Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
ENGLISH TENNIS NEWS
OF PASSING INTEREST

emit styles could come together SO closely at
/ the finish. The match was eventually won
by the Victorian champion, Brookes, by
three sets to two. although he was In q
scoring twenty-five games to his twenty
one. The second and final sets were the
best contested Of the five, the remaining
three all being won by six games to one:
put. nevertheless, they were also well con-
tested First of all, one player and then
the other seemed to DO better, and victory
hung In the balance untis the last stroke
was played. With four games to two and
four to three in his favor Mr. Smith
looked like having winning chance. The
eighth game proved tie crucial one of the
match, as with win (and twice over Smith
was within point of securing IT. the score
would have been five games to three In his
favor; but as 1t turned out Brookes eventu-
ally TOOK 1t by seven aces to five and the
score became four all. As previously men
toned, the styles of the two players were
very different, Smith playing principally
from the back of the court, while Brookes
was here and there and everywhere at one
time, dropping return just over the net or
Volleytng 1t right across the court. His
service, too, Is quite the best Of any of the
foreign element. Brookes seems to place it
fairly well where he likes, and 1t is not APP
parent to his opponent as to which way the
twist has been applied. He certainly is
very fine exponent of the game. and this is
the first game that he has played In public
over here In which he has been fairly
stretched.
OF the challenge round for the double
championship the Field says: ''Messrs.
Doherty went into court to defend their
title to the doubles championship, their op-
ponents being those well-known players,
Messrs. Smith and Rseley, who had come
through the doubles. The Messrs. Doherty
fairly easily secured the opening set, their
opponents getting only a couple of games
the fourth and fifth. In the second set
Smith and Riseley did better, as the score
was called four games in all, but the next
two in succession fell to the Messrs Do
herty, who thus won the set by six games
to four. Smith and Riseley made great
effort In the third set and had the score
called four games to one and five to three
In their favor but the holders then took the
next three games In succession and so Sc
cured the first advantage game. the last
two both being love games The twelfth
cured by Smith and Riseley. and they fol-
lowed this up by also taking the next two
games, thus winning the set by eight games
to six. One. two and three games all was
called In the fourth set, and then the
Messrs. Doherty secured the next three and
so won the set and match. Riseley was not
seen at his best, but Smith played extreme
ly well. The brothers Doherty have GER
tainly played better
The ladies' and gentlemens doubles was
carried on by A. w. Gore and Miss Wilson
from Wilding and Miss Thomson. after a
very well contested two-set match, the
scores being eight games to six and six to
four. Gore, who has only the last two
years taken part in mixed doubles played
extremely we'll and was we'll backed up by
his partner.