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Show yu- GREAT GAMES AT L0NGW00D Boston, July 29 Possession of a second leg on the .Longwood bowl was the prize for which Maurice E McLoughlln. challenger, and William M Johntton, holder of the trophy, both of San Francisco, were to con tend on the lawn tennis courts of the Longwood Cricket club today This is the fifth bowl offered by the club in ltB 24 years of tournaments. tourna-ments. Three were captured by Wil Ham A. Larne.d and another by Malcolm Mal-colm D Whitman, both former national na-tional champions. The first leg on the present bowl wat won by E. P. Lamed, brother of the former champion, in 1911 He was defeated by McLoughlin in 1912 Latt year Johnston won the- tournament tourna-ment and McLoughlln defaulted owing ow-ing to his absence in England as a I I member of the Davis cup team McLoughlln has come through his six matches In the present tournament without losing a set and was a stion favorite todav. Johnston has been at Longwood for a week and has had dally practice. Finals In the Longwood singles and the eastern doubles yesterday brought I out the finest tennis of the week. 1 Maurice McLoughlln of Snn Fran- I cIbco, T. R Pell and Karl Behr of I New York winning the two events,' respectively. R Llndley Murray I drove Mclaughlin to the top of his game and although the national cham plon won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. 9-7 ' the young player was twice within a ; point of capturing the third set. Pell and Behr also scored a three set vie lory over the former national cham pious, H H Hackett and F C. Ale- J ander, as the result of Behr's brilliancy bril-liancy In the first set and Pell's j steadiness In the other two. the scores being C-3, 6-4. 7-5. |