The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09
BRITONS VICTORSIN
LAST TWO MATCHES
parke Plays Sensational Game
In Beat Dunlop In Three
Sets.
norsT HAS TO QUIT COURT
Heat Forces Him to Default to
Lowe When Score Is -
In Third Set.
porST HAS TO QUIT COURT
Second Section

prooy,frE Mass. Aug. s.--The Brit
IN Isles lawn tennis team won the last
Two POINTS today IN its final round tie
WITH Australasia az the Longwood Cricket
c1-fp courts here. Stanley y. Doust. sub
,t,tut> for 70 man e. Brookes, defaulted
ne rrst mafcn to \. II. Lowe. with the
.o,res at S.. IS. ali. on account
Of the oppressive heat. James c. Parke,
,se r-isn and Scottish champion. trounced
Alfred W Dunlop, substituting for
Anthony y Niidng. in straight sets in
hre elaslng match at So ID. 6--3.
Pefore the matches start cd con side rable
interest Va taken out Of them because
0, the fact that Brookes and Wildng had
dsr ,ded 20 stav ont and let tho other two
men play When they did begin there
vas little ~ arouse enthusiasm Two
,houeand odd spectators had como out
although rain threatened all morning but
,he matches were about as poor an cShi-
h!tlon OF tennis a. ever was seen I'm an
International tie. The one bright spot In
he afternoon was the work OF Parke
The Cet was never IN better form. Most
Of the fans k4enly regretted the fact that
ne was not opposed by Wildins. Playing
as he did to-day he probably would have
'1werei the Colors OF the Australian.
Lowe started service In the opening
match and won the first game after he
rad los. two points by driving the sphere
~: OF bounds poust came back on the
ne1' game and made the set even on his
evu service. but the BrIton carried away
The next two This gave him the lead
a. 81 HIS lead. however. did not last
long, for ~ developed a streak Of Wild
las and lost three ~ the next -Four games
before he finally stcad'ed and pulled OUT
ne SCI A. st with the points AZ :. 20.
Throughout this SN' the serv!"- 90 he
Eng shmaN bothered Doust considerably.
and although the former gathered IN only
'vo aces uu il L opened the way 70 score
many another point.
Doust opened n" second set rs taking
three Of the first four games, two att,r
they had gone ~ deuce and one a. .ov..
but ne began to feel tho offec Of tho
heat and slowed up to such an extent that
no Lost the next three ) tmts and tire
cad lowe grew tired OF working at
'hls stage OF the game and %" prac-
tcsllv threw away tn" .g ~ dire games
for be refused to 60 after any ball that
vas not within easy reach. only ,rree
points separated the men AZ the finish
Oous- leading At 3i-.3i Instead OF be
,Jnlirg more accustomed to the peculiar
ssrv. Of Lowe in this SCI Doust found
~ mon, difficult to handle. and the Rriton
tailed six aces. three - them consecu-
lively. iu tne seventh game.
The third set was even NOR, unir-
''r-strg than i's two pred Ccssurs, for
both - the men played lstlrss tennis.
poust took 'ue lead ~ 81 hut 4e
could NOT hold the pace and was nosed
out N S. Tho Australian WIS very
much fatiEued. hut he made q fight for
the tc1tl game and succeeded in winning
=. bringing tho game 20 deuce. lie also
tool, the eleventh game and IN" lead. at
s-5 but lost the next two and scored
only one point while losing them. II was
now aprar. m hat the Islander coud not
'as muah longer. for he was moving
about the court very slowly and "a II
every move wa. painful lie stuck along
and on 'h. fourteenth game, however,
AFTER Lowe bad the score at 30 love and
needed only ono point for tn" set. But
This was duo 10 IN" bad play ~ the
Frclisr man rather than to any squirt or
brllancy m the part Of Doust.
Immediately after the game WAS An
shed Doust walked across the court and
srook hands with Lowe, acknowledging
his default For time II was doubtful
because - 'he great neat ~ to whether
NJ NOT parke and Dunlop would play and
\ goodlv part % The crowd left the stands.
After about half an hour. however. the
MN came ONT and started tho tussle with
very N'tla preliminary work.
Parke had wonderful control over the
nal m the opening set and nut = about
wherever M wanted TO, 40 that he scored
his rointl either by direct placements or
h. forcing his rival 70 make an error. one
game after another went to the trishman
unit, all siv had been rolled on. and not
"ne n tho games went to deuce. Dunlop
JAILED 90 earn a single point during the
sai. NJ neagre total Of Q being made up
~ nets and outs by Parke. The Celt
scored % points. 7 of which were place.
re7t aces
nunlo0 showed little life In the early
games ~ tho second set and actually
managed 20 move into the lead AZ 81
NarA' soon caught up with him, however
md although ~ became a little unsteady
for hrioS time permitting the antlpodean
70 Raln tine advantage at s., he came
hack strong In the pinch and gathered IN
2 cluster NJ three games with the utmost
ease and finished the set
OUTSIDE of occasional flashes or briliant
PLAY 10y Hlrie nothing good can ne sald
- the third set Dunlop refused TO go
f'ter ANYTHING at all and returned only
when le had TO- Parke after dropping
me first game took the next three without
Hry snpif ~ ALL and II was reaIly
shame that he did not have an opponent
who would push him, for he never was
stocking better ana might have displayed
some wonderful tennis The lrishman
'"'ie0'l' became disguised with the llst-
Jos of his rival and practically threw
'1e next 'Wo Games away, possibly IN me
loop" mat 10 would arouse some an4bltlon
U DLu,ou. Tho latter, however, refused
~ Dee pc.turlcd and stood calmly on the
court careful not to ruffie himself 20 any
extent While the Celt was making the
POINTS necessary 10 win the last three
ttu's. the set and match.
Certainly to-day's eNh!bitions-for they
r'r" nothing more--were not the KIND 10
promote interest, and they surely did not
do tH" game any good Most Of the en-
iHIH.f>'a who FIRST briVed the threatening |
'an ard then sat out in the burning sun
-" NY much disguised over the AFFAIR
snd most Of them went home feeling that
No general public had nguratvely got II
~ mo neck once more. for they had paid |
Eood money FOR the privilege OF seeing |
'''n'9 of an international callbre and in
reality had seen only tennis OF the brand
mar might be played by schoobOys. The
tumm1rcs;
Doust vs. Lowe.
FIRST SET
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