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Show GOULD AND HUHN WIN AT TOURNAMENT Philadelphia, April l5.jav Gould and W H. T Huhn, court tennis doj-bles doj-bles champions of the United States, representing the Racquet club of this city, today defeated Lawrence Water bury and J. Gordon Douglas of the Racquet and Tennis club, New York. 6-1. 6-2 and 6-0, in the opening round of the national tournament. Joshua Crane and G R. Fearing. ,Ir of the Tennis and Racquet club, Boston, Bos-ton, won from George H Brooke and Edgar Scott of this city, 6 1, 6-2 and 6-4 C Suydam Cutting and E. Maurice Mau-rice Roche of Tuxedo won from James R. Lowell and Forde Hunt ingtou. New York, by default. Payne Whitney and Charles F Sands of the Racquet and Tennis club, Nev-York, Nev-York, who drew a bye. will meel Gould and Huhn in the semi-final' round tomorrow, while Crane and Fearing will oppose Cutting uuJ Roche Gould and Huhn, who have held the title since the national doubles eent was inaugurated three years ago, were in fine form, and won nearly every game in their match easily Jould, who recently won the national ingles championship for the testh time, played an especially brilliant game, making seemingly impossible returns with apparent ease. Deuce was called in the third game of the first set and Waterbury and Douglas were enabled to win the lourth by somo misses bj Huhn. The New Yorkers showed their best form In the second set, wnen they won th fourth game, lost the fifth after 10 all had been called and won the sixth vhen Douglas put the ball into the edane and Huhn failed on three re-I re-I turns. |