The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-19
WARE AND SHELDON WIN
THE NATIONAL LAWN TENNTs CHAM
PIOSSHIP IN DOUBLES.

$500 -
PIOSSHTP IN DOUBL rs.
HIahonJ aud Nisbot Unexpectedly Dcrcnted-
mig Catherine or the Experts ut Nowport-
Young Wrcnn Brnts Enle's champion.
Dodge, III the Opening no nj or tho singles.
NEWPORT, Aug. ls.-Wnrc and Sheldon won
tho national lawn tennis championship in
doubles on tho Casino conrt here to-day, hut
not until nvo hard sets had been played with
Mahony aud Nisbc'. the visiting team % British
experts who won tho Eastern championship 40
Lon wood three weeks ago. Ware ana sheldon
won the Western championship tho same week
at Chicago, and ms the Neol brothers. last years
champions. decided not to defend their claim 10
the chall, ngc cups. to-day's winners are now the
American champions in doubles. Their dofeat
o; Muhony and Niybct was quite unexpected, as
the foreigners were strong favoritcs, bets as
high as 4 10 ! in their favor having been made.
The downfall of the visitors W. due almost
entirely to Mahony's poor play. The tall Irish
man was distinctly off color" and toward the
end OF tho match he became hopolcssly used UP,
80 that the American pair found little
difficulty in winning 10y attacking his
side OF the court repeatedly. Ware
and sheldon lobbcd continually for an.
opening to run in, while the foreigners drove
fast and sure, and often came half way in and
+ then the rest of tho way by uu,erhand volleys
ing. This Is a stroke that the English play much
better than do the American. There were
many sharp rallies with all four players
inside the service lines. and most of
them were won BY Nisbct's clever yolleyinR
Nisbet was far the cleverest OF the four, and
had his partner been US strong they probably
would have won. As it was, n faster court
would have prevented much Of the lobbing that
used Mahony up 30 badly.
Ware and Sheldon were nervous ut first and
| could not seem to handle Nisbct's service or his
fast ground strokes. In the second set, how
ever, they seemed to get used to his style. and
after that their play improved gradually. Tho
fourth set was almost a Waterloo for them, and
many of the experts who saw the match
thought that their going into the dark
dressing room to rub down before the set
while the Englishmen stayed out in the
sun was responsible for 1t. Coming out from the
dark into tho bright sunlight makes it very dill.
ney went to pieces. and Ware aud sheldon simply
forced his side Of the court by alternatod iobs
match. Summary
FIRST SET.
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THIRD SET.
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Ware and sheldon won three sets, 80 games, and
20e points: They scored IS points on passes. i9 by
opponents, outs. 80 by .opp"nents' nets and by oppo-
Mahony and Slsbet-won two sets. go games. and
2SP Bp! outs and 0' by opponents nets Total
In the singles George Wrenn beat Dodge, the
champion OF Yale. after five clever sets, in
which the steadiness OF the New Haven man
came very near being too much for the cham.
morrow morning in tho first round. Mahony.
Eayes, and Nisbet all won their matches easily,
match of the morning to play Paret in the
morrow morning. Malcolm Chace d]efauited 70
stevens, who is sick and not at all sure of play.
Champion Hovey also sent in his entry. but II
was received too late and his name was OH Tilted
The full scores of the day follow:
Championship poublesIFinal Round Il, F.. Ware
A. A. $ O. M a sns'a a3a H. II. a. Ni!1S1. c Sl nnS Ms' Of 0 the
E@ sb.1 n.mls' found Smg; - L r-S Ware are; and G. F. Sheldon.
Jr. challenxcrs. ueat G. b. Neel and S. R. Necl. hold:
whitman beat ". J. 5c;l9.hier. ,s@a, SO. sEO:H s.
GSodfeilow beat !. K. Pei. eNs. eNs. ee2.' e:a;J !.
X; willing beat J. F Talmase. Jr.. by default; I. 4.
Ct: J: A. Ryerson beat R, D. Little. o-S,
1l-e. So. o-S; u. A. Wright beat Perrival
Marshal. 60, 6-l. 81; W. A. Larned beat A. p.
Halves, 5-2. 6-s. S-o;G g. !. wrenn, Jrs beat 9. p.
Dodge 6-S. So. Go, 5-T, 6-3; J. D. Forbes beat
F. 5. White. Ga, o., %; p. W. \: McNshon beat
peane. Miller by default; Richard stevens beat
N. q. Chase by default; N. u. smith beat
Ralph McKittrck, 90. Is. 0-4AE. 2: Fisher beat
G. A. could. G-l. O., 6-S; w ;. Bond bent \. W;
Post. 6-l, U-3, 6-l; d. +. Davis beat Richard
Hooker, "a. o-i.e-I, Lverts wrcnn beat RID.
Thurbcr, o., B-3. 60; n. GooIrody beat II. No.
kittrick by default; DR.. ". Y. tavcs beat F. B.
Stevens, Jr.. %. o-P. Ga; {, u. Budlong oeat W.
X, Aun hincloss. Ga. 0-3, I'll. J. {. Nicely beat E. T.
Gross, 90: 90. o.. 81. %; J. {. Davidson
beat II. l.. Avery. 6-l. 6-3, 6-2: q. NJ. Bost.
wick beat b. Good6oiy. ~. 81. 60; Holcomb
Ward beat Alfred Goldman. 80, 0-3. Ga; w; w.
Reese beat II. A. Plummer 81. a.. 5-7. O.,
lO-S:G. w. Lee beat " /. Bruwucll 6-l. CO. at
J. $. Cushman beat h X. Proctor '-l. 90, 6-l; L.
f. Ware beat f.. Freshman 6-l, 6-2, O.; b. Mar
shall beat r. X. McEnroe by default.
Interscholastic Championship Slngles-Preliminary
EUund-T. X. Pell. Columbia, beat W. j. Clothier,
University OF Pennsylvania, 90. 80. 6-2.