Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-16
Her Representatives Defeat Princeton
in Newport Tennis Tourney.
FAV0RIFES WIN At SARATOGA
Champion Jeffries Won't Face
FitzsImmons or Sharkey.
PORTS IN GE n E "a A L

The second days play in the champion
ship lawn tennis tournament at Newport.
yesterday, furnished more excitement and
better tennis than Tuesdays play. The
challenge match for the national cham
pionship in doubles held an enthusiastic
crowd for two hours and a half, and after
the play had ceased on the championship
court the spectators thronged around the
other courts to watch the struggling play
ers in the singles matches.
Davis and Ward the two Harvard stu
dents who won the big International match
last week at Longwood from the visiting
British team, captured the national cham
pionship in doubles once more, beating Lit
tie and Alexander of Princeton. their chal-
lengers. by three straight sets, although
two of them were close that single
point reversed might have turned the whole
match In the first set Davis and Ward
captured single game against their OPP
ponents' service and that was enough to
turn the set in their favor. The second
was even closer. Little and Alexander win
ming back the lead after having lost 1t at
81, only to finally lose the set by 81. In
the last the closest play of all was shown
each team repeatedly having the lead, only
to lose it again as often. From deuce, Lit
tie and Alexander had the advantage game
no fewer than five times, but each time
Davis and Ward evened matters up with
their clever twist services, and in the end
the champions finally broke through their
antagonists service and then took the set
by 12-10. Throughout the match the lob
bling of both sides was very accurate and
some of the smashing was both fast and
well played. Davis smashed best of ALL
but Ward was a marvel of steadiness. and
both Little and Alexander drove well.
In the championship singles the best
match of the day was that between E. d.
Black. Of the English players. and
Sumner Hardy of California, the visiting
Britisher finally winning after five
metropolitan champion. was beaten after
another close struggle of the full five sets
by Malcolm G. Chase.
The best players will come together to-
day and some brilliant tennis Is expected.
All of the poorer players are now weeded
out. and from this to the end the play will
be of the championship order. The scores
of yesterdays matches follow:
Championship doubles: Challenge round
d. F. Davis and Hocombe Ward (hoders)
beat r. ID. Little and F. P. Alexander.
Championship singles: First round-F. B.
Alexander beat l.. D. Quimby by default;
Kregh Collins beat Kenneth Horton. g..
%. 60: B. c. Wright beat l.. F. Ware.
6-3. 90. e.: F. B. Alexander beat G. w.
Lee. So, 6-3. 6-3; NJ. G. Chase beat E. p.
Fischer, 2-8. g., 6-3. 10. G.: Samuel
Hardy beat S. c. Williams by default: w.
A Larned beat ]. D. Pel. Go 81, 60:
A. W. Gore beat H. Clews. jr.. 60 60.
60: c. r. Budlong beat A. E. Fuller, 6-1,
g, 6-1: E. D. Black beat Summer Hardy.
90. 3-6, 6-3. 3-6. g: G. L. Wrenn. jr..
beat II. H. Hackett. Ga. 40. 81. 81:
r. D. Little beat J. A. Ryerson. Go s-1
3-8, So: Richard Stevens beat Deana-M Mil
Ter by default: r. d. Wrenn beat J. r.
Carpenter. jr.. 6-3. 60 6-1.
Interscholastic championship singles: FL
nal round-1rving C Wright Harvard) beat
Fred NJ. Breinig CYale). 81 6-3 IS