The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-08-15
Lawn TENNIS.
Progress Of the Play In the
National Games OF Newport.

AZ II o'clock the tennis players ap-
peared for the contest at Newport. the
weather being considered good enough to
go on, though the sky was not yet clear.
Davis started playing a safer game than
in other years. and Ward. running 10 the
net and cutting the ball off very sharply.
took three straight games. The fourth
game went TO deuce. four times. but fin
ally went TO Ward, also giving him
good lead Of 40.
Davis took the fifth game, largely by
virtue of his excellent service. Though
he had a lead in the sixth game, he lost
II by his own errors The next went to
Ward at love. making 1t his set. Points:
Ward-4, 4,4.4.S2.7,4-33-6; Davis-1, /, /. 6, 4,
5, 0-1s-1.
In spite OF the fact that Ward got what
looked like a safe lead OF 80 in the sec
ond Davis braced, and by brilliant play
and running into the net, succeeded I'm
taking four consecutive games. three af-
ter the call OF deuce, and he took the lead,
"a. Davis went on with his brilliant
streak. and getting his strokes long and
deep. took the next three games. making
IL s straight and his set, 6-3 Points;
Wards, 4, 4. 5, .. 4. 4. 2. 1-3-34; Davis
/, ., 4. 6. 6, 4, 4-6-i0.
The third set and the lead, two sets to
one. went to Davis by the score OF g.
games. Davis was playing in his old
form and passing his opponent repeatedly
on his forehand drive, as he ran to the
net Davis hemself was driving with
great effect from this position and scor-
ing place after place. Davis pulled up
from 15--40 I'm the last game on two lucky
shots and then took the game and set
0. T. T. l. 3. 1, 2, S-2-ls; Davis. 2, 2
A. 8, 4. T. $3.50.
Davis continued his successful tactics in
q a. ffslr1 20 flaTA
love, though the third game went TO
deuce five times The fourth Ward took
on his opponents errors, but the NTH
went the other way. and Davis had a lead
OF ii. Ward took n brace and pulled
out the next two games. He got one
more. but Davis then ran the set out,
e.. and the match, Is. snS, 50. sE.
6. ?. I. 6. 5. g. 2-4-iO; Davis-5. 4. 3 4. T.
The struggle between ]. p. Paret and
w. j. Clothier attracted n number OF
spectators. The match was important I'm
that II was TO decide who was 10 meet
r. ID. Little IL the third round.
In IN the @ hrst set the the play was quite even,
little the better OF &C. The second was a
case OF Paret, who won six straight
games on exceedingly steady play. The
third was largely repetition OF the first
the fourth was harder fought. finally go
ing 10 Paret. Though the older player
started I'm well with three straight games.
his younger opponent was 100 uuch loI
him. lie gradually pulled up. then took
the lead. and finally won out. taking the
match
All the other single matches were quite
as expected. only Larncd having any DIFF
ficulty in winning He had two hard
deuce sets with Richard stevens. Sum
mary: First round-D v. Davis beat n.
Ward. Ia. e--3 SO. G--4 Second round
l.. ~ Ware beat j Seabury. 6--i "a,
60 w a. Tarncd beat ". stevens.
G-1 IS. Sc r. y. Larned beat w l..
Foulke. so. 6-1. 81. ". -. Little beat
w r. Kurtz 81 s-3 e. W. J. Cloth
Ter beat j. T. Paret. 81. 0--6. 6--3. f-6.
"a G. Hobart beat T.. De Forest. 81,
6-3. 60.
Interscholastic-I. e. Wright OIarvard)
beat n. Re Rov .Columblal 6--3 IS 2-6,
s-3. and will meet T.. y. Larned Of
Princeton tomorrow for the ehamoion-
ship.