The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
T STILL CHAMPION.
rHE EYGLIsH RACQUET EXPERT
'OUTPLIRs HIs RIVAL, BANDING.
ne Wtns the pecidisg Rubber nc the RACQUET
nsa Tebnts Ciub AFTER y spiendtd Contest
me Local Professional Pisys y Briiiiant
trnhii Dane. hnt Rniln 10 Get There.

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markers box and other economies of space, $50
aeatp had been provided in the galleries over
looking the west court OF the Racquet and Ten
mis- Club, standing room only" was the order
OF the day yesterday long before the hour set
I for tho lnal half Of the match between Peter
{ Latham of Queens Club, London. and George
Standing OF tho Racquet and Tennis Club, New
! York, for the racquet championship of tho
= world. and; incidentally. q stake Of $4,000.
T A the readers Of THE Sun are aware.
LAtham's victory over Standing, at Queens. by
the crushing odds Of four games to one, left the
champion but two straight games to win In
& order to give him the match. Most Of the bet
: ting, therefore, was on the result Of yes.
tordav's event, which was TO DO played
out-the best four out Of seven games. In spite
Of tho unquestionable superiority ovinced
by Latham In his home court, his practice
games here with Mr.. Ashworth. as recorded in
THE Sun, had been go unsatisfactory to the
critics that plenty of even money was to be
had on Standing. and there were not o few, in.
deed, who were willing to back tho latter at
odds Of GIG to i to win the match outright.
notwithstanding the fact that ho Latham)
had three games to tho good. Mr.. @. Law.
renee Perkins acted as judge for Latham, and
Mr.. Il. La Montagno, Jr. for Standing, while
Mr.. W. J. Lawson was referee. A seat was re-
served for Mr.. Percy Ashworth. ex.amateur
racquet champion Of England. who had como
over with Latham to give him his practice; one
for Mr.. e. La Montague, who might we'll DO
termed tho Father Of Racuuets in this country,
and another for the writer. Although some
200 seats had been sold at the uniform price Of
% each. the six referred to were the only ones
! reserved, all the others being apportioned to
the subscribers by LOT, the entire proceeds, about
$1,000. going to George Standing. Latham hav-
ing, In his turn, been the sole beneficiary from
the sale OF seats at Queens at the time of the de-
cision Of the FIRST half of the match there. Aside
from those mentioned. among the 800 members
Of the Racquet Club present were:
Isaac Townsend. II. DeCoppel. Henry c. Nor
timer. c. W.. Maury. Bronson Winthrop. VII.
liam NJ. Laffan. d. Crawford Clark. M. 8. Patton,
H. 8. Hoyt, r. P. Perkins. s. K. dc Forest,
Frank l.. Henry, Royal Phelps Carroll. Duncan
Elliot, J. W. Burden. T. Patton, r. A.
Peabody. 3. r. Hitchcock, II. Steers. ].
T. Atterbury. T. L. Manson. Jr.. @. c..
Baldwin. r. n. Bissell, E. r. Merritt, Cecil
Barring. H. z vingut, II. X. Knapp. H. X. Blood
good, Victor Sorchan. Kinsley Magoun. John
T.. Cowdin. N. C. Reynal. s. Rowland Robbins,
A. Cliff Tower. W. L. Glyn. w. B. Dinsmore.
Z Amory G. Hodges. John Drew. George MARS.
Whitney Warren. Oliver Hartman. 7. Hitchcock,
Louis c. Clark. William Appleton. H. c. Brown.
! Joseph Hartman, j. Borden Hartman. John
G.. Heckscher. William Laimbeer. o. w. Bird,
Albert Stevens, +. A. Otis, Ii. s. Van Dusen,
and II. Durant Cheever.
Owing to the great demand for seats and other
cogent reasons. the governors Of the club had
decided that members only should be admitted
Tho rule was strictly enforced even In tho case
OF reporters, mono OF whom was present.
Just before the game commenced an offer of
any part of 81 900 even on Latham to win four
out Of the seven games about to be played
-N4feffNd m raaDdnaa and hut n oin0Io uparo, -
800 to $50 was apparently made.
sG Both men looked At before the start, Standing
particularly so. though not tho slightest fault
could be found with the champions appearance.
Each, too. showed In his short preliminary prac-
= hce that his eye was in. The start was
made at lao. Standing, who had won the
toas. choosing the left-hand court from which to
serve. After o short rally. in which mother
f9ede any special effort to kill the ball, his
hand was put ont. The same fate met
each Of the two contestants for four
successive hands, when Latham finally got in
and scored the first ace. Each was hen put out
In turn until Latham scored 8 aces by good
work round the court. Before his hand was out
he had run up his score to 100, the fifth ace
having been made by scrvice. the eighth by
q lucky pickup on the wood which was
quite unreturnable. but which broke his raouet.
Finally, having scored six straight aces by de-
cided superiority in play, Standing put Latham
out and made a couple Of aces. the second by a
well.placed ball in the right court. He lost his
hand, however, By failing on q difficult return
OF o ball off the door in the back wall.
1t was his last chance. for the champion, getting
in with the score 1912. quickly credited himself
with an ace by service, scoring another after a
abort rally. He then served the game out,
Standing failing to return any one of his last
three services; the thirteenth ace, by the way,
being a practically impossible nick. First game
to Latham, 15-2.
The second game looked as though 1t might
be a repetition of the first. The champion made
an ace by service. when he was retired by Stand
ing. though the latter broke his racquet In the
effort. After serving an ace he was put out by
Latham. who at this point in the gamo was
playing all round his younger opponent. With
tho. score 2-1 in favor of Latham, another
broken racquet momentarily delayed the game,
Each was then put out In turn, when the cham
pion, getting In, ran up his score to 81
principally by superior mind.the.court play
He then gave way to Standing. whc
scored OF a beautifully placed ball past and out
side Latham. The latter would not be denied
however. and. killing the next service by a low
return over the ~tell.tale. quickly ran his score
up 10 1l-2. the seventh ace by a magnif
cont stroke straight up and down the court
and the ninth after a shnrply contested
rally, in which Standing showed to better ad
vantage than so far during the game. Here
Latham made what at one time. a little
later, promised to prove a costly, If moi
fatal. error; for he put his hand out by
showing two faults. md very percepti
bly, "let up" in his play. Standing. who wal
gradually getting the better of the nervousness,
which he had evinced up to this point. wal
quick to seize his opportunity. After making
couple Of points on play no put In two hot ser
vices, neither of which the champion succeeded
In returning. He was out. though. with the scor,
Of 5-l1. and Latham. getting in. served an nee
1875. Here Standing disposed of his mar by
grand, stroke over the ~tell-tale and scored
aces by service. He was retired, however
with the score at 7-l2. So was Latham, nnc
Standing, getting set once more. made
couple o}n OF points by good play; The game wa.
superb racquets. Latham was the first t.
score. though. getting to the setting point o
1873 on an ace by service. st nding mean
while was stesdily improving, and, amid II,
widest applause from the gallery, gradually
Increased his score until the marker called /:
all, when Latham, after setting the game a
b, got In and scored . aces, the second by scr