The sun., 1916-09-02
M'LOUGHLlN'
TEN MS HOPES.
ARE SHATTERED
californian Loses to Church
in Four Set Match at
Forest Hills.
MURRAY BEATS BEHR;
WILLIAMS PRESSED
NJ DANIEL.

Comet has ndsneu acIOss tho hhiesiSS"
essmpionship lawn tennis armament for
,ss las, time. In tho fourth round Of
,hs national tournament at Forest Hills
,,sterday afternoon Mclaughlin bowed
h.sore the superior speed, technique and
Stamina Of George NJ. Church. The
Comet flckercd brightly In tho first set.
IN, soon went on the wane as Church
drove his way through the next three
sets and victory at 81. 81. g.. S-3.
II was McLoughlih's last attempt to
regain the title which he won In 1912
and 1918. lilo announced that never
again would ne appear In the American
classic. for at the early age OF rs he finds
himself unable to keep pace with tho
brilliant galaxy Of young stars Amer
,csn tennis is steadily developing. It
va only because Of persuasion by
friends that Mclaughlin made great sac
riscss to enter the lists again his year. !
and perhaps down in his heart he knew
Il was q hopeless task.
Yet he never thought It would be his
mare to suffer elimination 50 soon. Most
critics favored him to advance into the
anal round and some even predicted he
would again prove the Comet OF old. II
was the first defeat suffered by Nc
Loughlln before the Anal round In n
tourney since he first won the title four
years ago.
Four Easterners Left.
McLoughlin's defeat was by far the
biggest feature OF q days competition
that left only eight survivors in the
tournament. The East has four repre-
ssntatives-Church. Richard Norris Will
isms I'd, champion of 1914: Watson NJ.
washburn and wallace +. Johnson.
California pins its hopes on william NJ.
Johnston. now holder Of the title Clar-
ence J. Griffin. and Robert Lindley MUIR
ray. at present a resident In the East.
Douglas :. Waters of New Orleans still
carries the colors OF proud Dixie. In the
9Th round to-day Williams will face
Waters. Johnston will meet Washburn.
Griffin will tackle Johnson and Church
will encounter Murray.
Murray and Behr had II out In n four
s. match yesterday that for "a while
shared the limelight with the Church.
Mclaughlin battle. only two courts
away from the headliners In the grand
stand arena, Murray and the interna-
NvNdi4sl sltktu IL uutI VI SlIA4lik ~.
IN which youth was finally served at
g.. 6-3. st. -. Murray was
practically all out NJ one stage OF the
fourth set, but he had more In reserve
than Behr and conquered.
Williams Was far from impressive In
Debating William j. Clothler of Phila'
delphia, national champion a decade
ago. at -. 7-5. g.. 81. Johnston
had no trouble in eliminating Leonard
Beeknan. the young Princeton!an. G..
s-3. "a. Washburn went four sets to
put Willis L. Davis = San Francisco
and the University of Pennsylvania.
natlona, clay court champion. out Of the
running at 6-3. 4-6. "a, IS. Wall
,tr Merrill Hall Of this city. number
zen in the national ranking, fell an easy
victim before Johnson. 6-2. 6-l, 6-?.
M Shoulders for "Mac."
Griffin had his hands full eliminating
Edward H.. Whitney of this city. former
Harvard captain. 6-3. Ga. sc.
l2-Io. Edward r. Mccormick OF the
University Of southern California was
forced by Waters to acknowledge his
mission in the tournament already full
filed, The southern champion played
me best ennis he has yet shown here In
Winning at 6--o. Ga, G..
Eight thousand enthusiasts. every one
. l'HtilS tIlllt, every tUe u kEcut hu-
in!rer OF Mclaughlin, gathered around
re emerald arena to hear the great
Mac sing his swan song, For three
sets Church had hardly a friend In that
vas: assemblage. hut when the youth
nom Princeton fought back with grit,
determination and sheer b%rilllancy in the
''ourth set and smashed his way to viz
tory salvos of applause turned his way.
When it was all over the oldest tab
eau In history was reenacted. Church,
me victor. was carried of on the Shout
ders OF his admirers. \. long trail OF en-.
tnuslastic lovers Of a winner followed
The procession. In the arena, while the
crowd was fast filing out, Mclaughlin
stood alone.
Comet" Praises Church.
For the nonce he was dazen. At on,
'tl swoop, as II by a bolt out OF TN
clear. all his hopes had beer, shattered
None rushed out to condole With the one
time sensation of world tenris, Quickly
lie gathered himself AMI with neat
bowed made his way to the clubhouse
Last year, when Mclaughlin wa.
beaten In the final by Johnston. thu
hero worshippers who carried Johnston
on forgot all aboat Mclaughlin. bu
soon af'erward the loser 4 mounted
'''' nm SH'u'i|'f'
Nrl.ough.ln stood alone,
Ma - the finest loser IN Tn, world
II Was prone to exagraratr his owl
'aui's and overpraise iha game piay,'
y tv Church. Never again." declare
Mac as he made his way IT, TIE iressin!
'ao1, There was a world OF m,anini
~ i,ai succ,nct phrase, for 1t marx
IN passing Of the most popular figure
ana lrohabiy the greatest player, in III
history Of the game.
Only here and there we're Their
Na'hes Of the Mclaughlin OF yore. con
Pueror Of both Norman +, Brookcs all
,He 'a'c Anth,nY T.. Wilding. Grow
Aeavy, with most of the snap gone fror
rs muscles and with only a remnant u
MS old power. McLouyhlln had re
Vallped his game to suit his condition
ne knew he could no. hope u maintii
us Old gait and le developed n chang
4" pace that 70 4 player 0th"r tha
Church might ave proved rafting.
Church 4 Real star.