The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23
MURRAY WINS TWICE,
GETTING SINGLES CUP
Outplays Gardner and Wash
burn in Meadow Club In
vitatiOn Matches.
ANOTHER CALIFORNIA DAY
Mclaughlin and Bundy Vic
toriOus Over BrOOkes and
Larncd in Straight Sets.

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Llhdiey Murray or Palo Alto, the only
Californian left in the Meadow Club in
vitation singles. scored two victories IN
tho lawn tennis ,ournau.n, h.r. ,o-dax
"a -, -. - 49,,
"" '"' ECU ""o'"e' cup o"'A W ''e
"'."0 9oa'~ u''"S ueIea'eu "eorse
Peabody Gardner. Jr.. OF Boston, In the
semi-fina round I'm straight sets at "a.
"a and wo, IN. ,ourn,me,, no van.
,,ds,tra 1y,,.o, N yv.s,hur,, ,,rr,.r
t,
hdN"Tu pIa5er' III the Hhai Iouhu al
o-2, 10, 6--4.
Later IN the DAY, Cailfornia made
clean sweep OF the mems competitions
when Maurice e. McLoughlin ana Ihomas
= bunny outpiaSeu Normah r.. brookes
and William A. Larned In the Anal round
OF the doubles, winning at ID, 6-2'
Murray was iar more steady against
Washburn than ne mas been IN any OF the
other matches mat ne mas piayeo since
MS ARRIVAL IN the East ana that was
the main reason why ne earned ms
victory IN straight sets. Washourn
played exceptionally good tennis, out
there was no department OF the game AT
which the young Californian did not ap.
pear little better. Murray showed
great Improvement IN Judgment ana wnen
opportunities onered ne outseneraHeo ms
opponent VINO was taVori'e Win 'he LOW
who saw the match
Washburn FOUND the serVlce Oh III.
Westerner a pretty hard proposition. ana
his weak returns from II openeeo up tne
way for many an easy XIII or Placement
But even at that Wasnourn ou'pisceo
the youngster' Tor ne WORKED ha'o AT 'no
net from start TO hnish
The Harvard man tr'en 10 Keep nus au
versary back in deep court py urNIns
to the base line and although ne me.
with some little success AT TINS s'yie Vi
attack. II did MIN little goou lot tne H'os'
part Had Washburn peen niue more
st ady his hard drives might nave pene-
nted MN HloTe' put !" Nye -
corners he many times overhit the pali.
thereby throwing away large huiroer Oh
points.
In the semi-hnaI ROUND match assns,
Gardner Murray was nov nearly 10 s'eauy
az in his tussle with Washburn. the
Californian, howevsr. displayed much OF
the brilliancy which mas proved such
lettering factor 10 other Eastern pay
ers he has met and the outcome was
never In doubt. although many beheVed
that Gardner had n chance TO take SIT
The final round OF the doubles was
/ really match between McLoughiln ana
Brooches. for neither Larned nor Bundy
played well. Bundy backed up MS part
ner In much better style than did Larned'
VINO was IN very poor lo,nl' a.
In the opening set Brookes' prontlns
by his recent experience In the interna-
uo',a' "ou''rs, Va, Th.s ,ao,'ns 49,
very effective, as Bundy could do itte
MORE than return easy popups on the
-, "a dri,,.s ~ tho Australaslan and the
laiu -, -. ha ,,.a,,,aa 4,
latter pIaceu tne phii ""ere u, "a.. ,S ~
Had Larned used any OF the SKIN OF
49, he was acclaimed king of the
""e,' " ~ Ih, ,ha. ~ 20
courts thtre IS no aouot Nht l'i' ma
tional champions would have been Deaten
I'm the set but the American veteran
! .a.,,ad 10 no in every Mace except the
reo,.et " -" "
| rlRnl ONT ,,-
! As II was. the American champions
80, 49, Tor rho cannon hall drives and
"O' ~" h.,. -, Nil onghiin thav
meteorlc snhsheo OF "NhN'"e"''' S'o'
would have dropped II.
Brookes was very tired In the second
I 40, ,ro,, ali the work that he had taker
~ - ~. 80 ~. III as mt witch hal
upon u hlseiI' 40 "'H az '"' ~
1 been thrus' upon MN, ana ne did not pu
nm 40 good n fight Mclaughlin, tire
| -. 90 aver knpt hammerinR away al
| toe' 90 -, IA an aad,tiona
| his opponents anu "au ne s'nl
LITTLE ana p'ayeu petea tennIS' ~