The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-24
FORMER CHAMPIONS
TAKE TWO MATCHES
ClOthier and Gardner Make Hay
While Torrents Descend on
Eastern Doubles.
NO EXTRA SETS REQUIRED
All Davis Cup Team Members
Are Kept From Courts by
Intermittent Rain.

BosToN. July ga storm. which began
as II drizzle In the forenoon and increased
to torrents after luncheon. prevented he
carrying out Of the Longwood tennis pro-
gramme for to-day. In all. four doubles
matches and one at singles were started
and OF that number only three OF the
former were completed. Consequently the
committee Is somewhat disturbed, for In
dications are now that the challenge round
match In the singles will not be played
before the middle Of next week.
-Four singles matches are scheduled for
tomorrow and IN each one of them n
star Ia down to play. In one of the
members are scheduled to meet, VI. T..
Mclaughlin and Thomas {. Bundy.
X Norris Williams, third member u
the Davis cup team. meets Watson NJ.
NaSburn In another while In the other
II. Lindley Murray meets Fred tnman
William J. Clothier and his doubles
partner, O. i. Gardner Jr.. played two
matches to-day and came through sue
cessfully In each. The first they won from
liallowell and Novel;. following the morn
ing storm. and then after luncheon, while
severe storm was At It's height, they
defeated Reggie and Wheelwrlght in
straight sets. Dr Rosenbaum and r. H.
Whitney won from w T.. Crockcr and
A. Favreau. schoolhoys. In straight sets
and 7. G. Bags and ;. N. Noshell scored
q win over H. i. Holt and H. l. Foster
The rain forced them to stop playing with
tho match two sets all, and Holt and
Foster then defaulted.
In three sets. all Hallowell and Novel;
were able to gather on the play ~ Clothier
and Gardner were FIVE games In the
opening set they We're forced to be con-
tent with a total ~ three points Tho
Eastern doubles champions Of two years
ago were undauntod by the heavy rain.
Such things as fear Of broken limbs
counted for naught when they went through
their fourth round match In the down
pour. In ten games they took the open
Ing set from Reggie and Whoelwright
ana then took the next two sets I'm the
eight and seven games respectively.
Holt and Foster Started their match
with Baggs and Noshcll as though they
were going to win r easily, for they took
the first two sets. H1wtvcr. the New
Workers hraccd In tho third and made II
two sets all when the downpour forced
thorn To- stop. The subsequent default W.T..
somewhat Of surprise The fourth and
NTH round ~ doubles will he completed
tomorrow, leaving the semi-anals for
Saturday and the iinsis Monday or Tues
daS.
The German Davis cup team will arrive
tomorrow morning and will hc nst hy
President Sh.afe Of the Longwood club
when the Amerika docks. They may visit
Long~ood before they start for Pittsburg
whore they meet the winners Of the AUS
tralia- Canada matches The summaries
Longwood Bowl singles, Fourth Round
g. r, Putnam led II. Sickersou. Sc. S-6
I'll tuncomple'riI
Eastern Doubles Championships Second
Round-W. j C-oth!er ANA q. =. Gardner
Jr. defeated y =. Ha'lowell ard I Newell
90. "a. "a. a. : Dahnoy and y "
Stiles defeated / Il. Kent and G.. IL. COLES.
ter rs default
Third Round William Rosen baum and T.
II whitney defeated trtrks~ "A uI 4
FaNreau. 90. t-2, e
Fourth Round r. Fottrell and u /. Muir
ray beat \. lugrsham and \ \. Barrows
by default, Clothier and Gardner beat !
MheelHrlght amt Reggie. s-l. e. al.
r e. Bags and H. NoSheI beat II !
Holt and ~. / Foster IS. IS. ia
"a gall default