Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-27
DOHERTY IS WINNER
Defeats Whitman in International Tennis
Match at Newport
He WILL PLAY CHAMPION HARMED TODAY
BOSTON Man t. OutgeneraIed by Eng.
lishman and Makes showing
Less CreditabIe Than
w. }. CI~Othier's.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 26.-The interna
ttonal match between r. F. Dohertv n
England and NJ. d. whitman of Americ,
In the final round OF the national law,
tennis championship was won by the for.
eigner In three sets to one, and by score,
Of 81. 3-6, Ga, 60. William A. Larned
the present holder Of the tennis cbampion
ship, will defend his title against Dohertv',
challenge tomorrow.
After Whitman's decisive victory owe,
Doherty in the Davis cup match at Bav
Ridge IL was generally expected he would
score. today or put up a hard fight. but
as In every other match in which the Eng
hshman has played, 1t was the American
who did the hard work. That Whitman.
with all his experience, should have been
duped Into playing a running game was
one OF the surprises Of the day, while an
other was his inability to stand the pace.
Neither the sets nor the games were long,
but after three sets, with a total of twenty
hve games, had been played, the American
pulled up, winded and exhausted, and the
seven-minute intermission was not long
enough for him to catch his breath or re-
gain his strength.
Not So Good as ClOthier'a.
Whitman's showing against r. F.. Doherty
was far below that OF w. ]. Clothier of
Saturday. who won seventeen out of thirty
one games. while the Bostonian scored only
eleven out of t~hirty-two games. In points
Doherty made a total Of III to whitman's
SO, while the Englishman had the advan-
tage in place shots and some less errors.
The match went to the Englishman with
little opposition from whitman. In the
second set Whitman fairly smothered
Doherty by dazzling work at the net, and
this brilliancy led many to forget that his
errors were also numerous. After closing
this set in a fine burst Of play, everyone
seemed to have perfect confidence in the
American.
For a few games In the third set Whit
man fully justified the confidence. But all
this time he was on the run and Doherty
did not miss a single opportunity to give
him a chance at the ball. A dozen times
the Englishman had every chance to
effectively kill balls. but he deliberately
away these chances and sent them
back with little speed, so hat whitman
by hard running could Just reach them. 1t
little to Doherty whether his OPP
ponent returned them or not. Then It was
seen that Whitman was fast becoming
and the end Of the match prac-
tically was in sight. Whitman tried to
rally, but after deuce had been called three
he collapsed. Doherty at once jumped
In and took the set and, after, the match.
Young DOheFty Prefers to Dance.
Up 10 this morning there was much
as to which Of the two Dohertys,
case they both won their way to the
;emi-hnal, would withdraw and leave the
other for the final event. Last night his
orother stated that it would be H. L.
In the finals, But a gay social
ending at daylight, proved more
to the younger Doherty than a
championship, and SO 1t was his
who fought and won for England.
The tournament win end tomorrow with
he challenge match between William A.
of Summit, N. j., and r. F.. Do
lerty. Larned won his title last year by
eason Of his victory In the championship
and the default of Whitman,
tennis champion of 1898. 1893 and 1900.
Summary:
Championship singles, final match: r. F.
beat NJ. d. Whitman, GIL, SO, ga,
o.
The score by strokes was as follows:
70 II nAAA..