New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-23
TENNIS.
WHITMAN AGAIN CHAMPION-PARET
THE CHALLENGER FOUND
HIM INVINCIBLE

Newport R. l., Aug % (speciaD.-Perfeot
weather again favored the lawn tennis players
here and a crowd OF nearly three thousand specta-
tors thronged the Casino grounds to-day and
watched whitman defeat Paret for the champion
ship Of the United States.
The champion was at his best throughout the
match and only during the latter half was the
New-Yorker able 70 make an even battle or H.
Then a streak of brilliant play gave him the third
set. He made a good fight In the fourth but was
finally beaten three sets 10 one the score oeing
81 e. s-6 TO IN favor OF the champion
U-hitman's victory rounds up the most successful
season that any American tennis player has ever
PLAYED through for whitman has taken part IN al
OF the important meetings Of the season and has
not been beaten in single match
THE START OF THE MATCH.
The NAV started at Il o'clock this morning, and
the crowd showed considerable enthusiasm from
the beginning Whitman started In confidently ana
Paret seemed slow in his play MS strokes nv.
showing the speed he displayed IN yesterdays
match until after the second set. Whitman TOOK
the first -four games quick succession. the score
~ on1v one Of them reaching deuce. Then Paret
nuIed himself together for single game but the
champion ran out the set with the next two
In the second set the play was much Ike the
er., Paret stayed back in his court too much. and
IA Not try 70 force the game OF running UP TO vol
lev IN his service as in his other matches He was
nlainIv aurering from staleness and too much nara
nIav during the weeks struggle through the tour
nament had left him with little snap. Again the
champion took the first three games ana theh
added two more to his score, when Paret broke IN
o. s,rgla game Only one more game went 10
tho challenger and then Whitman ran out the set
by e.
naared again Paret seemed much fresher than when
he started the match. He started In al once 70
NAV an uphill game too. and the crowd showed
wi enOrt
the apparently hopeless match
PARET WINS THIRD SET.
1o,a. ran n the net at every opportunity in this
-. .nd he volleved with considerable success.
came after game went 10 him In rapid succession.
and only once during the first FIVE games oid the
score reach deuce. With five games 70 love WHIT
man made an nl-judged effort 70 pull out the SET
ord he did manage 10 get three games before Paret
Anisbed off with the fifth game 70 deuce and the
800 stood two sets to one in favor OF the cham
pion. ...-. --...
When the fourth set began the spectators were
worked I'd 10 a high state Of excitement Tor thelr
evrpathies were IN measure WIN the unoer
dog" and they wanted to see the nun h'e sets
,1aved Paret had fallen back into his old rut
oo,n and although he ran constantly TO the net.
the champion better prepared Tor TINS KIND
~ an attack and ne lobbed repeatedly whenever
paret threatened his court too much. THESE tac-
t,cs stoned the New-Yorker's winning streak ana
slowly the champion pheO w N44O hN--N~
brought him nearer the IoHseu iVi '0'' W
meant the championship
With a lead OF Al in his favor II seemed almost
over but once more Paret woke up 10 the neces-
sitv Of faster play II he were not 10 be beaten
cuicLIv and another attack at the net again gave
hin, a streak OF winning that at one time threat
ened m force the set in his favor. Three sue
cessive games each OF them after deuce had
heen called were scored for the challenger. and
the score reached 4 all amidst the greatest ex-
element Paret could not hold the next however
and whitman secured the lead by b Then
Paret rose TO the occasion once more and ted ne
score al 5 all but he had apparently shot MS
boIf AZ this point. and was unable again 10 staVe
off defeat Whitman won out the next Two games
and the set was his by Is and the matcn py
three sets 10 one.
WHITMANs GREAT RECORD
Paret undoubtedly suffered from staleness' but
even with the challenger at his best Whitman
would probably have won the match. for he has
proved invincible this Only three times In
the history of championship tennis at Newport.
which extends over twenty years has the cham
MON been beaten by a challenger, and in two OF
these he was fairly outclassed other things be-
ing equal the experts all agree that the challenger
suffers heavily from having 10 meet the champion
fresh the day after he has finished a long srugg e
through the all-comers toufhatneh. "hen u the
ce OF the Paret-Davis match yesterday, the
chalengers chances are considered rather sim
score OF to-days championship match follows:
Championship singles. challenger round; malcolm
7, whitman (hOlder) beat J. Parnly Paret (chal-
ienger) 81. 60, IS, IS
NIAGARA TOURNAMENT BEGINS.