Bridgeton pioneer., 1907-08-15
THE SPORTING WORLD
Some Details About National Ten
mis- Championships.
DOUBLES PLAY VERY POPULAR
Bernie Wefers, Well Known Trainer
and Sprinter, Says His Pupil. r.
clouehran, Should Soon Lower
Worlds Record In 100 Yard Dash.

The officials controlling the holding
pf the national lawn tennis champion
ship tourney at Newport, r. l., open
ing about Aug. 20, have arranged GER
tain details relating thereto, different
from the custom in the past.
For instance, the men who meet
Beals c. Wright and Holcombe Ward
for the national title in doubles will
not be the victors in a contest merely
between the eastern and western dou-
bles champions. Instead, the play in
doubles preliminary to the actual ma
tional championship contests was di-
rected to be cut up into three Sec
tons. fr- so--
Play in these three sections was de-
cided to be held at Atlanta, Ca; Chi
cago and Longwood, Mass. Then it
was directed that the winners in these
series be ready to play at the Crescent
A. G. courts. Bay Ridge, N. Y, Aug.
16 and II.
The winners at Bay Ridge meet
Wright and Ward.
The winner of the all comers' tour
ney in singles at Newport meets W.
j. Clothier of Philadelphia for the ma
tional singles title in the challenge
round.
A special contest between Miss May
Sutton champion woman tennis player
of Great Britain, and Miss Sears, the
American champion, is planned for the
tristate tournament which opens in
Cincinnati the last of August
Nothing definite has yet been heard
from Miss Sutton, but the officials of
the tournament have the matter before
then and are hopeful of securing the
contest, for which valuable prize will
be offered.
Interest in the playing of the lawn
tennis doubles has been considerably
heightened by the splendid perform
ances of Beals G. Wright and Karl H.
Behr in the international matches in
England. Their turning of the tables
on Norman E. Brookes and Anthony
F. Wilding, the Australasians and re-
cent winners of the English champion
ship, provided ample proof that the
Americans were better equipped for
this branch of the game than for sin
giles.
From the standpoint of the spectator
the doubles yield more exciting mo-
ments and more spectacular racket
work than do the singles, although the
doubles are relatively regarded as but
makeshirt compared with the singles
game. With the generally improved
conditions in lawn tennis the doubles
have come in rather tardily for their
share of the better influences One
reason for this has been that it was
difficult for pairs to hang together for
a long enough period to show what
they could do under continued associa-
ton. Dwight f. Davis and Holcombe
Ward, however, held together for sew
eral years and by so doing won the
valuable twin cups presented by
Colonel John Jacob Astor
"1f there is any athlete in training
at the present time who will esta blish
neN worlds mark in the 100 yard
dash this year it is r. Cloughan," said
Bernie Wefers, the noted sprinter and
trainer of the Irish-American Athletic
club, New York. Cloughan, who has
recently been graduated from Ford
ham college, has shown great speed
this season while representing the
IrishAmerican Athletic club.
He finished second in the 100 yard
dash in the junior American Athletic
union championship and won the 22O
yard race. In the former he did not
run his best and allowed w. J. Keat-
ing, clubmate, to beat him home by
less than a yard.
Cloughan is a youngster only nine
teen years old: He is big fellow
and has the form of great runner.
He is of ideal build, deep chested and
has long legs. Wefers predicts that
before the year has ended his charge
will have hung up record of 2-5
for the 100 yard dash.