The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

DARKNESS ENDS DOUBLES

SlHfvr upset the Ctl-uld'i'Hs VI 'hN W.
lovers Of tennis to- 'ay when he defeated
: II Vu.HelI Of the Borough Park Lawn
Tennis cub. Brooklyn eastern New York
state and Bronx county champion. In the
e,,l round for the New Jersey state
championship at the Englewocd Field
,yub by three SOS to one Shafer played
MA q, the best matches that he has ever
.,,yed outdoors and after losing the itst
"a, st &c won the next three at Ct.
ia Is The final OF the doubles, In
..b,.g Sh,Crr was paired with Wylie c.
Grant and Noshell with Frederick c.
p,frs. was called on account OF darkness
with the score tie at two se;s all. Shater
nd Grant winning the first and fourth
st -. Ga. and the other pair taking
he se.5nl and third at Is, 6-2.
Shafer sa-tod the first set ausp cicusly
hy winning the opening game by points
fn 1 but Nushe,l followed 1t with mas
~ g. class tennis and took the next
sour games in order. The squirt was /
tie too much for him. however. ana ne
d.oppsd the mex; three games princl,
nilly because he was unable TO control
'he BAH. aud tao set tied at all.
rhe ninth and tenth games were marked
Inv long vnlloyirg and Noshell managed
70 take both Of them by passing his rival
Tor the last couple Of aces.
In the second set the Borough Plrk
nlaycr took an early lead at 3-2 ann
came within a point OF winning the SKIN
-ame too Shafer strengthened. how
ever, aud after pulling the game to deuce
won " md followed with love game,
which gave him the advantage at IS.
Vosheu won the next game after deuce
had been reached. but In the last two
games developed another streak OF Wild
4. 50 which lost the set for him.
Encouraged by having tied the match
Shafer played the best tennis OF his career
for the first three games Of the third set
and won them while his opponent was
making only four points Voshel tHen
gandw. he'd In a love game on is own
service. VIII CHI Shafer found difficulty In
h4niling. but the Latter answered by
taking the next two. With the score
81 against him NOsNel made another
squirt and, aided somewhat by the fact
that Shafer let up, won tie seventh ana
eighth games. In the last game OF the
set shifer scored all his points on errors
by Voshall.
Vosheli started the fourth set Looking
pretty tired and lost the II 81 four games,
scoring only seven points five OF which
were made in the first two games. The
next two alternated and once more the
score stood g.. against NosheH. At
this 20 mt he made his final stand or the
match, but after winning two gimcs ana
leading In the ninth at 1910 he II by
the ways!de and made three errors In a
row, thereby giving Shafer the game that
brought him the title.
Owing to his great steadness during
the match Shafer was not used up very
much al the finish and he took only a
short rest before coming back on the
court for the semi finals OF the doubles
with Wylie c. Grant against @. A. Gordon
and A. Fraser-Camnbell. The Shater-
Grant combination did not work very
hard in this match. as the men evidently
Felt confident OF winning and wanted 10
save themselves for the final round match.
As a result the volleying was long and.
althoush Gordon and aser-Campbell lost
In straight sets at 6--4. S-6, they made
4 coed nrht for nearly every game.
After another short rest Shafer and
Grant started the final round match for
the championship against Voshell and f.
g. Bags. From the outset the fight be-
tween the two teams was about as close
as poss Die and most of the games went
INTO extra points before a decision was
reached, At the end of the second set
the score was tied in sets. games and
points, bu, Voshell and Bags played
very fast tennis In the third and won II
easily with a margin OF thirteen aces be-
tween them and their rivals at the finish.
The way shell and Baggs were going
N this st made them look like sure
winners but Shafer and Grant got back
into their stride and worked so well to-
gether in the fourth set that they soon
moved into the lead. Toward the close
VI the last set II was so dark that the
players hardly could see the ball and any
kind OF speedy stroke was sure to win
a ne h. fnlNN oh. - hA r,la
Noshell and Bags had total Of II
games to 30 for the Shafer-Grant combi-
nation. The deciding set of the match
will be played next Saturday.
Fred Baggs won the final round OF the
consolation singles earlier In the day
defeating Fraser Campbell easily at 81
6-3. The summary:
New lorssy ~ te Championship. Men,
singles Final Ro"nd--G q. Sh" fer defeated
:. II. Noshell, - e-I, Ga. 6-3.
FIRST SET.
Noshell,....... l44i4 22ii SIT
shsfer. ,......., 1871 gll4 2 S-2s-I