The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-24
INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS.
TIE DOHERTYS BEAT PROBES
SIGNAL CHAMPIONS.
In Exhibition Games at Nice n. ,. Deherty
Defeats Burke Easiiy-Youngor Brother
Takes Kerr Into Camp In Straight
9ets-Eugcne Higgins Gives Prizes.


Defeats Burke Easiiy-Younsor Brother
Takes Kerr Into Camp In straight
sets-Eugene Higgins Gives Prizes.
Gable reports have just reached this side
Of the Atlantic Of the big exhibition tourna-
ment at Nice. In the south Of France. which
will prove doubly interesting to American
lawn tennis players because the prizes the
men were playing for were given by Eugene
Higgins an American. and because both Of the
Doherty brothers were engaged. as well as the
best professionals In Europe. For several
yeaps there has been q determined efIort on
the other side TO give the profession al players.
most Of them eroundsmen and club instructors
at the big clubs. more chances 70 improve
their play by professional matches for big
money prizes. Two year, ago the first OF
these professional championship tournaments
was held at Paris. and won by Burke. the
professional from Nice. who beat both Kerr
from London and Fleming from Paris. Last
year this tournament was repeated at Nice
In the early spring, and again Burke won
the championship title. beating Fleming
and Hageett. An exhibition match was then
arranged between Burke and r. =. Doherty.
who was playing in an amateur tournament
there. and the amateur beat tho professional
by 90. rs.
Under the liberal patronage Of Mr.. Higgins
the Nice management decided TO hold their
tournament again this year. but the local
management made q grave mistake by an
nouncing that both amateurs and profess
sionals would compete In the same tourna-
ment, the prizes Of some Eve or six thousand
francs being given In cash II the pros won.
and In trophies TO the same value IL the anna
teur players won. Invitations were sent out.
among others, to about q dozen OF the leading
American amateu rs to take Part In this tourna-
ment and to the leading players In Great Bril-
tain and on the Continent. Before even the
American Invitations would reach their des-
tination. the English Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion, with which the Nice L. T. G. was anil
tournament In which amateurs were to COM
pete against professionals. Secretary 4. q.
Morgenstern. himself an old New York .
the conditions according to the. suggestions
made by the L. T. A. ofiici ais. and cablesrams
oGeT Would
In separate sections of the tournamen ts. the
prizes being cash for the pros" and trophies
Under this arrangement the club secured
cans invited could not make the trip, , The
brother. 4. Doherty: defsultSd to the elder
three esk Iss entered IL she were
Kerr and Heirons. a young pro" who has
recently been improving wonderfullly on
and then Kerr beat Hierons. In the last
match, however. Hierons gave Burke very
close night, being beaten only after I'VE close
sets by IS, 40, e-l, "a. "a. This gave
Burke the professional championship Of the
world for a third successive year
Under the conditions OF the tournament.
the winners and runners-up in the amateur
and professional sections had agreed to meet
each other in two special exhibition mat ches.
with no prize, save the honor OF winning,
at stake These two matches were played
on Saturday last in Nice. and r. F Doherty
was opposed to Burke, the champion. and II.
L. Doherty to Kerr. To the surprise OF every
one, the professional was beaten in each
case. and badly beaten at that. r. r. Doherty
beat Burke by ia, 81, 60. 60, while
H. i. Doherty defeated Kerr by e-3. ca,
Us. These matches proved TO the salts
faction OF all who saw the play. II II reported,
that the amateur players were distinctly
Fuller details will come nv mail next week.