usopentennis1916

C.B. Doyle of Columbia Country Club played in the national championships, according to NYT of Aug 22, 1916 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9907E3D81E3FE233A...

For his first round match against Karl H. Behr, the Times identified him as Conrad B. Doyle of Washington, runner up for the clay court title. Doyle was eliminated by Behr. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9805E7D61E3FE2... query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0DE3D61E3FE2...

swanq and art siegel: thanks for finding more information on C.B. Doyle. We will add more information to the record the next time we update.

Seems the US Open was as popular then as it is now.

The players would be Clarence Griffin, Bill Johnston (champions) and Maurice McLoughlin, Ward Dawson (runners-up)-- according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_Open_Men%27s_Doubles_cha...

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You could be right about the players. We'll check on this a little more before adding more information to the record. Thanks!

Definitely those four. An account of the match: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0DE3D61E3FE2...

According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_Open_Men%27s_Doubles_cha... Clarence Griffin and Bill Johnston beat Maurice McLoughlin and Ward Dawson for the 1916 national men's doubles championship.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Griffin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnston_(tennis) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_E._McLoughlin H. Ward Dawson -- freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sfbda...

An account of the match:
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F0DE3D61E3FE2...

swanq and art siegel: thanks for finding more information on the four men. We will add more information to the record at the next update.