New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-18
Clothier Gets Only Three
Games as His Total
in Three Sets.
BEHR GIVES VICTOR
DESPERATE BATTLE
Doubles Champions. Fail to
Show Much Brilliance in
Reaching the Finals.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Seabright, July 17.-R. Norris Will
Jams. I'd, defeated William J. Clothicr,
a former national champion. in the inal
round yesterday afternoon on the turf
courts OF the Seabright Lawn Tennis
and Cricket Club. and thereby qualified
20 meet Theodore Roosevelt Pell, the
holder of the Achelis challenge cup.
Williams won his victory by a wide
margin. 81, 6-l, 81. and in so
doing. gave the most brilliant exhibit
ton OF lawn tennis he has shown this
ceason.
It was the opinion OF those who
watched the young Harvard mans play
that he is right now at the top of his
game and ready to face the challenging
nations best players in the Davis Cup
matches on August IS. II and 10.
Against such peerless, faultless play
ing Clother could do nothing, and he
seemed to lose heart, early in the strpg-
gle, apparently realizing he was facing
his master.
Williams's ground strokes were Won
ders of precision, his judgment was
without a flaw and he anticipated the
spot where Clothier was going TO put
the ball with an unerring instinct.
II is practically certain that the
Achelis Cup will acknowledge another
holder on Sunday. when the challenge
round is TO be played. =.
Mclaughlin and Bundy, holders Of
the national title in the doubles, made
their first appearance on the courts IN
the morning. when they defeated Tou-
chard and Washburn, Eastern doubles
champions. in their round at "a, -.
Champions Reach Final.
In the afternoon they faced George
NJ. Church and Dean Mathey. the met
ropolitan champions, and earned VIC
tory BY score of 6-3, Ga, thus en-
tering into the final round.
In spite of their double victory, the
showing Of the national champions
was rather disappointing. The team
work of the pair was as smootn ana
machine-like as usual, but their eXecu,
ton of strokes was often az fault, ana
they failed to create feeling OF con-
fdence when il was remembered ,nat
the international matches are less tnan
g. month distant. ~,
Mclaughlin and his partner Wi,
meet Theodore Roosevelt Pell ana karI
n Behr. the Middle States champions,
i'm the final round this afternoon AZ .
o'clock. The latter pair gained theIr
bracket at the expense OF NallacS :.
Johnson and Hugh Tallant, "nom 'he5
defeated at 6-3, 6-3.
Tic fact that the Sensational, req
headed. cood-natured McLoughllh was
To make his first appearance IN tne
Fast this season drew lovers OF itN u
tennis as magnet attracts psrtic'es
of steel -. o.o owl
49, 20 that was to come. His sweep
49, drives from the backhand found
,be limits Of Clothier's court for per
foct aces. Did the latter attempt 10
bIoct these of at the net. Williams
only edged them closer TO the SloeS u
the court. ,r...oxd mon
LoiG Ciothior at his mercy. that the
forner national champion rarely al
.o,,,ntod "a make return OF those nerve
wrerkinc shots that continually Gu,
the lines and the corners always ou'
of his reach. A single game IN eaGI
cot was the best the tall Clothler coulu
accomplish before Williams scored the
match noirt on another perfect sho'
for placement. a.. o..b
Immediately following this match'
NcLoughiin and Bundy took the court
against Church and Nathey in the up
nsr half Of the semi-fnals. As N q tns e
pr' ~, il was Bundy's rockribbed
badness that brought victory. Church
md his mariner showed signs of stage
f frigbt at the magnitude of the task
tbst had been set them and placed be-
low their usual form. Bundy.s service
was more of a puzzle than McLougn-