The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-02
M'LOUGHLIN FAILS
 TO COME BACK IN GAME WITH CHURCH
New York. Sept. 2.-Blending speed

New York. Sept. 2.-Blending speed and an irresistible assault at the net George M Church conquered Maurice E. Mclaughlin in four sets yesterday.
 The clash of the newer exponent of California lawn tennis" in the East and the famous Comet of the Pacific Coast contributed the chief engage ment of the fourth round of the na- tional championship tournament on the turf of the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills. From the opening service to the close, Church, except for brief -spurts on the part of his opponent. held the whiphand. The score was 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.
 Those who sat about the court saw Mclaughlin go, down to defeat in a round before the final of the premier American tournament for the first time since he won the crown and donned the purple of the courts in 1913. In every other year he has stood in the finals.
 Church, with a style that is pecu- liarly his own, not only mastered his opponent, but he accomplished what has been regarded as impossible by many, with scarcely one to cheer him on in the big crowd. His astounding recovery, especially from his back hand, hardly brought him a respon- sivem urmur of approval. When he took the initiative with daring exc cution to shake Mclaughlin up in their encounters at the net the ap- plause was all for the Comet.
 To overwhelm the favorite-and nothing short of that must be accred- ited to Church-stands as a monu- mental achievement. The psychology of the situation stirred the vast as- semblage of spectators. They rose to Mclaughlin in the fourth set when be made up the gap of 3-love on ga mes to tie Church at 3-all.
 In those three games there was the flash and flame of the Mclaughlin who lifted himself far above the late Anthony r. Nilding and Norman E. Brookes. It was only the fitful fire from dying embers, as the thousands soon saw. and he passed from out the tournament as the twilight settled over the field.
 Others of the great tournament campaigners failed to sustain their places in the winnow1ng of the fourth round with the victors linig up before the semi finals. R. Lindley Murray. the California Meteor, outplayed Karl H. Behr in four sets filled with dash ing rallies and much hard-hitting play.
 The stubborn aggressiveness with which Behr fought Murray off in their encounters in their last set freuuently caused the crowd to turn it's atten- ton from Mclaughlin for a time as the contests overlapped in their oc- cupying of the grand stand inclosure. The unsuitable vigor of Murray and his astounding court covering event. ually brought him through over Behr. who held Murray four times with a stroke of winning before he clinched his victory at 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 9-7.
 William J. Clothier, the national champion of 1906. gave R Norris William 2d a taste of the effectiveness of lengthy drives. The smoothness of stroke, the fAultless accuracy with which the ball cped to the lines and the artfu1 opening of territory through which to shoot the ball for the points, compelled Williams, one of the form ar champions striving to regain lost laurels, to steady and whip in his best crossing shots