Evening star., 1900-08-10
Ward and Davis Keep Davis Tennis
Cup in This Country.
KINLEY MAC OUTFOOTS ETHELBERT
Fitz and Rubin Are Both Confident
of Winning.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

The play in the international tennis tour
nament, at Longwood. Mass, yesterday.
decided the custody of the Davis interna-
tional challenge cup for the en-
suing year in favor of the Amer
leans. Having won two matches in
singles Wednesday. the American team
needed only one more point In the doubles
match yesterday Holcombe Ward and
Dwight F. Davis, the American champions.
won from the English team. f. D. Black
and H. r. Barrett, in straight sets, 6-i,
ca "a.
Two matches in singles, Whitman agt.
Black and Gore agt. Davis, remain to be
played. and the Englishmen are determined
to have the satisfaction of these two points
at least. Champion Whitman. however. is
almost sure winner against Black. and
Davis prospects with Gore are good. 1t
will not be surprising if the Americans
make clean sweep and send the visitors
home without point.
But If the English players lose again they
will still hope to retrieve themselves in the
national all-comers' at Newport next week.
They ought certainly to make a better
showing after the opportunity they have
had to size up the American game. Despite
the fact that the Americans won in straight
sets 1t was great match.
The Englishmen struggled with eharac-
teristic pluck against a superior game, and
at times it seemed as If their spirit and de-
termination would oyerwhelm the Ameri-
can champions. There We're no rests dur
ing the match. and the British team forced
the game savagely. Black especially played
brilliant and heady game. His smashing
was almost equal to Davis. and his back
hand work was better. Barretts volleying
was rather weak.
In respect to the service the Englishmen
were again conspicuously deficient when
tri.. I,rt If I.,I g I II
The latter won point after point with his
frst-ball-service stroke. and the inability of
the Englishmen to Judge it threw their
team work all out of gear. On the other
hand the team work of Ward and Davis
was very near to perfection. They lobbed
and smashed at just the right moment. and
when they ran to the net together they
were impossible. The variety of Davis
strokes was striking. He would smash
with all his strength. driving the English
men into the back court and then he would
follow II with stroke so delicate that the
ball just dropped over the net He cross
courted his opponents, placed between
them. and drove straight at them in turn.
Ward. the coolest player in the country,
was scarcely steadier than Davis.
The match was by no means a one-sided
contest. however. Black and Barrett strug-
gled hard and well Toward the end of the
first set the pairs seemed quite evenly
matched. The play of the Englishmen fell
Oft somewhat in the second but again in
result was never foregone conclusion
The earned points of the visitors compared
very well with their opponents but Bar
rett's outs Were numerous. Blacks volley-
ing was one of the features of the contes:
and his brilliant returns received the
heartiest applause.
The summary of the match follows:
FIRST SET
Ward and Davis. .......2 3 10 2 4 4 4O-6
Black and Barrett.....i = % 3 Ia l
SECOND SET.
1 q 4 n 4 4.
Black and Barrett. "a 4 4 = % 4 O-o5- 4
THIRD SET
Ward and Davi:.. ..-....4 o ? ) : o 4-33-6
Black and Barrett. 9 3 4 . az 4