The Archive · 1938

New Champions

The last game of the evening changed the Men's Doubles title when Duff and Eardley defeated the present holders Meise and Berents. Both Meise and Duff showed signs of the strenuous games they had played previously, the latter being very much off his smashing. The scores of the two setts were 15-9 and 18-15.

Berents won a number of points in the first game by rushing services but it was not until the following sett that he really came to life and played a good, solid game.

Fardley was in excellent smashing form and brought off a great number of scoring hits. The score, in the second seit reached 13-all when the finest rally of the evening took place. Interest in the game was intense, the points reaching 17-13 when the services changed a number of times before Duff and his partner were able to close the game.

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