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Show oo JAY GOULD WINS OVER CHAMPION i Philadelphia, March 15. Jay Gould, the American and English amatour court tennis champion, gained commanding com-manding lead in the first day's play of his match with George F. Covey of England, the professional champion, cham-pion, for the open championship of the world. The American expert won all four of the sots played, 6-0, 6-1, 6 The title will go to the player who wins the first aeven sets. The match will be resumed on Wednesday Wednes-day .- Philadelphia, Pa., March 16. Jay Gould, the amateur American, and English champion, today won the first set, six to nothing, over George Covey Co-vey of England, the professional champion. In the court tennis match for the open championship of the world, at the Racquet club of Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Four sets were played today, to-day, four will be played on Wednesday Wednes-day and the match will be continued on Sunday if one of the contestants has not already won seven sets. The betting today was 10 to S on Gould to win the title. Among the spectators' present were George Gould, father of the American player, and Fohill Keene, who came up from the south to see the match. The second set also went to Gould, 6 to 1. The American champion won eleven games before the Englishman won a game. Gould won the third set, 6 to 4, after af-ter it had stood 4 to 4. |