The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
IARNnD AND Foorn IN ENGLAND
Favorable Criticism on the Work of the American Players,

Favorable Criticism on the Work of
 the American Players,
 The comments of the English tennis critics on the work of Larned and Foote at Wimbledon were as is usually the case when visitors succumb to English skill, quite friendly, and in regard to Larned somewhat enthusiastic Speaking of Larneds first match in the championship singles, in which he dis posed of Hallward in straight sets, the English official tennis organ, Lawn Tennis, says
 One of the players who naturally at traeted good deal of attention was Larned, and apart from the fact that he is one of America's best men, his easy and graceful style is in itself well worth watching. Those who saw him play Hallward saw e good match, the latter doing his ver. test and coming out of the ordeal with credit, as the score shows. It was in volleying that Larned's superiority was most marked He came in at the right time and | showed great quickness in anticipating the direction of his opponents return on the base line, too, he was fairly se- were, considering the difficulty every one seemed to experience in keeping the ball in court; and his back hand re- turns, which are almost unique in point of style, proved very puzzling to his op- | ponent.
 Foote's defeat by Cazalet in the sec- ond round by 6-4, 9-7, 6-3 brought out | this comment:
 Cazalet vs. Foote was rather an in- teresting match to watch, the styles of the two men being so very dissimilar. Foote has no particular strokes and never seems to hit ball hard, but he is | quick in getting about the court, and is | possessed of boundless energy He de- 1 bends too much upon the lob. which, | with so much wind as there was, must | necessarily be a dangerous stroke | Cazalet was volleying very well, but seemed bothered by the wind and any attempt at a back-handed smash | brought him to grief, though his fore | handed kills were generally effective. It was interesting to notice that neither man seemed to find out that his safe game was at the back of the court they both manoeuvred tremendously for position, and it was quite curious that the one who eventually did get up | to the net lost the stroke time after time
 | The play was fairly even all through. in the second set especially so;and on the days play there was not much to choose between them, but Cazalet last ed rather the better, although he was much more run about than his oppo- nent. If the American could get rather a better length and put little more | power into his strokes, these additions | to his very accurate placing on his side lines and his good lobbing and general resources would make him a very diffi- cult opponent to get rid of. Of the two essential qualities of pluck and deter imitation he is already in sound posses 1 sion.
 Of Larned's defeat by IT. Baddeley, Lawn Tennis has this to say
 | It was indeed wonderful match, and the way in which Larned went to work | reminded one of nothing so much as | Pim, for probably no one else is capa- ble of such clean, hard and fearless hit ting. Few, too, would have had the pluck to stand up to 1t without losing heart, as Baddeley did, and great is the credit that Is due to him for coming i triumphant out of such an ordeal. Larned is certainly the finest exponent of the game that America has ever sent us, and that is saying great deal. | His great fault is a tendency either to slacken off or else to go for shots which are impossible, even for him, when he is two or three points ahead, and ap- pears to have the game at his mercy
 After beating Larned, Baddeley suc- cumbed to Eaves, 6-4, 6-3, Cd. The final round was between Eaves and Mahonyw who reached the final by de- | feating Nisbet, G-4, 2--6, 86 -6,6-3. The Irishman was too much for IEaves, the score being as follows: 62, 6--2, liz. In the challenge match between Mahony and w. Baddeley. the latter was beaten in fine set contest by 6--2, | 6S, 5--7, 8--6 6--~3. The Baddeey broth- CTS retained the double championships, l beating Doherty and Nisbet, the chal- lengers, 1-6, 3--6, 6--4, 6--2, 6--1. and l Miss c. Cooper, the lady champion, de- feated Mrs. Pickering, the challenger, 6-2, 6-3