeating the
,.;rbtv Brookes in straight sets and
WiiSing bv three sets 70 one, but klcn
- Norris Williams, I'd. Mclaughlin s
nste in the singles, proved unequal 70
~ task and went down before the
s-sftv plaving Of the two men from
the Antipodes.
VI" when Mclaughlin and Thomas c.
Pun6y lost the doubles to Brookes and
Wildinc on the second day OF the
,ourney Il spelled defeat for this coun-
,rv for the Davis Cup. but the honors
al the series went 20 Mclaughlin, VINO
proved himself better than the best.
As though 20 show the heights 70
vEeh American lawn tennis has risen
IN the last year. Williams, still a
voYtb. rained the national champion
sh;p AZ the Newport Casino two weeks
later. when he defeated Mclaughlin,
the PLAYING through title holder, IN
three straight sets. In accomplishing
Inc downfall Of Mclaughlin Williams
brought into play the most brilliant
exhibition Of lawn tennis ever seen IN
this country, If not in the world. and
was hailed as the miracle-man of the
courts.
Outside Of the showing Of McLough-
lin and Williams in the Davis Cup and
national championship matches there
was a distinct improvement seen in
the work Of the lawn tennis players
all over the country. California, as
has been her custom for the last three
or four years, again sent notable
group of young players to the East, and
their work on the courts was convinc-
inf proof that America is destined to
stand supreme for years to come in
this particular branch Of athletics.
All the men from the Golden West,
a majority Of whom are still in their
teens, have their best years on the
courts still before them. Pitted
against the best the East could pro-
duce. they more than held their own,
Williams being the one notable excep-
ton 70 stand out against this invasion
from the West.
Robert Lindley Murray, of Pslo Alto,
was the most promising of the younger
CaGfonians. Out of more than sew
enty matches in which he competed in
his meteoric campaign Of the East this
aineteen-year-old wizard was defeated
NV by Mclaughlin, Williams and
George Myers Church, the intercollegi-
sts champion, and that last defeat he
wihed out by conquering Church in the
METROPOLITAN championship tourna-
ment.
Against Williams, in the Seabright,
y. J., tournament Murray did not ad-
nit defeat until he had carried the ma
tiona! champion five desperate sets,
and then, with victory in his grasp in
the last set, the Californian succumbed
70 the deadly heat and collapsed on
the court.
Mclaughlin defeated Murray in the
tnsls Of the New York State champion
ship at the Crescent Athletic Club, Bay
Ridge, and in the final round for the
Longwood Cup, but on both occasions
hurray was distinctly not at his best
+. X. Mccormick, Ella F. Fottrell.
Iarence j. Griffin and Herbert Hahn
we're among the other brilliant Young
players from the Pacific Coast who
ave. encouraging evidence that the
outh OF this land are fully prepared
uphold Americas prestige in the
1ears 20 come.
II Mclaughlin placed his name in the
forefront OF the worlds greatest lawn
tennis players by his showing at Forest
Hills, too much credit cannot be given
20 Brookes and Wilding for the Won
Certul showing they made in taking
Both veterans in the game. and
frookes particularly past the zenith
Of his powers, these two men went
'tnrough a gruelling test before they
won the right to challenge America
Tor the coveted trophy.
Taking the responsibility solely on
1eir shoulders, although they had A.
VI. Dunlop and s. n. Doust in reserve,
brookes and his partner decided TO
bear the brunt Of international battle
by themselves, and in turn defeated
canada, Germany and the British Isles
without the loss of q single match.
Prediction WA freely made before
me challenge round at Forest Hills on
august IL, ii and 10 that Brookes.
ihe captain Of the Australasian team.
mad undertaken too mighty a task in
placing all his reliance upon the
Pf1wess of himself and Wilding.
brookes is well along in years, as lawn
tennis players Of the first rank 90.