Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-29
SAY SPEED IS ESSENTIAL
CALIFORNIA TENNIS STARS
SEEK TO GET THIS STYLE
Noberi LipdIcH Murray Believes In
Killing tnll-rhry Arc Hardest
to Control.

NEW YORK. February 2S-Thcrc
are two theories as TO the right way to
keep on returning the ball long cnouri
the other mau viii eventually lose the
ing" everything in sight, you viii win
more Than you lose. and 1T the same
Time keep your opponent from ever
playing consistent game.
Robert l.mdlcy Murray liz an expo
ncnt OF III" latter theory. Ills creed
may hc summed up ia Il few brief s.n-
Nobody is steady against really
severe play"
The m;rdcr YOU hi. the greater
Fry Tor everything and youll be
surnrIs.d how often luck is with YOU"
next"
Murray is a Development OF the Cali
which says; Two things are ncces-
Sary for good tcnnis-spccd ana more
Sne.d' tlc has carried this principle
further than amy other coast player.
further even than the sensational Nc
Loughiin Ut his speediest.
By chance and the result Of hard
come :, N"~ Yorker. strictly speak
ing. he. is a citizen OF Bayonnr. y j.,
where lie practices his profession ay a
chemist. But tennis players have al
ready written his name in bold char
aci:rs on the metropolitan roster.
lie is on the distinguished list of
the West Side Tennis Club and viii
undoubtedly play this sumner under
the banner OF the Forest HIS organi-
arc predicting a boom in local circles
as 4 result OF the acquisition of the
MOOD mat Murray viii bring n number
of Championships /" New York in the
near future, with not even the ma
tlonal title excluded.
MURRAY CAME EAST
AND HEAT CoII.EGE MEN
Robert Iiudlcy Murray came ont of
inc West IN the spring OF 1917. when.
naircd WITH Herbert L. Hahn. lie rep
resented stanford University in a So
rics OF intercollegiate matches The
stanford boys did not lose a match on
their tour, beating ali the big Eastern
college teams
During the summer they stayed East
10 try their luck in u few tournaments
suddenly discovered that he was a
pretty good tennis player according to
E kisir, stnndardS. lie defeated Fred
Kiss Hall in succession on a single
younGster as a star, and began to show S,iv
him Il few things about court general
snip. Nurray easily won the sleepy
the New England and the Southanp-
ton cup He WAS runncr-up in tho
New York and Delaware state cham
pionShipS and at l.ongwood, losing
George G n. ch Htni:Hus''''" ana once to
. IN the "Il-com'rS' tournament at
Newport that season he lost to Karl
Bchr III the hardest five sets OF the en-
tire event; u was the humidity Of the
Eastern climate that defeated Murray
when human power had reached It's
limit. out on tho coast he could 20
through five sets 1T top speed without
worrying about his endurance. But in
the East ii was different. At Sea-
bright, after having apparently beaten
r. y. Williams. the national champion
OF that year. he had TO default the
match through utter exhaust \,
the end Of the year ne was RANKED
fourth in the country, Mcl.ou/hlin,
Williams and Bchr preceding him i'm
the list. although with tn" last named
II was admitted hy a toss-up.
During 1915 Murray PLAYED very
little tennis ana did not come East
for the tournaments He stuck TO the
job which finally landed him at Bay
OInc. y. i.
But he managed TO win the Oakland
city title in singles and doubles. and
to run second TO Johnny StraChan for
the coast championships The latter is
at present considered the equal Of Nc
Louchlin or Johnston