The Washington times., 1902-08-15
English Tennis Players
Take Long Island
Championship.
DEFAULTED IN SINGLES
Larned Defeats DR.. PIN in This Con-
test by Three Straight Sets-Exhi-
bition Match Between R. F. Doherty
and Whitman.

SOUTHAMPTON, N y, Aug. 14.-Ine
final in the championship doubles was
played late this afternoon and resulted
in decisive victory for r. F. Doherty
and II. L. Doherty They gained the
honors over Malcolm d. Whitman and
William A. Larned, the pair OF Ameri-
can single champions.
This contest was also won IN thee
straight sets. The score was Ga. Ga. G-3.
A surprise was sprung this morning
when the Doherty brothers decided to
Withdraw from the tournament so far as
he singles were concerned. and R. +.
Doherty defauIted TO William A.
Larned. while the champion of all Eng
land II. l.. Doherty. defaulted to Or.
Joshua PIN. In view of this action the
committee decided to put 7n the match
between -arned. the American, and DR..
Fin. the Briton. at once. and thus de-
eide the holding of the Long Island title
in the singles.
The match resulted in victory for
Larned in straight sets, and he again
won the trophy. The score was g..
"a, 6-3.
Larned took the first point after a
rapid exchange OF volleyed shots. He
also had the service, and by placing his
returns cleverly he won the opening
game Both men began trying for the
position at the net and they scored
evenly until deuce had been called three
times. Larsned finally took the game on
mis- volleyed passes, but in the following
game Dr. PIN passed Larned in thrill
ing style DR.. PIN was very accurate in
working his passes in the fifth game.
and cleanly outpIayed Larned.
Larned's Mistake.
In the following game Larned made
the mistake of sending up lobs that fell
near the net. Dr. PIN got under these
and cross -courted the ball repeatedly
until he had scored a love game Larnei
then made a determined attempt to gain
the net and he camped there, cross
counting and smashing the ball until he
won the set at CO.
DR.. PIN was slow. as he was during
the international matches at the Cres-
cent Athletic Club. When he got down
to action he invariably earned the point,
but he would not exert himself, and the
dash of the American really was re-
sponsible for the winning of the set. The
score:
FIRST SET.
Points Games.
W. A. Larned... .4744204E29 8
Dr. Joshua Pim ) 522442 2-22 ,
Larned got into his game in good style
u x.,r-
before Dr. PIN was successful in MAX
ing his passing strokes count. Then he
coaxed Larned u to the net by making
short returns and banged the ball at
the American with such force that, al
though bis racquet found the ball, he
was unable 10 make fair return.
Held His Own.
Larned was able 10 hold TO his lead by
the spirited work he did at the net. His
court covering was rather poor, and in
this way he allowed many of DR.. Pins
returns to get by him The Englishman
pulled up to 4-5. but although he tried
desperately to bring the games to ) all.
he was beaten again at e. The score:
SECOND SET.
Points. Games
W. Il. Larned.. 1 . 7-S6 6
Dir. PIN. 3 / I 81
In the third set Larned placed from
his base line and was very brilliant.
playing the majority OF the Englishman's
returns for passes. In these he was uni
formly more successful than DR.. PIN,
who was being outplayed at his own
game. Larned scored a service ace
against his opponent in the third game
that was a clever bit of work. Then the
American had a lapse and smashed all
of his returns into the net. with the
result that DR.. PIN evened the score at
three games all.
By hard played rallies Larned earned