New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-18
LEADING TEAMS
CLASH IN LAWN
TENNIS DOUBLES
Alexander and Little and
Larned and Imam Stars
at RumSon Club.
nv Telegraph 10 The tribune. !

Seabright, \. j.. July Spirited
play was seen here to-day in the spe-
cial invitation lawn tennis tournament
on the grass courts of the Rumson
Country Club. with five of the leading
doubles teams in the east in round
robin affair.
Pairs consisting of Frederick b. Al
eXander and Raymond d. Little, the
famous old Princeton University COM
bination of previous years. and Edward
2. Larned and Frederick c. Inman,
winners of the recent invitation dou-
bleS at WeStchester, came through the
first day of play with two victories
each and no defeats. The tournament
will be completed tomorrow, with the
doubles final as the feature.
Sweltering heat and dense humidity
made playing conditions unusually Sc
we're on the men, especially in the first
match of the day between Alexander
and Little and Theodore +. Pell and
Bernon S. Prentice, in the forenoon,
when the sun was at Its hottest. AL
exander and Little won after a Cruel
ling struggle at IS, 81, Sc, the
match requiring three hours of play.
Later in the day Alexander and his
partner took on Robert ID. Wrenn and
". J. Clothier and were again vlctorl-
Gus. this time by a score of 6-l, 6-3.
Larned and Inman were opposed by
W. Merrill Hall and Alfred S. Dab
ney in their first match, winning at
G-1, 6-3, and then PLAYED Pell and
Prentice, defeating them by a score OF
IS. Cd.
This match was the feature of the
day, and the pairs were so evenly
matched that the result was IN DOUBT
until the last point had been scored.
Pell and Prentice had defeated Larned
and Imam at Tuxedo earlier IN the
season, and were beaten by the same
pair at Westchester last week, so TO-
DAYS match was the rubber
With four such court generals IN the
game the playing was spectacular from
the spectators standpoint, the Voiley-
ing being brilliant and prolonged
Larned's low volley shots, crlss-cros.-
sing the fore courts, earned many OF
the points for the winning side, and
his smashing of lObs was severe ana
extremely accurate. Inman was d
tower Of strength at the net, slashlng
the ball to the corners so last ana
with such a cut that Pell and PRENTICE
found il extremely difficult to handle.
his side of the net. His overhead LAY
was strong. and several Zines he seIed
the situation by splendidly placed
smashes squarely between lnman and
Larned. Pell had excellent control OF
his sweeping back-hand drives, and
scored points on flashing passing shots
down the side lines.
In the second set of the match be,
tween Alexander and Little and Pell
and Prentice the former pair held a
lead of 50 on games, but then Peil
and his partner began brilliant attack
from the net position and took the
next five games and the set at p
The last set was bitterly contested
with the games alternating up to c
all when the old Princeton pair broke
through and ran out the last Two
games.
The summaries follow:
Rourd robin invitation doutles-R D Little an
= D. Alexander defeated j. 5. Prentice ana !. a.
paT - 81. So. l. =. Laued and / ..
irusn defeated " ~ Hall and A. ). Ddbn ~
81. 6-g. r. j. Wrenn and W. j. Ciolmer ,,
(eafed Hall and Dabney. 81, 6-a, Llile ana
Alexander defeated Wrenn aud Cl0ihler. b-l, -
Lsued and Iuman defeated Prentice and fe1'
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