New-York tribune., 1919-08-06

who are fashioned of championship s.
the final chapter on the grandstand G
Thirty teams were drawn in the
doubles, with Brookes and Patterson
and Lycett and Thomas, the Austria
Ians, drawing byes in the first round
ment committee, received wireless
message from Brookes this morning,
saving that the Adriatic would dock in
New York shortly after noon to-mor-
row, and that they would try to reach
Newport Thursday morning. Their
doubles matches will hold over until
then, but all four were defaulted in the
singles to-day.
the doubles, with the favorites coming
through without trouble. Mclaughlin
and Bundy who held the national
championship for several years, de-
feated +. c. 1nman and Major E. B.
Harran, of the British army, by a
score of 60, 6-3. and Ichaya Ku-
magae and S. Howard Voshell won from
the DevereauX Brothers by a score of
6-3, 60.
Greatest Teams to Play
Mclaughlin and Bundy, Brookes and
Patterson, Williams and Washburn, and
Kumagae and Voshell are all in the
upper half, while in the lower we find
Tilden and Richards, the national cham
pions; Murray and Niles, Johnston and
Griffin, and Thomas and Lycett
The : men left in the singles,
and tn in which they will meet
in the round, starting at IL
o'clock tomorrow, are as follows:
J. S. Cushman. Clarence j. Griffin,
Maurice T. Mclaughlin, S. Howard
Voshell, William I. Tilden, I'd. Wat
son NJ. Washburn, Richard Norris
Williams, I'd. Charles S. Garland, jr
Ichiya kumagae, Axel Craven,
Nathaniel W Niles, Robert Lindley
Murray, William NJ Johnston, Thomas
C. Bundy. Wallace f. johnson and
William H. Burden, jr.
The match to be featured tomorrow
will bring together Murray, the ma
tional singles champion, and Niles, the
Boston star, on the championship
court. AT the same time Williams and
young Garland will start off on the
club court, and the other battles will
be staged on the outer stretches of
turf.
Comet" Still a Puzzle
Mclaughlin, the great Comet" of
other years, still continues to puzzle
the followers of the game who are not
yet ready TO admit that the red-topped
Californian who vanquished Brookes
and Wildng at Forest Hills in 1914
when the last Davis Cup challenge
round matches were held, has seen his
best days on the courts
| admit that ! am myself somewhat
mystified as to just how much Nc
Loughln has left Watching him this
afternoon, as he played DR.. p B. Hawk,
of Philadelphia, 1t seemed almost un-
bellevabe that the tremendous can
on-ball'' service of four or five years
back-the service that wore down the
mighty Brookes and forced the great
Wllding to his knees in 1914-had
dwindled down to the halting, compare
lively soft delivery of to-day.
There is a peculiar halt or hitch
now at the moment before Mclaughlin
hits the ball which was not there when
the Comet" was supreme on the courts.
am speaking Of his service. after he
has tossed the ball. Even after he
has made the service the ball travels
slowly and has nigh. slow bound, al
lowing an opponent all the time in the
world to "stroke' and place the re-
turn
Mclaughlin defeated DIR. Hawk at
GO, 6-3, Cd, but there was nothing
impressive about the victory. The
former champion. does not move about
his court with that wonderful speed
and flaming energy that inspired
"Austral,' the famous Australian lawn
tennis writer, to christian Red Mac"
the Comet" some years ago.
Game Less Spectacular
Now much of the fire appears to
have gone from McLoughlins game,
the Comet" no longer is ablaze. The
very fury and recklessness that for
merly made him all-conquering are
more conservative, more methodical
and less spectacular Mclaughlin.
Johnston, who sat beside me all
through the match, kept a keen eye
on his fellow Californian. Once he
remarked, as though in explanation of
the Comets" slowing down:
Mac will fool lot of them yet.
He has his own ideas about this thing
Perhaps he knows what he's doing"
There were times to-day, in truth
when Mclaughlin brought off some
that wonderful deftness of stroke that
used to so ght the galleries. He is
best when Sc to the net; then he
conceals his ERECTION wonderfully we'll
and generally fools his opponent
Voshell, who faces the old master to-
morrow morning. will bring to light
lot of truth about cred Mac"
Illdcn was put to all kinds of trou-
Die N the morning play TO eliminate
young Robert NJ. Kinsey, OF California
oy score of Ga, 7-5, 1910. The
winner resolutely refused to go to the
net, making his fight almost entirely
1rem oack-court, and this suited Kin
sey to perfection, for the youngstel
Is fine "getter" and very accurate or
MS ground strokes. AS a result, there
were many long drawn out rallies from
the base line. Both men were "s.rok-
lng' the bali we'll, bat without getting
much speed in their shots. 1t was ap-
parent that Tilder was saving himself
,or the third round match with Wash
ourn tomorrow.
Cragln Wins Long Struggle
The most keenly fought struggle s
az Newport in years was staged
one OF the outer courts when Artn
.. Cragin, cf New York, the 7th Req
nment veteran, defeated young Car
FISCHER, the Philadelphia junior ane
court pupil of T:lden, by scorc o
eo-1S, 6-3, 6-S, 1-6, 9-7 in the
nrst round. The match began at 9:4'
O'Clock in the morning and did mo-
nnish until ten minutes after in the
afternoon and hoth Dlavery were WOrr