The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04

champion now. won twice and lost once.
Raymond D. Little, captain of the 1903
team. won once and lost three times. Beals
C.. Wright won three times and lost once.
Karl II. Behr and Robert D. Wrenn both
lost two matches.
In doubles Holcombe Ward played four
times on winning teams He and Davis
won once, Ward n Wright won twice and
Ward and Little won once. Behr and
Wright won once. The Wrenns, r. d.
and q. L.. Jr., lost the only international
match they played.
After Dwight Davis offered the trophy
the British sent over in 1900 a team made
up of A. W. Gore. E. d. Black and H. Roper
Barrett. II is curious to note that Gore
and Roper Barrett were the defending Eng
lish team this year. Americas players
were Malcolm D. Whitman the unbeaten;
Holcombs Ward and the donor, Dwight F.
Davis. Whitman beat Gore and Davis
defeated Black he opening day at Long
wood. and on the day following Gore and
Black succumbed TO Ward and Davis, then
the American champions. tn matches
on the third day were started, but rain
stopped them after Davis and Gore had
played a while. The E~nglishmen let the
two remaining go by because they were
already beaten and had to take steamer for
home.
The year following a challenge was
made by the British, but at the last moment
notice was sent that a team could not be
made up. However. the year follow ing.
1902, the English sent across again after
the trophy. DIR. j. Pin and the Dohertys
were the challengers. The play was started
nald Doherty by two sets and Whitman
had the same lead over DR.. Pin when rain
came on. The play was stopped. The
next day the same pairs went at it, and to
the surprise OF all Reginald Doherty pro-
ceeded to take three sets and beat Larned.
PIN won a set from Whitman, but the latter
was not 50 easily TO be daunted and re-
sponded by defeating the British cham
pion OF 1893 and 1894 a love set. The other
singles were payed OF the same day and
the cup was won again then and there.
Larped defeated PIN and Whitman de-
doubles were played ard the Dohertys
gave an exhibition of their quality by de-
feating Ward and Davis. the American
champions. II was the same year that the
English pair won our championship in
doubles.
The fatal lawn tennis year for the United
States was 1909. At Longwood the English
renewed the struggle for the bowl. Hugh
Doherty played and won a straight set
match with Robert d. Wrenn. Fate seemed
To De KIND 70 AIneIlCd, DeCdN5c ~. Z bO-
herty strained his shoulder at Nahant
playing doubles five days before the in
ternationals and had to default 10 W. A:
Larned. The English we're TO have played
doubles the next day. The late Harold s.
Mahony, the former English champion,
was the other player brought along, and the
Englishmen did not think well of his doubles
play. They got permission to delay the
nomination Of their doubles players until the
moment Of entering the court. Fate really
was on their side, because a two days rain
gave Doherty's shoulder a chance and he
was all right when at length the double
went on again.
A good Ave. set match between the Do
hertys and Wrenns resulted In a victory
for the Englishmsn. Then followed ar
unfortunate incident in the ~internationa
play. Hugh Doherty played Larned in
singles. With the SCORE two sets apiece ano
the games four all in the fifth set Doherty
vas serving with the score $40 against
him. A ball boy got in the way Of the lines,
| man after tho next service M q ball played
back by LArned was called out. Those
about the courts were sure that IL was in
Eventually the whole game was replayec
| and Doherty won it. Larned won the mex
| game on his own service. but was beater