Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-16
Edited By
L. REDINGToN
R. MURRAY IS |
LATEST MARVEL !
OF THE COURTS

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II. Lindley Murray of Stanford Uni.
versity. the latest California tennis
/ tornado to sweep the Eastern courts
clean of championships, is member
OF wonderful family OF athletes.
''R. L." himself. besides being
racquet champion of such eminence
that the Eastern critics have COM
menced to analyze his temperament
, mad Psychology sure sign of reach
ing pinnacle Of tame. this-is also
great half mile and mile runner. He
has done the $50 yards in l minute
% 10 seconds. and is one OF the best
distance men Stanford has produced.
IL was considered a great handicap
TO the Cardinals this year that he was
ineligible to compete. Fred Murray,
brother, year younger, is even
| more speedy on the track. At the last
intercollegiate meet this April he won
the 120-yard hurdles in Is 20 seconds,
winning for Sanford. He covered the
220-yard hurdles in "a minutes and
40 seconds, winning again for his var.
/ sity, and took the third lap in the re-
lay race, and it was his running that
decided the event in favor of Stan
| ford This would have been enough
| for most champions, but Murray took
a whirl at the shotput and got third
Fred Murray is only a moderate ten.
Lis player. so he does little OF IL, the
Murrays being marvellous, and not
moderate, in the things they do.
There is still a third brother, who
has been hiding his light under
bushel at Haverford College, In the
East. He has only so tar played for
his college at football He Is six
feet seven and is only Is. He is tax
ing TO tennis and shows symptoms OF
being first-elass performer when he
returns to California. Next year he
goes to Stanford, and will then have
an opportunity Of meeting the great
players of this State.
r. Lindley Murray is hailed as a
coming champion In the East. but II
is probably too early to decide whe-
ther he is to be in the first flight or
just an A class player. Among the
men who meet him on the courts IN
San francisco he IS not considered as
equal to Mclaughlin. Strachan OF.
johnson, nor Is he expected to ever
be. He is supposed to lack that In
definable, but indispensable qualify.
'.class," that spells worlds champion
ships. 1t was his sensational defeat
OF John Strachan in the State cham
pionship at ClaremontS Club In 1912
that first attracted general attention
to him. He eventually lost in the
final to Ella Fottrell Last year MUIR
ray played very finely In both the
bay counties and State championships,
but was eliminated in the finals in
each case by Strachan and Johnson.
Perhaps there is disposition to
.underrate Murrays game, which Is
partly due to his own modesty Very
often he has played with exceptional
success and the result has been re-
garded as fluke The man who can
''fluke" across continent. beating
champions as he goes, is certainly
going some At any rate, he has
hard service, covers an immense
amount of territory, and is essential
ly what is termed a wonderful get
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ing to the last inch his great reach.
and is an indomitable fighter. Also,
his jolly temperament has made him
without a question of a doubt one Of
the most popular of the leading play
ers now on California courts.
Perhaps the critics win have to
raise him rung or two in their es-
timation when he returns from the
East. His defeat of Alexander, Hall
and Behr in one day at the Sleepy
Hollow tournament was one OF the
finest "flukes" put over for many
long day. After defeating Alexander
in straight sets, Murray met Behr and
lost the first set GA. It was then
considered all over. But the young
Stanford man served and drove with
such terrific speed that his opponent
had not look in and was beaten 6-2.
6-2.
The Murrays are sons of Professor
Murray, the head of the Greek depart.
ment at Stanford The boys are also
successful students, and their athletic
achievements do not interfere with
their work; in fact. the Marvellous
Murrays" just about hits the mark.
"Women will never get the upper
hand Men are too smart