Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30

have thought with anything but con-
| fidence of himself and his chances. sud
| denly finds the man on the other side of
the net again unaccountably and eNas-
peratingly active Can it be that it is
| only the contrast between his lessening
youthful vigor? Brookes found this in
the case of Mclaughlin. and all his
| veteran skill, adaptability. GOODNESS and
headwork awaited him nothing against
the untiring impetuosity tempered, it
should be noted, with excellent restraint
when necessary of the youthful Califor-
Man. And that is the story of the ages.
Australia and Great Britain must de-
velop young players or their former
greatness will suffer eclipse.
We lost the Davis cup. but We were
| truly proud of Mclaughlin and his vic
tories over both Brookes and Wilding.
Outside the lessons of the play an excel
lent opportunity was offered for COM
parison between Wimbledon. the Eng
lish tennis contest paradise, and Forest
Hills. the American courts. Naturally,
Wimbledon has certain advantages due
to the knowledge coming from far great
er length OF experience. But the COM
mittee at Forest Hills Club Is to be
congratulated upon the excellent ar
rangements made here. 1t was far
easier with one exception, which I will
touch on later to reach ones seat in the
stands at Forest Hills from New York
than it was the same position in the
stands at Wimbledon, journeying from
London. From London to Wimbledon 1t
is necessary to change cars on the I'M
derground once and usually twice. Then
there Is a half mile to ride or walk to
reach the courts. From New York to
Forest Hills is a ride on the railroad not
quite as long as on the underground
train from London to Wimbledon. and
without change Of cars. and when one
reaches the station he finds himself
practically on the tennis courts 1t may
be contended that the difficulty OF reach
ing Wimbledon is an advantage in that
it diminishes the number who wish to
attend and hence helps in keeping the
crowds down.
Now. as to the stands, Wimbledon has
large expanse of covered stand as well
as open. but, Of course. nothing like the
size of those erected this season at For
est Hills There also is considerable stand
ing room at Wimbledon. There is only
one main center court. whereas at For
est Hills there are two. At Wimbledon
it would have been necessary Tor NC
Loughlin and Brookes to have followed
Williams and Wildng on the same court.
| whereas at Forest Hills second match
was played on a new court that was not
| torn up by the spikes. The crowd at
! Wimbledon is perfectly free in its APP
| plause. but it is a tennis crowd and they
| are thoroughly conversant with good ten
! MIS- and the applause. especially this year.
at any rate was for good strokes and
not for any favorite. The one thing that
J seems to impress Wimbledon crowd
and draw forth its applause is for man
| who is behind to begin to come to the
| front. That is practically the only oc-
casion into which there seems to enter any
| personal desire to see one man triumph
| hor no
most part well experienced and their call
| ing is sharp and convincing. II a man
| calls out sharply the moment the ball
strikes. somehow We all Of us become
| convinced that his judgment Is accurate
at any rate, that he saw it, and to his
| vision there is no question about Its be-
| ing out That satisfies players and spec
tators, and even though there might have
been some mistakes in calls at Wimbledon
| there was no lack of decision about them
| The heat was for the most part greater
| at Wimbledon. there being two or three
| days there when it was far beyond any
| thing we had here. The one blight iT
] the whole arrangement at Forest Hills
! was the evident lack of appreciation OF
| the situation on the first day on the par,
of the railroad officials at the Pennsyl.
| vania station of the Long Island, and il
is wonder that there were not serious
| results Only a few tainted, but when q
thousand people are packed in a mass
under glass roof through which the
sun beats. and stand there half or three.
quarters of an hour, it is tempting fate.
The writer quoted not very long ago
at an athletic dinner the remarks of a
great social scientist, made a few years
ago. wherein he made the statement
that THE greatest nation of the future
is the one that can send the most men
to the top of the Matterhorn," and now
IL
once more. 1t seems incredible that hui
man nature should revert as 1t does
once in so often to the real savage. Once
more II is the strength, physical en-
that will determine what rights ma
lions. and to bring it closer home
families have to life. peace and the pur-
suit of happiness. Neutrality. II PEG
the pathway. avails nothing. It is who
can march: 1t Is who can night. 1t is who
lean endure to the end. For this reason
some remarks of a visitor who recently
are worth quoting:
Mrs Diana Watts was asked how the
physique of the American youth Inn
said They are breeding greyhound
, strain in the universities of America
nearer to the Greek ideal than anything
have seen elsewhere. The fat muscle.
bound or thick-set man is laughed al
as an object of ridicule and compassion
The ideal is the Greek ideal of the
, strai ht-limbed. narrow-hipped athlete p
A very animated discussion Is being
! carried on in tho columns Of one Of thu
] English papers pro and anti-solf. Among
! the letters many are entertaining, bu
/ few have the touch contained In on,
: signed "Methuselah Junior" He> say.
that there is a distinct economic obJec
, tion to golf, in that 1t keeps alive 81
lmany people who would be better dead
He saws that our great captains of In
dustry reach their grand climacterie
after about twenty-five years of strenu
Gus activity Thereafter they decline &C
, cording to their temperaments along on
Tor two main lines-either they pertlix.