National Doubles

Ellsworth Vines Jr. of Pasadena and Frederick J. Perry of London were the two most interesting players in the National Doubles Championship at the Longwood Cricket Club last week. Vines, whose father owns a chain of Pacific Coast meat stores, has been the sensation of this year's early season tournaments. He won the Longwood and Seabright invitation tournaments, won again at Newport last fortnight, where he beat Perry in the finals. A lanky youth who often plays in a broad white linen cap. he uses a slice serve, an Eastern grip for his smooth flat drives. Perry played brilliantly at Wimbledon, polished off his reputation in the Davis Cup matches by beating Sidney Wood and later Jean Borotra. Onetime ping-pong player, Perry learned his tennis on London public courts, considers travel the best way to improve it. In last week's doubles, Vines was paired with Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara, national intercollegiate champion. Perry with George Patrick Hughes, his doubles partner on the British Davis Cup team. Defending champions were U. S. Singles Champion John Doeg and George Lott of Chicago.

When Vines & Gledhill and Perry & Hughes were almost beaten in the second round, observers imagined that the shock would startle them into playing their best tennis, anticipated a brilliant international final. The shock had a different effect. In the quarterfinals. Vines & Gledhill lost to Clifford Sutter of New Orleans and Bruce Barnes of Austin, Tex., in a three-hour match, 4-6, 10-8, 10-12, 8-6, 6-3; John Van Ryn of East Orange, N. J. and Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex. beat Perry & Hughes 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Rain delayed the play for three days. When the courts were finally dry enough for the completion of one of the most surprising rounds on record in a national tournament, Francis Xavier Shields of New York and Sidney B. Wood Jr. beat Doeg & Lott, 14-16, 6-2, 6-4, 7-5. The other team in the semi-finals was Gregory Mangin of Newark and Berkeley Bell of Dallas, Tex.

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