The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

course Of this set Mclaughlin made five
Service aces, more than hair OF his total
for the match. IN the second set the
national champions played fast tennis and
moved into a lead before their adversaries
got going. at -. They were still ahead
at b--3 and seemed TO have the set well
IN hand when Pell and Behr started to
show some good teamwork and surprised
The onlookers by pulling up to even terms, /
making the set deuce at all.
There were few in the large crowd
gathered around the court who did not
look for breakdown In some OF the
players, for the heat had been oppressive
all through the match. The players poured
B little water over their heads and went
back to finish the set, Mclaughlin and
Bundy winning II when they Dagged the
last two games easily.
&C. There had been some talk OF cutting
the match so two vantage sets out OF
three instead Of the usual three out OF
five on account OF the sultry weather.
hut all of the men reported IN good con
dtiou. and III for the longer route. They
did nor even stop to rest aftci the second
set but went right on to the third
This time Il was the West Side Ten
MS club racket wielders who got OF
with n rush. and they forged to the
front at -. During these first six
games Mclaughlin took things easy, and
allowed Bundv to- cover more court This
probably accounted ia great measure for
the lead Of the NV Workers. although
1T was in this set that Pell started to d.
gr1d work
Mcl.ouCh.n had evidently taken enough
resi- In the early games. for he worked
hard and mainly by his brilliancy tn.
Western pair gathered In brace Of
games which squared the set The Cali
fornians worked hard to gain the next
game and made n good start for 1t by
getting the lead at 400 on Bchr's ser
vice. A net by B,ndy and two placement
drives by Pei brought the game to
deuce and the invaders finally lost H.
Bundy served In the tenth game and
had the score at 300 when he made
tour errors in row. giving his adj
. versaries the game and set.
81 Immediately after the last point OF
the set was made the players trutted of
10 the clubhouse where they took a
shower aud rested for ten minutes. Be
fore they came back on the grass to re-
new the conflict the period of respite
evidently gave the Westerners their
second wind. for they played faster tennis
than ever and soon gained a lead OF
. four games 10 two.
Tho teams divided the next two, and
with ren serving. the Californians needed
only one game for the match They made
the score go. bringng the margin that
separated them from victory down To two
points. once again the New Workers
.
task OF the middle states champions
seemed hopeless. FOR with their adversaries
leading at d, IL was NcLoughlin's turn
20 serve The star OF last years Davis
cup had lost only once on his service
then only AT the beginning Of the match.
and ne had finished the second set on his
service when his team needed only one
game for victory.
Therefore practically everybody thought
that the match WAS as good as over and
many started 10 leave the stands. when
Pell and Rehr did the unexpected. break
ing through the champions meteoric ser
vice and winning with the loss of only one
point thereby bringing the set to deuce.
Deuce was called twice again, but the
New Workers finished strong taking the
last two games, while the national title
holders gathered in lone point on n
placement by Mclaughlin When the
West Sders succeeded in winning on Nc
Loughln's service all those who had
started to leave the stands quickly rushed
back. seeking places OF vantage, and when
the supposedly weaker team eventually
succeeded in carrying on the set and
thereby squaring the match the big crowd
went wild.
After the great burst OF applause the
silence that fell over the crowd as the
players started the NTH set was SO intense
that one might easily have heard the pro-
tired they did not show H. As a matter
Of fact each one seemed anxious to cover
O. the others court as well as his own.
Notwithstanding the strain on the
players there was no lack OF team work
on either side and all four played more
carefully than they had AZ any other time
during the match. This last set was a
bitter battle before the champions finally
won.
Behr alone showed a tendency to let
20 of team work IN his desire to make
sure, from his viewpoint. Of every stroke
that was made His play was even more
scintillant than II had been in any OF
the earlier sets and that is saying a
good deal, for his work throughout the
match compared favorably with Nc
I.oughln's The national champions
proved the better starters In the final set
and they moved to the front at 81
Pell and Behr made their last stand al
this point and succeeded in catching their
opponents and passing them AT 5--i.
Mclaughlin evidently had visions OF
the match slipping away from him and
his team mate II he did not take a little
more Of the labor upon his own shoulders
Fitting the action 10 the visions he pro-
ceeded TO encroach upon Bundy's terri
tory and as a result the Westerners car
lied off three games in row and with
them the set and the match.
During the last five games Of this sci
the match resolved itself into a duel be-
tween Behr and Mclaughlin. Both OF
these men made remarkable stride;
throughout this period and elic!ted APP
plauso from the gallery for many aero
hatic gets. Although Poll played re-
markablv well to-day, Williams IL still
the favorte IN The challenge round match
Tomorrow for the Achelis cup. Play vii
begin at r O'Clock, best three out OF five
sets winning. The summaries
Mclaughlin and Bundy ". PeIi and Behr
FIRST SET.
Mclaughlin and Bundy;
2. 2
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Poll and Bchr'
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ANALYSIS.
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