The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15
WILLIAMS BEATS
BEHR AND EARNS
ACHELIS TROPHY
Conoucror of Mclaughlin Not
Same Titan as Day Before
-Four Sets Needed.
CHAMPIONSHIP RATING
THROWN IN SAD MIDDLE

sr,nriGHr. y. j.. Aug. Ii.-Karl H.
Pair Of New York and the West Side
Tennis club. who astourded the tennis
r,-,d Yesterday by defeating the great
Californian Maurice T.. Mclaughlin in
s,r,lrht sets in the mi round OF the
ArScu. challenge cup singles at the
se,br,sbt Lawn Tennis and Cricket
club htre, did not play the same brand
a. tennis against Richard Norris Will
,sns I'd to-day in the challenge round
aud WIS beaten at Is, e., IS. SO
Tho victory OF the Philadelphia over
pehr gives him a second leg on the
famous trophy and incidentally mud
dis VI the rating Of the hrst three
r,nking pla, ers of the country.
Just what the ranking committee
would do now II II had to rate the
p,,yers is hard to say. Behr, who is
number 3, d feated Mclaughlin. num-
Der /. and in turn was defeated by
Williams. number .. Furthermore
Williams was beaten by Mclaughlin in
the challenge round Of the Longwood
tournament at Boston. Each OF the
three has met each Of the others and
zach has won one match and lost
ore. 1t certainly would he hard to
place Mclaughlin first in view OF his
defeat by Behr. Beir could nc be
rlaced first because of his defeat by
Williams. The national champion
would be l, out because of his defeat
h, Mclaughlin. and So all three would
have to be ranked together. Luckily
oil three will play in the national cham-
r!onships at the West Side club ana
on their performances there will de-
pend their rating. Behr will not play
ut either Newport or southampton.
Crowd Il ecOrd Surpassed.
The greatest crowd that ever attended
q match at the picturesque Seabr1ght
courts came down to-day. Early after
noon trains and boats out of New York
were taxed to capacity and the crowd
kept coming even after play had COM
menced. Five thousand would be a con-
serva'ive estimate of the number that
saw Behr go down to defeat. while
many hundreds got on the grounds but
could not md a place from when 10
view The play. Many hundreds more
" turned away from the gate because
so1..-g clracity was inadequate.
TIE b'eachers. which formed a horse
shoe around the east side OF the court
onrls!te the grand stand. were filled an
hour before play commenced n the
h,ea .her.tes toasted in the glazing sun,
from which there was no protection.
ONLY a slight breeze from the west made
tAe.r lot bearahlc. After he bieachers
hal been packed until one could not
breathe without asking permission OF
those on all sides circus seats were
begged. borrowed and stolen from all
quarters and most of the standees he
came sIttres. Not a corner of the huge
grand stand was unoccupied, and IN
many sections one scat was made &c
swell to large enoug proportions &c
hold two. So many automobiles were
parked around the that II
took more than an o after the mater
70 get them all cleared out.
Not the same Karl Behr.
The courts were in perfect condition
and the stage could not have been Sc
better for a real battle, Most of th'
people who came down from New Yorl
TO see the fray did 50 because they
wanted to see what manner of man /
was that had quashei the Mighty Mac
and for the most part they expected
10 see Williams go the way OF McLough
In. Had Behr played the way he die
Yesterday there is little doubt as t.
what would nave been the outcome, 70
while Williams played beautiful tenni'
It did not sparkle like the variety dis
played by Behr yesterday.
one thing is certain and hat Is tina
Williams protited by yesterdays match
j. the first place ii took "A good dea
out of Behr and kept the latter from
hitting the national champion at tn
ttne speed he had shown again
TIE Californian. Furthermore. yesterda,
Williams sat on the side lines from star
- hnish OF the match and saw VIVA
every ono else saw. namely, that Behr wa
a terror to play from the baseline an
& demon on fore court volleying, VIII
itns tempered his game accordingly an,
n.N'I things when he could, He !
known as a deep court player ana !
upheld as a shining light at that game
hut to-day he forsook his love and cam
TO the ne when he could He kept Ben
from ID. net most of the time and, whe
!" 'tiled In this. he was scored agains
with clocklike regularity.
Williams lses Hard serve.
Williams was loath to dispense wit
the canuon ball service as Mac ha
zone The Philadelphia Yhirled tn
Sphere over the net with all the powe
an. venom he could get behind 1t. wit
tie result that during the course of IN
cor cost he uncOrked fifteen service ace
hn' q like humble OF double fault
i.ti tho hurting service had no specii
i'Ir0rs for l}ehr, In spite Of the fftee
s.'.. Is SHOWN by the fact that the Ne
>'hrr broke through II twice in III
or,NiUg set, thrice in the second Sc
three tines more in the third set an
ta,e more in the fourth, making te
tum,s taken away from Williams q
t. lIi,er's delivery. In the last set Il
tNO games won against Williams's SER
ing we're the only two that Behr won.
B"hr's chief failing was the fact III
~ ,ould not make the bail obey hi
az yesterday. His placements to-da
W'r" few and far between, althoua
always brilliant. The New York
started with all the snap, vim al
bounce he had shown yesterday again
Mclaughlin and broke through Wi
mss service in the opeping gam
which he won at love. He ran arour
Tho ihiladclphian with ridiculous ea,
and made the gallery feel that he WI
SONG to deal with No. 2 as summari
~ he had with No. /, for he reeled {
torr games in a row. He had william
"ni u position all the time during the
f'l" games and as a result the Phil
I" phian had a terrible time trying
- the ball back into fair territory.
With the commanding lead OF 4 gam
+" o, Behr looked an easy winner. b
II was Just the ease with which he W,
Them that proved his undoing. He
'p a little In the hf,h gam and gre
lazy about chasing the ball. so In
Williams Dol his first game Of I
match Tkl, n... NlEIlt-. 49,,