The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-27
Tennis TOU RNEY
WILL BRING OUT
NATIONAL CHAMPS
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York. Aug. Zb.-Ihe ooCn an
nual championship tournament of the
United States National Lawn Tennis
Association which will be played on
the courts of the West Side Tennis
Club at Forest Hill, L. l., beginning
Monday Aug. % will bring together
the leading racquet wielders of the
country. The famous experts of the
Pacific Coast the South and the Mid
die West will match speed and skill
against the best of the Eastern stars
and on the eve of the tournament the
leaders appear to be so evenly match
ed that there is no outstanding fav-
orite for the singles championship
now held by William NJ Johnston of
San Francisco.
Chief interest will likely center in
the efforts of Maurice E. Mclaughlin,
1.-the greatest tennis player ever devel-
soped in this country to capture out
right, the mammoth silver bowl, en-
blematic Of the singles championship.
This trophy, the eighth offered since
the formation cf the Tennis Associa-
ton in 1881, has been in competition
since 1911 and must be won three
times, but not necessarily in success
SION, IN order to become the personal
props rty Of the victor. The present
sanding OF the players who have
won legs on lie bowl is as follows:
Maurice E. McLoughlin, San Francis
co two wins; r. Norris Williams, End,
Philadelphia, one; William NJ. john
stem yen francisco, one; W. A. Larn-
ed, New York, one.
Larned, who has retired from the
tournament play, won the title and
bowl N 1911 Mclaughlin captured
the trophy in 1912 and 1918. He was
defeated in the final round by Will
lams at Newport in 1914 and by
Johnston at Forest Hills last August.
IN order to fight his way into the fin
ais next week the California Comet
must defeat a number of very high
class players fo~ his name was drawn
in the lover hall which contains a
majority of the leading stars of the
country, in addition to Kumagae the
best of the japanese now playing in
the United States. In the lower half
of the draw with Mclaughlin are
Johnston, the present champion, Kari
Behr, r. r. Pell, Watson NJ Wash
burn, N. w Niles, George NJ. Church,
Ichiva Kumagae. Roland Roberts,
Willis Davis, r. Lindley Murray, Har-
cid Throckmorron, F. B. Alexander,
C. 3. DOYLE, Dean Mathey and other
expert players While, of course,
Mclaughlin will not have to meet all
these stars he will be forced to fight
hard for every advancement and may,
if successful, reach the final round
physically weakened while the winner
in the upper half has had a compare
lively r.ssy task in reaching the finals.
Play will begin early Monday Aug.
% morning with 128 competitors en-
tered. Close to thirty courts will be
available and the sixty-four survivors
will meet Tuesday. The following
day the field will be reduced to thirty
two; sixteen viii play on Thursday
eight on Friday; four on Saturday and
the winners of the semi-final round
will cross racquets on Labor Day fol
the singles title unless unfavorable
weather causes a. postponement dur
ing one or more rounds of the tourna
ment. The doubles championship vii
ne played on the opening day of thu
tournament with Johnston and Clar
ence j. Griffin defending the title
against Mclaughlin and Ward Daw
son, the challengers. -...s
The list of the single Champion
since the opening tournament of th'
u. S. N. L. 7. A. in 1881 is as fol
lows: 1881-87 r. D. Sears; 1883
H w. Slocumb, Jr.; 1862. R. D
wrenn; 1898-1900 NJ. D. Whitman
19o1-o2 w. A. Larned; 1903, H. /
Doherty; 1904 H. Ward; 1905 B. c
Wright; 1906 D. ]. Clothier; 1907
1911 W. A. Larned; 1928 NJ. E. Nc
Loughlin; 1914 R. N Williams; End
1915 w. NJ Johnston.