New-York tribune., 1910-01-22
NEW YORK MEN WIN
SCORE At RACQUETS.
Brilliant Play Marks Semi
Final Round for Title.

New York teams won both matches in
the serni-final round of the national rae
quets doubles championship tournament
yesterday at the Racquet and Tennis Club
and gave brilliant display of the smash
ing game, despite the gloomy and vari-
able light in the court, caused by the alb
sence of sunshine Payne Whitney and
Milton s. Barger defeated Erskine Hewitt,
the Tuxedo champion, and ]. s. Hoyt by
four games to love. 60 aces to 26, and Law
renee Waterbury and R. R. Fincke defeated
H. D. Scott and George r. Fearing jr., of
Boston. by four games to two. Sc points to
90 Ihe winning teams will meet in the
final round at o'clock this afternoon.
Inc second match brought out the fast
est racquets of the tournament, and in the
general opinion it was the pivotal one The
losers had been holders of the title in three
different years, and Fearing won it last
year with Perry D. Haughton as a part
ner. They showed a command of every
shot in the game being particularly
strong on service and in placing on ral-
lies, but they were not quite as agile in
footwork as the New Workers. Water
bury and Fincke have been playing to-
gether so often that they make a most
effective combination. the former being
especially strong on the back-hand and
bury was not in his steadiest vein, but
in flashes he appeared to perfection in
every department. while Fincke did not
miss a get for which he tried was as
quick as a flash on the rallies and reliable
in service
Barger and Whitney won in four straight
games, but in the first one Hewitt and
Hoyt made a good rally in the third hand.
and it looked as if they might win when
they brought the score up to 10-11- Barger
and Whitney practically won in the second
hand by a run Of II. of which Barger ac-
counted for by services and Whitney g.
2 by service and by opponents misses,
This brought them to 11-6, but they were
blanked in the next hand, when Hewitt
and Hoyt made their rally. In the next
hand Barger and Whitney made the score
Ito. and they won in the next, in
which Barger played the game ball and
gained an ace on opponents miss
Thereafter the games were won with
more ease by Barger and Whitney. al
though the second, after the second hand.
stood at all Then Barger ran out by
scoring 9 aces, 5 of them by a service, for
total OF Is to 6. This was the longest
run of the match. Small hands were the
order in the following games, but while
they had many opportunities, Hewitt and
Hoyt could not stem the tide of defeat
Barger and Whitney won the third game
in seven hands by Is to and the fourth
in nine hands at Is to T.
Hewitt made some clever services, but
Hoyt had the better style in the rallies
and made the most gets, often placing
them effectively. Barger, while his ser
vices and returns in rallies occasionally
seemed 10 lack pace. made the better show
l,i- lid
usual hitting hard and also picking up
many difficult balls that slid along the
walls, Barger made 36 points. of which 2S
were by service, and Whitney "a, serving
for 13 of them. On the losing side, Hoyt
made Is aces-6 by serYice-whtle 1 of the
II points made by Hewitt were by service
All was vim ana DustIe III the second
match from the toss of the racket, and
no faster fore-handed racquets has ever
been seen on New York court. Scott and
Fearing fought out to the end with the
courage and agility of youngsters. Their
years were not a handicap, and that Scott
is the heaviest man who plays the game
did not detract from their chance of win
ming.
Waterbury won the toss, but failed to
score. and after the fourth hand of the
first game the score was Is to in favor
an ace by opponents miss, and Fincke fol-
lowed with a fine run His first three aces
we're gained by Fearings misses of almost
impossible takes, the next by a clever place
from Waterbury after a good rally. then
came another through a miss by Fearing,
and the last two were by service, which
brought the score up TO ball, and the
game was set for five. Ffncke lost his
hand without increasing the total, Scott
followed suit but Fearing gained three by
service
Waterbury had an ace by service on the
next hand, making the score II to 16. but
they did not score again, the Bostonians
gaining the two they needed in the sue
ceeding hand and winning the game. Is
to "A It was the longest and hardest game
of the match and went TO eight hands
The second game was one-sided, standing
after the third hand 13 TO love in favor of
the New Workers. who subsequently won
out, 10 TO g. Ffncke's ace in the second
hand, which brought the count to 30
was after the longest rally of the after
noon. the four men being aligned in the
court and shooting the ball from the firing
line with dazzling quickness. the point be-
ing scored finally on miss by Scott of a
shooter from just above the tell-taIe that
he found II impossible TO get.
Boston led throughout in the third game,
which went to seven hands and was not
marked by any long runs, the final score
being Is TO z. The fourth game brought
Fincke TO the front the hard worker of
the New York combination. the position he
maintained TO the end of the match.
Fincke made u OF the points, four OF them
by service two by places and six by op-
ponent's misses. and his side Won the
game 10 to g. in three hands. The games
were now all square at two all. Fincke.
following his hand, was BANKED at the
opening of the fifth game and Scott
gained an ace for the Bostonians. In the
second hand the New Workers rolled up l3
aces. FincSe getting and Waterbury s
of them. There was long rally on the
fifth ace made by Fincke. which resulted
came with lightning speed from the front
fcre-hand corner. which was quite the feat
ure of the game. The New Workers won,
Is to 8. and followed 1t up by taking the
sixth and last game by the same score.
The summary follows:
FIRST MATcH-FIRsT GAME
Barger and Whitney ............ o II o 3 I-15
Hoyt and Hewitt. .....-. ..-...--2 ! XII
SECOND GAME.
Barger aud Whitney. ....--........3 3 9-I5
Hoyt and Hewitt. s x 6 /
THIRD GAME.
Barger and Whitney -...---.... l 3 3-15
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