New-York tribune., 1900-08-11
TEN rs.
FINAL ROUNDS AT SOUTHAMPTON.
LARNED DEFEATS STEVENS AND THE
HARDY BROTHERS LOSE TO ALLEN
AND CI,OTHIER
AND CLOTHIER.


SOUTHAMPTON Long Island Aug 10 (SpeciaD-Two
exciting matches played here to-day in the
hnal round of the Long Island lawn tennis cham
ponship tournament on the courts of the Meadow
Club In the championship singles w A Larned
Richard Stevens. the HobOken Cricket
Club crack in three straight sets Sumner Hardy
and Samuel Hardy. the Pacific Coast champions,
met defeat at the hands Of John A Allen and w. j.
Clothier the Yale-Pennsyvania team. This match
In the doubles proved TO be the exciting contest
of the days sport and hoty contested from
start to finish The spectators appeared early this
morning. The first took the best places
about the championship court, and when the con-
test was well under way they were kept alive.
loudly appauding the splendid individual perform
ances of the contestants
The struggle between the Hardy brothers and
Allen and Clothier did not promise well at the be
ginning, the Californians were clearly off their
game and made such inaccurate returns that all
Alien and Clothier had to do was to keep the ball
coming back to them and let their opponents work
out their defeat. At the start of the second set
the Hardy brothers steadied bit. and showed n
CLEAN of the brilllancy that had marked their
matches in the meet. Samuel Hardy proved 10
be strong In his forehand and backhand strokes.
He kept the ball crossing the net swiftly. and by
using the peculiar cut stroke for which the broth
ers are famous he pulled into the lead at 81.
But Allen and Clother successful in break
ing through the service games of their opponents,
and the went to four all Then by the
pluckiest kind of play at the net yale Allen
captured the next two games by smashing tactics,
although the points seesawed between deuce and
vantage
Again in the third set the Hardy brothers forged
ahead and took the set by an easy score The
opposing pair were not distanced. Despite the des-
perate attempts Of the Coast champions 70 capt, a
ure the fourth set Allen and Clothier held them
in check after they had gone TO the front at 81:
ma orty of the points going to Allen and Clothier
after this. They play ed to the weak spot IN @ Ine
an overhead Stroke efectively in voleylng The
YalePennsylvana team pulled up even at & . an ana h
then Allen made the most brilliant showing ne
has had the courts here The players were MT MT
Hafdy ie bPothers obbng and driving to dislodge
their opponents from the net, WINE A Alien anu I
portunity. The daring cross court shots of Allen
proved to be great factor IN taxing me eg
and he is easily in his best form at the present
The veteran Larned outpayed Stevens at his own
doing captured the honors of the tournament. Con
clung his base line throughout the struggle ana
thus nj the % h on passGg It is
on this that Stevens relies chiefly TO earn MS
PPefnssd to be ured TO the dangerous place at the
net by the short lobs returned by SteDens es Cniy @
expert successful in taking the lead and forging TO
the front His opportunity came at the beginning
Of the third set when it became evident that the
fast telling on Larned as he did not put
cross courted by long drives and then fqddG|sd @ e
went ahead at - but Larned was far from being
gone and in the seventh game he rallied with con-
tion of varied speed Larned forced Stevens to his
baseline and then dropped the ball just over the
net by a short drive 1t proved the undoing of
Stevens Larned took the next four games and
the set and match. The famous old Long Island
meeting will he brought to close tomorrow after
noon by a series of matches between A w. Gore
and E. D Black, the English experts. and w, A.
Larned and Richard Stevens the Americans. The
play will hold the courts during the afternoon. Gore
meeting Stevens and Black meeting Larned. The
summary:
Mep sessn 1ss naI % % Lar
Mems championship doubles final roundl-John a;
Allen W. J. Clothier defeated Sumner Hardy and
Samuel Hardy Go 8-4. 3-6 Ga.
Mems consolation singles final round)-John A Allen
defeated Samuel Hardy G-1 G-l