New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-23
Larry Waterbury and Payne
Whitney Win After a
Spectacular Tilt.
OSBORNE AND THORNE
FIGHT EVERY POINT
Clark and Courtney Also Score in
First Round of the Doubles
Tournament.

Six games were required 10 decide one
Of the matches in the national doubles
championship AZ racquets on the court o.
the Racquet and Tennis Club YESTERDAY ar
tcrnoon This p-Jtracted tit. which kept
the gallery on edge FOR more than an
hour. brought together .. G.. Osborne and
George A. Thorne. or Chicago. against
Lawrence Waterbury and Payne Whit
ney. Of this city The latter pair won by
a score OF l5-1l. 3.l5. Ia. 3-l5. Iii and
l5-S lu the other match George 9. Clark.
ir.. and - Courtney. Of the home club.
defeated Stanley Mortimer and .. NJ.
Heckscher another local bair IN straight
games. as follows. lJ-2. l5-l2. iS-H and
l5-2
Until a short time before the second
match began there was some uncertainty
as to who Waterburys partner would be,
although Whitney had all along expected
70 play. provided he succeeded in getting
into anything like normal condition. In
Yesterdays contest he showed al times
lack Of practice, but FOR all that he played
q hard and aggressive game, mis- service
being particularly good.
on the other hand Waterbury was
everywhere. bringing or difficult gets with
all his erstwhle brilliancy As the match
progressed the national champion
strokes became more and more effective.
Always dangerous were Osborne and
Thorne. The speed in Osoorne's shots TO
the fore wall was SO dazzling a. 10 az
times make II impossible for the opposi-
ton to make any Roadway. The Chicago
PLAYER possesses a wonderful wrist that
enab les him TO take the ball al almost
any angle with scarcely an effort IN
fact. he appears 90 do nothing more than
stick out his bat to meet the ball In
chicago Osborne is now regarded as al
most the equal Of Harold Mccormick
At the start whitney won the toss and
his partner went in 10 serve, but failed 10
score The Chicago pair then tailed aces
IN rapid succession. Osborne's service
being responsible for two OF the six points
collected. The New York pair then got
going. and 2 long rally marked the second
/ hand. Whitney gaining the point
( In this hand. as in every succeeding one.
/ the champion and his partner continued
10 add TO their total. In the NTH inning
! Waterbury scored all three aces unas-
sisted. two on placement and the other on
service. His side won in tn. seventh
! hand
/ Tho IA blss were completely turned in
! the second game as A result OF Osborne
! unusual speed. There was an amusing IN
! cident I'm the second hand. in which the
! Joke was at the expense OF the visiting
team Thorne had scored a service ace
and i'm the excitement OF a rally mo-
ment later he returned the stroke from
his partners bat. Seven points In the
fourth inning. all save one being made on
Osbornes service ended that tilt, making
the games I all.
There was not quite so much ginger IN
the strokes OF the Western players IN the
.:lrd game, but this may In a measure
have been accounted for by the masterful
playing Of Waterbury. who az all times
kept the ball low and taking the corners
at difficult angles.
In this game Whitney's service was par
ticulary effective, with the result that his
side won with something to spare. More
dashing play. due largely to Osborne, en-
abled the Chicago pair 70 walk away
with the fourth game by another one
sided score That made the count all.
Waterbury then redoubed his efforts.
The score was 10 TO 9 IN favor Of the New
York pair when the visiting side went In
10 serve After a long rally. resulting in
the Chicago team being BANKED. Water
bury took Thorne 70 task for getting IN
the way. Osborne couldn't see II that
way. however. but the discussion which
followed was brief and not enough to de-
lay the game.
Toward the end Waterbury's service be-
came deadly. and he ran the game out IN
lie sixth hand The home pair took COM
rnand Of the sixth and last game with a
cluster Of s points in the third hand and
Waterbury won the game in the seventh
inning with a clever place. NJ. $. Patton
acted as referee. while George Standing
/ did the marking.
Team work had a great deal to do with
the success Of Clark and Courtney. They
covered the court ably. rarely getting In
e.oh others way Courtney. especially in
the first game, had puzzling service
which kept the opposition reaching for all
sort % wellnich impossible gets. No fewer
than seven aces on his service were scored
/ by Courtney in the opening hand and he
| Rad two more TO his credit In the next
! Clark was not far behind, returning
everything in sight.
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