The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-04

PLAY in the ~thirty-ffth annual national =,
lawn tennis championship tournament Mt
the West side Tennis Club. Forest Hills.
L. l., yesterday. that narrowed the field
n, contenders down to eight, was fea-
,ured by the elimination OF Karl II.
Behr. one Of the tennis trinity. and the
return TO brilliant form by Maurice L.
Mclaughlin, the California Comet. h
biggest crowd OF the week turned out.
The defeat OF the Middle States cham
mon was at the hands of william NJ.
Johnston, at 3--6, Ga, Ga, Is. Me-
Loughlin showed his high speed In van
oulshing the veteran Frederick u. Alex
snder, at 6-3, ga, l-6, 6-S.
Approximately 1000 persons went out
TO the courts and they were well paid.
Resides the chief features some rare
form was dispensed by william Rand Sd.
Harvard freshman. who downed Craig
Blddle of Philadelphia in n Ave set match
AT s-6, 6-3, 6-3, IS. Ga. Richard
Norris williams I'd of Philadelphia, the
national champion. was at his best, win
ming in straight sets from J. II. Adoue,
Jr. Theodore II. Pell, the backhand
stroke expert, did the same to c. NJ.
Bull. Jr.
Taking all in all 1t was a pretty good
day, the warmest and best for tennis this
week. The weather probably had as
much to do with attracting the crowd as
the treat promised by the scheduled
matches. The crowd came early and re-
manned late, Quite a few came out In
the morning TO see the schoolboy stars
play in the semi-hnal round OF the ma
tional interscholastic titular event. which
brought Charles s. Garland of Pittsburg
and Harold A. Throckmorton of Seawar-
rsr. n. j.. into the final.
McLoughIin Watched Closely.
Probably more real interest was taken
n the Observation-Disclosures match than
In any other Of the day. for a great
many believed that the Comet would
have to bring out his best to dispose OF
Alexander. one of the best generals n
shot makers that ever stepped on n
court. The Californian did have to show
more than in any other match this sea-
son. and II pleased the followers of the
game nightly to see that he could get
back to his old style game and play 1t
we'll.
1t has been felt generally tina Nc
Loughlin would be unable to regain the
national championship playing the kind
Of game-the back court game-that he
has been affecting since his arrival in
the East. and there has been doubt as
10 whether or not he could get back to
his regular gait. He d!spelled that doubt
In beating Alexander to-day, for he came
up to the net frequently n let his
smashes out to their full extent. He did
not make nearly the amoun of errors
that he was guilty OF OF Thursday. and
this in IN face OF the fact that his
rt.ga MANA haralp SklVN ming thA nat
Furthermore, he ooh no chances or
A~lexander's deep lobs, the strokes that
have proved the undoing OF many n
player. He smashed them from all cor
! nears of the court with all the old speed
and accuracy.
Breaks Through Meteor Service.
The Comet did not make n very auspi-
cious start. as on the very opening game
Of the match he allowed Alexander to
break through his service. This caused
quite a murmur through the stands.
Scattered around through the crowd
we're quite a few persons who had heard
Of the C~alifornian's meteorlike service
and could not understand how any one
could beat him on II. Alexander won
that game, not through any bad play on
the part of Mclaughlin but because he
himself displayed brilliant tennis AS a
natter of fact Alexander played the best
tennis he has shown this year, the brand
that is good enough to beat almost any
one but the Mclaughlin that ~vanquished
the redoubtable Norman r. Brookes and
: the late Anthony F. wilding.
Mclaughlin made up with the crowd
for the loss of that game by reversing
the medicine on Alexander, and he kept
up his wonderful tennis until he had
a lead Of Al. The veteran was play
ing the kind Of game hat admits OF
no letup on the part of an adversary.
and he took the sixth and eighth games
on his own service, although he lost
the set by dropping the seventh and
ninth games through inability to handle
M~cLoughin's speed. The Californian
served seven clean aces In this set and
scored eight placements. four OF them
on smashes from overhead and the re-
mainder on clean passing drives
Deep Court style Disastrous.
Well as McLoughlin had been going in
the opening set. he rose to even greater
heights In the second. for Alexander
had improved too, and the pace that the
New Yorker set forced the Californian
to go harder than ever. In spite OF the
fact that Alexander was playing the
kind OF ennis that would win nine
times out OF ten. Mclaughlin rar
through the first four games. the first
TWO after deuce had been called and
the next two with tho loss OF only two
points. Alexander won two games on
lis own service In that set, and they
were all he got, although he outplaced
Mclaughlin, 7 to 4. These placements
however. do not include those strokes
with which either OF the players sc
returned the sphere as TO make the
ether err.
II Is worthy OF note that in he third
Get Mclaughlin reverted to the deer
court game at which boths Behr and
williams beat MIN. Alexander did too
Tor ne took the set with the loss OF only
one game, and that only after II had
gone 70 deuce four times. Alexander
made 80 points in this set on Nc
%Hgal.u's errors, all OF which does mo-
tho| much for the game OF the cham
pon du monde. The Californian found
u out himself. however. for he played
ms regular game In the fourth set and
ley AU,Nander make the errors. The
points
FIRST SET.
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SECOND SET.
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