The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-18

noIBLES CHAMPIONS WIN

SrtrrIsur. July Richard Norris
william e NJ Philadelphia won the
nav. .ua test tournament at tho Sea-
,..-sf Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
,s-s to-day and earned the right to meet
-,s.la-. e. pcu OF tho West side Tennis
: I'm. M rho challenge round tomorrow for
,,e Arr,.- challenge cup. lie defeated
wf'lr q rlothisr. another Philadelphia,
in ,s4 anal round in three straight sets
,,t.-i. e.. C--i. williams moved out
n, fra .rut.Hnal round by vanqushing
Kari n Behr ~ New York, 6---3. 0--6,
pri, part of the third set In the
.,,,s~ match WAS played to-day. Clother
advanced over Gustave f. Touchard Of the
We, Side Tennis club in straight sets at
g. 90 The challenge round will be
c,avsl tomorrow at o'clock.
In the doubles Maurice T. Mclaughlin
and Thomas g. Ruudy came through to
the nal round. eliminating the winners Of
,ast years tournament George NJ Church
and Dean Nsthey. In the sem-nnal round
At e & The national champions
o.ill clay for the trophy tomorrow morn
irg st 1880 o'clock against Behr and Pell,
middle St,tss doubles champions and win
Ter. - the Davis cup test tournament at
the country club " Westchester recently,
the latter team having come through in
the lower half by defeating Wallace +.
johnson and Hugh Tallant, also at 6-2,
81
A. usual down here II ralned quite
freely to-dtv and incidentally I'D Jupiter
plu,Ius waited To loosen the Hood gates
Until the -rard stand and beachers were
Allied with onlookcrs. To-day. however,
.1areal round match was well on its way
xhe1 'ho dpWupour began and nshody, not
even the players, paid any attention to IT,
Williams was never In better form. and
inasmu-h as the sun was hiding behind
clouds and the courts were cooler than
they have been at any other time this
week. pm. Harvard man let himself out
more than h. had done IN any Of his
sare1 matches. rs a result 'lothier was
never y.rr dangerous opponent and the
tou-g internai!onalist frequently made
mis- rival look like a novice
Or account of the close scores which
figured iu som, Of Nilliatuss victories
there wcr, many who believed that he
vas m form aud not merely holding hold
ng himself In check They therefore felt
nat the steady veteran would prove more
titu - match tul the Noungster. especially
: Cfothl.r has a habit of playing close
% tie net AID choking off the strokes 81
'1.s rivals CluthIcr, however. never got
YER, close TO the net. because Williams
took good care % keep h.w IN back court
Belr mad, q remarkable fight I'm the re-
NAMING game of his match with Williams.
Tie phHldslphan had divided tho first
40 SOS With the New Yorker and was
isld..- ou inc third with the score at
f,e -ln,.s "a one when tn" rain put an
end Pr, tho bostiltieS Yesterday. The play
..- -'.r,I right iu where they mad left
~ ord Ethr tied the score 10y winning tn"
Ia Vf.gN At
~ t..l IS, 6--i. Williams, however,
'aot 'ha load again on tho eleventh game,
N..t- r. con AZ 5-3. and finished the
mate 20, taking the twelfth At Ii.
afe- deuce had been called seven times.
. ms brought m. point totals for tho set
40 o. ,c-51. the Phlladelphan enjoying
me ,Hn al, antage. Behr had the better
~ ~ m the grand total of points with
iei IS. and on games he led al li--l3.
a Everybody and his brother were
~ 1ps 90 see the doubles started. for
they am wanted 70 figure out FOR them-
,slv,4 whether or not Mclaughlin and
Rurdv would NJ in the international
doubles THAT IT, TO see whether some
other p'-.-r might not he made 10 Ut
bette with Mclaughlin. ~ a result.
when 'h- national champion came out on
The court along toward noon 10 play In
no second round against Touchard and
Wasaburr. the Eastern champions the
NIN 'I'NI ''l'hf-il NNfI " AAi' o''i' W
he 'usslo and left Johnson and Tallan'
10 battle ont the other second round
\ match against Nathaniel W. Niles and
Ntred Dabney. tho Longwood pair, all
'v themselves on a side court.
Although the Mclaughlin and Rundy
versus T0uchard and Washburn match
FINISHED "a whole lot OF pretty tennis
mos ~ the spectators were sorry that
hey di not took AZ the other contest
Tor n proved 20 bee one OF the biggest sur
H"srs NJ the week inasmuch AZ tho John
soa-Id.iant combination, which has not
played together prior 10 this tournament
, up and defeated the BostouianS who have
h-@n pla' uE together for many years
WIN scores At SIS. s., Is. one ol
ne etra0Go-' features Of the defeat OF
he longNoud men was that, after win
'Hs the FIRST set. they led in the second
g. and M the third At al, hut In
he'ther 'tfo could they hold thoir adj
''h''G' because ~ the teamwork OF the
one- pair
tu0i' played great tennis when he ant
M'L"usHIu mot Touchard and Washburn
ana j. "t due mainly To tho way h'
supported Nh" rcd haired comet that mis-
team -turI tine decision. McLoughlin did
.' NHrn n.'r.r ~ Wcll ~ Is usual viii
N'm and ava not shine as much AS Wash
'Ht Na, at his hest Touchard wa
brilliant .r spots aud made many a -"
.f. '"If not have been surpassed ever
N"lnlThl|u I'm the second 80
l"1.n'Id and W,~hhuu came within Al
a.. "' ''" -''. having tho points at i0--l'
".' .".' Gam" and the two games
I'D lNr match went with them.
'H" -.mi.uDll round match asaius
'"E 30 Hl NttuDy. MrLoushin shon
N ~ - nl time hrllldncy and thi'
''." spelled defeat for the Metropolttal
0'.H.. Pu0dy. too, worked smoothly
and speedily The latter's service, al