The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-14

famous california Comet, Maurice T..
M,Loug.iIn. turning the trick in the
Anal round of the Achelis challenge cup
singles and in straight sets at st.
- 7-5. No. 3 in the official rank
inn lis, disposed Of No 1 and Will meet
III . Richard Norris Williams I'd OF
Philadelphia, the national champion. in
N, challenge round tomorrow. All that
pehr mas to do now H. to play tomorrow
as h. aid to-day-then the first shall be
last and the last shall be first.
II vas predicted in THE SuN this
morning that IL Behr could play against
McLoughlin as he did against Pell yes
terday he would give the Californian
the battle of his life. He did not only
"A well as against Pell. but even better.
He played the game OF his life-he had
TO 70 beat the mighty Comet. Great as
the Californian has been on the courts
and great as he is now. 1t is doubtful II
he could have downcd the Behr OF to-
day AZ any time in his career. There
was none OF the flightiness so common
10 Behr's game. Every stroke In the
versatile Behr compendium was work
ing and working at its best. lie out
guessed, "outmanpuvred, outdrovc and
outIasted the wonderful red haired one
from start to finish.
u was Friday the 18th. the only Fri
dpt the l3tn ON the Ntthl ; Ntlflbiis
pchr has his own private superstitions.
lut they did no, hinder his playing "A bit.
p.shi,s the Black Friday hoodoo he
had another to contend with that nearly
proved his undoing. This last was in
the person of an elderly student of foot
faults. who admits that he rs somewhat
~ an authority on tennis.
II may have been the heat-and II was
terrhc-or II may rave been the frail-
tia ~ aup hnt al any rate the FOOT
fault expert overlooked many a break
on the part of both Mclaughlin and
Bthr and then. suddenly seized with
conjunction for his lack Of attention TO
business. called one on Behr when the
latter needed only one point to take the
second set. The score was 5--f and
lc-l5 In the New Workers. favor and
n. called fault was the second stroke.
Even those who We're roofing for Nc
Lclgh,in thought the stroke in question
wa not a foot fault. TIL point threw
Rchr of his game. and because OF his
tcinperamentality many thought that II
would lose the match for him. II did
lose him the game, but he retaliated by
breaking through McLoughlin's service
or the next game and then won his own,
making himself two sets to the good.
Although the heat was excessive the
grand stands and temporary seats were
taxed 10 capacity. Most of those whl
live down here spent the morning IN
the ocean and suffered the afternoons
heat in silence. intent on seeing every
polnt OF the match. Those from New
York who had sweltered all the way
down in the hot trains continued =
swelter, hut forgot the burning rays 81
the sun in the brilliance OF the match
The stands were a riot OF color snow
ing that the fair sex predominated. only
for the lack OF umpire batting ana gen
eral Yelling the crowd had somewhat o.
a resemblance to a baseball crowd, To-
the men, Jealous OF the cool appearance
OF the women, shed their coats early II
the match.
The rivals were late in coming on IN
court-hy more han half an hour-ah'
when they got there every vantage pom
was taken by the crowd. There wa
considerable speculation in and arouit
the clubhouse and on the trains coming
into Seabright before the matches. Nc
Loughlin was made a 5 to I favorite
with very few Behr hackers In sign
The few who had watched Behr pla
Yesterday and felt that he had a goo;
chance TO win feared his reputation o
starring one day and foozling the next
He evidently has lived down this reputa
ton this season to some extent, Tor n
has won every time he has started u
date.
feNrS Victory docs n Wfplr ~ lH'l'
than merely putting him In the challcng'
round against Williams. 1t bears NJ tn
ssgacity Of the Davis cup committee II
selecting him for the team last year
even II II does cast n shadow on I'M
same committee for not having MN piaN
In the doubles with Mclaughlin IN I'M
face of the fact that II Is known That IN
Middle States champion Is far strongeI
at doubles than at singles. 1T also up
holds tho uftgAApN 90 tho ranking rom
mittee IN placing him third and should
Do away with the lament that there arr
only two contenders for the nationa
championship, Mclaughlin and Williams
BY his play to-day Behr proves beyon'
the shadow OF a doubt that he is a con
tender and a dangerous one.
Had Behr not played such wonderfu
tennis 10 gain his victory, solnethlni
might have been taken away from /
because Of the change in style In IN
Comets game. For the last few year
several tennis followers have spoken O
weakness in McLoughlin's deep cou'
game, Notwithstanding the fact mat IN
Californian managed to beat Norman L
Rrookcs, the late Anthony +. Wldin
and Williams, all of whom have been re
garded as shining examples OF the bac
court style of play. The Californian lie
their advice go unheeded until this yea
Put he finally listened and now has re
s'r.otcd himself to the back court gam
~er'lrely and softened his service, unit
the McLOughlin smash and cannon ha|
s"rviCe have become extinct
MrLoughlin il "A man Of oneness q
purpose and stuck to his task to-da
like A Spartan, trying vaioly to sea
Ernr from back court. This does nc
mean that he would have won had h
como into the net. but he might nav
d.'r b tier. Behr tempered ms game |
'h, ,acision, but when he came into FOR
court he was unbeatable and when i
ed at the baseline his play was
ll'I. b tier than that Of his adversary.
To-day's straight set defeat was u
second for Mclaughlin within "A year, Il
other having been accomplished by WI
ttrs .aSt season at Newport, and 1t vi
hr ,mrmbered In that match also u
Californian played from the base I'm
~" new style OF play seems to ha'
o,," little more than bring Me. oughi
Ni.E 20 an even footing with some
IT, other players,
ON" hing that does not speak vel
W. FOR the Californian's change OF ne
= q the fact that Hem broke throul
g. ',ryen times during the course OF u
rH'un Mclaughlin In other years d
49, lose his service much more ofl'
.0 entire season, Furthermore, lie
o. - Ored McLoughlin on placeTlc
sH.'s ~ 10 81. and that is not usu
4 Mclaughlin,
i'rgr started in the very opening gar
Z break through the Californians ~
Nne and made II two love as u begi
g Mclaughlin came back 0rd to-
'lp next four games and the |. d du