The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

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AZ any rate. The Champion had no
dint Of q sprint almost Che entire length 81 The
court after q ball s~leverly, hui. inefectivofy
tor, howevcT. got in. and the play on both sides DO.
ing good and every ace we'll Contested, succeeded
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to punish Lntham's. ropnd:the-court returns,
. sseSIsn n ths Y t hSd p SinSsonb WiaE ,S done n. latter
failure to return a w%eifplaSSe%di S @p-.P nds
A little later he claimed a double ON n sooeeoonyd
service; which Sn , he I had failed g. return. This
raised his score to TO-, VwShero he LOST iihIss i bnnd
ThS latter again failed I, improve he OppOt:
turn after scoring 1.st,ndIpg BY a somewhat
hand ont BY returning IN easy bali to the tell:
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the setting point OF 1873, Hero Standing
With the score 1918 ho was easily put out,
scoring, the play being decidedly high and bear:
ing evidence Of the strain to which both had
d s's snes ssS 4sily. ,wh sitlnnfha H. f,n nisSss,SY S siGs'd . f ios,
score Is ali. Latham set the game at 3.
f hsHos'n q. a the Champion s,riHf w sSSo'' again sssiTod tie ID
the score by an easily, won rally, and an ace By
fTeTIh1se; e Ea'h IN was :" %se lREn o Which In ss sa = Sn rel
turned on the ~tell.talc. Latham winning by the
After an interval Of about three minutes tho
game was resumed, both men looking somewh t
the better for their short retirement. With tho
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gallery. where the excitement was at fever heat.
This game was again somewhat sensational,
p pr ,shs, 20 a game s%T ss Of t Sc v fsSrs each Ges Scoring ns w cns
without a return. when Standing got in and
brought the game up to ii. two by service
~tell.tale. Here Standing took u "let" with
out objection from his opponent. on a palpa.
the next service: as was tho case with the
champion. who was retired by,a clever return.
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his head. The sixth ace was made by a clever
drop over, the ,%tell.tale. the, seventh by a
reach Of tho champion; the eighth, ninth,
eleventh and twelfth by service. the tenth BY
With the score at 12-1 against him Latham. got
in; but his play was decidedly weak, RS indeed
was the case with both men, each seeming unable
to finish the ball with any degree Of certainty.
Peter. however. succeeded in raising his score to
IA before the Racquet and Tennis Club man
service. Score. 1879 in favor of Standing, who
was also leading by 3 games to 2.
Standing going on at once and serving an ace.
After this each man lost two successive hands
without scoring. and It was noticed that the
being called hrst 60 and then % in
and after a series Of hsrd.feugbt rallies man.
aged IL to on tic the score = at !. 10 60 al: Here Staining n n pg
s sor 'n sn and sc one By . s Sood O eiorinF Fet'fHin s w 9ne o o{
with the score at 80 in his favor.
dndtSsn ia, failed led I to ,,s score RE, and ho Standing got
to the champion, who, after raising his score to
1914. was again retired. Latham finally sue
setsine tn to t 3. Ns ses Sf%e the at t exe 1T: s.nsa was
intense.
Latham got the first ace and then failed to re-
turn one of Standings low strokes, and the
what appeared to be en- impossible bali"perfect
ever, met it as it cave off the side wall. and with
q perfect back-hand half volley. Just over the tell
s tale e.n down tbo the n,m sid" IVA, val put Standing sngsS out. and y
half yolleyed by Standing low over the t~ell.tale.
and all thought it would beat the champion.
played the ball within an inch Of the %tell.tale
down the left.hand side wall out of Standings
roach. impossible in fact to return.
Latham now wanted but one ace to win the
ga ne and ndx make Isst the score ore ssns, but h he was out
only required an N ace e. to win the rubber - :
p %sR ds'Fi a ba Their hs utmost doS To VIII, .he Is sshsrs
S tfHs i piaycd rih f onto aeo1 the fIco sn and shout 70 vent na't
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to think this was the case. as the bali
and it was only those in the front row who could
see the bound on the floor pre-, i9gsly; On an
bali was foul. and Latham. going in. served the
necessary, ace, and so woL the game; 30. both
being lnGr well nigh exhausted ags: With their s1sTtions.
saw the collapse Of Standing. He seemed to be
marked, his final game with Latham at Queens.
He let the latter take six straight aces without
With the score 60 G" against & him he finally III made
an ace. 1t was his only one during the game,
which was won by the champion as he pleased
oughly used up. Their game showed this in
Latham thus retains both his titles of racquet,
as well as tennis Champion Of the world; He
nc present one By 4 10 3. S" H said after
the E Ess E, b that ov il T i,Sos one as Of ,t the hardest ss s.
loss of the second game to having eased down
somewhat after getting to liz. and remarked
that will happen at times; He stated that
the game. both as regarded court and balls,
was sioWer tnon ne nau been used TO, ana that
he WAS unable to finish the ball as he is accus.
toned to do at Queens. which Is the fastest
court in the world-not that the racquet
court in which yesterdays game was
played is slow, for it is not. Latham
further paid a high tribute to the game put up
by Standing, who, after he got going, toward the
end of the second game. played steadily and
consistently throughout, until tho final game,
ton. The writer had no opportunity of seeing
Standing. A more EXTENDED criticism of this
match may be made on some future occasion
Tho game was, OF course. very ably and efficient
ly marked by Tom Pettitt Of Boston.
Rine Shooting.
The second in the series OF ton matches to b,
shot by the rifle team of the New Yorl
Schuetzen Corps took place at Zettler's on Fri