Show I I I I I I NATIONAL CHAMPIONS I I I F. F B. B ALEXANDER AND II H. II Showing remarkable speed and cleverness Frederick B. B Alexander and Harold II H. Hackett retained tho national doubles championship by defeating the Pacific coast experts Geo ge J. J Janes and Maurice F. F McLaughlin 6 6 4 4 6 6 1 1 6 0 at Newport recently The Tho pluck of the challengers was worthy of better fate They never let letdown letdown down and even with defeat facing them put all of their skill into the tho competition competition compe compe- a rally just before the deciding point being one of the most brilliant bits of tho three sets It was this superb show of courage and the manner in which Alexander worked up to the tho topmost flight of his game that held the crowd of spell bound |