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Show HTOUGHUN MAY STAGECOME-BACK Most Spectacular Tennis Player Play-er Will Attempt toRegain Lost Laurels. Los Angeles, Juno 21. Can Maurice Evans McLoughlin come back? That is a question which has been troubling troubl-ing tennis fans throughout the country coun-try since tho famous 'Comet's" miserable mis-erable showing In the east last summer. sum-mer. The champion of lDll, 1912 and 1913; victor over the mighty Brookes and the oven greater "Tony" Wilding Wild-ing in the Davis cup matches in 1914, and probably tho most spectacular tennis player tho world has ever known, will make an attempt to regain re-gain his lost laurels this summer. McLoughln Is now training dally at the Los Angeles Athletic club. He Is developing muscles, apparently of minor min-or importance to tho development of tnrmla nlnv. htit vlfnl in thrt bier matches where every move must count to win. Shadow tennis, medicine ball throwing, mat exorcises and evorj' variety va-riety of gymnasium work calculated to place him in the best possible shape for tho hard grind of the summer tournament are being tried out by the great racketer. "Maury" has given up all hope of obtaining Johnny StracDan of San Francisco as a double partner and will play with a local man. Among those with whom he may play in the Pacific Coast doubles are Ward Dawson, Daw-son, Clifton B. Herd, Nat Browns and Claude A. Wayne, the last two being I former holders of the national clay I court title In doublos. In all proba- billty Dawson will be the man, for he has the time necessary for practice prac-tice and appears to do the best possible pos-sible selection from an all around standpoint. Three and four times a week McLoughlin Mc-Loughlin is on tho court for a few sets. Sometimes it Is in tho morning and again perhaps in tho afternoon, but there is no tendency to overdoing it. Too much tennis Is as bad as too little, according to the famous star. Whatever may bo the outcome of the Pacific States doubles at Long Beach, McLoughlin will go east to enter the big singles tournaments. Perhaps his first experience on turfi this season will bo at IJtica, N. Y where tho New York State and Central Cen-tral Now York championships -will open on July 10. From there ho will likely go to Narragansett Pier, R. I., for the annual open tournamont and then to Longwood for the singles, which ho has won three times, in 1912, '14 and '15. The Longwood tournament opens July 24. Tho Crcscont A. C. tournament opens at Brooklyn on July 31, and In all probability he will enter that, with tho possibility of following it up with the Scab right, N. J affair on August 7. The Newport Invitational follows a week later and tho Southampton tourney on August 21. The national championships come at Forest Hills, L. I., starting August 28. |
