Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-14

Eventually we may see the AUS
tralas1ans carry off the Davis Cup in
the International tennis matches now
being played on the West Side Tennis
Clubs courts at Forest Hills. Long
Island, but never do we expect to
see a greater match than the one yes
terday afternoon in which Maurice
Mclaughlin, one Of the cup defenders.
and representing the o. S. A., Won
over Norman E. Broolxes one of the
challengers and representing a for
eign cline. The 1900 or more spec
tators vowed It was the most Won
derful match ever played and there
was no one to dispute them. Through
out the match the best there is IN
tennis was produced and Brookes. the
loser. suffered little by comparison
with Mclaughlin, the winner. It was
battle between the two greatest mas
tiers of tennis in the world, and the
younger and more active and stronger
won out. The man who won was the
better man beyond a doubt, but the
man who lost has only one superior
in the world.
The entire match was full of SEN
sational doings, but the first set will
always linger in the minds of those
who witnessed it, as the ne plus ultra
In tennis. For thirty-two games the
men played to their very pitch in the
struggle for victory, with McLough-
lin finally the winner AS game fol-
lowed game, with no result, the
crowd. always enthusiastic, became
almost hysterical. Thunderous ap-
plause was followed by a painful
auietness. 1t was no place for a ner-
vous person. As the two men fought
at the top of their game for supre-
macy, the play was followed with the
keenest interest. One moment 1t
looked as II Brookes, who had the
vantage until the crash came, would
win, and again MeLoughlin's brilliant
efforts, it would seem, must carry him
to victory It was an exhibition that
one reads about in the story books,
but that we seldom see on the courts.
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McIoughlin and Brookes are well
- hn daDiad
The fact that Mclaughlin won yes
.erday doesn't mean that he could
10 it every day In the week. The
ask was a severe one and no greater
est could we'll be given by two such
famous players. The first set was the
set. It practically decided the issue.
The winner of the set was McLough-
i'm and Mclaughlin eventually won
he match. It was a severe effort
and showed the great gameness and
of both men. 1t was
said that Broolzes tired and that Nc
husky youth, thereby en-
his defeat This may be
so, but in his moments of defeat he
seemed to be playing about as strong
as he had played throughout >the
match. There is no denying that
Brookes slowed up bit toward the
End of the initial set and this was
partly due to the water he drank
It was noticed that Mclaughlin never
once took water He had worked a
good sweat up and he didn't want
10 be cooled off His Judgment in
his respect was superior
When the first set was over and
had won, 1t was the con-
sensus of opinion that the match was
settled then and there. So it proved,
though Mclaughlin had no easy task,
mind you, in winning the second set,
Ga, and the third set, 6-S. But the
first set, which went to thirty-two
games, with a 17-15 score in favor of
is what did the business.
The Yankee boy seemed able to stand
the racket better. and he never once
let up IN his telling and terrific sea
vice. He sent the ball into his oppo-
nent's territory with all the force at
his command. He drove 1t right
Brookes's defense time and
time again and at other times he
placed his shots beautifully. Brookes,
too. was always brilliant, always
willing, but he didn't have the power
behind his shots nor the agility in his
that characterized the
play of Mclaughlin. The American
is a youth of twenty-four, and the
is a man of forty. There
is little something. at least. In this.
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The excitement ran high as the
men continued to win games, first one
and then the other. Brookes opened
the match with his service. and he
won the first game. Mclaughlin fol-
lowed by a victory on his service.
Thus the play continued, Brookes
winning on his service and McLough-
lin never failing to score on his SER
vice. Having won the first game,
Brookes had the vantage, and with
this vantage he had what would have
been the deciding game. 40 love, on
one occasion. But Mclaughlin, re-
covering wonderfully, played Brookes
to deuce. and finally won the game.
On numerous other occasions a game
that would have won the set for
Brookes went to deuce; but the heroic
efforts of Mclaughlin were not to be