New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-01
Davis Cup Pair Reach
Final Round in All
corners Tourney.
CLOTHTER GIVES HARD
BATTLE FOR A WHILE
Fottreli Also Comes to Grief in
Straight Sets, While Fair
Fans Cheer.
Rr PRED HAWTHORNE.

Newport, R. l., Aug. 31.-The expect
ed has happened, and Maurice E. Nc
Loughlin, the playing-through cham
pion, and Richard Norris Williams, of
Philadelphia, runner-up last year, Will
face each other again in the final round
for the national lawn tennis champion.
ship tomorrow on the turf courts OF
the Newport Casino.
Mclaughlin gained his final bracket
by decisively defeating William J..
Clothier, former holder Of the title. IN
straight sets at "a, "a, 6-3, and
Williams had an even easier time
against Ella F. Fottrell, of California,
winning at Ga, 6-3, 60. Both
matches were in the semi-hnal rounds.
having been postponed from Saturday,
when it rained.
This will mark the third time that
Mclaughlin, the California comet,
has figured in the final round, and
should he again win tomorrow, which
is expected, he will attain permanent
possession of the great silver bowl that
stamps the holder as the greatest lawn
tennis player in the land.
In the first two sets Clothier created
Juror by running into a strong lead
an games, and each time the gallery,
which was with the tall Philadelphia
to , woman, for the fair sex lead in the
applause at Newport and the men
mcekly follow their example, expected
to see him take the set.
The great odds only served TO
arouse the fire in the Californian
makeup, however, and he went at his
opponent in whirlwind style reeling
of the games without let up until he
had gained the set. The final set was
more one-sided for the champion, and
although he was guilty of more errors
than are usually chaIked up against
I him he played so fast and hard that
! his opponent gained only a single
| earned point in the session, and that
was when the faming-haired man from
J the shores of the Pacific slipped and
) fell prone on his face in racing for
a placement shot from Clothier's
: racquet.
Mclaughlin Nets First Ball.
The first ball was Melted by Nc
Loughlin, as was the second, for the
premier player of the world had not
yet loosened up the muscles of his
brawny right arm. Clothier. the per-
sonifcation of imperturbability. was eX-
tremely deliberate in action and played
eGch stroke with as much care as
though playing for the movies"
Much of the work was done in back
court, with Clothier sending his ball
into the far depths of McLoughlin's
court, and the Californian did not
seem able to gauge the speed of his
strokes nor the limits of his Oppon-
ent's court.
It was not until Clothier had taken
the first three games that the cham
pion was able. to break through and
take the fourth game. MACS" fore
hand drives Began to acquire greater
speed and he often passed his rival
cleanly by turning the ball sharply
into the far edge of the court.
After deuce had been called twice in
the fifth game the champion broke
through Clothier's service. He then
proceeded to get the next game by
flashing sallies at the net, and the
games score was 3 all. Clothier came
back on his own service and took the
game with the loss of only one point
and the crowd roared its approval.
But Mclaughlin was growing
stronger and more daring each minute
and he started a session of terrific
driving and volcanic smashing that off
set all that Clothier could do, and took
the next three games and the first set
at "a.
There was no calling for quarter on
Clothier's part, and the second set be-
gan Immediately with the Philadel-
phian again starting with the service.
He made use of backhanded lobs TO
keep the champion from gaining the
net, rushing in to volley sharply after
service. The first game went to
Clothier, Mclaughlin contributing two
points by errors, but the holder of the
title walked through the second game
at love, his service meeting Clothier's
racquet with such force that the latter
could only make weak returns to the
= comet" who "killed" them viciously.
Clothier's Craft Avails Little.
After this Mclaughlin experienced a
! period OF wildness, during which his
| opponent, never varying the evenness
! of his own game, ran out the next three
( games. This gave him a lead OF
/ Al, and it did not seem possible for
! Mclaughlin to overcome it, but he did,
/ and in the doing gave an illustration
! of what ne is capable when necessity
/ calls.
J.
Ter could gather in the next five games,
all of which went to the champion, who
( was swapping his rival under perfect
/ avalanche of smashes, drives and shots
! for the far corners of the court. The
second set was McLoughlin's, at "a.
In the final set the championship ap-
peared to let himself out, and tried all
sorts and varieties of shots, being con-
tent to make many errors so long as he
was successful in bringing off ma
! jority OF his strokes. 1t was a treat
/ for the gallery to see the red headed
demon of the courts putting all his
I strength into his fores and drives and
/ serving with a fierce abandon that
earned him two clean aces in this set.
I Clothier got the third, seventh and
eighth games, but that was all, and try
/ as he would the Philadelphia earned
only single point. The other twenty
points that went to him were all de-
rived from his opponents errors.
The occasional flashes of superior
mis- that Mclaughlin showed this morn