New-York tribune., 1899-07-30
LAWN TENNIS.
DAvIS'S UNEXPECTED VICTORY OVER
LARNED AT LONGWOOD.
WILL CHALLENGE WHITMAN FOR THE CUP
-CAMPBELL's ACCIDENT LOSES MATCH
FOR VETERANS IN DOUBLES

-CAMPBELL's ACCIDENT LOSES MATCH
FOR VETERANS IN DOUBLES
GBr TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUSEl
Boston. July 2s.-Several hundred lovers OF lawn
tennis were treated to of the most brilliant
matches the Longwood courts here this
afternoon in the Anal round OF the championship
singles and its sensat tonal ending was not unwel-
come. Davis Is a local favorte, although 1t
may have been unexpected Larned won the hrst
and second SETS only TO lose the last three In sue
cession by a streak OF the most brilliant tennis
in this country.
There also another sensational hve-set match
in progress in the afternoon the next court. ana
the veteran ex-champon pair. Campbell and Hunt
ngton. their first two sets in hollow style from
Wright and Budlong. only TO lose three straight
and the match. Campbell fell in the middle Of the
last set when the day seemed all but lost and
wrenched his knee so badly that he unable TO
go on. and his young opponents took the match py
default. Altogether. the day looked like a great
triumph for the younger generation OF players
whose physical condition and steadiness told heaV-
lily In their favor
The Davis-Larned match was streaky from the
start. In the first the Harvard cyclone took
the first three games in quick order. and atter
each had another game Larned seemed 10
have solved the mystery OF the puzznng l"lsl
service of his antagonist and he took five games in
succession. giving him the set by CO. In the sec
ond set Davis seemed 10 be unsteady at first and
he kept missing his service. allowing Larned 10
force the play The Harvard pulled up two
games just before the end was reached. but
Larned ran out the set with the tenth game 20
deuce giving him two sets 10 his credit.
After a short rest the match was resumed. ooth
PLAYERS looking much refreshed. Larned started of
with a lead Of 90 and everyone thought the END
was near. But Davis began 10 settle down at THIS
point and his play steadily improved. His service
began 10 score more often and he did not miss any
~ ha Ohp a ne
so many needed points in the first two sets
Iarned on the other hand. could not pass MS
young opponent after the latter had Increased the
speed Of his returns and when Davis got up TO the
net he generally got an opportunity TO Smash the
ball into some impossible corner of his antagon-
lists court From 20 against him Davis ran
three straight games, and then. after dropping one
scored the seventh on four successive passes oy
Larned at the net, and then ran out the set Win
the next two.
From the beginning Of the fourth set IL was eFl-
dent that Davis had recovered his brilliant s'reaA
thot had made him invlncble earlier in the week.
and I.arned seemed TO realize the fact that ne was
being outplayed at every point The veteran go'
the first game. and then Davis ran five IN QUICK
succession n the last four Of which Larned scored
inst . points two Of them being love games
one game more went TO the veteran. and theh
Davis ran out the set with deuce game The
Afth act was much like the fourth. Larned seemed
10 see his defeat ahead and could not get the snap
and steam into his play that his strokes had
shown earlier in the match. Davis kept on forcing
the play and never once let up In his speed lie
lost the first game 30 and then ran six straight
20 Of them being TO love and the other four
oeuce games The match was his by sets 10 2
after one OF the pluckes uphill struggles on rec
ord The result recalls Larneds sem-fnal match
at Newport two years ago against Nisoet' the
English expert. when he was twice within single
pont of winning in three straight sets and then
however
fall was not due so much his losing his nerve as
20 the fact that Davis played of at first ana theh
improved so much toward the end that ne was
literally invincible certainly so to any player tha'
has vet been produced on this side Of the Auanuc.
The order OF the games in to-day's match was as
follows: s,- srr
paws .........................d . i ! I'd
SECOND SET
Dayts ............'..........GG . . . o ia
THIRD SET.
paws .......................... %
FOURTH SET
Psyl. .............,........ii' % f-Ss
FIFTH SET
Davis .............................G ! ! u
Campbell and Huntington had an easy task IN the
first two sets Of their semi-hnal against Budlong
and Wright. and came close TO winning the match
in three straight sets The Youngsters began TO loD
persstently in the last part OF the thlTd SCI hVS "
ever and neither Of The veterans could smash
bail hard enough 10 xii H. They CONTINUES r ta,ls
winning easily when Campbell had MS ran IL ma d I
cut the match short Daviss victory glVeS nlII M
right 10 challenge Whitman for the Longwooo
Challenge Cup, and this match Will De piafeu Oh OH
tuesday afternoon. The fnai match for the Eastern
amponship in doubles will be PLACED SetWeen ea
Davis and Ward and Budlong and wright on Mon
dav afternoon. The days scores foho"
Cr.mp,onship singles CnnaI round)--Dwisht F; Davis
boat William A. Larned "a, &C. e-S g. 81 -
mnionship doubles semi final round)D. F. .avs
and n0Gom9 Ward "a se's ~ b b "HnS5 WTsh, and and :
udions beat Ca%!gSsII !aa1s ana Huntington SO
Handicap singles second rognd)R. c. sesver !halt
nfteen1 l. c Wright .half thirty 80 VI;
! % ga 81; b. G Wright lowe hfeen) beat : r
| Ware Shslr nfeen). Sc "a So, s,..., -, p
Larned scratch c. ca; r d Little tscra,chl beat
r y wrightington Cnfeenl 81 "a 81 e,s.aU g.
sH4 "a J. r. Carpenter oscratch) beat J. c Davidson
owe hftsen s round@B G. Wright beat J. R
! Caruenter (scratch) by default. - ~. ,
Consolation doubles semi Anal rounG1y rsret aI s
! J. c. Davidson beat A f. fuier ana II - '"'' "
Final round. P Parst and G DaviSs4n So beat W.
| T C'iother and ]. r. Carpenter. 10 o-4' w
TWO VICTORIES FOR WEST SIDE CLUB
THIS PRACTICALLY ASSURES IT THE CHAMPION
SHIP TROPHY.
The west Side Tennis Club had things ali its way
yesterday afternoon at Orange, n j.. in the fourth
! sa,,es NJ matches in the NewJersey and New fork
! Ter,Is League interclub tournament so iar inns
,h hos not met a single defeat, and N yesterday
matches II was represented by two OF the ciuo r
! star players. -, .-. 20
d the West Side colors TO victory In the singles