Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-24

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Grams across the net Mclaughlin. the
Econqueror of Brookes in yesterdays
singles. played desperately. covering
Hong stretches OF net and court. but the
effort told and when the Australasians
turned their batteries Of smashes and
cut shots at him late In the afternoon
his game broke badly and he Melted
FOR outed the ball In manner that as
tonished the spectators.
fAmerieans outaeneraled
The Americans tried every style Of
game In their repertoire In an cndea.
vor TO stave on defeat. but without
avail. II they played In deep court the
Invaders rushed to the net and cut
len every return frequently. leaving
their opponents flatfocted in their per.
plexity as to where the ball would be
Iplaced. The attempt to iislodge the
challenging pair from the net by lob
bing was distinct failure.
Nest OF Bundy-s lifts were short and
Eeither broke or Wilding smashed them
hack for placement aces or put such
a bound on the ball that a return was
impossible At times Bundy and Nc
tLoughlin appeared to be denioralized
$50 far as team work was concerned.
and either interfered with each other
Ecr permitted the ball to pass between.
them without return.
+ In the general handling OF the ball.
the victors did by far the cleaner
work They netted fewer returns and
ibid not drive out Of court with the
frequency of the losers. In placement
shcts also they outpointed the Cali.
u fornians. 1t was noticeable feature
of the contest that while Bundy open
ed in poor form. be improved In all
4 round play as the match progressed.
while the contrary was true with Nc
lI,oughlin.
MeLoughlin Falls Down.
/ The national champion had many
opportunities to win games in the clos
j ing set. but failed in his shots at the
most critical times. This break in his
form was laid to the hard sets against
Brcokes yesterday and his early eff
forts 10 win the doubles matches when
Bundy was faltering under the attack
of Brookes and Wilding.
-. FOREST. HILLS. N. Y. August Is
i After a twelve months' stay In the
United States, the Davis cup, the tro-
ply which carries with it the worlds
team tennis championship, has re-
sumed its international travels.
i On the turf courts OF the Wort Side
Tennis Club here this afternoon, the
Australasian team, challenger for the
| trophy, clinched its claim to the silver
bowl by winning the third and decisive
match OF the tournament from the
United States team, holder and de-
fender of the much-coyeted prize.
/ Norman E. Brookes, captain and
leader of the Antipodeans, and r. Nor
ris Williams IT.,America's second rank
ing player. were the two contestants
in the final battle which marked the
passing of the cup.
While the greatest gathering of ten
mis- enthusiasts that ever assembled for
an international tennis match looked
on, Brookes defeated his youthful OPP
ponnent, 81, So, S-10, 6-3. The
victory, added to those of WiIding over
Williams on Thursday and Brookes
and Wilding over Mclaughlin and Bun
dy in the doubles yesterday, gave Aus
tralasia the three out of five matches
necessary for possession Of the cham
pion trophy.
Following this contest Mclaughlin
defeated Wilding, 81, 6-3, 2-6,
So, but the result had no interna-
tional bearing, being merely master
full exhibition OF the court game such
as only players OF this caliber can
give.
With the score in matches standing
Il of,
Williams was plainly nervous under
the responsibility that rested on him
when he took the court with Brookes
shortly after 2 o'clock. Brookes, vet
eran of many Davis cup battles. was
calm and determined and showed
clearly in his .opening shots that he
did not intend to give his opponent
the slightest advantage which he did
not earn.
Brookes' strokes and tactics did.
nothing to allay the nervousness OF
williams, and as a result the latter's
efforts to hold his opponent in check
during the first two sets were pitifully
weak He made game rally in the
third set, giving splendid exhibition
of the game he is capable of at times.
1t was his final rally, however.
Brookes, prolting by his opponents
tendency to stroke the ball beyond the
court boundaries or into the net, quick
~ ran through the fourth and deciding
set
Williams Beat Himself. y
As was the case when Williams met j,
Wilding, the erratic young American
really beat himself, for he netted APP
proximately three times as many shots
as Brookes and drove the ball out
twice as often His habit Of serving
the second ball as fast as the first also
counted heavily against him, for he
had ten double faults to Brookes one.
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