The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-09
DOHERTY BROTHERS
TAKE DAVIS TENNIS
TROPHY TO ENGLAND
Britishers Win Both Matches
In Singles With Larned and
Wrenn and Score Four of
the Five Points---Americans
Play Fast, but in Hard Luck.

| BOSTON. Mass. Aug. S.-The inter-
national tennis trophy presented three
! years ago by Dwight F. Davis, Of this
country, goes to England through the
united efforts Of r. F. and r. l.. Do
herty, who clinched their hold on the
| trophy by winning both matches in
| singles today and scoring in the entire
/ contest four out of the total of five
| points 4
Each of the two contests today went
a full five sets. r. L. Doherty, the
British champion, defeating William
A. Larned, the American champion,
| 6-3. 6-8, 60, 2-6, rs, while his broth
er disposed Of r. D. Wrenn, former
American champion, by a score of GA.
S-6. 6-3. 6-S. GA.
Both matches were played on adj
| joining courts and the 5000 tennis en-.
| thusiasts who surrounded the en-
closure probably saw the finest exhi-,
bition of tennis in the history of the
game.
| From the very start the excitement
was intense, and after each match had
| been squared at the end of four sets.
every one was fairly on tiptoe, until
| II. L. Doherty won the long deuce set,
his match, and the necessary three
points tosobtain possession Of the cup.
Still the crowd fingered to see the
American favorite, r. D. Wrenn, finish
| his contest with the elder of the broth
ers. At one time it looked as if the
former might possibly pull out win,
| but Doherty's brilliancy proved too
much for Wrenn's resources. H. l..
| Doherty's marvellous ability to cover
court undoubtedly won him the match
with Larned, although to the minds of
| many, an unfortunate decision at a
! critical stage in the last set was the
| cuse of the latter's failure. -
With the games four in this last
set and Larned within one point of the
| ninth game, there came a question on
Doherty's second service. The lines
| man failed to call. and Larned. think.
| ing it a double, started to change
| courts in the belief that the game was
| his. The referee decided that the point
must be played over again. This took
| the snap out of Larned's game at once,
| and after that Doherty had little diff
| Guilty in winning.
Larned Starts Bad.
This H. L. Doherty-Larned match
! was looked on as the feature of the.
day and many clustered about this
! court. The ease with which Doherty
won the first set was very discourage
| ing to the spectators, especially as.
| Wrenn up the game of his life on the
| Wrenn was putting up the game of his
| life On the adjoining court against r.
/ F. Doherty. Lorned seemed wild and
| his errors were frequent, while on the.
other hand Doherty played very care-s
| fully, although he relied most entirely
On his opponents mistakes. Score In
the first set by points:
| H. L. Donerty. .......142 IA 454-29-6
Larned .-..............424 422 131-33-3
The foreigner again started out like
winner in the second set, and through
/ I9rDad'S continued 1nSfpa6jnASS do he
| score to /. Then the American began
| running to the net and his rally in the
! sixth seventh. eighth and ninth games
created almost furore. The set finally
| reached deuce and four games were nee
| essary before Larned pulled it out and
! eyened the match. Score in the second
set:
| Larned -. .106 S24 444 24s 44-45-8.
| The spectators had another fright in.
! the third set, which Doherty won with
such apparent ease that it looked as if
| the match might be settled in one more
set. Larned's errors throughout were
! most glaring and his drives out of court
were Sometimes yards outside the lines.
| Larned failed to get game and scored
| only a few points. The score In the third
| set was as follows:
| H. l.. Doherty 444 564-27-6
Larned U0I S42-lu-U
After the usual rest Larned came out.
and started in with renewed vigor, and
| the ease with which he won the fourth
1 set revived the nope tIldL ne Inl5HL event.
| ually pull out the match. Nearly all the
| points in this set were made through
| daring place shots down the side lines and
| across the courts. In short the whole play
was thrilling throughout. The points III
| the fourth set We're:
| H L. Doherty DOB al 22-l5-2
| Larned .............- .443 Ala 44-2S-6
The last set was naturally the most ex-
citing of the match and the crowd went
! wild with excitement when Larned, in the
eighth game. made the score four
/ Then came the unfortunate decision upon
| Doherty's service, and after that Larned
| seemed to have but little life, although
| he managed to bring the set to deuce.
| Doherty, however, won the next two
| and he was cheered vociferously by the
| crowd as he walked out OF the court The
| points in the last set were as follows
H. L. Doherty. ..44s 254 165 254-45-7
Wrenn Fights Hard.
| In the meantime the crowd on the
| otner side of the Enclosure were getting
| between R. F. Doherty and R. d. Wrenn.
| This match was more holly fought than
| the one in the adjoining court, many OF
| the games reaching deuce and the rallies
/ being long and brilliant. Both players
| were extremely careful and their re-
| sourcefulness made the match particular
1 w interesting. Wrenn found that Donerty
I could handle his high lobs with mastery
| Skill while the Englishman was surpris-
ed at the way in which Wrenn covered
| his court.
| After the match had been made two
sets to one in favor of Doherty, Wrenn
4 pulled out the fourth SET although it took
! fourteen games toidecide it. The players
| were in. the middle of the fifth set when
/ the fate of the cup was decided on the
adjoining court. but the American did not
let up on his game in the slightest par
| ticular and in the last game of the last
deuce was called eight times before Do
1 the necessary TWO points and
4 the match.
| In the three days covering the contest
/ for the cup the Americans scored only one
l point and that was on a default by R. F.
l Dohertv. occasioned by his accident. The
| cup will be placed in custody of the Eng
| fish Lawn Tennis association, and it is
| quite probable that an American team
| will go to England next year and make
/ every effort to regain it.