New-York tribune., 1908-04-10
MILES BEATS WHITNEY
WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS.
English Erpert VIII Meet Gould
for Court Tennis Title.

PLAYING in oldtirre form Eustace H. Miles. OF
London England. worked his way 70 the chaIienge
round of the national court tennis chairplohsilip
tournament at the New York Racquet and Iennis
C'Iub Yesterday He defeated Payne whitney OF
the home club In straight, sets, BY score OF -
50 81 and as a result will meet Jay Gould for
the title tomorrow afternoon MI. 6oulu lete :
Yesterdays match. while Harry r NhiuheS Jus
tho service and Walter KinseIla did the marking
Nrt,as ,-as ALWAYS master Of the situation except
nossiblv for portion Of the first set The visi'oF
handled the ball Wit an ease anu to'ee '"a'
pofned the admiration of the spectators and as te
match progressed the feeling grew tha' lhe Ete
psbn,an would force Could TO his best to hold MS
title.
whitney pIaved with force ard determination
and. in the opinion OF some, might nave won 147
first set had he been favored with any lucN- li'I'
found the grille opening frequently ana al opPoi
tune times. while many of Whitney ~ -
by the narrovest of margins Al No'ieSA" MS '
Yorker more than held his own
After Miles had won the first game w h't'ie'
proceeded TO even matters, and lost no time III run
ming the count 10 10. Here Niles sdiueN ~
noints but Whitney won the game point by get
ting a ball 10 the dedaus. Whitney also won '0
ar+b game IN which he woa the first TWO Polh1s'
only to have the Briton get the score up 10 ue"o1
The count alteruated then from deuce to vantage
several times before Whitney scored the oeO'Si'7
point with another ball 10 the dedans
whitney then Won his third and last game 0.
the set against the seemingly Impossible oads oL
love forty. Two points We're gained IN rstIteS a'N
he made it deuce by finding the sTIi'e oPeriI's
Miles then drove the ball out Of court which mace
it vantage for the New Yorker, VINO scVi1u ''0
game point after hard rally.
In to that point the match had been productive
of the fastest kind of tennis. and tie Brton had
experienced considerable dtfnculty IN hdIiu'ins
Uhitnev's cut strokes. Miles. however. would not
be deried and the next three games were Ms 'i
though Whitney worked hard
The only game of the second set tlat SaNoIec dt
all OF excitement was the first when the scoi7
twice went to deuce and "antage. IN the IaSt SCI
several games were close but the only one WHIT
- succeeded in winning was the fourth. IN all,
Miles found the grille opening eight times and the
dedans five times. while Whitney got the Dan
twice to The grille and the same number OF times
TO the dedaus. The summary follows;
FIRST SET
Nile. .,......::...d is
SECOND SET.
Niles 5-S
THIRD SET.
Miles ...,.,.,,....................dd IL
Fefsrse-1ay Could judge Of faults. Harry P. Whit
ney, marker, Walter kinseiIa'
Gould practsed for time in the morning win
F,rank FORESTER. the lakewood professional but
- a+ra,D,rr at scoring was made. The various
strokes were tried and the general impression was
that the champion had never been in better form
An exhibition match of Importance Is on the pro-
erarnuled to-day. Peter Latham, the worlds pro-
fessonaI champion, who came to this country WIFI
Miles will meet George Standing. the home pro
The latter viii receive odds Of 10. while Latham Is
to take a bsque in eadh set
The betting on the GoUd-AIiIes match tomorrow
is at even money, and brilliant contest is looked