Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-13

Hugh G. Whitehead and J. H Winston
of Norfolk, Va, playing a carefully
planned and scientific game Of tennis. won
the national clay court doubles champion
ship yesterday. defeating Walter 7. Hayes
OF Chicago and F. G. Anderson of Reading.
Pa. So. 2-6 rs, 6-1, holders Of the cham
pionship in the challenge round es the
second national clay court tournament at
the Omaha Field club Saturday afternoon.
1t was a battle OF the west against the
east. two smashing speedy players pdtted
against the careful placing Of the ball and
the calculating heads OF the wiley Viz
g1nians. and the men from the east won.
Hayes and Anderson proved somewhat Of
q disappointment TO their friends in orna-
he, not playing as good a game as had
been expected Of them. and not as good a
style OF game they played here last
year in defeating Melville Long and Arthur
Scribner.
Time and again one or the other of the
two westerners would land on the ball
with all his strength, only to have it cut
into the net or go outside, while IL IL
had been played with less force and more
care II would possibly have won them a
point The conclusion of the match at the
emo OF the fourth set came as a surprise
10 many OF the spectators even at that
late moment, for they had expected the
champions 10 come back and make IL a
fight for five sets at least
Hayes started the match with a double
fault at S:15 o'clyock. The Champions tool,
the first game however and a merry fight
proceeded from the first set The third
game OF the set went ls 10 IA points for
winston and Whitehead and the fifth went
10 to for Anderson ad Hayes. The Wiz
ginaa team took the set s-s
ton TO win, the champions settled and took
II with ease. SO. In this set their shots
on the back line were much better and few
Of their attempts to kin iobs failed. How
ever Whitehead and Winston won the
third after 1t had gone duece with a IS
score, and by this time IL was evident To
most of the spectators that the western
team had lost the championship. In the
third set with the score games all and a
/ set apiece, they went 10 pieces rapidly un-
DER the steady work OF the challengers.
Virginians Hold Their Lead.
From this point on the Virginians had
the contest under their hand all through.
Hayes and Anderson got the third game OF
the fourth set, but were unable 70 keen
up the fast pace they had set TO get that
game.
The match, in spite Of the lead OF Wins
ton and Whitehead had during most Of !,
was decidedly good tennis Both teams
were playing fast, the champions forcing
the contest continually, but in doing "a
often lost as many points as they gained
Aderso started very weak. missig easy
shots and was very wild on the backline
In the second set both he and Hayes came
out In good shape. the long, active figure
OF the Chicago man stretching over the
amnwaW
the ball with his easy side strokes.
study OF the match and the abibtie,
OF the four players shows plainly that II
Was the desire TO force the match and beat
the Virginians by smashing through their
defense After the wonderful exhibition OF
their steady playing that Winston and
, whitehead made Friday Hayes and An.
derson knew that their only chance "a
win was 20 play them off their feet. But
they speeded up too fast and lost conro
Of their game