The Piker and World's fair guide ..an accurate account of the exposition, preliminary programme, Olympic games and world's championship contests .. . Robert Koons andDallas Koons, versus Penllyn team. 118 WORLDS FAIR HANDY GUIDE. LAWN TENNIS. Capt. W. H. Collins, president of the English Lawn Tennis Associa-tion; H. L. Doherty, champion in singles, and R. F. Doherty, who, withhis brother, held the doubles championship of England, the interna-tional title and the twin cups of the United States, and H. S. Mahoney,former English champion in singles, arrived in New York, July 22. Larned, R. D
The Piker and World's fair guide ..an accurate account of the exposition, preliminary programme, Olympic games and world's championship contests .. . Robert Koons andDallas Koons, versus Penllyn team. 118 WORLDS FAIR HANDY GUIDE. LAWN TENNIS. Capt. W. H. Collins, president of the English Lawn Tennis Associa-tion; H. L. Doherty, champion in singles, and R. F. Doherty, who, withhis brother, held the doubles championship of England, the interna-tional title and the twin cups of the United States, and H. S. Mahoney,former English champion in singles, arrived in New York, July 22. Larned, R. D. and G. L. Wrenn, Jr., were selected as their competi-tors for the Dwight F. Davis challenge trophy on the Longwood grounds,Boston, Aug. 4-7. In this tourney L. E. Ware and Holcombe Ward defeated Larnedand Wright, winning the Eastern championship and the right to meetCollins and Waidner, the Western champions, at Newport, Aug. defeated Ward, 4—6, 8—6, 7—9, 6—2 and 6—1, in the finals ofthe cup singles and the honor of challenging W. J. Clothier, winner ofthe cup in 1902. H. L. Doherty beat R. Wrenn, 6—0, 6—3, 6—4, and. the Dohertys beat ihe Wrenns, 7—5, 9—7, 2—6, 6—6. In the decidingsets of singles both the Dohertys defeated Larned in the semi-finalsand H. L. Doherty forfeited to R. F., who won the championship. The annual tournament of the United States National Lawn TennisAssociation was held at the Casino, Newport, R. I., Aug. 18-27. Amongthe more important games were the following: Kreigh Collins andL. II. Waidner of Chicago were defeated by L. E. Ware and Holcombe WORLDS FAIR HANDY GUIDE. 119 ROWING. International to accept the entry of Constance S. Titus, champion ama-teur oarsman of America, for the Diamond Sculls event in the Henleyregatta lessened interest of Americans, and since Titus had been acontestant in 1902, no better reason than fear could be assigned forrejecting his entry. James B. Juvenal of Pennsylvania was th
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