The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-15

l the day was accordingly marred some
 what by numerous defaults. Commence | ing in the morning, defaults increased with the progress of play and by the
 end of the day IA matches had been
 defaulted because of the nonappearance of teams or individuals.
 All of the singles contests, six in
 number, scheduled at g o'clock and II o'clock were won by defaults while one in the afternoon resulted this way.
 In the morning two doubles matches were defaulted. while the remaining five were registered in teh afternoon. The defaulted matches follows:
 In the singles Robert Lowry de- faulted to S. G. Tarelton of Montgom- cry; ]. G. Dubose of Gadsden to V. McMillan of Atlanta M. M aWters to Pollard Caldwell; D. M Lloyd to Hous- ton Wills of Montevallo Hewitt Smith to A. P. Whitaker; R. L. Cunningham to Earle Drennen; Caldwell to R. D. Johnston in second round and R. Le- fevre of Gadsden to Black and Smith of Birmingham; Smith and Steinmehl of Birmingham to Wingo and Sanford or Birmingham; Waters and partner of New Orleans to Hammond and Adams of Fossil; Lloyd and partner of Selma to Brooks and Bartlett of Birmingham Walthall and partner of San Antonio to Lawson and partner of Greensboro; /; Cunningham and partner of Atlanta to Smith and Malone of Birmingham, and Downs and partner of Mineral Springs to Cockrel1 and Herbert of Bessemer However, despite the large number of defaulted matches. playin the tour degree and they in a way proved an ladvanta/e for many. matches in the second round, scheduled for today, were cleared off the board. By this means
 the tournsmen will be staged with
 greater facility.
 Results Yesterday 1 The composite results of the days play are as follows:
 | Mathews and McMillan of Atlanta de- feated Clay and Bailey of Bessemer. l 11-9 and GA.
 Mathews and McMillan of Atlanta
 also defeated Cockrell and Herbert of Bessemer. 6-3 and 6-1.
 | Brooks and Bartlett of the Country
 club bested McNall of Fairfield and Carouthers of Chattanooga 6-4 and 63. Peterson and Wills of Montevallo
 won from Harold and Tarelton of
 Montgomery, 6-2 and Cd.
 1 Mcconnell and McEniry of Bessemer
 defeated Whitaker and Marsh, 64 and
 Ga
 Mcconnell and McEniry of Bessemer
 also won from Wingo and Sanford of
 Birmingham. 6-1, 4-6 and 63. 1 White defeated Marsh, 4-6, 6-2 and | 8-6.
 l Drennen eliminated White, 6-4 and
 Wingo defeated Malone, 7-5, 4-6 and | 6-2
 carouthers won over Carroll Blake,
 6-3 and 6-3.
 Johnson defeated Wills, 6-1 and 6-2. Meredith Roberts downed Pete Smith,
 6-1 and 6-3
 Mathews of Atlanta triumphed over
 Harold of Montgomery, 63 and 6-2. 1 Mathews also won from Hugo L Black, 7-5 and 6-3.
 Hard Fought Match l Probably the hardest match fought during the day was between Tom | Wingo and Robert Malone, both of Bir-
 mingham. Three sets were played be- | fore Wingo gained a victory but this
 does not tell even half of the story.
 The two started activities at o'clock | ana II was DedTly StNtH DtlOlt tiic SOtf- test was settled. Long after the other matches had been concluded these two played desperately on and every inch I of ground was contested. Nearly every
 one of the games in the last two sets were deuced again and again and the 1 two contestants were under constant
 strain.
 The first set went F games, Wingo | finally taking seven and Malone the re- 1 mainng five. In the following set Ma ! lone rallied and won out 6-4. Victories l in the first six games alternated between l Malone and Wingo, and 1t was not until l in the last four that the former secured any advantage. Of these last four, three
 was won by Malone, giving him the
 match.
 The third and deciding match proved to be the hardest fought of the three and | toward the end both players appeared greatly fatigued. After winning the first game Malone fell off and Wingo won the | following four. This lead proved too
 much for Malone to overcome and the deciding match went to Wingo, score
 6-2
 1 As was expected Brooks and Bartlett won their match in doubles, but McNall | of Fairfield and Carouthers of Chatsa- | nooga gave them a warm tilt. The two l local stars were not in the best of form and lack of practice was plainly evil | dent
 l Atlanta Youngsters Do We'll 1 Two victories were hung up during the | day by McMillan and Mathews. two | youngsters from Atlanta. In the morn | ing this duo triumphed over Clay and | Bailey of Bessemer in two well played
 sets by scores of u-9 and 6-4. The first set was the longest of the day and took much ginger out of all four players. Again in the afternoon they eliminated another Bessemer team, Chockrell and Herbert, 6-3 and 6-1. l Mcconnell and McEniry were the. only | two Bessemer entries successful In tho second days play. This team anneved | two matches, one from Whitaker and | March and the other from Wingo and | Sanford. Against the latter two they l had hard fight and narrowly missed | being put out of the running. In the | deciding match. after Mcconnell and Mo | Eniry had won the first four games, | Wingo and Sanford steadied and put
 themselves back in the fight by winning
 three straights. But they shot their bolt | and were unable to annex any others from Atlanta and will remain in the city
 until after the challenge round Saturday when they will either stay in Birrning-
 ham permanently CT return to Atlants
 for another year should the present cham pions win from the challengers.
 Thornton and Smith May Meet | Although no arrangements have beer | made, a special exhibition match vii likely take place Friday between Dr
 Nat Thornton, one of the greatest ten