The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-08
NO LACK OF FORM IN
TENNIS BY WILLIAMS
Davis Cup Player Has Snap and
Dash Of Old in Clever
Doubles Tilt.
HE AND MURRAY VICTORS
Their Team Play. However, Is
Not SO Smooth as That Of
Wrcnn and Little.
HE AND MURRAY VICTORS

advanced to the sem-final round In the
mems Invitation lawn tennis tournament
at the Westchcster Country Club yester-
day by defeating Raymond II. Little and
George l.. Wrenn, Jr.., both OF New York.
| In three hard sets in the second round. at
| 81. 81, 6-i. That only one match
was played was due to the poor condition
or the turf courts. which had been soaked
| by the occasional showers of rain. WILL
Jams and Murray will meet George NJ
Church and Dean Mathcy. metropolitan
doubles champions In the lower half OF
tho semi-nnal round to-day
Williams was by far the star OF the
match and did not show any OF that lack
| or form which characterized his play in
! the early season. His service had all of
the power that II had last year. and his
strokes In volleys were just as clean cut
aud well Judged ~ ever. Murray too
played fast tennis. but his work was not
nearly as scintillant as that Of his partner
One of the features of the match--and
Notwithstanding the softness OF the turf
1t was one Of the prettiest doubles con-
tests that has been seen in this section in
many "A day-was tie work Of Little. The
veteran seems TO have taken on new
little practice this season worked with tho
same snap and dash which marked his
play few years back Wrcnn too played
well and covered his court I'm faultless
style.
The team work Of the losers was con-
siderably better than that Of williams
and Murray, the latter two having "A ten
dency To poach on one another's court
( Little and Wrenn defended their territory
with such careful combination play that
on only three occasions lid their rivals
manage to fool them. and each OF those
, times IL was Williams who, catching
them both at the net slammed the ball
down tn" centre OF the court for a place
mcut point.
,, Williams and Murray had plenty of
speed, but they lacked the stoadlnoss Of
their universities. and II was just this
steadlness that gave Little and Wrenn the
opening set In this set tho Williams
Murray team used It's speed to great ad-
: vantage ana carried of five OF the first
seven games. II looked as II they would
have an easy time winning ,i- set hut
, with the score b against them Little
. and Wrcnn began To show signs OF nght.
= while their opponents were getting Il little
mixed on their team work. As "A result
the veterans started bv taking a love game
on Wrenn's service, and then rceled of
game after game until they had taken
five in row. and with them the SGT. With
D and Williams made an EFFORT to win and
succeeded IN bringing the game to deuce
, . five times before they finally dropped II,
: but Nrcuu and Little took the rext with
out tho lnss 81 a point The order ~ ser
, vice was Williams. Little Murray, Wrenn
:. williams started service again In tho
! second sct md won the FIRST game. but
. : only after 1t had gone 10 deuce twice. In
!, this game. of IN" siN points scored by
4 Williams and Murray. hyc were ON the
a errors of the opposition and tho other a
=, service ace by Williams Two Of the four
" points made by the other combination
, werc double faults by Williams and the
!, other two placements 10y Little. on the
!, second game Williams and Murray had
- the score at 10. but they became err
: ratio and finally lost the game after II
had been to deuce three times.
The second game was the only one oil
this sct that was taken by Little and
Wrenn, FOR they fell into slump and LOST
!" the next five and gathered IN only is
1t points while losing them. All througt
Is this set Williams made some wonderful
1t gets and his mcteoric drives down tn.
As alleys were good for many point. Llttl,
ID also got in some very pretty strokes. bu
pr he was unfortunate IN having the most %
r. them choked at the net.
y Little and Wrenn made a grand start IL
the third set and carried off the FIRST thre.
games with the loss of only four points
1
promising for the youngsters. but Will
Williams serving on the fourth game the,
- took "A love game and followed by winninJ
10 four more when they started a burst o
I'd speed that their rivals could not follow
TO- on the ninth game. with Little on tn
NJ service line, his team managed 10 get
40 victory and pulled the score up to a.
8 but Murray and williams worked har,
-; and won tho next taking the set AM
RI match with II.
nj II WAS not until the third set that tn
n volleying was lengthy and most of
- was done without allowing the ball 10 hi
Al. the turf Murray's play on the turf did no
90 look nearly as good as his work on IN
40 clay courts.
v Tho singles will be started to-day and
ii, is expected that william NJ Johnson q
"a, California, who will arrive early to-nigh
or tomorrow morning, will get into IN
"a fray tomorrow Maurice L., McLoughlir
nd Thomas c. Bundy and Clarence ]. Grill
10. fin viii not arrive from the coast unit
Wv, Sunday night so they will not get out o
the courts until next Monday In the Sea
oS bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Gu
N tournament. The summarizes
rd Meu's Invitation Doubles Second Round
Irl Norris williams. philadelphia, and Robe
s | Ilndley Murray. California, defeated Raymor
ID Lutte New York. and George L. wrcnn, Jr
90 New York, 81, 81, 6-'
ey. FIRST SET
y iIG , and ~, wT; Murray !s;.sd!!oc22tt-ss
isy SECOND SET
I.. & I9l'lc ,o and w, wFG Murray a
~" THIRD SET
an. Williams and Murray go. loStA4542 al
Re"api,niation- Williams and Murray, ? set
i i'': games ",@ Little and wrcnn,. IL games: wi
Jams and Murray, 90 points; Little and Wren
81 points.
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