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rally the Pr,ncetonian had nothing left

rally the Pr,ncetonian had nothing left
with which to combat II. Al the end
Church could barely stand IN. There IL
little question that II Church had not
been given TO so much wasted effort he
could have outfouEht his opponent.
Murray too was In poor condition at
the finish. After running off the first
four games In the nth set he suffered a
physical reaction. and. e as Church
was, he was able to threaten the Cali
fornlan's lead. However. Murray had
something In r~eservc--jvst enough to
pull through victory. With the last point
scored Murray did not. Ms Is his custom.
hurdle across the net to shake hands
with his opponent. He was glad enough
20 walk.
Church was apparently disconsolatc
over the defeat. When some OF his
friends met him on the way to the dress
ing room and ave him the usual. TOO
bad. George" he replied, Good enough
for me !"
Not the So me Church.
Except at times In the first two sets
there was very little OF the Church who
had fought so spectacular \ fight against
Mclaughlin and Kumagae. II was APP
parent that hose matches had proved
too much for him. The wonderful vol
leying which beat M~cLoughlin only now
and then flashed to the fore. In the fir-.
get he worked 4 half volley and a cross
court shot that made Murray ooh fool.
ish. Time and again Murray could not
even get his racquet on Church's SMASH
ing overhanders to his feet. Except for
his service Murray seemed o~utclassed.
and there appeared to be little question
chat Church u,nftlH fritinnnh In strntvlf
sets.
1t will be seen from the point scores
that there were comparatively few deuce
games. Rallies were as scarce 40 hens
teeth. The men mad a savagc and
smashing fight for every point and nc
time was wasted in long exchanges. II
was a service. a fash M a sip and the
point had been decided.
Murray's overhead work fell far be.
low expectations. but Church's WAS even
worse. The winning aces for Murray
came mainly through Church's errors
Murray's earned points were scored
mostly through driving placements. many
times after seemingly impossible recov'
cries.
Murray compiled Sc earned points and
Church had 81. Church was charged
with 43 outs. 80 nets and s double faults
for n total Of Sc errors-quite a percent
age of Murray's $50 points. Murray had
46 outs. 30 nets and 3 double faults fol
a total OF So errors.
Murray Loses First Service.
Murray made far from an auspiciow
start. He lost the first game of the mai CT
on his service and Church followed will
a love game. In the third game Murray
rallied TO victory after Church had hel,
the lead at 40-love. but the Eastern
entry made II 81 in the next game
Murray then presented a sample OF hi
super-serv!ce. He scored the NTH game
on three successive service aces n al
out. Four remarkable placements fea
tured Church's sixth winning game an(
the set ended with the PrincetoniaI
showing the way at Ga.
The second set was more sharpl,
fought and included only one deuce game
Church was invincible in driving but a
the end was easing up. Even at tha
early stage he was beginning to wilt.
Church won the opening game Of tn
fateful third set. The fifth game fount
them deadlocked, and by winning II en-
tirely on church's errors. Murray. 70
the first time In the match took a Leaf
In games. at 81. In the seventh gam,
Murray scored four placements in n row
His passing shots were excellent bu
Church was not as spry as he had been
by piling up errors Church handed Muir
ray the set at g..
Despite his firing rapidly. Church fea
tured the fourth set with a series O
dashes after balls that he could not pos
sibly have oyesnauled with a lacross
stick. Nets ana outs continued to pla.
a more important role In Church's defea
than any placements by Murray. Tn
Californian was putting all his strengtl
into every leutrn n %grunting witt
every shot.
Fifth Set . Hummer.
In the seventh game there was a shor
rest owing TO Murray having wrenche,
an ankle slightly. The injury did no
amount TO anything. and again they wen
at il. Church organized a rally tina
brought him up to -. but a place
ment. two outs and a service ace CAV,
the Meteor the game and the set at g.
The Attn set was a hummer. After
fine start In the first game Church pre-
scented It TO Murray with two doubl
faults n a couple OF nets. Murra.
followed that up with n love game, an
in the third again won Church's ser
vice. A brace OF service aces was promi
ncnt In giving Murray the fourtl
straight game.
Then Church awoke. He scored hi
first game of the set without yisldinI
Il point. Brilliant play won Murra,
the sixth game, a commanding lea
at 81. Church could barely stard uT
lie was dripping perspiration from G-cr
pore. Sti!l he was far from beaten.
In the seventh game Murray wa
within an ace OF the match. but Churc
fought back savagely. With the Cali
fornian in front, l5-40. the local playe
made II 800 on "A net, n with
trio Of sizzling placements won tn
game and FOR the nonce succeeded
stavIng OF defeat.
The eighth game furnished frrths
convincing proof that Church was a
gritty as they come. With Murray serN
ing church scored a love same. On hi
own service Church won the ninth an
was WITHIN n game Of ~ rival. Bu
that ended H.. Two p,acemcnts. an UL
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