The sun., 1916-09-03
CHURCH'S WATERLOO
TRACBABLE TO TWO
DIRECT CAUSES
Murray's Twist Service and
Victims Exhaustion
Stood Ont.
WILLIAMS CARELESS IN
MATCH WITH WATERS
~ J.. PARMLY PARET.

American twist service or Murray ana
Church's own exhaustion. In almost
every match this week his prodigai
waste Of strength has been most ap-
parent. Against Kumagae and against
Mclaughlin II seemed certain that II
either had been able to carry the strug.
gle on TO a fifth set. he almost surely
would win by superior condition. Church
does not use finesse In his play: he
races for every impossible smash and
tears his heart out at times In the EFFORT
to retrieve some almost impossible ace.
when even were he to safely return
the ball the odds would be enormously
against his ultimately winning the rally
with his opponent In the killing position
at the net.
Yesterday the new star was as waste
full as ever OF energy. n In a dozen
ways failed to conserve his strength for
a possible lorg match with a close
ending. He took n hundred useless steps
In every set. and he slashed his racket
around In disgust often after a close
point had rome against him. Many times
when Murray had smashed or volleyed
on Into a far corner OF the court Church
raced after the impossible return. when
a veteran would have finessed by letting
the point go and saved an ounce or
two OF strength for the future play.
Murray Lacked speed At start.
Aside from this feature. Murray's
marvellous ability at the American SER
vice finally turned the balance in his
favor. In the first i've sets the former
Californian did not get his ~ centime,cr
guns In full action. lie constantly
missed his first delivery. and Church
handled his second delivery without
gloves. As against Mclaughlin on FIJI
day. tho hiuh hntspI ~ tha s~,arl s...tys
service. which was much slower than the
first. just suited Church's style. and he
picked on clever passing shots from this
delivery In rows when the indoor cham
plon was serving.
Murray lacked speed In tho first par.
OF the match. but he fully mad up for
any shortcomings In this line during the
last two sets. In the third. when he was
lighting NO hard for. his head. Murray
steadily Increased hAApacc until he was
almost Irresistible. Church had been
jumping across the net TO intercept the
Caufornian's passing strokes, and many
hne drives that would have scored
against a less brilliant net volleyer than
church were cut of and s.nothered with
those tantalising little chop volleys tina;
counted so heavily in all OF Church's
earlier victories.
Murray Used Good JudGmeut,
Murray used good judgmen, in appre.
eating the reason for losing the frs,
two sets and In changing his attack IA
meet the situation. Safe play was use.
less against Church; he simply refused
to make errors. and 1t was apparent tina,
the only way to beat him was to hi,
harder n serve faster.
After the tide had turned In the third
set. Murrays service was very effective
He got his first delivery into court more
regularly and church simply could no
handle the combined speed and twist thai
he had on the ball. compared with Nc.
1.oughiin's service Of Friday. II was a,
II the Germans had imported moderr
krupp rifles TO take the place OF the old
moot bores.
AZ in Fridays match ais, Church's
overhead play made .lobbing a lnsinr
proposition. Murray showed better head,
work here han Mclaughlin. for ever
when II seemed impossible to pase IN,
Tenaf'y man at the net he kept or
driving at him rather han lob. and the
result Justified his preference. %Jurnpinl
from side to side at the net and rushing
after these fast low drives were mucl
more firing to Church than killing lobs
{ and then the moral effect on both player,
Of a successful smash IL always greater
than a point won by v~olleying or error
INTO the net.
=. Defeat Of Church.
After beating Kumagae three straigh
and winning from Mclaughlin in fou'
sets one is inclined a; first to look oi
Church's defeat by Murray In the nature
Of an upset. but this view Is not en-
tirely justified. Murray has been Just out
side the first flight Of experts now 70
two years, and by some " the most ex
perienced followers Of the game his ser
vice IL considered. when working jus
right "a II did yesterday. to he the mos
dificult delivery in the world to handle.
Washburn last year declared tina
there was more sting and more devil
2 in the ball hat Murray served tina
that Of McLoughlin. Johnston, William
or even OF Brookes. a well earned vic
. tory over Behr last week also place
y Murray in direct line with the leader
: and unless he falls down badly In III
semi-fnals Tomorrow against the chan
: pion. he must now be ranked among tn
/. very best players in the country.
Church was foot faulted again yeste,
> day many times. n by n dinfere,
. Judge than on Friday. II was Nation,
Secretary F.. F. Torrey Of Clinton. y. y
!. who was on the base lines in N
Church-Murray match. and he Gale
both players at intervals, althous
Church suffered more from his tran
gressions than did Murray. For three
four seasons Church has been amor
the players who have been warned col
= stantly that their services were n
strictly legitimate. and among the othe
Pell also, Church did not complain Ia
week of being foot faulted so often, al
he had no reason 10 complain. but 10
tunately for him took the matter rath,
phi~losophically. so hat 1t did not hu
his play az much as II would most 9TH
high strung players of his skill.
Williams Must he More Careful,
All OF the three other men in Il
semi-hnals earned their brackets wi
less effort than did Murray, but hc W
have q days rest before he meets John
ton tomorrow. so that his gruellii
q match Of yesterday should not prelude
his chances against the champion.
q Williams played his usual carele
4 game against Waters. the clever Ne
y Orleans youngster. and dropped the FIR
set before he settled down to the nece
sary hard work to win. His exhibit,
was not nearly so convincing as that
Johnston, however. and ne must take
Z. more serious view OF the work befo
him tomorrow ana Tuesday IL he q
" poets 10 win. Griffin and Johnston ca
/. not he swept aside like ciothier "A,
~ Waters. ard a disposition tn practi
fancy shots too much may prove his u
doing.
! Waters played really good tennis
streaks against IN" eN-champion, h
u when WIill,ms is In n happy vein a,
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