The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22
HN TENNIS.
Nisbet Defeats whitman In tho Tournament
at Newport.

NIsbet Defeats Whitman In the Tournament
at Newport.
NEWPORT, Aug. 2l.-Tho fourth day Of the
big championship lawn tennis tournament, In
progress at the Casino here. came very close TO
bringing another disaster to the team Of British
experts who are struggling for the American
championship. While Eaves. the strongest
member Of the foreign trio. won his match with
out much difficulty. Nisbet, the only other mem.
Der Of the team still in the hunt. was forced to
play close sets with Whitman. Mahony's con.
queror, and then only won by the narrowest
kind of a margin in the deciding set, At the
end Of the day. however. there were two English
players and two Americana still left to battle
for supremacy In the semi.inals on Monday.
Nisbet will then meet Larned. the strongest OF
the American PLAYERS. and will probably be
beaten, while Eaves will have Ware for an op.
ponent, and should win. Thus every indication
points to a battle royal in the finals between
Larned and Eaves. with the winner to play
Champion Wrenn on Wednesday.
Nisbet beat Whitman to-day In q clever
match. which showed the American player at
his best, although 1t cannot be said that the for
eigner's strokes were quite as severe or as fast
as In several Of his other matches since he
reached this country. His service was particu.
larly disastrous TO the A merican. but he missed
many OF the fast drives which counted so heay.
fly against Wrenn at Chicago and Eaves at
Longwood. Tho first set was very evenly con.
tested. 6 to Gall. when Nisbet captured the
necessary two games In succession, and took tho
set by e-6. In the second. each OF the players
ran three games in succession. and then each
got another, making the score even with 4.all,
1t was Whilman's turn to win, however, and he
ran out the set with the next two games,
Both Of the players were running in on their
service very regularly. and the match became
one. prolonged struggle for the net. with the odds
In Y N rnr n tha anFuar me- M 81. a..
two games In the third set. and then Nisbet ran
four straight. 4 f." minutes later the foreigner
IN the fourth set, too, and matters began to look
black fer the American At this point. how;
s sss1;n w y ions np.S PHIl' fshi h' ~Sieh Sss + isn %ed
taken six successive games from The visitor.
once more. His spnr[ LASTED long enough to pi tis
tured the next two games, and with them the
set and match. How close the struggle was is
NisSet 6Sent w him nSI three " sets to sSG two Ih 81
games to 81. and III strokes to l75. a difference
OF only one game and two strokes In favor OF the
winner. after three hours OF hard play.
or the three other champion matches. that be.
tween Eaves nd Pnret was probably the most
sets. the second one quite easily. hut the third
went to the American by SO. In the fourth
difficulty. Larned dispos, d OF Fischer, tho other
New Yorker GiNa i le,ti In the b. thlrn roHnd. i was the
e Is ie th s'H a@o Of s elsy' Ne %e si. slider isrs ss5ti sis only
into the semi.hnals by beating Ward Of Orange
in straight sets.
The interscholastic championship was won
again by Rex Fincke. representing Yale, who
won the title last year also. FinCEe beat PelI,
the Columbia representative. three sets to one.
The summary:
Championship s~ingles-ThIrd Round-H. A.. Nisbct
beat ". d. Whitman. So. 80. 81. 80. 10; W.
A. Larned beat y. 7, Fischer, a., Ill, Ga; DR. ".
V: Eaves heat ]. 7. Paret, 81. a., SO. 8-3; L. L.
Ware beat Holcomb Ward, 6-3, "A. o..
Interscholastic Championship : ingies-Final Round
Rex Fincke. Yale. beat T. r. Peil. Columbia, "a.
4-R, 81, S-6.
Consolation Singles-Sscond Round-C. r.. podv.
beat II. j. Holt, 90, So; II, II. Hackrtt b At Rich.
ard Hook r. "a, 81. Ga; n. L. Thurhor beat T. i.
Gooibody. "a. "a; II, McKittrirI at r. d. Ste.
yens. Jr., by default. s mi.nnal R0und-C. p. Dodge
heat II. II. Hackett. 6-S, ia; X. u. Thurbcr against
II. McKiitrick, ~, 6-S, o-3 unnnished).