New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-12
Bundy and Little Beaten in
Doubles After Hard Fight
for Three Sets.
STEADINESS TELLS STORY
Dixon and Beamish Drive Fast
and Surely and Make Some
Remarkable Gets of
Hard Balls.

on the West Side Tennis Club courts. at
2ssth street and Broadway, by the score of
6-s. Is. 6-4 The points for the right 10
meet the Australians for the Davis Cup
now stand at two for the Americans and
one for the British Isles Such narrow
margin adds keen Zest TO the singles
matches to-day, when Billy Larned will
face A. H Lowe and Mclaughlin will meet
Charles 2. Dixon.
The doubles match which held the second
DAY Of the series was close enough TO suit
the most jaded lawn tennis appetite. Bundy
and Little led in the second set at Sd and
9-an and yet were beaten. 1t was the
same In the third set. when they forged to
he front at "a, and then could not cheek
he Rritons from Keeling off four straight
games for the match.
The totals tell the story Of the English
mems steadiness but hardly the victory
The amazing gets Of the two Britons, es-
pecially the wonderful bits Of half-volley
work on the part OF Dixon, accounted large
~ for their success. The visitors scored
total OF IS shots in placements to 20 FOR
the Americans. They drove with terrlnc
speed. so that the lobbs of Bundy asd Little
fell short at the net and made 1t possiple
for the Britons 10 volley or smash through
Nsh players lost SO points 10 20 for the
Americans. a margin Of only IL. During
the entire match Bundy was the only one
10 score a service ace, which came to him
IN the third game of the third set. Beamish,
with a fast express service into which he
threw the full swing Of is body. double
faulted twice IN the second set, while Bundy
missed one in the third.
The total points tailed we're l07 10 92'
and q total Of 10 games to IL. In only one
particular that Of nets. did the Americans
display the greater steadiness. as the Brit
ons sent the ball into the net 81 tunes 10
80 for Bundy and Little.
On the individual averages Dixon and
Reannisb. the latter being rated as one OF
the foremost doubles men In England. were
approximately the same. On the Amer
lean side of the net Little proved shade
better than Bundy. That was due to the
fact that both Of the Ergishmen devoted
considerable attention TO the doughty little
Californian and sent the ball sizzling TO his
back hand at every opportunity. They
worked him hard in the second set. when
they made a thrilling pull up, so that
Bundy in that set made eleven nets. which
was practically twice the number Of any
was p TO Little's y, but he made amends
by scoring 20 shots by placement to 10 for
his PARTNER who. with Gustave r Touchard,
recently won the national doubles cham
pionship.
The second day Of the series for the
right to meet the Australian holders of the
world famous trophy was an improvement
upon the first The sun came out while the
81, I,-. 20
encourage many Of the followers Of the
game, for the gallery was slightly dimin
ished. about thirty five hundred being about
the court The playing surface was better
than it was on Saturday for the singles,
and the ball came off the turf fast ana true.
Then the gathering upon the embankment
at the back of the court, which bothered
Dixon So that he complained on Saturday.
was done away with. and altogether the
officials improved the conditions consider
ably
Dixon. clad in his long purple coat, and
Beamish led the players out to the court.
and the men were greeted by a cheer and
applause. Dixon does not relish this for
at Wimbledon, where the All-England
championship is decided, the spectators OBJ
serve a discreet silence no matter how
ing.
a. l. Hoskins, the secretary of the ma
tional association, climbed into the tall
chair TO umpire. while about the lines sat
Theodore Roosevelt Pell, Henry w slocum,
William b. Cragin, jr., William II. Conne.
Carlton r. Gardner and others. Arthur H.
Lowe. Of the British Isles team, watched
the match from beside the umpre's chair
"a
ciated we'll
The opening service fell TO Dixon. and in
order he was followed by Little Beamsh
and Bundy throughout the match The
Britons managed TO win the first game, as
they executed their drives with speed and
prettily volleyed the Iobs from the Ameri
can side. The games followed the service
up 10 Sail. The fourth game produced
some fercely contested rallies. but Bundy
made his service good by timely smashing,
directing his efforts toward Beamish.
II was the Californian who was the first
10 have his service broken through how
ever. He led at 1910 in the eighth game.
when Dixon worked a quick return, and
Beamish vclleyed clearly for the deuce
point Then the two forced the driving
and scored the game and the next. In
this they profited by the short lobbing OF
the Americans. who were compelled to give
ground by falling back 10 their base line.
That they handled the ball at all was a
tribute 10. their skill, for the Britons al
ternated Between long and deeply played
shots until they scored the set with a run
II three games at So.
Al the beginning OF the second set each
Of the pairs scored a love game Dixon
etsayed some battling short shots with only
slight speed. and he took the points on two
occasions by net cord strokes such as fell
10 Larned at critical times on Saturday
both Of the Brltons directed their attack
10 Bundys back hand. They timed their
shots so perfectly as 10 often catch him as
he was attempting 10 come in to the net
Even the pretty 'cross-court shots which
Little sent In did not offset this One OF
the best Of the rallies came i'm the eighth
game. From deep court driving both pairs
worked in toward the net. Then Beamish
tried a volleyed pass. which Little caught
and smashed AT Beamish so hard that the
latter turned his back, while the crowd
laughed. With the games at 5-3 against
them however. the Britons let out all the
speed they possessed. II was enough.
They had Bundy's backhanders falling into
the net, while Dixon surpassed himself at
driving and crossing, so that the pair
reeled off four games and the set.
Little opened with the service In the third
set There was no lack OF courage on the
American side. for the pair hit hard and
picked the openings so cleverly that they
went To the front al - Then Dixon and
Beamish proved the faster and the more
skufm Under the fire Of their drives the