The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-16
AMERICA WINS THE DOUBLEs.
behr and Wright Defeat the Austra.as.ans
In second Days Play NJ Wimbledon.

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LONDON. July I5.-America put a tempo.
rury check to the progress OF Australasia II
the preliminaries for the Dwight r. DaVi,
International lawn tennis trophy to-day
Kari II. Behr and Beals &. Wright as a double
team played "A great hVe set match agains
the Antipodesns. Norman Il. Brookes sno
Anthony +. Wilding. who only a few de:
ago won the all England championship ia
doubles. inasmuCh as on that occasib ~
Brookes and Wilding defeated the Americans
IN the final round in straight sets. II was con
sidered almost impossible that the Austral-
asians could be defeated to-day. but they
were. SO, t2-iO. 90. 90. 90,
The victory gives America a half way
chance now for the honors. In the first
days play on Saturday the Australasians
won both singles matches. Had they Won
to-day the competition would rave been
over, because three OFT of the five matches
would have been settled and Australasia
would have had a clear road TO the finals
against Great Britain.
When the pairs took the courts al Wimble-
don to-day the tennis contingent ex pected a
repetition of the championship final earlier
on the same courts. That idea was greatly
strengthened when the Australasians took
the first set at q B. III service OF Brookes
was very sharp and bothered the Americans.
used. though they are 10 the twist. Behr
was In much better form than ON the occasion
Of the doubles championship final. Then he
was ln such erra'lc mood that he caused the
loss OF many points.
His tennis was e er so much steadier in
the second set. and for the first time since
the Americans came here IL may be said that
they we're playing In true form. They showed
then that they were just the least bit better
nm t S5eSt ssa and ,bs w sldans s an, a. after q hard ID
was real championship tennis. the kind that
an international contest ought TO produce.
unusual in 3 such ' matches. The a. Austria 4S
laslans remained always the steadier, which
is a main characteristic Of their play. Behr
is brilliant in the extreme when he gets OF
a hard short OF fast drive, hut his play is
uneven in quality; An occasional lapse
throughout the third set was enough TO give
deciding points 20 the colonials, and the score
was "a in their favor.
That was the beginning of the end, because
great guns. Wright stayed back and lobbed
everything, Behr came to the net and made
good with his fine smashes down through the
pickups from under the barrier. IL was a
match In which the An-England champions
never we're in the hunt. They got Just four
the running, as far as the doubles are con-
cerned as the result Of fine and clean cut
tennis Of the best type. The scores we're
to. SSs 81 said DE af e%t the ma 1SiiG"i aTh ieSNW1H rs re
only hope was in singles. They had no repu-
tation AT all in the doubles. Now il seems
that we were Just wrong.
The third and last day of play in the pre-
hminary tie will he tomorrow at Wimbledon,
Behr has to meet the champion, Brookes.
Wright PLAYS " ilding. In the recent singles
championship Wright WAS put out in the first
round by Nilding and later in the tournament
Brookes defeated Behr. In the first days
international play the American players took
on the Australasians in singles. Brookes
beat Wright easily, but Behr played a hve
set match with Wilding before he was de-
feated. If Behr had won that match Amer
ica's chances would be brighter.
America, l.. The match to-day IL summa-
rized as follows: Beals e, Wright and Kari
H. Behr. America. defeated Norman y.
Brookes and Anthony T. Wtlding. Austria
lasia, "a. i2-lO, "a. 8-2. "a.