The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-09
UPSETS MARK CLOSE
OF DOUBLES MATCHES
Pell and Behr Best I'm Trials
for Teams Playing
in the East.
STRONG PAIRS DISAPPOINT
Williams and Murray Fail to
Show Good Form Against
Church and Mathey.
STRONG PAIRS DISAPPOINT

Theodore n. pell and Kari Behr Middle
States doubles champions. won the ,nvi-
tation doubles which were held to give
tho Davis cup committee n lire on the
Eastern teams. At the Westminster
Country Club yesterday they defeated
George NJ. Church and Dean Mathcy.
metropolitan champions, in the final round
at e.. ca. Two dlsappointmonts
marked the close OF the Troublesome,
the way In which the Longwood pair. Ma
thaniel W. Niles and Alfred S. Dsbney,
fell down in their soml-hnal round match
against tho ultimate winners of the tour
! nament, and the other. the miserable
showing made by the supposedly unbeat-
able team OF II. Norris Williams of Phla-
dclphla and Robert sndey Murray OF
California in the other semi-inal round
match against Church and Mathey.
It was generally expected that Pell
and Behr would beat tho Bostonians. but
there were few who thought that the
defeat would come in straight sets and
that the losers would gather In "A total
OF only six games. Williams and Muir
ray. ON tho other hand. were thought to
he sure winners notwithstanding the fact
that they have had difficulty IN beating
not overstrong teams in the earlier
rounds. 1t seemed likely that the Calf
fornia- philadelphia combination would
improve after the early matches and
would play sterling tennis toward the
close OF the tourney.
Their team work. however, was worse
yesterday than IN any match that they
had played. Williams was jus; about
Az strong as ever, but tho Californian
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saries took advantage of this by direct
ing their attack against him throughout.
As a result OF this williams and Murray
won the first set only by score OF c..
and they lost the next two sets by the
same score.
In all three of the sets Williams and
Murray got away TO an early lead, but
II was only In the first that they man
aged to turn II TO their own good. In
this set they were out In front at 30
and at IL. but the Metropolitan title
holders caught them and IL was only
through the sterling play of the Phia-
delphian that his team succeeded in COM
ing through aud winning the last two
games. which gave 1t Tho set.
Again in the second set Williams and
Murray were high at al and at "a,
but right here their lack OF team work
was shown up glaringly when Church
and Mathey took the last three games
with the utmost case. not flowing their
opponents even "A single point In the
third set Williams and Murray had the
score at 81. but they fell down again
and in short order were trailing at %.
At this point they made one final flash
and took "A love game. hut that finished
them for the match, as Church and
Mathey took the next game.
After the first three games of the
opening set, i'm which they took two and
forced the other to deuce Ave times,
Niles and Dabney never doomed up as
very dangerous 20 tho Middle States
champions In their semi final round
match These two games were the only
ones that the Longwood pair took in tho
opening set. and In the other six they
were outplayed ~ every angle. In the
second set Niles and Dabncy made a
better fight, hut they d 4 not show any
OF their old time team work and It soon
became question only of how many
: games they would take At many inter
walls during the match Behr elected great
applause by his brilliant cross-court
strokes.
In the nnal round Pel and Bchr got
even for their defeat in the Metropolitan
, tournament recently by administering "A
decisive defeat TO Church and Mathey.
The latter team, although II had wandered
from It's usual custom of playing a lobbing
game against Williams and Murray, went
back % the stereotyped style of attack in
the final round
The old style won the Metropolitan title
for them, but they made n mistake in
using IL to-day. for Pell and Behr were
never better overhead and they did terri tic
damage to the lobs of both Church and
Mathey. In the first set. which was re-
markabe for its lack of long volleying,
Pcl and Behr moved into the front at
30 and were never headed. They took
the same lead in the second set. and
I finished Il "A little faster. although the
Z III Al hal
suffered defeat IN only two of tho eight
: games played.
Three matches were played in the first
round of the singles and all OF them were
won IN straight sets, Gustavo +. Touchard
! defeating Watson NJ. Washburn, 6-4,
I'D William a. Larned winning from
George l.. Wrcnn, Jr, at 81, 6-2. and
Niles vanquishng Raymond D. Little. also
? at 81, g.. Touchard played the best
tennis that he has shown this season
and might havo won his sets by bigger
margin II he had shown any desire TO
play faster tennis, Larned too showed
Improvement, while Little dfd not play
nearly as we'll as IN the doubles on Tues
day. William NJ. Johnson arrived from
the coast last night and will play Dabney
in the singles to-day at $3.50. The
summaries:
tave r Touchard defeated Watson NJ Wash
! burn. g., IS; William. A Larned defeaiec
NiI@. defeated il f' Raymond D. Iiiile, SG So
! Mems Invitation Douhles-Seni final round
Theodore II Pcll and Karl Behr defeated Ma.
thamel W. Niles and Alfred S Dabney 6-s,
81, - -
E E.Is. and and R 6abncy : : . Il.
SECOND SET
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! Murray. 40. 81, e.
p FIRST SET.
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. SECOND SET
Williams and M Murray" ta39tG59o9HSss
THIRD SET
!, williams and Murray.., I 4 n a-2+-
Church ami ~ Whey. I | 4 b--29-i
!, Final Rouud-rheOdorc II Pell and Kar
Belr defeated George NJ. Church and Dear
II Mathey O.. GO
4 FIRST SET
1 Pell and Behr ..,...... 90 ~ 3 | 49,
i Church and Matheyu.. 232 43a6 80
SECOND SET.
r Pell and behr .,.,.''''''''' - 81
= Church aud Mathey,....... 90 6 = 20 3-?s-
l. Germany WIZ Not Send Team.
BERLIN, July S.--GGrmany will not b,
= represented in the matches for the Davi,
cup. the international tennis trophy, Fol
.4..N.. 1.