The sun., 1903-08-05
EVEN BREAK In LAWN TENNIS.
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS EACH
TAKE A MATCH AT LONGWOOD.
II. II. DOherty Defaults to Larned Because
OF a Strained ShOuHder-M. L.. Doherty
Defeats Wrepn I'm straight Sets-EnB-
llshman's Mlshap May Cripple Team.

BosroN, Aug 4The first day OF the inter-
national competition at Longwood Tor the
Davis lawn tennis trophy resulted in VIC
tory for each team The American victory
was brought about by the default OF X. #.
Doherty, the unbeaten champion OF Great
Britain. to William A. Larned. the American
champion The Englishmen gained their
win by the superiority OF IA. l.. Doherty over
r. d. Wrenn in the first match Of the series.
Doherty won in straight sets by the scores
of 80. 90 and 6-4 The defeat of the
American player was decisive one ana
Doherty did not have to extend himself
20 bring about the result He was Wrenn' s
superior at all times, and from the start OF the
match played as If he was confident OF the
result.
The elder Doherty gave up his match with
Larned because of strained right shoulder.
Just before the time set for the matches to
be gin il became noised about the clubhouse
that Doherty would not play and that Harold
s. Mahoney would be substituted for him in
the match with the American champion.
Stories were rife that Doherty had fallen on
the court Awhile at practice yesterday and
wrenched his playing shoulder severely, but
loter IL was learned that during the final set
of the doubles match with the Wrenn brothers
at Nahant on Saturday he had strained the
shoulder. Since Saturday Mr., Doherty has
been under the careful treatment of II local
physician. and while he could have played
this afternoon il was thought best to give the
shoulder another day Of perfect rest
Yesterday afternoon Doherty played a
few minutes against his brother and Mr..
Mahoney He returned the balls gently
and not once during the practice did he use
an overland stroke. for fear OF infticting
further damage to the ligaments Although
one had a suspicion that the Englishman
was in anything but perfect condition and
the IN by Pr pTss
ciation, just before play began in the Doherty-
Wrenn match that X. f. Doherty had de-
faulted to Larned on account OF illness. was
a disappointment to the spectators.
For some time prior to the time set Tor
the play to begin a conference of the English
team and the officials OF the ASSOCIATION
visitors desired to substitute II. 5. Mahoney
to-day for the elder Doherty, but when they
found by tho rules governing the contest
that Mahoney would have to continue in the
singles of Thursday instead Of his principal,
it was decided to default. victory for
Larned was conceded by every one had
match, so that the default of Doherty did
not initiate against the challenging team,
Manager Collins of the English NJ team 4noSdd said
given to Mr. Doherty's injured shoulder and
we shall not decide until the very last mo-
ment before o clock o.night i he will repre-
sent Great Britain in the doubles match to-
morrow. 1t would weaken the doubles team
TO substitute Mr. Mahoney for r. +; Doherty.
but at the same time, if the latter plays in the
doubles, he runs Q risk OF damaglng his
shoulder so much that II will be useless in
the singles match on Thursday. What
course we shall pursue will be settled upon
this evening"
This evening the announcement was made
that R. F. Doherty would, play in the doubles
made, that if his, condition was such that 1t
would be impossible for him to do so the an
nouncement would be made at 10 O'CLOCK
in the. morning that MIR. Mahoney would
take his place.
Rain fen during the entire match between pet zen
r. D. Wrenn and Il, IL J." R1herty; .,s onff ne hs
game who watched the contest from beneath
umbrellas and the chairs that surrounded
the two remaining sides Of the courts were
practically all occupied. The. rain was not
heavy enough TO seriously interfere with
the play. The ball was not as lively as it
would have been had the courts been dry,
but the two players did not seem TO mind
Doherty, won the first set so easily that
the onlooksrs were, shocked. In only ono
player have a show to win, When the game
had gone to deuce Wre1n gained vantage
S pre played ball b PoheTy maaf
and took the game and set on, wrenn's out.
DOherty play IN tne set was almost perfect
Most of his points were gained on his OPP
ponent's mist axes. Wrenn made six outs,
eight drives into the net and had two double
faults Doherty scored ton points on plac-
ing. Wrenn placed three times successfully.
gained four points on his opponents net
drives and one on an out.
In the second set Wrenn improved con-
siderably The first rush was over and he
steadied down after Doherty won two
games in succession. taking the third. f1fth
and seventh games. In this set Doherty's
superb placing gained fifteen points for
him. Eight points were made on Wrenn e
outs. six on his hits to net and one on double
fault. The American placed six shots sue
cessfully. gained nine points on his oppon-
ent q net balls and six on his outs.
The third set was an interesting one. for
Wrrnn took a great brace after the En- glish-
man was well along toward victory and cap
tured the eighth and ninth games Then.
with the score 5-4 In his favor. Doherty
put on steam and captured the last and de-
Gliding game without great difficulty. His
placing in this set was the feature and Wrenn
showed excellent Judgment and skill Mt the
same work Doherty scored eighteen points
on his places. while Wrenn had only three
less TO his credit. Both men drove into
the net nine times, but Wrenns outs ex-
ceeded Dohertys by one, the latter making
seven
The, doubles match tomorrow will begin
at 3 o'clock,