New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-01
LAWN TENNIS.
DAVIS AND WARD WIN THE EASTERN
CHAMPIONSHIP.
WRIGHT AND BUDLoNd EASILY DEFEATED
LITTLE CAPTURES HANDICAP SINGLES.

LITTLE CAPTURES HANDICAP slNGLEa.
tnY TELEGRArH TO THE TBIBUSE.l
Boston, July a.-Dwight Davis and Holcomb
Ward, the two young Harvard juniors. won the
Eastern lawn tennis championship Of doubles this
afternoon by beating In tho final round Beals
Wright and Clarence Budlong In an easy three
set match. This victory gives to them the right 70
represent tho Eastern section Of tho country at
Newport two weeks later In the final series OF
matches for the National championship In doubles.
In this match they will meet John Allen and Harold
Hackett, tho Ynlo team which won tho Western
championship at Chicago two weeks ago. and the
winners will then challenge Leo Ware and George
Sheldon the present holders OF the championship
for their title and the challenge cups. Already
Davis and Ward strong favorites TOT Doth
matches. Last season they came within a single
stroke OF winning tho championship at Newport
and the majority OF the tennis lovers here believe
that they cannot be beaten this season.
Wright and Budong completely outclassed
from the beginning OF to-days match, and never
once did they have any chance for the match, nor
after the first, for q single set In the open
ing set, Ward and Davis took the first three games
and It was so easy that they became little care
less. Their antagonists piled up four games IN
succession before the crack colt" team got into
working order again, ana then they settled down
and ran away with the next three games with
ridiculous ease. taking the first set by a. After
that It was easy all through. and Budlong and
Wright aid not seem to make any impression on
made on errors By the Harvard pair. Wright was
steady all through but Budlong was not up to the
form OF the other four, and he offered many easy
chances to kill the balls Davis's smashing was
the feature OF the match. while Wards lobbing was
useful at the critical points OF some or the rev
close games. The games in the three sets were won
in the following order:
FIRST SET.
Var Var; and md Ds ssso3:d GGG %
SECOND SET.
Wright and Budlong .........-...1 ~
THIRD SET.
W Var and md P sS5fo;x %
The handicap singles which have furnished excel
lent sport through the meeting, were brought TO an
end this morning BEFORE the dOuoe n ib non
who belongs to the West Side Tennis Club, In New
York, put up a splendid game throughout TINS
first honors Three OF his five matches required the
full three each to decide, while Wright could
avS put 6 up been saVnS himself for the
doubles Little's success proves MIN 70 De one OF
the best handicap players IN the country he won
fa and at the Canadian championship this season.
being beaten in close matches IN the H OK
the handbags . at SSah me meetings Anu
o. s. Campbell the ex-champion, who fell on the
court in his final match OF doubles on satur.
day has developed water on the knee as result OF
his accident and he will be unable to play again
in this seasons games. The challenge matcn OF tne
Longwood Challenge Gp between IN M nun ao
row afternoon. The SEQ 8 Of to-days matches tol-
low:
Championship doubles Cnnal round)-Dwight F. Davis
and Hocomb Ward beat Beals c. Wright and Clarence X
f'G Handicap singles semi npsl round'eR D. Little
(scraOD beat C. seayer Ghah nrseep Sea ResI,
Wright lowe ffteen). o-9i o-a