The New York herald., 1921-04-15
GOULD AND WEAR
TRIUMPH EASILY
Court Tennis Doubles Cham
pions Start Title Tourney
With Fine Exhibition.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

Judging by their exhibition in the first
round OF the national amateur court ten
mis- doubles championship at the Racquet
and Tennis Club yesterday. 1t will be
hard TO deprive Jay Gould and Joseph W.
Wear OF Philadelphia of the title they
have held for several years They scored
with surprising ease over J. Gordon
Douglas and Hewitt Morgan of New
York. the score ending 6-2. Go, Ga.
AS usual, Gould's skilful placing. his
dexterity of stroke and his remarkable
control were the leading factors, but his
partners speed in court covering and his
ability to maintain q fast pace gave
Gould many OF his opportunities for
earned points.
The New York pair made stubborn
fight for the opening set They forced
Wear to yield his service game to begin
with. and although they dropped the next
four games In q row they made every
one of them close. The sixth game went
to deuce three times before Douglas and
Morgan finally won 1t. two shots in the
dedans and one In the grille figuring
prominently. II proved to be their last
threat, however. for Gould and Wear
reached their top form right after that
and outplayed the Gotham team by a
games in the first set Gould and Wear
won six In succession in the second set
and the first game Of tho third before
their advance was checked momentarily.
Douglas and Morgan held the winners
fairly even toward the end of the third
set but it was due as much to the fact
that Gould's speed slackened as to the
effectiveness of their own rally. In the
matter of team play the champions
showed to decided advantage. The rail-
read service was the fayorite one on both
sides. but Gould's proved the more puz-
zling by far.
The match was the only one in the
first round, and rs only five teams were
drawn for play the winners went into
the semi-final round. In which they will
meet Z. p. Rhodes and r. w. Cutler OF
Boston to-day. the other semi-final
was played yesterday, Joshua Crane and
George B. Fearing of Boston defeating
Payne Whitney and Fulton Cutting OF
New York. The latter tussle proved to
be one of the most hard fought of the
season. The rival teams were SO evenly
matched that the result remained IN
doubt up to the final stroke. As mat
ter Of fact the local pair were several
times within a stroke of making the
score two sets all, but lack of control at
NCSh
portunity.
In every one OF the four sets played
there was very little TO spare for the
winning side, as the score OF 4-G, 6-5,
6-5, 1o--S indicates. The team play
was unusually good and the rallies
proved to be we'll sustained throughout
The rivals were practically even IN the
matter OF winning and losing chases
Both the front and rear OF the court
were pretty we'll guarded. so that the
shots into the grille or dedans were few
and far between. Having reached the
final. Crane and Fearing will rest un-
til tomorrow. when the title round will
be played. It probably will be Boston
VS. Philadelphia In the final. for Gould
and Wear figure to win comfortably to-
day.
The summary:
National Court Tennis Doubes-First
Round--Jay Gould and Joseph w. Wear.
Philadelphia, defeated J. Gordon Douglas
and Hewitt Morgan. New York. 6-2. 60,
Cd.
Semi-final Round--Joshua Crane and G. d.
Fearing Boston, defeated Payne Whitney
and Fulton Cutting. New York. 4-6, 8-5.