The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-16
LAWN TENNIS AT NEWPORT.
CANDIDATES FOR CHAMPION.
SNIP WELDED OUT.
Mn Of the Flft,-siS Asp<rants Ter witt
mans Title Remain -Davis Rallies
and beats ward In -Four Set -Casthae
Defeats Paret On . Very Ciese Mateh-

wv stosas 10y
and beats ward IN -Four Sets -Clsthaes
Defeats Paret In . very Ctsse Masch-
NEWPORT. Aug. is.-only nine Of tbs
original hfty-sx candidates emain to-
night In the struggle for the lawn tennis
championship which whitman's retire.
meni leaves vacant this year OF the eight
matches played at the Casino here this
morning. only three were important and
this was the nrst and probably the only
! OF day OF the msetinz. Davis beat Ward
In a clever four-set match. after losing
the first set: Lsrnsd beat Stevens with little
more din -uity than he usually has s&sinse
the veteran. while Clothier put out Parst
after the longest and most exciting match
played in the tournament. Each 81 the
other winners had al easy adversary ana
the field has now narrowed down to q hsttb
Of the champions. only one weaker man..
=. ". Leonard Of Harvard. remaining In
the third round Isl
The championship court was given over
this morning TO the Davis-Ward match.
which was featured as the star event. ara
despite the muggy atmo sphere and threat-
ening clouds a good sized-crowd Of en-
thusiss,s occupied the grand stand 10 see
the two champions In doubles play against
each other There was q quiet tip circu-
lated around among the other players that
Ward was very much better than he vac
though 20 he and many % them plunged
on his cha noes against Davis, the prevail
ing odds being s to 8 In favor Of the donor
Of the international challenge trophy.
During tho frs, part Of the big match.
Ward fa'tered his hackers and II looked
A. though no was going to win easily.
! N-... - .....-l a.. -...R -. x.lS faA-
ter than a walk II va attributed Al fret
To tho uncertain footing caused 10y the
slippery court and Dsvis's extreme weight
Later 1t Developed that his stomach was
troubling him and he came near having
TO defaul, the match. Before Davis started
into play Ward had taken the hrrt act easily
AMI earned q Lad 81 80 in the second sss.
wnan the big we.,erner GO, into playing
form. however. he showed q streak Il
his former b~rilliancy that made even Wards
best efforts ~fruitless. In the second Get
he scored q earned points against IL errors
bv Ward.
In tho third ~ ac-s sgains; 70 Of Wards
errors and in tho fourth p points earned
agains, 70 81 Wards errors. Th~sc totals
taken with his ! aces In the first set gave
Davis a total Of "a aces for the match against
50 points scored by Wards errors. q mag
ninccnt record oi 81 per cent. earned. which
has seldom been equslled. Wards known
ability at safe play contributed heavily
to these hgures. because Ward made 90
few errors tina Davis had to earn n large
proportion ~ his points in order TO win.
Mard. on the other hand. earned lut
p p-r cent. 81 his points. lie was a model
of-afe,y play at all points and he forced
the play ne much AZ possible against Davtss
brilliant speed. He was working on q
distinct theory, trying to lore" DAVIS m'c
,roubl. on his nackhand side and 10 get
then 10 the ne, and kill But Davis -eem~d
TO get out Of difficulty very often when
he was put the-e. and mofr often he kept
Ward on the defensive with his deep twtS-
ing -ervicc and his excellent lobbiug.
After Ward had taken q lead Of q s~t
and o Davis started in and ran six straight
games. In the third set. Davis again
ran away with Ave straight. games after
a had been called in Wards favor In
the fourth and last at. Davis held the lead
from the start. running up the ecore 70
80 and Il Then Ward made q hns
brace and made the score Z all, only 10 lbs,
the next two games through the most
brilliant kind OF passing from paw. sna
meet Wright tomorrow morning on the
championship court.
OF the other two important MATCHES.
the Larned- Stevens inscting was soon
over. Stevens made a splendid showing
In two 81 the three sets. but he was never
quite good enough to win a set. Larned
always had enough In reserve to win when
he got into trouble. and though Stevens
many times snemeN. 20 have rosy chances
for a set. he never got within a poin, Of IL.
The play did not diner from their usual
meetings. Stevens sticking 20 the base
/ hpe and his favorite ground STROKES.
~1hile Larned would hit the ball deep into
one corner and then another. till he got
his adversary into difficulties. when he
would run In and kill the next return with
a sharp volley.
The match between Clothier and Paret.
respectively the State champions Of Penn
sylvaAia and Connecticut. lasted Tor the
full FIVE sets and was still In progress long
after the other on the championship court
had been finished. Prom the start II was
a battle between servers and the rallies
seldom lasted hong A. L~ongwood a few
Of a match against Larn-d and forced
him a clos. finish ia five sets to win. and
on the strength Of this brilliant match and
Larned's statement that he found II almost
impossible To pass Clothier. the Phila-
delphian was> made a two-one favor',s
before the match. Pare'. however, used
n shorter and lower passing stroke than
Isrned'- and after the fret -et Clothier
found IL very difficult to volley thees low
passes without getting them into the ~,
In the second the New York er ran oh sr
straight gaines In quick Succession Tor q
bow ST. The third Was extraordinary
because both PLAYERS keP' on running
\ Co the net behind their s~erytcee and yet
both were being clean ps-sed continually,
In this -et the AefNer won only enc game
IN the nine played. that by Ciothier being
enough 10 win the -, for himself. After
the customary rest and breathing sreu.
Par~t shifted hts tactics In the fourth -,
s'aving hack Ia prevent being pass~d and
still passing Clothier repeatedly When
he can- up 20 voll-y This plan worked
well and tho New Yorker hsl q lead OF
8 and Ultimately took the -~s nv -
In the nth -, Psr~' mixed n M again
with C1othi~r, running IN on MS s-ry1c~. and
finally io-, tho decidins -, after having
a lead 81
To-morro~ War; ~tn plsy Leonard.
The tAmard hrotherr ate DRAM togsth-v
and the Younger ole will scratch 10 HE
brother fA,tle will meet Co'hier. and De vie
will plav Wright. Hotsrf l. IN m~~t the
winner 81 the DAVIS nsh match On
Saturday, whil~ th- lArn~d W. wsr~ -~mi-
final ~ill al-o 10 plavrd On SATURDAY. Tbs
fnsl- Gill L. plav~d on Tuesday The days
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