(Originally published in 1915. This volume from the Cornel...)
Originally published in 1915. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
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Maurice Evans McLoughlin was born on January 7, 1890, in Carson City, Nevada. He was the son of George McLoughlin and Harriet Louise Verrill. His father, a mason employed at the mint in Carson City, was transferred in 1898 to the Philadelphia mint as superintendent of machinery and in 1903 to the same position at San Francisco.
After graduating from Lowell High School (1918), McLoughlin entered the University of California at Berkeley, but his education was restricted and eventually terminated by his tennis career.
McLoughlin began playing tennis on the public courts of San Francisco. He was junior parks champion in 1906 and a year later, won both the San Francisco and the Pacific Coast championships. In 1909, the Pacific Coast Tennis Association sent McLoughlin, Melville Long, and Thomas Bundy to compete in the national championships at Newport, Rhode Island. Until then tennis had been something of a society game, usually played by wealthy young men of the upper social class. When Long and McLoughlin were matched against each other, they played the type of tennis bred on the fast, hard courts of San Francisco, which in terms of power and excitement surpassed anything ever seen on the courts of the East. Before the five-set match was over, the gallery had stopped talking and many members were standing on chairs for a better view of the court. With his powerful serve and deadly overhead smashes, McLoughlin had introduced a new kind of tennis, and the game would never be the same. Modern tennis may be said to have been born that day at Newport. The nineteen-year-old McLoughlin known as "California Comet, " "Red Mac" (for his red hair), or "Maury" was sent to Australia later that year with the American Davis Cup team. In 1910, he ranked fourth among American players; by 1911, he was ranked second and played on the Davis Cup team that defeated Great Britain. In the Davis Cup finals of 1914 came what has been termed the greatest match in tennis history: McLoughlin versus the Australian Norman Brookes. In the first set, service was unbroken for thirty games, McLoughlin eventually winning 17-15. He won the next two sets, 6-3, 6-3. The match with Brookes was the high point of McLoughlin's career. In the U. S. national finals that year he was defeated by Richard Norris Williams II, a stunning upset that shocked the tennis world but McLoughlin nevertheless retained number-one ranking. In 1915, he again reached the national finals, only to be defeated by William Johnston. His book Tennis as I Play It was published in 1915. After serving in the navy during World War I, McLoughlin returned to competitive tennis in 1919. In the quarter finals of the nationals, he was badly defeated by Williams; he never again played in national competition. During the 1930's he was associated with horse racing, serving the Turf Club as its first secretary-treasurer. He continued his interest in tennis, often refereeing matches and participating in the organization of tournaments. In 1942, the family moved to Hermosa Beach, California, and McLoughlin worked for both the War Production Board and the War Assets Administration. During the last years of his life, he was employed by the North American Aviation Corporation. He died at Hermosa Beach, California.
McLoughlin is known for his powerful serve and overhead volley, McLoughlin was the first male tennis champion from the western United States. In 1913, McLoughlin and Harold Hackett won the Davis Cup for the United States, and McLoughlin reached the finals at Wimbledon, where he lost the British championship to Anthony Wilding. In 1912 and 1913, McLoughlin won the American championship and was ranked first among American players. In 1912, 1913, and 1914 he and Tom Bundy won the national doubles championship. Only a few months before his death came one of the great satisfactions of McLoughlin's life: election to the Tennis Hall of Fame in March 1957.
(Originally published in 1915. This volume from the Cornel...)
Quotes from others about the person
The great champion Don Budge: "All the big hitters owe their service to Maury. "
On May 28, 1918, McLoughlin married Helen Mears; they had three children. They lived for many years in Pasadena, California, where McLoughlin was an avid golfer.
