New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-25
|RACQUETS CROWN
TO DAVIS AND WEAR
Defeat Fearing and Scott,
Title Holders, After Six
Slashing Games.
ENDURANCE COUNTS
MORE THAN SPEED
Boston Pair Works Its Own
Downfall by Setting Too Hot
aPace at the Start.

race dt tNt StdIt.
Dwight Davis and Joseph w Wear
placed St Louis on the racquet map by
winning the national doubles champion
ship in the court of the Racquet and Ten
mis- club. on West 4Sd street yesterday
afternoon The Western pair defeated
George II. Fcarins. jr.. and II. d. Scott
Of Boston I'm a match requiring six
games The losers were the titleholders
while the victors prior to this year were
corparatively unknown at this game.
Long before the players took the court
members and such guests who were SO
fortunate as TO be invited, occupied all
vantage points in both lower and upper
vallerics The brilliant racQuets displayed
nv Davis and Wear the day before When
they eliminated Lawrence Waterbury ana
Payne Whitney. had the effect of MAKING
the ST Louis pair the centre OF attfacuo"'
MANY believed that their speed woulu
prove TOO much for the veterans, but DIS
II turned out. it was endurance rather
than speed that finally won the day for
Davis and Wear
Al the outset Fearing and scout WIZ
have been prominent at racquets Tor
good many years, set pace that hdu
their opponents beaten to standsui'.
Fearing. in particular. proved a tower Oh
strength. The former Harvard athie'e
s,,,,risod every one not only with the
sneed hut the length Of his strokes ne
and Scott had a way Of driving the pan
~ the corners and the manner IN Wh'ch
Fearing kent the little white sphere mug
c,,g the side walls had the spectators
applauding. -.o,u.a q
The Boston combination MAINTAINED
killing pace. but after winning the he'
two games. began 10 show signs OF URINE
The Western pair. on the other manu-
srou more accustomed to the game OF
,boir onnonents and found better va! 10
r,aot the attack Wear, as was the case
FRIDAY. did the bulk Of the work Tow
ard the end. There was an uncertain
usht in the court. making the conditions
an the more trying for Scott, who wears
glasses.
Sharp defensive play prevented much
scoring in the early hands OF the "Is'
game In the third inning however
Wear on his own service gathered IN louI
consecutive aces. Fearing then began u
nut on speed. his shots TO the corners Tan
inr such sharp angles as TO pane inc
onnosinr pair. Frequently Fearing Nould
pIacs the ball completely beyond the reac"
NJ either of the Westreners. II was the
same in the second game. the bostonlahs
earning more than half Of the ntteeh
aces
With the games standing love- Davis
and Wear did not look the least bit wor-
ried They only played the harder, ana
II wasn't long before the tide turned
Was plain TO see then that the pace nao
begun 10 tell on the Boston pair
In the fourth. and what proved 10 DE
the closing. hand vigorous stroke Oy
Davis only caught the ball on the wooo
Of the bat giving 1t just lie enough -
take the forewaI close 70 the telitale ana
then die quickly, completely out OF Scout
reach. whereupon Davis. with an apoio-
getc expression. turned 10 Scott WIN inc
remark. "Oh. I'm sorry
II was much the same in the fourth
game only that Wear doomed UP stronger
especially in service. He practically set
tied matters in the third hand where his
side scored nine aces, three on service
Wear was working like Trojan then
and in a rally little later that left MN
well forward Of the others, he dropped
10 mis- hands and knees. shouting rake
il. Dwight, Don't mind me :!
With the games brought TO 2-all, the
Western team continued the same rapia
mace. Davis frequently worked in brill
liant place or Kill. while his partner served
more and more effectively. AFTER WIN
ming the fifth game they made short Work
NJ their opponents in the next, wear scor-
inr Ave Of the six points on service IN
the decisive hand.
Among those seen about the court were
the following Lawrence waterbury y
Charles T. Sands. r. Fl. Williams ST. N
n Williams, jr.. Joseph II. swan Morgan
Ia Montague, Rene La Montague hafr!
La Montague, 6. c. Greenway' IL NJ o.
Barger. J. NJ Macdonough. Payne "hi'-
nev u G. Brokaw. George X. Fearins'
yr. William H. Sands, David Elkins' e r
Watson. jr., Ford Huntington J. W.
Doane A. NJ. Coates. II. W. Slocum, g. NJ
Hecksctser and +. ?. Dunn
Following is a list Of those who nave
won the championship since the inception
OF the tournament;
y.sr Team and city.
,eoo - . Chou, and u II Hunnewell Bost on.
! 1901. NJ stockton and @. r. Fearing Boston'