Evening star., 1898-08-18
Dudley yet to play and has heretofore de-
feated him. The scores.
SECOND DIVISION.
THIRD DIVISION.
NATIONAL TENNIS TOURNEY,
Ware and Sheldon Carry OF the
Championship in Doubles.

The chief interest In the national tennis
tournament at Newport yesterday centered
in the championship contest in doubles be-
tween Ware and Sheldon, last years cham
pions, and Ward and Davis, the western
pair, who won from Wrenn and Whitman
1t was a hard-fought battle, needing five
sets to determine the winners. Ward and
Davis started in brilliantly, while their op-
ponents apparently had not caught their
gait, and the challengers took the first set
at a rafting pace. In the second the de-
tenders of the title began to improve and
finally won out deuce set after harder
and better play than before.
During the next two sets the play was
of the finest sort, Ward and Davis excel
ling in team work and Ware and Sheldon
individually. Each pair won set, making
the score two all. Ward and Davis made
the fourth set on a double fault by Shell
don, just saving themselves.
In the deciding set came the battle roy
al, every game being sharply contested and
the score coming to five all. At this criti-
weakened and two games in succession
were scored with ease by their antagonists,
giving them the championship for another
year. The summary:
National championship, doubleS-Ware
and Sheldon beat Ward and Davis, 1-6, 7-5,
6-4, 40, 7-5.
Preliminary round singles-Ward beat
Sheldon, 6-3, 6-3, ga.
First round, singles-COleman beat Fresh
man, 80, 7-5, 60.
Stevens beat BeIden, Ga 81, 4-6, 81.
Lee beat Bramham, 60, 6-1, SO.
Hackett beat Carleton, 6-4, 6-2 6-2.
Milet beat Clothier, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 60.
Ever beat Willing, rs, 4-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
s. Ware beat Avery, 6-3, 6-3, Ga, i-6, 3-6,
Ga.
LF Ware beat Fitzgerald by default
Whitman beat Brownell, so, 60, go.
rscholastic-Wright, Harvard, beat
Cook Princeton, 6-1, 6-1 6-3.
observation-disclosures beat Wheeler, GO,
60.
Little beat Fischer by default.
Weekly Race Meet.
The regular weekly race meet of the Park
Bicycle Club, held last evening at the track
on the Conduit road, was attended by less
than 500 persons, though the racing of
good order. The attraction of the evening
was pursuit race between Fred. Titus,
the champion unpaced rider of the world,
and Lee Counselman and E. L. Wilson.
both local men, the contestants starting at
opposite sides OF the track. Two local men
started together, and alternated setting the
pace every mile. Eitus started at the tape,
ard for nearly FIVE miles kept up a steady
gait, which told on his'edversaries. 1t was
announced before the .race that If he over
took the men under fave miles he would
continue for the fiye-mile worlds record,
and that if he did rot capture them under
five miles he would continue riding for the
tcn-mle worlds record. Unfortunately, he
was unable to accomplish this his tire
puncturing and exploding on the last lap of
the race mia
The other sprint RACES We're good espe-
cially the two-mile Professional handicap,
which was won byoFrea. Sims.
The summary: First event, two-nile han
d,cap, professionally Fred. Sims won; A.
c. Moran, second; Bob 4Walthour, third; H.
R. Steenson, fourth, Time, 4.16 3-5.
Second event, one mile open. amateur
1T Iah,, II arl 4
Rhine, second; o. H Miller, third. Time
3.O6 3-5. Second heat-QJ. E, Hanger, jr.,
won; Ray Cogswell, second; c. L. Miller,
third. Time. 2>27. Final heat-J. E. Han
ger, jr., won Ray Cogswell, second; John
HILL third. Time 2.33 3-5.
Third event, quarter mile exhibition, fly
ing start, paced-Fred Schade; time,
0.24 is.
Fourth event, match pursuit race, profess
sional, unlimited distance-Fred. Titus, New
York, won, at four and three-quarter miles.
time, 1912 2-5.
Olympic Club After Mccoy.