The sun., 1908-08-14
WRIGHT AND LITTLE YICYORs
EAsTERNERS WIN FIRST MATCH
FOR NATIONAL DOUBLES.
The southeFners. whitehead ana Winston.
quite Outciassed In Opening Preliminary
Alatch-Contest Goes In Straight sets
Little 10 Good Form rs Is Wright

The BOuthefnerg, Hhteheau ana Winston
quite Outclassed In Opening PrelIminary
hatcf-Contest Goes In Straight ssts
Little 10 Good Form rs Is Wright
Tho Eastern champions. Beals G. wriabl
and Raymond d. Little. very easily defeated
the Southern champions, Hugh @. Whitehead
and James H. winston. yesterday in the frat
round Of the national lawn tennis doubles pre-.
lirninary, played on tho courts OF the Crescent
A. G.. at Bay Ridge. The match went In
straight sets. 90. eTa. e-2 The Southern.
able 10 cope with the sharp playing Of Little.
who was about at his best then. When thu
nervous feeling wore OF Whitehead. at whom
most OF the play was directed by the Eastern
champions, was unable to stand the strain.
Whether by intention or not most OF the shots
OF the Norfolk pair came direct to Little and
he proved himself capable.
Wright played q good game. missing few
chances when he could smash and being
effective on his service. Winston. the taller
OF the Southern players. showed conclusively
that he has IL In him to be O first rate man In
doubles. He was bothered considerably By
the lneffectiveness OF his partner. as well a
by the fact that he could not always get up TO
handle the cross-court shots after his service,
Little was peculiarly effective on these cross.
court strokes.
The match was handled we'll by Leonard
Brooks Of the Crescent A. O. He had rathera
distinguished group Of inesmen. including
A. l.. Hoskins, secretary Of the U. 8. N. l.. TAI
Harold H. Haokett. l.. Harry Waidner Of
Chicago. Alexander Taylor George Wagner
and Harry Martin. and w. A. Campbell Of the
sss Of the m int S aedeHoR MA T.
Alexander. one OF Tbs, national committee on
SSs 6e oI u hs Ri. sor stunt Of
Wlnston's blazer attracted some attention
when the players came on the field. II h
s 'nss He o ha S and S
.es e n s%d
Wright sss EsseFnsrs sssxinS as' ron Gs' ts % wA.
ssas sIncl %sfSs Ss ssfsss s
Iy Winston and place rSsd by It'ls ev. took ,hs
ue e sss sSe' po
The fourth game Tss the rst shst went 70
q % %nst SS whitehead and xiii by Wright
carried bs attS That xo on Inv. game Wright .oor,n,
two q service sS % aces. The sixth game. which
wound u2 ths sss Set was ionS ht The $50. south, =
nsa se' the toasenh % D pon fhs
summary:
East el: Observation-Disclosures. I -
''S,a Ssis al and ouis.wrieht 4 Litte d Ihitshead IL
EsSss sas
i Wi1s!Sn, i DoIni. taul'S-wdsn' l; Winston
'GTs Tss ''s second set Started out With q l..l.
They won the second game. chiefly on errors
soe os 80 Sho
tittles pretty work put the East ahead
psy by helped
the fourth game to 60 to the South That
squared things at al. Little allowed the
9sseTs ss sn svenea Se &
In the sixth This was. deuce game. which.
:, one H pae. e 81 'SGF S ss Ssu
into the net and Winston broaaht oif 4 smssh
great trouble sgSf WITH the team was ths. they
did not bit the bsll hard at the right time and
fire. fin aos sms.hes At the net and pretty plsss
maininS tive o. games the South th, got @ jSst ~ Lone one
BY %inston wound UP the ninth game. The
SECOND SET -.
Ess, Ess,s o.; "'|;;i;.,...,..............aos i; -
TO- sis soS suissn s.ees ana ss f
u; Whitehead. q Winston. T. Doubls faults.
There was small doubt after this set Of the he
likely outcome Of the match. The Easterpeg
sss ssa Because S'f fSeg let " down es e BY RsS
soon ran the score to So and then Wright
served another loveegame In which three
errors by their opponents helped the East
to take set and match. The summary:
THIRD SET.
Ess, East EEssss,,sa,};;i',.,'..,,...,...s1i a,;i };i ~
Nets and outs-wrieht 8; Little. II; Whitehead.
-; Winston. Z. Places and passes-Wnght. 7: Lt
tie, d: Whitehead, o. Winston. g. Double faults
Wright, ]; Little J. Foot fault-Winston.
Wright aud Little meet Emerson and Waid.
ner. the Western team. In the next round this
ct 5 o'clock The winners will qualify TO
challenge Alexander and Hackett for the
national championship at Newport.
GREAT. WEIGHT THRQKING