The sun., 1907-08-12
NATIONAL DOUBLES TINS WEEK.
Eastern. western and Southern ChampiOni
Meet &C the Creecent A. &.

| hastcrns Weetorm ana southern champions
dcct &c the Crescent AZ.
AZ the Crescent A. G. grounds next Friday
and Saturday the national Ia wn tennis doubles
| will be played. On Friday william J. Clothler
the national singles champion. partnered
with william A. LArned. will meet Harold n.
| Hackett and Frederick d. Alexander Clbthier
| and Larnsd are the Eastern champions.
Hsckstt and Alexander the Western cham
pions. slthough all four men are residents
Of this section, On Saturday tho winners
will meet Bryan NJ. Grant and Nat Thornton.
| the Southern champions. lnasmuch as Deals
| G. Wright and Holcombe Ward have with
drawn from the doubles championship at
Newport. OF which they have been the holders
for three years, the winners Of the match on
Saturday will be champions Of the Unised
Staest for 1907.
Grant and Westfaii at Longwood on Satur-
day apparently was due TO the Tact that
Clothier was In form. When he Is not pla ying
Is almost worthless. Grant and Wcstfall
are much younger players and have not had
team. tea pfh Thsr s"os WorS on : Saturday. however
showed that they have In them something Of
What Qualities players for chsmpionshhips; %. ;
right along by their friends, and II is great
satisfaction right now that they should have
final round Of classy tournament such as
Il is sonsiSsrsd likely that Hacks.s and
they have been after for two or three sea,
sohs They won at Longwood in 1905 and
ON Sosh by wsrd and %St
is bard to say. but Il seems rational to expect
Southern champions hardly can impede
their progress to the championship OF the
The. only occasion upon which, Hackett.
and Alexander met Clothier and Larncd
this year was at the seabsisht tournament.
rs. Last etess year -HS ciothisr and Larned won,
al. t-o. rs. ia. 81. from Hackstt and
ASSs State. % sSs anes' oSnS Of Sss sss
The champicnship courts At the Crescent
cup players were at Bay Ridge at the end OF
June. They have been rolled and cared for
every day since and should be in prime form
when Ward Withdrew from lawn tenni,
:nS %es oGS ' and s would 4
went West TO leave clear neld.. That plan
P0s$ .nS ssr hs TSsD latter .s
TSs.s mem mem " we're % plsyns scsstSsr many % s SEES
Ths sssy. Of the LonTwood snsles was .
DECIDED disap9ojntpent,. After Clarence
e SsS
feel offended ct that dedson and II raises
the question - to why q man plays all the
intend to enter the challenge round. lie Roy
would have played against 1srned II he had
to mest Larped it would have been more
graceful TO default before the nnel round.
so that there would have boon challenge.
Iarnsd's victory was his nth consecutive
triumph and the ninth in tho seventeen years
The he .. 3. y. Z. T. A. should take action In
mattere like this. some players beheye.
fsulted after he had two sets. 80. -. on
the mems doubles at Orange this year were
defaultsd TO- Httle and Hackett. tho chal-
plalned reason. These defaults are the bust-
moss. strictly speaking. Of no one but the
defaulteIs. but they operate unfairly 70 the
competition.
IL is suggested that n lawn tennis players,
Hike golfers. had to play through. there would
be no opportunity for such thngs.