Evening star., 1914-08-14

NEW YORK, August 14.-America's &
chances for retaining the Davis cup
are still fair. for as a result of yes
terday's matches at the West Side Ten
mic Club courts in Forest Hills, Long
Island. the defenders are tied with the
challenging Australasian team at 1
point all The invaders were the first
to score, when Anthony F. Wildins
Richard Norris Williams I'd
Of Philadelphia in the opening match
on court No. at Is. 612, 6-S
Maurice R Mclaughlin evensd up the
count, defeating Norman e. Brookes
all-Eugland champion. in consecutive
sets, with the scores at Ills, 6-S
8-S. in the closing match on court
No. i.
The opening set in the Mclaughlin
Brookes tussle was the longest ever
played in an international contest, the
highest previous score being 16-14
made in q set at Longwood last week
with Wilding winning from A. H
Lowe.
Nearly $4,000 See Matches.
Close to $4,000 enthusiasts, the
largest number that ever paid admis.
sion to see . tennis match, filled the
huge grandstands around the arena
long before play was called. There
were others anxious to see the
matches who had not needed the
warnings sent out by the committee
that late comers would find 1t hard
to procure tickets. and at least SOC
9th Of these I'VE, were Sn turned away from ths
enough to procure the pasteboards
sought points Of vantage in 1reetops
adjacent to the courts and did succeed
in getting q fairly good view Of the
battles.
Brookes was within a point of win
ming the long-drawn-out opening set
from Mclaughlin on several different
occasions, but he could not pull out
the lone point. In the eighteenth game
the antipodean had the lead at s-s
after each player had won on his own
delivery throughout. but Mclaughlin
killed his opponents first two chances
by scoring clean service aces Brookee
spoiled his third chance. With the
bounds, and Mclaughlin kept the set
going by scoring the next two points
on a placement and a service ace.
Again In the twenty-sixth game
Brookes had the advantage game and
Loughlin let out his service again and
brought shrieks Of applause from the
gallery by spelling two opportunities
for Brookes to take tho set by making
Brookes was very tired after the thir-
ty-first game, when Mclaughlin broke
through his service for the first time
and his tennis in the following two
sets was not nearly SO brilliant, al
though he electrified the spectators fre-
Quently by gets that were almost un-
canny.
Brookes Badly Tired Out.
The hard fight may take q lot out Of
Brookes. and it IL pssible that he ma,
not be at his best in the doubles today
when he and Wilding take the court to.
gether. McLoughlin's partner will b.
Thomas C. Bundy. The Davis cup com
mittee of arrangements announced at thu
finish Of the matches that Bundy would
be the man who would play, but re-
served the right to change the combina,
ton at any time prior to the match. se
Behr can be substituted. The Austria.
lasians nominated Brookes and Wilding
but they. too. reserved the right to make
an eleventh hour change.
Wilding, except In the opening games o,
the first set. and really defeated himself
by standing In back court when he might
have scored points readily by going to the
net. Another Dad feature OF MS play
was his trying to shade the lines con.
tinually instead Of using the whole OF
the hazard court for his attack. There Il
q possibility that the young Philadelphia
may get back into his stride before to.
morrow. when he win oppose Brookes
and II he does he viii make q good night
for he has 1t In him. At any rate. his
match yesterday was not much Of q
strain, for he was never In the runnine
after the early games, and he certainly
ought to be fresher than Brookes wher
they take the court for the first match
tomorrow. Besides. II Brookes has te
play In the doubles today the Philadel.
phian will have the advantage Of full
days rest.
Mclaughlin Rallies in Crises.
II viii be q long time before the
grueling first set Of the McLoughlin-