New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
LAWN TENNIS.
DAVIS AND PARET THE WINNERS YES
TERDAY AT NEWPORT-FlNAL
ROUND TOMORROW.
tpy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUNE.l

Nouport n L. Aug 19-Another sultry day
threa tened hard work for the lawn tennis
nlaycrs here to-day, and at the same uihe kept
down the attendance at the Casino. Only fifteen
hundred people saw the championship matches IN
,ho Morning and both Of the semi-fnals when
roro nIaved were won IN straight sets, so the
pavers did not suffer from the neat 50 iiuo" o.
YESTERDAY Davis beat Collins ana faret scoiei
over Ware each winner scoring three se's 10 o'e
,or bic antagonist Il was no surprise that Davis
won but Ware was generally counted upon W p"
out ahead the betting before play began iavo,,''s
St, ~, : 70 The New Yorker beat him the last
time they met, however. ana lhsiueIs VIZ NJ
surprised when he won again To-Day Inc we"
York player began badly N his match ae".'s'
ware and the latter soo;. had a lead OF - III
.so erst cot Paret volleyed a good many balls out
NJ court while Wares persistent lobDing seeNneu
dif1cult for him to get used to at first
In the sixth game, however. Paret settied uo"h
and coon began to overtake MS oppohen"
successive games pulled him up even NJ "'' ~
the ninth gave him a lead at b ware oia'e" UP
enough TO tie the score at ALI only 10 ioee VI.
,nvt two games and the set by 10. Paret steadied
dou,n rapidly in the second set, and was soon kis
lobs so regularly that Ware had to give up wa.
NAV and 90 TO driving. But the NEWCOMER got
an IN the not so quickly and volleyed so fast theh
that Ware could not keep the balls out OF ms
reach After Ware had got lead OF Il IN 'he
second set. Paret ran I'VE straight games taxing
the set by 90 ,.
Toward the end OF the set the bostohlah
showed signs of fatigue. and tired badly az ue
end Paret taking the last two games easily "heh
,ho third set began both men looked much re-
freshed from the rest and the play was FASTER
Paret kept up his net tactics. and Kept running ~,
at every opportunity The lead alterna'eo' wa" I'D
I@orIs again at "a The New-Yorker, however.
the stronger at the end and bs ast set
with three straight games, Winning the ia'' '
BY 81 and the match by three sets TO love.
In the mean time Davis and Collins. the western
champion were hard at work on another court
Davis was the favore in this match and ne, he
WesterneT. Collins made a good effort to make
up lost ground at the end OF the n, hrst set a h
crawed W to 5 out ps yon be aet by ga In
the second set the games aternaten up 10 -
and then Davis simply ran away WIN inc ston his
the act Collins being utterly unable 10 stop his
Si When the third set began however the west.
Davis's erratc twist service at the very top OF Us
bound so as to pass Davis before ne reaSheo Inc
soon had a lead OF al. but Davis pulled himself
together and took the next two games aIter oeure
had been called in each teng 1 me 70 s and then
Collins pulled out once more deuce penhs Sau az
all Davis was too steady IN she enc a me set
and match by three sets TO love, a., -. =,
Davis and Paret will meet in the final r9unn i OF I
expoSied TO beat the Yorker, as few men In
the country withstand his SPEED xr M'W Wbn
are are in the same class with him. The champion
defends his claim to the title and chalenge cup Oh
Tuesday and 1t ought 70 n p pras,iee today Whit
man played evenly with Bond ana Colhhs' Inc
days scores follow:
Championship sOss ';m 5 ga F1 s bvl rstmy
b pa,gs heat Kriesh Collins "a 81, Sc
Consolation singles. eem final round-R D. LATHE beat
FINAL r. p pSndB r Fischer beat r. D. Little % 60