The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05
CHAMPION REFEREE OF
N REVIEWS WORK
Edward G. Conlin Tells Of
Great Matches Over Which
He Ruled.
NOTED ARBTTER IS
ALL AROUND SPORT
ny EUGENE n. O'CONNELL..


Edward C. Conlin never won a national
lawn tennis championship. never played
on n Davis cup team and never lac his
status as an amateur tennis player ques-
tennis players and lovers Of the sport
all over this country and In most Of the
European tennis centres. Eddie Conlin
IL a leader In the game and a referee par
excellence.
Conlin loves lawn Tennis and will go a
long way to see "A good match. but his
reputation as an arbiter Ia such that
whenever he can he found he Ia pressed
into service In that capacity. Maurice
v. Mclaughlin. the famous Comet, de-
scribes Conlin In his book as without "A
peer among good umpires.' and Ray
inond u. Little. hero OF many "A tourna-
ment. national and international. writes.
"The one best bet AZ "A referee. the one
man who has studied the rules and en-.
forces them" As n matter OF fact,
Eddie Conlin Ia about the only tennis
, fan around this section OF the country
who does not give unst!nted praise TO
Eddie Conlin as a referee.
Eddie ConIin IL on Frank A. Mursey's
staff and when business duties 10 not
call him he can be found always at the
courts OF the West Side Tennis Club. OF
which he Is II member. or SONS other
| club where a tournament Of note IL In
| progress. lie is IN business through "A
natural bent IN that direction and he
plays or referees tennis matche. through
love Of tho game. hut when he Is not
I doing uek of fl,ss things he IL "A nr1gfl-
cal joker by Inspiration. Next best TO
tennis he likes 20 introduce bogus Mayors
To unsuspecting Newspaper men.
Possibly II conlin had stuck 10 tennis
PLAYING from the time he started la the
game he might have been getting his
name in the first ten. but when he first
,r.od swinging a racquet he thought the
gam" was not enough. He has
| learned different since. ~ "a matter OF
/ fact coulin was some time in trying 70
find ont what kline az sport he WAS best
suited 10. After taking IN tennis as Il
small boy he dropped the game for base
bail and got 20 be a fair amateur player.
Conlu hns a way OF wanting 10 be best AZ
whatever he does. however. and as none
~ the big league scouts chased him with
gilt edged contracts lie dropped baseball
Tor rowing.
Rowing agreed with him FOR n time.
that ~ to say. he was a member OF quite
a few winning crews around this city.
Couljn was IN Davey Roach's Dauntless
Chippy crew. which won the national
championship in 1900. and later in the
same wear won the Middle States title.
making what was then a world = record
for "A mile in Nat water. i:%9lI. He stuck
TO rowing for "A short time after that
and eight years later Joined the West
side Tennis club. OF which he Is now
a lie member. Shortly after Joining
the club H.. took TO uinpiring, at which
he now holds the unlisputed champion
shin 90 the country.
IN the 1918 prcliininaries ~ the Davis
CUP series between Australasia and the
Ir-sd states. A, the W.-: side Clubs
I'd rou. an near Van 'o-t,andt Park.
Snr.u refereed four Of tho i've matches
He vas IN the char when Mclaughlin
me, Horace Rice. when Rice met Rich
ard Norris Williams I'd and wnen Me
Loughlin met STANLEY y. Doust. He
also ump!red when Mclaughlin and Har-
old II Hackett were beaten by Doust
and \. Booth Jones. That war the IA
nous doubles which was interrupted by
a veri,aS-e cloudhurst and in which the
rain softened the courts. changing the
whole trend - the contest.
Comm h!msel. thinks that the great
est match he has ever seen Vas tina; he
tween McIpughhu and the late Anthony
+ WtIding in the challet e. round OF
the Davis cup series in 1914. Here is
what runl'n has 90 say OF tha, mem
torablr contest.
II vii always remember that As he
rg ou, Of tho fas'est and hardest hit
t.ic matches that ] have ever witnessed.
! recall PARTICULARS IN Nc fourth set
of that match Wild'ns serving to No
loug!il.n n the h'tA game n winch