Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05
By MAURICE E. Mc1oUaHL1N,

-. .~y~ad %o rnc}te in
nave oieeh Doe
stances in tournament play "here So.l
opponent has you within a mar
breadth, Of defeat. when suddenly the
arc fortunate
$50, 80 nj, an snnarently hopeless
situation "out OF the fire.
In describing the following two or
th.+ stand ont prominently
me- 80. .r;.ncs do not for
IN my personal e4perienee
q moment wish to reflect any uhuue
amount of credit on myself: for the
.,n .or+ ,f thing happens to all
e SUI VI a,.,;sa sbouId
be equally divided A rec1tal Oh 10"
personal "reminiscences may serve TO
eAempiiry no" ap'is on. 80 tonrna-
want NAV. such old standbys as Never
s.v aie !" ana "While there is life, there
I. hone, and 40 on. In short, the les
ann =. n.ver TO lose your grip" in a
mech m martsr how badly things are
,oing ..afn.t Won. for a match is never
Io.t Until vopr onnonent has scored the
-.
ias. p"'h@- With a
This was brought nome 'o " +onrna-
vengeance quite cary III m.nhar
ment experience, anu e .a.e;ng IN"
being well rewarded lot hts hend;.
In semi-hnaI matcn on d 'e
cap event In San Francesca ,,,,. IN
and 1 was at owe 30, or four polnss pS :.
hind scratch when your aone s.it. e
not an absolute NOVICE ',.s 70 ~ 800
load to carry, as any one VIM naS
two out of three sets. the nrs1 FANNY. .n
to my opponent ratner easus- III
next he went into the lead at -. ne
won the first point OF the nl nm aI game
and the score stood owe oo-4V asains st
me for match rms meant ina. l mus mus.
score seven consecutive points TO oflns
the score to deuce Inc loss OF any one
of the seven points meant tne LOSE OF
the match. oont Know nov oul IN
some way | managed 70 pun tne game
xu..4: ua+,h,,r
WAITING "no
Ont of tho FRYING nan into the fire,
re- ,;a,,t - 80 ,os. ~. e,.t no;nt
II uiuh 81 anu Aoee liio i't P
of the next game. Again 40 owe 5o
against me for match. Seven more
points in a row in which 7 could not
80 80 .;,r,. 80, uyhio,
meant also, that care not rlsk =
stroke nard enough Tor point winner
unless II was perfect sitter II
was case OF wait Tor that sitter OF
1t was misery while it lasted. It
seemed to take an age to pull that
second game out of the IRE and eventu-
ally WIN the set and match. But
managed TO do IT. Even IN subsequent
years during matches OF interna.
tional Importance. I have never suffered
the mentai agony In tlgnt pincn
that this match caused me. 1t practi-
eaHy cured me OF nanoicap play, ana
an event since.
sets. and the longest. that has ever
been contested for In an international
match was the hrst between Norman
Eroohss sno mys1n =. I o',a h Ills
round ~ 1ef1 Each vas winnine his
service game, and each In turn was
making q desperate effort to break
tnrouSn the otners oenveIy; Inc
eames see-saWeo DICK anu Iol.n' Win
neitner. one succeselui N coiihs VIII
IN striKlng dlseance OF ms oppohent'
anu winning INC soft.cs pesan " uola aa
mats inc set nofe anu hiofe VIII" ITO
my lAnce -
OF course. after the four-aH marx
nag peen ieAcHeo' II was IoI me $50
OF 40 or oIe. Ior the ioss OF my selViee
aiter tnat meant tne Aoss VI .ne SET. s ~
orooAee ras ,.aya ,,,.hns,. $1,000
zane. We: eeluaeeT "t1nL Sol t lSus
IhiehaP uneu FL n: .,'n1
served the next game WIN ms usus -
success- - nc vac .a sIe means h =.
pnsinS INC 1900 as
tnouSn INC h 49,.
Ior sueiy
was cass " I 81
aDout shs pas @h.th~- ha Wnr,d
uiIh Hnows sun % nS ~ +bsaa
take uo neeSeS .aai, nsadsS
eonssS I =. na
" ih@Ae Il
Had n Sarvn Wall
At this point the situation, as it ap-
nsa,.d IN mo con,d he described under
a.; a.. 49, 80 +h.;r ;,,nor
ehree heeus III .ie oiueA "
tance. 1 hoped to serve well enough
had to!-either, first to win the point
outright. or. second. force him into
4h;ra ~ ,s.s+ cause bin, to
~ -.-i.. -.
play MS hIst return y. it
siVelS. shouio nav !"
ten RECORDS 70 oescIIos tne
quence OF poihts aiter sV,iose any
rate the DIedh seeI'u ~ I'm. ~
score was Justify called nine-ali by the
certainly wished never to be sub
jected to that strain again. however,
soon discoxereo ina. Sou
re ae" Rrootes nv maenificent ef-
fort. again went into a 4O-15 lead on
my service. Practically the same prob
lem faced me as oeIore.a Urine Iess