Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
AUSTRALAS|ANS ARE
ONCE MORE WINNERS
Take Doubles Match From Ameri-
cans in the Davis Cup
Series

New York, Aug. 15.-America's SUI
premacy in athletics received another
setback yesterday, when Norman E.
Brookes and Anthany F. Wilding, rep
resenting Australasia, defeated Maur-
ice +. Mclaughlin and Thomas c.
Bundy national doubles champions
and defenders of the Davis cup, on
the turf courts of the West Side Ten
mis- Club at Forrest Hills, Long Island,
in the third contest of the series in
straight sets, 6-3, Sc, 81. The victory
places Australasia in the lead, > to /,
and it will be necessary for America
to capture both singles MATCHES to-
day in order to retain the trophy.
Although defeated in straight sets,
the match was a brilliant one and
served to bring out the splendid pluck
of Mclaughlin and Bundy, who, al
though facing the recognized worlds
doubles champions, went down to de-
feat with colors flying.
1t was another record breaking rep
recentative crowd that watched the
struggle, and many persons promi-
nent in social, professional. business
and sporting circles encouraged the
efforts of the four players with impair
tial applause.
From the time McLoughlin began
the contest by serving to the Austral-
asians up to the moment when Bundy
drove the ball into the net for the
final winning point, the $4,000 specta-
tors followed every stroke and move
ment of the opposing players with
keen expectancy.
Serving Was Fast
AS in most high class doubles in
these days of fast serving the match
was battle of serves. and every game
settled into struggle to turn the at
tack against the serving side and a
lead OF single game with the service
on it's side next almost invariably
meant set for either side.
In the first set Bundy lost his very
first game, the fourth of the match,
and that ended the set, which went to
the challengers quickly after that at
6-S. servers winning each game there
after In the second set Brooks lost
his first service and the Americans
had a royal chance, but Mclaughlin
himself, the best server of the four,
lost the NTH game, and the challeng-
ers were back even again.
The score then alternated until Nc
Loughlin served again in the thir-
teenth game, when the Australasians
once more broke through the Amer
lean champions service for a lead that
they quickly turned into a command
ing advantage of two sets to love-
In justice to oundy, who will have
TO bear the brunt of the blame for
losing the doubles, it must be ad-
mitted that Mclaughlin did not play
nearly the game he did against
Brookes on Thursday. His .ervice did
not have as much sting to it as on the
first day. and he failed to get it into
court as regularly. In ground strokes,
too, he was not as reliable but this
was somewhat due to his having to
carry the greatest responsibility of
winning points without having the op-
portunity to do so.
The challengers naturally directed
their attack chiefly against the weak
est point in the American team, and
McLoughlih was kept out of the play
as much as possible. The scores by
sets follow:
FIRST SET
Brookes and Wilding-
554s40s 5-41-6
Mclaughlin and Bundy-
60474s-S6 3
SECOND SET
Brookes and Wilding-
122444 243 3 4-49 s
Mclaughlin and Bundy-
444121 44A25 3 0-42-6
THIRD SET
Brookes and Wilding-
26 ? 424 8 s 3 1 244 5-62-9
Mclaughlin and 3undy-
444O41 17242O 3-52-7