The sun., 1897-08-05
AMERICAS TURN TO WIN.
ENGLAHD's TENNIS EXPERTS LOSE
TWO OFT OF THREE MlTCHES


Larned wins the Deciding Battle from Sga.
honey In Three Straight sets-R- y. Wrenn
beats NIsbet, but 6. l. wrena ts Outpiayea
by Baves-The scores are Vow Even 20.
The second days play in the international
lawn tennis tournament at Hotoken resulted In
a victory for the American team yesterday after
noon. and the results OF the irst two rounds
leave the score oven up.
Eaves beat George wrenn three sets to one.
and Bob wrenn beat Nisbet in three straight.
Both OF these victories were expected and the
result OF tho days play hung on the Larned.Ma.
hony match, and the clever victory OF the Amer
lean In straight sets gave the day to the home
team by two matches to one, seven sets to threa.
and So games to 40.
Ono OF the principal factors In the defeat Of the
foreigners, however, was the heat The misty
clouds rolled away shortly before the play be-
gan and the grounds of the St, George Cricket
Club. which are under the shelter Of tho lower
part OF the Palisades, were as hot e.
bakers oven. Not breath Of air was
stirring and all three OF the visitors
complained bitterly of the weather. Tuesdays
wind hurt the Americans, and yesterdays heat
was equally bad for the foreigners. with good
weather the final matches on Friday should
prove we'll worth going to sec.
The Eaves.G. Wrenn match was the lrst to b
started, and the only one to take over three sets
to decide. From the very outset It was eppar-
ent that the stcadiness OF the Englishman and
his ability to take advantage Of the smallest
openings we're too much for young wrenn.
Eaves chopped the ball along tho lines with Q
low bound and lobbed cleverly whenever wrenn
got dangerously close to the net His
volleyinR was powerful and well placed, too,
and Wrenn could seldom get the ball into part
OF the court where his antagonist could noo
reach 1t. In the first two sets wrenn got only
Ave games and the third seemed to be going the
same way. when the American pulled himself
together for hnel stand. Aided bya little list
lessness on Eaves's part, Wrenn pulled out the
another effort from the EnRlishman was
enough to win the set and tho match, three sets
In the mean time Bob wrenn was disposng
OF Nisbet. the junior man on the British side, in
to the net at every opportunity and kept Ni.bes
| on the defensive most OF the time. The English
rs t%o Isres sets so but made ypuuky sht in the
| third only to love after long deuce set. The
American champion took the match IN three
Larned's success over Mahony at .Longwood
| and his familiarity with the Irishman's style OF
! play gave him the confidence he always needs
| the American held a safe lead from the start.
He won the aTst G two games and n then nike fSsPi ,bs
The second set, however, was not 80 easy.
| Mahony got a lead OF A and two deuce gameo
| followed, in each OF which Larned scored the
| winning ace and the score was tied at four.all.
Mshony got the @ neSt @ game, but the the American
games. each to thirty. and with the last the
| game and set.
In the third set Larned kept up his policy Of
| rushing to the net on every service and trying
to PISS the visitor when ho csme In. These tao
could not get the balls past the American. and
| Larned was very certain In killing lobs. From
the start the American crack held the set well
| in hand, and when Mahony pulled up two
games from IA, Larned braced himself for q
final effort, and ran out the set and match with
| two deuce games. The score:
FIRST SET.
hs5nsS; h.aHSy ;:::::ss gsft $50 sss
SECOND SET.
h;5nsS:.:::SS hs1SS1S : sSa ! ssLss s-Lss-s
THIRD SET.
I.5nsS nssSsy S:.::.:...:ss ::s : Sss-s Sss-s
LFpsa won BY sets 10 snIss sS II
points on passes. 27 on opponents outs, and 20
on opponents nets. Total. III. Mahony, 81
points on pdsses. % on opponents outs, AZ on
opponents nets, and l on opponents double
vault Total, 90. The summary:
International Singles. Second Round-R. D. wrenn
81; pr W. Y. Eaves tEagland1 6eat q. L. wrenn,
Jr CAmerca,. 6-3. 50, %-6, O.; W. A. Lsrned
(America) beat H. s. Mahouy CEngiand). O.. IS.
6-3.
In iivi iuM seores-Larned. won Q. lost o; Eaves,
won 3 iost o: R. D. wrrnn, won l. lost !; Nah ny.
won l. lost /; g. L. Wrenn, Jr.. won 0. Lost 2; Me
bet, won o. lost 2.