Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-18
TENNIS TOURNAMENT BEGINS.
Second Largest Entry List In. Nearly
q Decade.


NEWPORT. r. l.. August Irwin an
entry list numbering seventy-seven players.
the second largest in eight years: with the
English experts. the DOherty brothers.
among those scheduled to play: with courts
in admirable condition. and with almost
perfect weather the twenty-third annual
tournament of the National Lawn Tennis
Association was begun on the Casino courts
today.
The entries included such American play
ers as Kreigh Collins Holcomb Ward, W.
]. Clothier and Beals Wright.
The event which attracted the crowd was
that of the championship doubles between
Ward and Ware of the east and Collins
and Waidner of the west
Play began at IL. in the presence OF an
immense gathering of spectators.
The winners of today's match VIII chai,
lenge the DOhertys. and the match Will
probably come of tomorrow.
Ward and Ware were the favorites before
the doubles began. although followers or
the game from the west would near OF
no suggestion but that Collins and Waidner
were sure winners.
Collins and Waidner beat Ward and Ware
in the first set. 63; points, 1913.
Second set doubles. Collins and Wa1dner
defeated Ward and Ware. Ga; points. 36-S5
Collins and Waidner western champions,
beat Ward and Ware. eastern champions.
6:S. Ga rs.
Through a mistake in connection with
the drawings one entry was drawn twice.
and the name, H. 8. MahOney, the British
player. was omitted. The error was rec
titled. and Mahoney was placed in the top
half. and will meet H. L. Doherty in the
fourth round
The doubles opened rather tamely and
with poor showing by Ward and Ware
The westerners took the first game. 40
The eastern men rallied. however. and took
the next two. The fourth went to the west
nrr,ar fto -
for Collins and Waidner. Ward and Ware
then made it three all for games, but 1t was
their last rally. the western pair taking
the next three without difficulty, and the
set G-3
The points were:
warns Wara an naa w Mrsansr4 90 %;
Gan,es-Collns and waidner. 6; Ward and ware3
The second set also resulted in victory
for the western players but Ward and
Ware made somewhat better showing.
The eastern pair took the first game, 40.
The decisiveneSs of the result put Collins
and Waidner on their mettle. and five
straight games came to them. Then the
fasteners took three. The tenth game
showed little to arouse excitement. and the
westerners took it to 3 winning the set,
6 to t.
The points were:
Collins War,1 al, and WAL Waidner-o 30
There was no love game in the third set.
but five times the losers escaped it by only
one point. Two of the games went to
deuce, but the effort told on the eastern
players They had been playing strongly
for six games.
They summoned their resources for the
seventh. but lost, 10. The eighth brought
the climax. and both pairs. well as they
had done before. surpassed their previous
showing. The westerners were the victors.
81. After that play dragged. and while
Ward and Ware rallied in the TENTH bring
ing the game to deuce. Collins and Waidner
took the eleventh and twelfth winning the
set 10
The points were:
Collins and Waidner. 2 5 2 o Ar
Ward and Ware. A 3 9 Z 40
Gnmes-Collins and Wafdner Z; Ward and Ware, s.
Summaries Championship tennis doubles
Collins and Waidner (weStern) beat Ward
and Ware (eastern). 6-3,6-47-5
National singles. first round-H w. ST.
ness beat E. K. Leach by default Dean
Miller beat r. T. Renshaw. 60, 81 7-5 N
Melland beat H. A. Burlingame 60, 60
Go; E. p. Larned beat G. Clarke, 6-1. 81.
6-3
Second round-J. c. Paret beat s. p Rem
shaw. Ga. 81. go; ]. G. Willis beat ]. r.
LivermOre. Go. GA, o.; W. J. Clothier beat
B. c. Wright. As "a. 81: r. c. Seaver beat
w B. Connor. GO. G-1, 6-3; G. Beals beat T.
Horton. 6-3, Ga. Ga; A. Goldman beat D. F.
Appleton. second, rs. 60. 6-3; s. L. Smith
beat ]. c. Nelly by default.