Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
THREE TIHAYERS PLA
WONDERFUL GAME IN
SPECIAL TOURNAMENT
Dewhurst and Carpenter
However, Give Young
Tennis Rivals a Great
Run III. A. Sands Tries
Hand on Court

Run ii. A. Sands Tries
Hand on Court
The doubles tournamsnt speoleliy al
ranged Tor the ay-at-homt IkHn tennis
PLAYERS By pr. r. q newhufst vas toas
cludsd At the Huntingdon Valley country
Club yesterday and the winners wore
A. p. Theyer and Rowland Evans, ~
The hnei round was something of
family AFFAIR. for on the other side o. ne
net were !. II Thkyer brother of A b
Thaysr. and sidney rhayer. 5f.. t5naln
Of both The scores of The FINAL, 4 bri-
iiantly contested match, wtfo s,2. 81. 81
This was BY no means the big event Of
the day for In the aemianal the ysthtana
Or. 2 B, Dewhurst and j. h. Carpenter.
Jr.. two-time winners Of the penntylvAnis
sthte ehampionship. and the two 1hsyera
played q three-Het match thkt wAa re.
niete with thrills and all kinds of good
tennis
on two occasions Dewhufst aud Car
pentsr were within game OF tho sdAtch.
once in the second act and esain "a the
third. but on each occaaion the Thayors.
who were playing wonderful net game.
drove them back 70 the baseiina with
deep lobs then came up themselves and
counted with swift and accurately placed
oross-couft shots.
Some famous doubles matches havs
been staged on the turf courta at Hunt
insdon Valley, but Il IL doubtful Il any
| OF them surpassed the one played yehtars
day between Joe and Sid Thayer ana
Doctor Dewhurst and Carpenter vlr-
tualiy all the best known doubles teams
In the East have played, at aoine time
or other. IN the invitation doubles tourna-
ment held there annually for the Hunt
ingdon Valley Challenge Cups Doctor
Dewhurst who is the guiding spirit in
lawn tennis affairs at Huntlnencn Valley.
believes in doubles. and also belleves that
too little attention is paid TO this type
OF tennis, which, from 4 apectAcular
point Of View. IL the best Of al net
games.
II A. Sands, batter known az a golfer
than a tennis player picked up a racquet
on Saturday for the nrst time IN q num-
Der OF years. He played at Huntingdon
! Valley with W. g. CBo) Thomson who is
credited with being one OF the first 70
beaten In the hrst round. but proved that
| II was lack OF practice more than any
thing else that beat them BY going
through the consolation event and win
ming the final from W. II. Trottar and
Or. 2. B. Krumbhaar, at s-i. 80. SO.
Tho Trotter-Krumbhaa Combination
was made up at the last minute In the
tournament proper Trotter played with
]. NJ. wlstar, and Doctor Krumbhaaf wss
| T.ar II as4f4T
Dwight r. Davis, donor OF the Davia
Cup, held tho national doubles racquats
championship a year ago A. neither
!. ear nor Wistar wanted to play IN he
consolation, Doctor DewhnrBt very oblls-
ingiy formed the Trolter- kruuibhaar
team. This was done all along the lina
and everybody was well plsaaed and no
defaults were given because one Of tho
partners might have wanted 10 SO 10
Cape May to play mixed doubles
pewhurst ana Carpenter are the only
pair In this section who have played To-
gether consistently for any length Of
time. At tournaments PLAYERS enter n
the doubles and End their partners after
the event IL well under way Thls Is a
mistake, and the success that has fcl-
lowed the EFFORTS Of this well-lknown team
hears out a statement made IN these col
umns several weeks ago that doubles are
not taken AeflouAly enough
Virtually all the local tennis snthuslaass
firmly believe that the best doubles play
er IN Philadelphia lR G b jennings. Of
/ the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Although
Jennings Is not a brilliant player. there
Is no one who works harder ne matter
what may be at stake.
| He IL the same way IN soccer, ana the
same way IN squash racquatp. At the
| Racquet Club last spring Jennings uaa
! in the hnal round for the doubles squash
/ title. and he and his partner had dropped
| two games to the other side, and Wefe
/ eeing beaten IN the next. But playing
= h dogged determination they eyen-
tunlly won out
Jennings has been runner-up TO ". Il
n Huhn for the singles squash chnm-
plonship for several years. but. even So
each time he comes hack. and. with tAet
neyer-say-dle spirit for which be s
famous, he plods along ana never sifss
/ up until the winning ace is SCORED
ets
There are several young rhiladelphiana
who have brilliant futures before them
I IN the realm OF lawn tennis. one =
/ T. Tilden, Jr, the poaseHaor OF q nfilli9nt
and varied attack. but rather weak DE-
fence and rather inclined 20 he Ni|a
/ These faulta can Be remedfed g tlms
/ and when they are Tiidan and hls zaIfifH
/ u-lll become known nationally ApfoaeA
/ OF his service his hrst bali breaks about
/ two feet. and quite often bis aee1nt
| just as good.
Anothef promising young PLAYER g elaz
/ nsy Thaysf, Jr He ls 2 biz attaala4 tnsn
/ Junior Tilden, although net nearly =
| fast, but. unlike Tildsn he ha4 na slaEs
ing faults thar need correcting Rather
BE has o good all-roand game that VII
/ Ia time. be Improved upon.
I
WARREN CORKRAN WINNER