The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-27
HERBERT D. SHIVERS,
9l3 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
NATIONAL RACQUETS DOUBLES
OPENING PLAY IN COIRT OF THE
NEW YORK CLUBnEN.
Champion Taught on and Shaw Win a Match
in Good Style-Hewitt and StackpOle
Fail to Get q Game-TwO Pairs be-
faultipg Reduces Preliminary Round.

A "double fault" opened the national
doubles at rac0uets Yesterday at the New
York Racquet and Tennis Club. as Mackay
and Clark and Hare and Spencer had walk
overs. The one match was between the pres
ent and the former amateur champions at
the game. the Boston pair. Percy D., Haugh-
ton and Quincy A. Shaw, DR.. who opposed
Erskine Hewitt and W. Stackpole Of the
New York club, The match was the best of
seven games. The Bostonians won by 4 TO o,
the last game at lis after il had been Gil
and again 5-IS.
New York has not won as yet N the
national doubles. which has a short history
in Compa rison with the singles. Boston has
won twice running, last year with n. u. Scott
and G.. r. Fearing and in 1904 with Quincy 4.
Straw. lr, and Fearing, &. n Brooke and
Il. h. Cassatt of Philadelphia won in 1903. As
Shaw plays left handed he takes from the
left. or backhand. wall AS easily a. right hand
players do from the fronthand wall. a factor
that helped the strength of the HauEhton-
Shaw combination. IIaughton. who surprised
the racquet world by his clever win in tho
amateur championship last month at Boston.
displa yed GOODNESS and resource. although
he did not seem as quick on his feet as the
others. due probably 10 lack OF experience in
fast four handed company.
Although sixty-hve OF the los aces scored
were made from the service the rallies came
Offer enough to keep OF monotony and some
of them were not only long bat froliCsome
in the diversity of strokes and tactics. Shaw
accounted for forty aces, twenty-eight hy
service, Haughton for twenty-five. a dozen
OF them by service. and Hewitt made twenty
four. also with a dozen from the creases,
while n end this skeletonized analysis stack
pole gains credit for nineteen aces and thirteen
telling services.
Going in to serve. the Hewitt and STACK
pole pair lost the hand for a zero, but Shaw
and Haughton each bagged a brace. Stack
pole blanked. but Hewitt made II - in the
next hand. going out on Haughton's place.
The latter cancelled this by putting out Shaw
on a return to the t~elltale. but then rolled up
miss. Through Stackpole's efforts the New
Workers got TO t-s. the two aces being gained
after good rallies, hut the third hand ended
- against them Shaw made the run.
getting s by service, the last on a fault that
Hewitt tried for and anoSher ace hY HeTitt,s
missed on the game, ball. SHAW blanked
S t, ( HsMi BY g. 4 e9e sd dr 0ge II bo t6e l% sba G"r w"n
out by service for l5-5.
The New Workers led by TO- on the second
hand Of the second game, Stackpole getting
on IIauRhton's place. shaw on u service
made 1t $40, Haughton's miss retiring him,
but TO atone the charOion ran = and got the
third hand on service. when shaw ran out
al l5-ll. Tho third game stood ~ for the
bOblOUlHn us I've WV III WV VI wv lIl'f
aces accounted for nv Haughton being on
Stackpole's, return ont OF court, Neither
pair scored aim in NJ, the ,o third 1 herd kos Harsh" an ,6 o.
won on the sixth hand by 1912.
Shaw got 3 10 open the fourth game, bur
close the hand. Stackpole got an ac" nv
opponents miss 10 starr with, and Hewitt
ran up 10, ak BY seryic" ard three Of HEN
tally liza. They Increased the lead 10 100
in The, second hand Hewitt,s tX on ihS
' kam The FOR foreRand front corner Q By SissckpoIe's
drop being taken on a hslf volley by Haugh-
ton and killed by a s'ill more gentle drop,
plauee from the gallery. Four by Shaw aud
) by ~Haughton made II u all for a SCI at.l7.
serving, when SHAW blanked himself by a
return 10 the board. and HaughtOn finished
the game and match. l7-l5. The score and
summary:
yIRsT oAME.
Hsughtcn and shaw .......,. ....... is
ana dG s'.s X sifvi !, P HsSSa'oPh aug H@1% ana d; Sh HS%' !"
Hewitt, and I'D S SS. poe levin vi o sn9 miss
SECOND oAME.
H.HFh' end AID S1s SgaT, ~
Aces b service -HsnSnion 2nl Shsw Y, Hewitt
3: Hewitt and Stackpole. I.
THIRD
Haughton and Shaw .....,...4 800 IS
Aces by service Haughton and Shaw. n. Hewitt
and Stackpole, 9, Placing -HAugh;on and Shaw. g.
Hewitt and StAckpole, :. Opponents miss
Haughton and Shaw, 3 Hewitt and Stsckpolr. !.
FOURTH ukMP.
HauEhton and Shaw ...........-.3 , n 81
Hewitt and Stackpole .......... II 2 \ IS
Aces by service -Haughton and Shaw. :; Hewitt
and Stackpolc, o. Placing Haughton and Snaw,
I: Hewitt and StAckpolc. I, Opponents miss
Haughton and shaw 81 Hewitt and StAckpOls, 3
Referee, NJ. 9. Patton, Marker. David GArdncr
National Doubles -P%tclininary Round c u,
Mackay and q c. Clark. IT.. city, hes' ]. ?. Gregg
and partner, Philadelphia. by default TnIron r
Hare and Willing Spencer. Fhila dclphla, beat VI. s.
Patton and partner, city, BY default P.,D, Haurhton