The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-16
GOOD TENNIS AT NEWPORT.
DAVIS AND WARD RETAIN CHAMPION
SNIP TITLE ~ TINE DOUBLES.
Little and Alexander, the Challenger, beaten
In Three Straight sets-E. ID. Black. the
Eng'iSh Expert. Wlns an Exciuua Match
LInm Summer uaIdx ni lalllaInIa

Litue ana AicNander, the Challennerg, Heaten
In Three straight sets-E. ID. SLACK. the
EngiNh Expert, villas an Exciting Match
From Sumner Hardy OF Caiifornis.
NEWPORT, Aug. B-The second days play
in the national championship lawn tennis
tournament at the Casino here today fur
nished b'ttcr tennis and more OF Il than was
seen yesterday. The challenge match for
the national championship in doubles was.
OF course. the feature Of the morning and this
big grand stand. opposite the exhibition courI,
wa we'll filed when Davis and Ward went out
TO defend their title against Little and Alex
ander. the Princeton ChallengeTs. who wei. 80
cleverly yesterday from Racket aud Allen.
Before the match Il vas the general impress
sion that Davis and Ward could not lose. Odds
OF to 2 were oNered that the
championship would not change hands. and
even money that tie challengers
would not get a set. The Princeton
pair. however. showed UP stronger than
was expected, and while the straight Vet pro-
diction was finally fulfilled. those who had
backed Little and Alexander to get y SCI had
n good run for their money. Had II not been
for the ~puzzlinG twist services OF the kind
which played havoc with tho Engllshmen last
week ut Long wood. the champions might
have had a much more difficult task on their
hands. AlezAnder's low ground strokes were
not nearly so effective a. against the straight
services Of Hackett and Allen. while Little
also found IL very difficult 10 control his returns
from the twisting balls that his antagonists
served. Even at this disadvantage the ohal-
lengers made n good showing in each Of the
sets, and came very close TO winning the third.
Throughout the match it was a servers,
battle, very few of the forty-eight games played
being Won by the opponents OF INC server.
Ia the first Get Ward aud Davis captured me
second gam against Little'H service and this
ming In turn. Ia the second set the champions
also broke through their opponents seryioe,
In the next game when Little and Alexander
scored on the champions service. Again the
server continued 10 yin. Many Of the games
s Ngrs l1MaF aStIl ttRe ffteentS game, whsn the
champions. again. stopped their opponent'
The last set was the longest and closest Of
all. Again Davis and Ward captured one o.
their opponents service games and TOOK 2 LEAD
Alexander Won the eighth game against Da-
vis'S serylEe TIE Sss sSm TsscS Sl,sr nSsS the bes sbam.
n n,dbs iS oSSi5 nae S9dE See th TeSSaeG and wpe On VI the en nsnt
game took the act by l2-i0 and the match in
straight sets. giving them the American cham
There were many exciting matches, In The
first OF the championship singles round which
, va. G SstTRses E. '0I 5. black fr0 tSe En Sf R' ssp Srs
Summer Hardy, the Californian who has been
ionyynament. The visitor was thought 10 be
an easy winner, but he found the aggressive
v%olleytng tsoY1s Of the Amerlfsn au nlIprIs,nssy
he ISs match at any time he, chose. 8s oot
mai r. bet se Win tf'4 4ors eui hi. fellow sF' visitor Sr" from
Enaland, that he would win the set after Hardy
S |: 49, g lead q ,oss Q n. He .s, fbs & sG,. N cSsci.lin e:
were made OF Hardy's method. of serving and
a number OF foot faults were called against him
ali through the third and fourth sets, The
American, however. captured the fourth set
with a margin 70 spare. and s,ill the visitor
OF the match stood at two sets all. In the last
set Black crowded on a little more steam, and
Sl'G %aSH II daf eRs games s' tSs E 4 iiiesas s'I woS
"'Ther. were three other important matche.
sSoiting fve-sst match, George wrenn beat
Hackett in a clever four-set match, and Wright
si% is st isisRai sets ,o Without any Of Them reach.
ing deuce. chace showed much better stamina
than last season, when srng p 1I 81 4 ssht ,b AN r ,n me
was finally beaten down, Hackett, found
George Wrenn too steady for him. and although
finally took the match by keeping the ball
coming back over the net at the most critical
points until Hackett broke down; Wright
Tomorrow Davis plays Allen, Collins meets
Wright, Alexander plays Chace, Samuel Hardy
meet, Largsd. Gore goes against Ward; Bud,
meets Little and Bob. wrenn plays Stevens.
Gore aud Ward viii play on the champion
shin court and will probably be followed by Bob
Wrenn and stevens, Brilliant tennis is looked
for, as al OF the weaker players have now been
weeded out. The scores Of to-day's matches
follow:
Championship Doubles-ChAllen re round-D. Y.
Davis and Hooombe Ward holders. beat r. d.
Little and =. D. Alexander, ehallengers' o., 90.
1910.
Cham pion ship s~inEles-Flist Iound-S A. Allen
Inns bes, Kenneth Horton. %, -. 60
s-4EB Il 1apssIb,.iG w,Lts, 90, s-s
81; samuel Hardy beat !; G Williams by detSuli;
W. 4. Larned beat J. .. Pell. 90. 81, go A. W.
Gore beat II. Clews IT,, 40. 90. 60 c. II. Bud
Ions beat 4. !. Fuller a; 49,; z p Black
6. /. wIehn; u bes, 4 II Bao.sit $3.50.
50. "a; Richard stevens beat DIANE Miller by DE-
fault; r. D. Wrenn beat J. r. Carpenter JL, o-S.
Go, al.
Ini-rscholaSic championship Singles Final
round c. Wright, Harvard. bea, PRED NJ
Breinig, Yale, 81. 6-S. rs.