Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-30

ship tournament Of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association,
which begins at the courts Of the
West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills,
L. l., tomorrow Two features stand
out in connection with the tournament
which give it unusual Importance. One
is the fact that it is the first time
since the organization of the National
Association in 1881 that the cham
pionships have been decided on courts
other than those of the Casino at
Newport, r. l. Another is that the
play which begins tomorrow morning
will give Maurice E. Mclaughlin an
opportunity to secure permanent pos
session of the championship singles
bowl upon which he has already Sc
cured two legs.
This trophy. the eighth of its kind,
is a massive silver urn given outright
TO the player who wins the United
States singles championship three
times not necessarily in succession.
The present prize was put up in 1911
and was won that year by w. A.
Larned Mclaughlin gained two legs
Oh it by winning at Newport in 1912
and 1918. R. Norris Williams by his
sensational defeat of the California
star last season, prevented McLough-
lin from capturing the bowl for the
third and final time. If the Pacific
coast racquet wizard can win through
the tournament this week he will be
able to add to his large collection of
tennis trophies, the most important
prize that can be won by an American
player.
Seven of these championship bowls
have been won outright since the first
national title was played in 1881. r.
D. Sears, who captured the premier
court honors of the country from 1881
to 1887 without a break. holds the first
two offered by the National Associa-
, ton. c. S. Campbell won the third
but only after r. D. Sears had one
and H W. Slocum two legs on the
trophy. The fourth bowl was taken
out of competition by r. D. Wrenn,
{ the present president of the associa-
ton, by his victories at Newport in
1S93-e4-96, after F. H. Hovey had pre-
vented a straight win by capturing
the title in 1895. The fifth bowl went
to NJ. D. Whitman in successive years
after Wrenn had won the first leg on
it in 1897.
w. A Larned won the sixth and
r seventh bowls thus sharing with
Sears the honor of winning two OF
) these trophies outright. His first
prize came after the hardest struggle
| in the history of these bowls as four
other players had secured one leg each
r on the urn during the seven years II
was in competition. Larned won it in
+ 1901 and 1902; H. L. Doherty, the
English champion, in 1903; II. Ward
the next season B. c. Wright in 1903
and W j. Clothier in 1906. 1t was
not until 1907 that Larned won the
necessary third leg to give him per-
manent possession Of the prize. The
second trophy fell to Larned much
easier for he won it in three years of
plya l90S-9-10 Larned started after
his third cup by winning in 1911 but
; the famous veteran was forced to give
: vay before youth in the form of Nc
!, Loughlin and now the latter has the
opportunity to take the eighth bowl
out of play by winning his third ma
tional championship in the present
, tournament.
"A tHe COlclusiun VI the Sodi'eoca
Racing Associations Meeting yester-
day. Western and Eastern as vel! as
Canadian horsemen turned their at
tention to the wind up race meet II
the Metropolitan district which will
begin at the Belmont Park next
Wednesday. The Westchester AS
, ISOLATION has arranged for the running
! OF the Futurity Stakes. the two-year-
leId classic of the year. at Belmont
Park next Saturday. While the best
youngsters seen under silks this year
have performed wonderfully well some
Of the most prominent are not eligible
s for this big event and perhaps the
winner of the F'uturity may not DC
D accepted by horsemen in general az
r the best in this division. The field
! however, promises to be quite as
2 CLASSY as many which faced the start
y err in former seasons for this stake
!, which for many years was the feature
$ of the fall meeting at Sheepsheat
I Bay. This race has been one of The
i PRINCIPAL attractions at the Saratoga
1 track for a few years back, since il
was transferred from the track Of ths
1 Conev Island Jockey Club. but begin
ming WITH next SATURDAY IuliiiIlS
? the event will become a yearly fixture
4 on the Belmont Park program.
:, Recent casualty lists, published il
(, England, announced the death in ac'
. ton of Lieutenant George Mitchell
the amateur heavyweight boxing
! champion of Yorkshire and nephew O.
the late Percy Illingworth. chief gov
;, eminent whip in Parliament. Nit
chell caused a sensation about yea
ago by standing up against George!
Carpenter, the French champion. no
long after the latter had knocked GU
Bombadier Wells in a minutes time
The amateur boxer announced t.
friends that he could make as good ;
= showing as Wells. whereupon, un
I known to him, his friends arranged {
l. meeting with the Frenchman AND
: | Mitchell lasted just thirty seconds
,tfrom the first ring Of the gong.
I'll Although many of the Canadian
{ jcanoeists who took part in the inter
3 Irrational race from the Laurential
Mountains to Montreal. a distance O
1j two hundred miles. last year. ar,
lighting under the British nag in Eu.