The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

Tho summitt Expert Wins the Middle States
Lawn Tennis Championship Again.
Larned beat Stevens three straight sets yester-
day afternoon IN the final round of tho Middle
States championship tennis tournament at
Orange. and the old trophy becomes his personal
property. After the first few games there never
was q doubt as to which man would win the
match. although Stevens made q strong bid for
the second set with q brilliant burst. that faded
away when Larned put on steam once moro and
ran out.
Larned was in splendid form for % early in
the season, and his ground strokes wero we'll d.
rected and fast, and had excellent length. He
kept Stevens 30 far behind the baseline most of
the time that It was easy for him to reach the
net In safety.
Both forehand and backhand. the Summit
expert seemed equally sure, and when he did
como up to the net no smashed with great cer-
tainty. Larned used ono play in particu-
lar which is an importation Of his.
It is a trick he learned from Eaves,
the great English v~olleyer. 90 he
said, and this was to volley underhand in ap-
preaching the net, instead of running in all the
way on the first deep drive and then smashing
at the first return that CAM to him. In this
way he reached the net with much less danger
Tss wei, PLACED he s Re E0S sa easy shancs
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playing, however, no one took it up until Larned
brought back the idea as a part Of the fruits of
his English trip last summer.
In yesterday . match Stevens began we'll, and
several fast drives. coupled with Larned's usual
carelessness at the beginning of "a match, helped
then buckled down to work and when the ma
chinery Of his clever playing strokes was fully
wound up II began to grind out aces with mar
velous precision. He drove the service deep
into one corner or the other and kept Stevens
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The first weak drive or other opening found
him h~urrying W, to the net. Generally he would
stop halfway and Volley, the next return under
hand into the most remote corner OF the court.
and then h%urrying in the rest of the wav to tho
Stevens reached ihe bali for his next drive'
Whether he lobbed in sheer self-defence or tried
for 2 pass down one OF the side lines, Larned
and then, after dropping the eighth game. he ran
The second set hogan at once and Larned kept
right down to his work. Four.two and Ave.
looked easy for him: But Just then stevens
pulled himself together. Tho ninth game was
in the tenth, with Larned serving and the sun
at his back. Stevens scored two OF the cleverest
at the net with unerring accuracy and great
speed. These were the last two strokes OF the
game from thirty.all. and five games all " was
called by the scorer amid n generous round Of
From deuce, howev .r. Larncd held the set
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winning opening before risking a decisive
stroke. and captured the next game after deuce
had been called. He wound VI the act, too.
with two clever plays in the twelfth game. for
with tho score at thirty;all, he hurried to the not
Half.volieyed his return short across the court
for n pretty nee. With only one stroke between
him and the set, he made a clean ace on service,
and the score was two sets to love.
to have lost heart, somewhat and his drives
against a stone wall. md the wall made The last
return every time. Just one game, the fourth.
went to Stevens, and then Larned ran out the
In tho finals Of the handicap Whitman proved
too strong for his odds, and no beat Dodge three
The final match in doubles was started late In
t thgee iHfnrSSd T men W nnd ou .ee Y nHoh n, Ham Wc "%t s IN
az II, with the chances for success about even.
Tho scores:
Summit !. G., test Richard Stevens, st. deorgrC.c.
(eha.lenser). beat Clarence Hobart, New York T. G.
HandicaS Sing es-Final round; NJ. D. Whitman
COVE fon5'sdxths heat c. J. Dodge lowe twosixths)'
Consolation singles-Final round: c. p. Dodge beat
Edward Lyman. o., 6-2. 6-.:
Championship Doubles Final round; Holcombe
sgS,G, H i r WAR; ana nw,sn, n, F. P = sSo, Harvard.
Yale. O., 90 (unhnish"dl,
SYRACUSE. July lo,-Thc open lawn tennis
tournament under the auspices o. the sedgwick
Farm TGnnIs Gdgb o Wa :, n FINISHED. mlhfd here to-day: a
into prominence during the contest. Yes.
tcrday Thurher defeated Fischer, which
created. n sensation. The real excite
mcnt. however, WAS oCcasioned by the de.
feat of Thurber by Fincke OF Utica to-day.
The latter bcat. Wright in the morning and
Thurber in the afternoon. White and Jenney of
Syracuse beat Neeley and Little In the doubles,
but were IN turn defeated by, Fischer and
Thurber after a desperate battle. George
OF his son, Beals Wright, IA scventccn.vcarold
lad. who is destined to compete with the cham
pions In the course OF another year. The scores
were:
Consolation M~atch-Little defeated HawoS, 60.
6-2. 81.
slngles-Third round: Fincke won from Thurber.
80. ga, O.. Finals; Fincke heat Wright. &c.
0-3, 6-3.
Doubies-Third round: white and Jenuey heat
Eerley and Little. SO. o.. o.. Finals; Fischer
aud Thurber beat White aud Jenney, 6-2, 6-2,
1910.
PoIo.
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