The annual Anglo-American come petition for the Roper Cup took place at the Majestic on Sunday in spite lof the fine rain which fell during Practically the whole of the game.
The match was, on the whole, tuning, and-the' tennis wag rather slow owing to the rain which not only softened the court but neturalrather took the keen edge of the enthusiasm of the players.
British was represented by Messrs, Goldman and Mansel Smith and merica by Messrs. Berton ani The American won the toss and Barton took the first service and incidentally the first game with a series of hard deliveries. Goldman retaliated by taking the next game-len his service atter deuce had been Jealled. "Gulick took his servi to love but Mansel-Smith at two-all. vice which was the deciding point Jof the set as all the rest of the games went with the service and Great Britain took it at 6-1. The next set went with the service up to four-Jail when Gulick, who up to this time had been serving very well, lost his the ninth game. Mansel-Smith then served and with the game [40-love had a sitter at the net to take the second set but put it into the blue green so that Barton and Gulick carried on and took the geo make five-all, In spite of this chance, however, Barton lent his service and Goldman took his to win the second set at 7-5, In the third set the Americans eave x good deal away. and lost th first two games. Barton succeeded with his following service but Bar-{ton took the next to win the set Jat 0-2 ami the match at three-love, It was hardly to be expected that the tennis should be of a very high Jorder in the conditions under. which was played, but even 40, taking the game as a whole, play was rather Jtisappointing. Both "Barton and Smith served well, their flat deliveries being extremely dificult to return, The combination of Barton and Gulick, too, left much to be desired, og they have had little chane of playing together, wherein ether two have been playing as a throughout the season,
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