Evening star., 1914-08-15
Second Set Reaches Deuce.

Second Set Reaches Deuce.
The Americans didn't have much Of a
chance in the opening set. but came
within an ace of winning the second with
the score at six games to five, and the
points at 40-15 in their favor in the
twelfth game. Wilding was serving and
1t looked as If the defenders would win,
for at this stage they were playing good
tennis. McLoughlin, however. made
three errors in a row, the first Of which
was aAnet on an easy smash that would
have given him the set, and the second
an out which he made by overhitting
the ball when he had the way clear for
a passing stroke down the middle Of the
court.
On the very next game, Mclaughlin
was serving and had the score 4O-15.
With this advantage and the comet on
the firing line, it looked as II the Ameri-
but once more they developed a streak
Of wildness, which threw the game away
after 1t had gone to deuce twice. ana
Brookes finished the set with a love
game. In the third set, the Americans
took the lead at 2-1. and held it up to
10 The Australasians won the four
teenth game on Wildings service ana
broke through McLoughlin's for love
game in the fifteenth, putting them IN
the lead at ST. The defenders had
chance to VIII Tile SAAlCCASA SeAAASs
which would have evened the score at
ali, for they were in front at 41love on
Wildin1's service, but made fve errors
in a row, four of them being chalked up
against Bundy. giving the game. set ana
match to the challengers.
The Australasians had total Of q games
to 16 for the Americans. and during tne
coufse of the match made 152 20 1SV
points. AS has been their usual metnoo,
the challengers preferred to nave tnels
points given to them than to go out anu
earn them, and as q result they spent
most of their time in merely getting the
ball back over thenet- and allowing NC
Loughlin or Bundy to make an error,
which would give them a point
Points Evenly Divided.
Australasia's total of earned points
was 35, or only more than Mclaughlin
made alone. These were pretty evenly d.
vided 1s being accounted for by Wild
ings racket and II by that Of Brookes.
Bundy earned 20. bringing the total for
America up to IS. The invaders made II
errors, and right hero can be seen the
effect Of Brookes' grueling match with
tributed 30 of the nnisplays, an unusual
number for the redoubtable 1eft-hander.
Slips by the American players totaled up
to III, 81 for Mclaughlin and Sc for
Bundy. This would tend to show that
Bundy was a little steadier than Nc
Is a small matter when it is borne in
mind that Mclaughlin had more than
three-fifths of the teams earned points
to his credit.
Both Brookes and Wilding made the
greater part Of their errors by driving
the ball out Of bounds. while the Ameri-
cans made most Of theirs by driving the
ball into the net. The reason for this
difference was that the challengers con-
centrated their efforts only on getting
fairly high in the air. SO that 1t would
not be intercepted by the barrier. The
Yankee team, on the other hand, tried
to skim the net at all times In the hope
Of breaking down the Australasians'
stonewall defense by forcing them to do
made by Mclaughlin and Bundy missed
going over by only the narrowest sort of
margin. Brookes netted twenty-one times
to Wilding's five, while Mclaughlin and
Bundy had thirty-two and thirty-one
chalked up against them. respectively. :.
Every once In a while Mclaughlin and
Bundy would shift their attack to the
base line in the hope OF throwing the
challengers on +. their game. and, as q
consequence OF being a little unsteady at
eight and twenty-four. respectively. on
outs. Brookes' returns fell outside the
confines Of the court twenty-nine times.
while Wilding failed to keep within fair
territory on seventeen occasions.
Wilding did the best work Of the four
men on the court. and II he plays with
as much skill today. will give McLough-
lin the fight Of his life. AS a matter OF
fact, IL the American does not recuperate,
the United States may lose q point that
1t had figured on winning. That Brookes
did not come up to the class of Wtlding
was probably because he was still suf-
fering from the effects Of his terrific tus-
sle with Mclaughlin the day before.
Another huge crowd saw the match yes