The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24
NEW YORK RACQUETS
TEAM Is VICTORIOUS
Earns Right to Hold Intercity
Doubles Cup by Beating
Philadelphians.
MORTIMER AND PELL SHINE

New York earp"d the right to hold the
ntercity doubles racquets cup yesterday
by beating Philadelphia in both OF the
matches played at the Racquet and Tennis
club. George NJ Heckscher and J. c.
Waterbury captured the first match for
New York from r. X. Cassatt and c. s.
Bromley the Quaker team. In four straight
games at 15--lO. l5-5, 15--3. l5-e. In
the closing match Stanley Mortimer and
e. C. Pell vanquished ]. W. Wear and
Wilson Potter, four games to one, at
9--l5, 1t, l5--s, l5-l2, l5-S As
New York had broken even with the Phil
adelphians in the first matches OF the Sc
ries at Philadelphia last week, yesterday s
double virtorv gave them the series by a
score OF to !. The New Workers gorged
themselves further at the cwpense OF their
brethren from Philadelphia by downing
the visitors in an exhibition doubles court
tennis match. In this Payne Whitney and
Larry Waterbury defeated W. H. T, HUM
and O. H. Brooke at 3-6, 6-4, 60,
I t.
The opening racquets match was not
/ ANYTHING to boast Of because II was be-
/ tween the second teams of the rival clubs
and the men did not play up to anything
. IKE form SuHldlltu Ihi4lfN "tlf AtN anu
! far between and team work was thing
/ unheard OF. HeCksCher showed more brill
/ llancy and generalship than any of the
4 other three, and this as much AS anything
else accounted for his teams victory. As
/ bad as the visiting team played In the
I opening game Of the match II became
. slower and slower AS play progressed. The
final game was the one bright spot, for
here the Philadelphlans made somewhat
Of a stand. and after trailing At to
pulled up to even terms and Kept even
until the score stood all In the next
hand, however, the New Workers gathered
six aces and practically finished the
match.
In the first game the Philadelphians led
for the first six hands and had the score
at los but i'm the next two hands they
we're unable to score at all, while the
New Workers were making seven aces
enough to win. The home team made the
second and third games very short, prin-
cipally by turning the mistakes of the
Quakers t. advantage and using a servlct
that the visitors could not handle The
local team scored a total OF so points. rs
of them earned, "a by service and IA 10y
placement, and the remaining 22 on misses
by their opponents. Against this the
Philadciphians Tailed II total OF % aces
of which they earned rs, II by SERVED
and 2 by placement They got the Other
II on the errors of the New Workers.
The second match made up for wha
was lacking In the first, for the play was
fast and scintllant from start 10 nnish
Wear, who with Dwight +, Davis. is th'
holder of the national doubles champion
ship. was in great form and made som'
wonderfully brilliant strokes. Mainly b.
his good work his team started with q
rush and carried off the first game II
seven hands. Mortimer and Pell had no
struck their stride during this game, bu
81. alNra n 10 gnRnn1
ran out in four hands, while the Quaker
were making only six aces.
Wear and Potter began the third VIII
a lead of to g but their advantage wa
cut down gradually by the New Workers
who passed them in the third hand an
; finished the game In the urn win
run of FIVE. Again in the fourth the viz
, itors took the lead in the early hand
and when the score stood II to 4 l.
their favor at the end OF the fourth han
p il looked as II they would even UP III
: match. Mortimer and Pell. however cam
through with surprising rally In tn
nth hand, which Melted them nine acei
the longest run made in the match. an
! won out on the next hand The fins
game was close until the last two hand!
Z when the local team fInished up wit
two runs OF g. The New Workers. mad
60 aces TO 80 for their rivals. The locJ
I team earned Al, &c on service and |
on placement, Wnlle tne lhllhuelpHlhI
earned only "a, l6 on service and o
I placement Mortimer and Pell gave III
( visitors 20 points on misses and game
4 IS by the misses OF their opponents.
. After the first two sets In the coui
Q tennis match the New York team ha
everything its own way. The 'Philado
pSians played brilliant tennis In the opeT
n ing sets, winning the first with little din
n Guilty and losing the second by the harei
: sort of a margin. In the third set hot
I Whitney and Waterbury covered the coul
: 30 closely that the Philadelphians wei
n unable to get anything by them and the
20 attack was 50 strong that they ra
r through II In six consecutive games, TT
I. New Workers. were going strong stlll
Is the fourth set and for "A time II locke
- as II they would win ii at a love scol
Y too. hut they let down toward the clo'
}, and allowed the visitors to cary on ~
games.