New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
FIGHT AT RACQUETS
FINCKE AND WATER
BURY YIN TITLE.
Whitney and Bnger Beaten
after Hard Fought Match
Ia Doubles.

Lawrence waterbury and Reginald r.
Fincke won the national doubles champion
ship tournament at racuuets from Payne
Whitney and Milton S. Barger yesterday
at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club
by four games to two, IS aces TO 10 After
being all square at the end of four games
Waterbury and Fincke wen the two re-
,naining games. and, the small differ
ence of aces on the total scores would in
oioace. the result was in doubt until the
last stroke. In fact, when the score stood
IL 70 II in the last game had not Whitney
and Barger lost their hand through the
latter being hit by the bai, it is possible
that the result might have been different
Enthusiasts from Boston, Philadelphia
and this city crowded the galleries and ap-
plauded the brilliant and sustained contest
with Higor- For the winning pair Ffncke
earned SO aces, IS by service, to 2S
scored by Waterbury. of which Is were by
service. Whitney scored 80 aces by places.
16 by service, and Barger garnered up %.
Of which Is were by service
In methods the contestants displayed a
similar mastery of every stroke. but each
had some personal habits in playing them.
which might be termed personal traits of
the court. Whitney, who is the hardest
hitter, uses a light racket. and Barger,
who relies on placing more than pace, pre-
fers the heaviest racket TO be had
Waterbury is the quicket on footwork and
has an eye as keen as a hawks in making
places at difficult angles. while Fincke has
great reach and seldom misses get
Barger went in to serve as the New
Workers won the toss, and rolled up three
aces to start the match At the end Of
Barger and Whitney's third hand the score
was 81 in their favor; the opponents
raised their total TO five. but did not score
in the fourth hand. at the finish of which
the count was l4-5 in favor of Barger and
Whitney, who won out in two more hands
by Is to G.
Neither side scored in the opening hand
of the second game, but in the next hand
the play was of the give and take order.
consisting of long rallies as well as of some
clever displays of the cut service and also
of the service aroun1 the court. At the
end OF the fourth hand the score favored
Barger and Whitney by 13-lL
Now came a change in the current
Barger gained an ace by clever place
above the telltale on the back hand which
brought the score to i'll. II seemed now
any odds that with two men in the team
would score with the game ball, but
after a rally Barger put himself out and
when Whitney went into serve the i'll luck
continued. for Barger put out his partner
Now Fincke went into the court TO serve
and got an ace on miss by Whitney on
difficult take off the back hand wall
Two more by service followed, which caused
the game TO be set at Il all for 3. Fincke
then corralled an ace by a clever place.
the ball being killed just above the board
on the forehand front wall An ace by
opponents miss, Whitney being the cul-
prit, and another by service won the uphill
game for Waterbury and Ffncke by II TO Il
Ftncke followed out his hand TO open the
third game and garnered five aces be-
fore being put out by Barger's place, the
run on his two hands being u, the longest
of the match, counting in two games. Keep
ing on at the second hand, the score was
"a. and after the third hand. g-S To open
the fourth hand Fincke gained an ace by a
place in the forehand corner that skinned
along the side wall in an untakable way.
which as far as the team could 90.
Whitney rolled up 5-two by service and
three by opponents nisses-before. Fincke
u put him out. Barger was put out after a
rally by one of Warerbury's clever kills on
the front wall, so that the hand closed in
favor Of Whitney and Barger, l3-iO In the
fifth hand Fincke put himself out, and also
Waterbury, Whitney, through a miss bv
Waterbury and winning service, then
gaining the points needed to win the game
by 15-l0.
With the games , TO in their favor Bar
ger and Whitney were BANKED in the first
three hands Of the fourth game for 10.
and as Waterbury and Fincke played with
out any mistakes to the end they won by
15-S, making the score by games all
There We're many pretty rallies, gets and
services on the part of the winning team
After TWO hands the fifth game stood
square at Z all Waterbury added an ace
by service and another by placement but
Fircke did not score. Whitney put out
Barger and then himself, the hand ending
in favor OF Barger and Whitney by 81.
1t was 13-S after the fourth hand, and
then Waterbury gained an ace by place,
TO be put out next by a return of Fincke
10 the telltale, the latter going in to end
the game on an ace by service for 15-S
After eight hands in the sixth game
Fincke and Waterbury led at 14-l2, Fincke
playing the game ball for an ace on op-
ponents miss, that won the game and
match by 15-12.
Whitney was hand-in on the eighth hand
and after bringing the score TO PA, he
was cut short by an accident, which possi-
bly, cost him the game. In the rally Water
bury claimed let on Whitney, who had in
terfered with his stroke, but simultaneously
the ball struck Barger, who had taken his
eye on it for the moment. Referee Patton
decided Whitney to be hand-out, and this
gave Fincke his opportunity to score his
decisive ace.
The summary follows:
FIRST GAME