The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
HACKETT AND ALEXANDER WIN.
Defeat ClothIer and Larned In National
Doubles.

The first match for the lawn tennis doubles
championship of the United States was played
yesterday on the grounds OF the Crescent
A. e.. Bay Ridge. resulting in a very easy
victory for Harold ". Hackett and Frederick
B. Alexander. holders OF the Western title.
They defeated william J Clothier and will
ian A.. Larned. the Eastern champions.
6-S, 80. s-4. The score shows plainly
how easy the progress was for Tia ckett and
Alexander and IL presages an equally easy
victory for them to-day when on the same
courts they are to meet Bryan NJ. Grant and
Nat Thornton. the Southern champions.
national championship. u the blame or
praise can be placed anywhere in particular,
i may be said that Larned's weakness and
Hacketts excellence accounted for the r esuit.
In the match Hackett and Alexander scored
81 points to IS for their rivals, OF the OF
RG.nss mad made y Y on n' passes AND AND places H.essn snd
Alexander 10. including ? points on service.
Larned contributes ~ points. on errors. in
20 mistakes. Larned and Clothier in gain
ing their 50 point, earned 10 OF them,
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II mistakes and Alexander q. to swell the
total OF the rivals. Hacket was the o My
went through the third set without driving
a ball into the net.
Racket started serving and four. success
sive errors by Hackett and Alexander gave
the Eastern champions the game, The West
ern titleholders then earned a deuce game.
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score was tied at ? all. Hackett and Alexander
bringing II up 10 deuce after Clothier had II
well placed stroke between three errors and
won the fifth game. An out by ,Clothier; a
Pse,,y place aSS oS msGSstt c,S a double Co61s driH by
HsCkett made the score in games 80,
Clothier and Larned won and made the
eighth game away from Clothier on the lat
ter's service after he had i 900. smash
ms, won the points needed for the next game
and net. The summary:
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The second set was quicker and more bust
apiece for CIotS Sisa" and Il arae shp gave @'s sSas
the frst game After = long rally ? lucky
second game. The first love game Of the
match followed. taken against Clothier's
service. on four errors by the server. Alex;
ander. serving the fourth game. won the last
point by one of his sharpest twisters. On
Iarned's service he made all. four errors
and last game Of the set I.arned made three
errors and a place by Hackett closed the
set at love Tho summary:
SECOND NET.
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III the third set the very first point showed
a slight anakening on The par, Of the Fast
bv their lPthargic methods. After a rally
in which larned shone Alexander smashed
opening game the score was love 20. Two
outs by Alexander and q skilful place by
I.arn.ed made " deuce The llnesman called
which palpsbly was in. lie neited one di-
rectly after that giving away the game.
tcntb game IN succession won by Hackett and
Ciothirr won his service after a deuce game.
Uarket' made the score , I. A place by
Iarned and three errors nv IIackett and