New-York tribune., 1910-12-30
PFG|NALD DOHERTY DEAD
Well Known Lawn Tennis Player
succunlbs to Long Illness.
csFAT EXPONENT OF GAME
zrald at Various Times, Every
Championship Offered in
the Sport.

-ons-r. Dec e9-ReGinald T. Doherty.
.,sse. .af the brothers Of the well known
fish lawn tennis team. died to-day. He
So hem in III health for some time.
-As American lawn tennis following re-
-l,s-s the Doher-y brothers as the peer
- F7-cIishraen who took the Davis In
..--e-io-7ai Challenge Cup from this coun-
= 1ses. and r 'F. Doher5y as the
us- sna older of the two brothers. whose
- service was the admiration OF all
s.l5overs Of The game
The first appearance of the famous
..s-s n this country was in 1892. Then
=. sscar71e known that Il was the intention
,be F2-trons 10 send over as the inter
s-szoral team their peerless players, Regi-
- 2 Doher1v and his brother Hugh
.z.s,r-ence Doherty. accompanied by DR..
Tb-ra PIN The Dohertys acquitted
+b-7seIves we'll for relatively they We're
.alsr,c our The Americans. and r +.
57,-bert- too4 the singles upon the courts
of ne Crescent Athletic club, at Bay
f.5.lse. along with Dr- PIN, reserving the
1rrIe ~po" for the doubles
strange coiaridence that followed a
vea~ after. z r. Doherty drew William A
Tarned for ms frsr match. The American,
1leyin- beautifully defeated the English
~sn in the first Jve sets, IS, e. A
.sunGer shower on that sth O. August
,,rererrad the competition of the match. In
-ba meanwhile cne Englishman learned Of
Ia~aed-s susceptibility II nervousness
The next IrlorninE When they met cn the
reu-r the taller nollerty. by quick changes
snd working an astounding variety of play,
defeated the American. 6-3. 6-4. 6-4,
f-- she balance Of the match. NIalcom D.
whitman later defeated Doherty. I'll.
- f-4. In the same series the Doherty
hot hers playing against Ward and Davis.
drew the largest crowd ever known IN this
cont-v. numbering $4,000. about the courts
q the Crescent club TO see the Dohertys
VI SIS. 10-S. e-S. Ct
= year later, through the splendid work
q the Dohertys. the cup was won by Eng
land. T. T. Doherty had hurt his shoulder
IN -ne preliminary practice at LonSwood.
Boston. where the matches were played,
and he defauited 10 Larned rather than
IKE the chances Of playing the late Harold
: 2Iahonev in his place IN the singles
This was the only match the Americans
won. fer the little Do defeated both Bob
Trenn and Larnea. while Reggie defeated
0renn. and the Two won in the doubles
sczIrs- The Wrenn brothers
Tie year q their first appearance the
Dohe-rvs had won the doubles champion
s1.p al Newport. while r. f. came through
ss The challenger Of L.arned. He defeated
Whitman in the final g. 5-6, Ga, &c. 1t
was then 40 10 I.arned 10 check the Eng
lishmau LaTued Strengthened Up after a
pOor rrst set and saved the American
championship by q score OF 30, o. o-'
Il vas IN TINS match that r 2 Doherty
displayed his sterling sportsInanship 10
A-77z~-tsar7e : nall had been CalteG
against LaTned which gave the point 10
DohertE IL w2S evident that the AnleIl-
a Al cid not mink the decision JUST IL ~,
-zsll= f5rtuon. hoEvevel,.a walked over 70 re
opposite corner OF the court aIld deli1ef @ eis-
Il served a double fault. thus giving
point 10 ms opponent 70 hdldlltt lllal't-S, ;
lis action was characteristic OF him ana
uas loudly appla ded.
TIE following year, II 1873. ttle Htte 10
w. scheduled to come through and ne ot-
@es-t-I Iarned cut Of isa2a, &C. 6-5- t-S,
7rrile they again reta NED the doubles utIe
sgatnsr the late kreigh T9lilTs aIiq IL l. IS -
Wallner. -. 6-S, e-3- That was the iast
aprearance O. tne DoheTjyS IN JlS coGIitiS ),
although they played IN other lnterfa tlollai
matches ana year ago mace q - % %
South Africa. wnere rneT were uniformly
4-T~r English courts r r Doherty first
made himself formidable IN 1877. When ne
-ook -ne English championship at " NlHbIe-
-dsa from Harold : Mahoney FOR touT
rers = F. as ne was familiarity known
-rr5tr-a--ad riS tile before towering Il 70
s~rfI1f- " Gore In 1892 r. r coached
his zo-.neer brother. the little Do. to
sgrsa -rr-ol,c7 and defeat core Relatively
tie Younger, and somewhat smaller IN stat
ure. rhe brother was regarded as the
superior
r r first appeared in The doubles IN
so. The year Of his winning the singles be
vas partneCed by his brother They won
c1usecurivefy up 10 1s5l- The following
year they were beaten by 5. H Smith ana
: /. Riseiey. ONLY 10 regain the title the
mkt wear They were later succeeded ~
The famous Australian team Anthony r
TFldinE and Norman r BTool1es- who de-
fezred them anL took the Davis cup 10
australia
While in this country T T. Doherty
wrote 4 book about lava tennis. which ne
dedicated 20 Her Imperial HighneSs. the
Grand Duchess AnastaSie Of Meckienbure-
Srrusril He had often played with Her
q z-kTess urun TIE courts cf Europe, and II
j. said thar there was great romantic
.--ael1r1ent existing between the TWO
fr@s4fe estimation Il European players
ana -t1ose of this country Reginald T. Do
her-v vas one of the greatest PLAYERS
1t.a-11he game % lawn tennis has produced
A. - rfous times he held every Champion
shin of auv Importance that the world OF
IaWn tennis has 70 offer. He was beaten