The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-21
LAWN TENNIS.
Mahony Beaten by whltmau, the Intercoile-
6Inte Champion.

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NEWPORT. Aug. 2o.-Another surprise was in
store for tho followers OF lawn tennis who at
tended tho big championship tournament at the
Casino here today. Mnhony. tho Irish expert,
was beaten by Whitman In four sets. despite tho
fact that he was a strong . to l ~favorito. Whit
man fairly outdid himself from start to fin.
ish, ana his success was duo to his
wonderful stcadincss and Mahony's lack of
speed. There is probably no other player in
America, and possibly no one in England. who
can beat Whitman without extreme speed.
When the intercollegiate champion has met
Larned, Wrcnn, and other crack players his de-
feat has invariably been duo TO their fast drives,
which threw him of his stroke. Mahony, how
ever, has not the speed of our best men, and
many of those who follow the game closely were
not so very much surprised at Whitman's sue
cess this morning.
After the match Mahony said TO The Sun
II have no excnsc to offer for my being beaten.
and ] do not expect any sympathy. whitman
undoubtedly played much better tennis than ]
did. I simply cannot play my game, and that is
ali there isto !. My part Of our American trip
2 single match of Importance since reached
this country. i do not think tho Amer:
my poor tennis. and / stiii have high hopes for
both Eavcs and Ntsbet. Eayes will probably re.
turn home by next Wednesday, steamer, Il he
follow very soon after. We do not want to miss
the championship match here, or We should 20
back with him; that is, unless Nisbet lasts
Mallory led in the first set of today's match
up TO 5-3, when Whitman ran three straight
games and assumed the lead Mt B-5. The games
alternated then until "seven.all" was called,
when Whitman ran out the set with two excit.
Ing deuce games. In tho second set the Ameri.
can kept his advantage throughout. and scored
the set with the ninth. . love game. Mahony made
got only one point in the first three games.
The fourth and NTH games went to the American
at stt'Ga s.;s. In the fourth and last set Whitman il an
captured five straight games, three Of which
we're deuce ones. After dropping the sixth no
deuce game. The full score was: 70. 80.
80. 6-1. Throughout the match. the quality
passes was unusually high, except In the last
again he put many balls into the net and out Of
court. .
his opponent in straight SETS. although Larned'5
form seemed to be rather erratic this morning,
while Eayes was steady. The two New York
Of Orange all won their second round matches.
Parot, and Ward lost a set each to +; Wrenn
Ware was the eighth winner to earn his place
in the third round.
are Whitman vs. Nisbet, on the championship
court; Larned vs.. Fischer, Eaves vs.. Paret, and
Ware vs.. Ward. The winners in these four
matches will go into the semi.hnals on Monday.
Summary:
Championship s~ingles-Seconh Round N. D. Whit
man beat II. S. Mahony, ~, e-3, SO, 81; II. A.
Nisbct beat u. Z. Wright. Ga, 6-3, O.; ". A.
Larned bat D; D; F rbes, 6-9. o-l, 81; F. p.
Fischer beat N. d. Smith, IS, S-i, GO; ]. =. Paret
beat Evert- Wrenn. e-3, o.. o., OIL; DR.. W. V.
Eaves beat J. {. Nicely. 10. %. 6-2; Holcomb
Ward beat @. W. Lee, O.. 4-6. O., o.; l.. Z.
Ware beat II. J. Holt, e-3. 6-2, 6-l.
Interscholastic Championship Singles-Preliminary
ROund-A. +. Halves, Harvard. beat J.. II. Turner.
Chicago University. by default. Semi.Final Round
Ee5 Fin i Re; tY is'e sl beat +, A :. P pe MaC Csiam hssvp pes, &C. c.
Small. Bowdoin. by default.
Consolation Singles-Preliminar Round-R. d.
Little beat T. r. Pell by default: Z. Freshman beat
L. I. Gross, %, 81, GO; X. D. Tnurber beat A.
Goldman. G-l. 60: G. 7. Sheldon, Jr, beat X. Proc
tor by default; K. McKittrick beat Z. /. White by de.
fault; H. +. Avery beat W. D. Browneil. 20, b-3,
ct.
First Round-H ]. Holt beat J. II. willing, So.
SO: c. 7. Dodge beat X. d. Little. SO. Ga. Ga;
r. Hooker beat W. j. Clothier. 6-1, "a; II. II.
Hackett beat W. X: Auchincloss. 80. ~. 6-l;F +.
i. stevens beat a. W. Post by default; X. AcKittriCk
beat II. z. Avery, Ct, So, 6-l.