The times., 1901-06-04
TENNIS FINALS DECIDED.
Miss Marion Jones and II. d. Little
the individual Champions.

r. D. Little, of Princeton, played circles
around i. Parmly Pa-et, of New York,
| on the Bachelors tennis courts yester-
| day afternoon, and rOmped away with
the championship of the South, of which
title Paret was the defender. The Tiger
| did the trick in straight sets, and had
( his opponent outpointed at every stage
| Of the game. Paret won but four games
in three sets played and gave Little much
| less of contest than had some OF the
! lesser opponents in the preliminary
rounds. The wise ones, who picked the
| Princeton man for a winner early in the
| tournament had a good opportunity to
| exercise the Il told you so" propensity.
The play yesterday brought the tourna
ment practically 10 close, there remain
| ing now but the handicap singles to be
played off.
Miss Marion Jones. after a hard contest,
| captured the ladies singles from Miss
| Bessie Moore. Mr.. Paret and Miss Jones
handily defeated Miss Moore and J. c.
Davidson in the finals Of the mixed
doubles.
The tournament has been a highly sue
cessful one despite the fact that rainy
weather has interfered in large measure
with the play. The matches were TO have
opened a week ago yesterday. Iuesday
was the first day of the play, however,
! large number of sets were played of.
Princeton reaped large share OF the
glory. Alexander, whom many deem
| stronger player than his team-rnate, LIT
| tie. defeated everyone he met until he and
Little were brought together, whereupon
| he defaulted. The two then literally walk
! ed away with the doubles. AleXaEfer is a
strong player at every point OF the edH!e
| and there are few better net players IN
| the country. One Of the sensations OF
/ the tournament was his victory over j.
/ -, aa
| yet undefeated in the handicap match,
which he should win.
Play began early yesterday forenoon.
! The courts were in first class condition
! The first match called was the flnalS or
the ladies' singles. The contest had mar
rowed down to Miss Jones and Miss
I Moore. Each Of these players has Won
/ the championship OF the United states
/ Miss Jones. who is a daughter of
Senator Jones of Nevada, attained that
| honor in 1899 while Miss Moore proved
herself the superior of all lady racquet
The finals Of this match began on Sat
urday. Miss Jones and Miss Moore end
! ed that day with honors even, TWO sets
/ each, and two games each of the deciding
! set 1t was decided yesterday to begin
/ the final set over again. Miss Moore was
! several times within a stroke Of victory
! Miss Jones cut down a lof & lead by
! plucky playing, made the set 2 deuce, ana
| finally won.
The surprise of the days play was the
/ excellent showing made Dy fTeu OtOB4Ie-
] gan against Little in the seni-flnal round
/ of the championship singles. In the open
! ing games he gave the Princeton crack
all he could attend TO, but was beaten
/ out in straight sets Geoghegan IS a
! strong PLAYER, who has developed wonder
/ fully in the past year, and who VIII
I doubtless prove a big factor In the de
! Gliding of the championship OF the South
No one expected that Paret would prove
! such an easy thing for Little. Twice WIN
! ner Of the championship, Paret would,
had he defeated the Princeton man yes
! terday, have captured the handsome
/ trophy which Is awarded a three
! time winner Of the championship. j. e.
/ Davidson had also won the championship
/ twice but his decisive defeat by AleXan-
/ der on Memorial Day put him out of the
calculation.
! There were several good matches play
! ed in the handicap events yesterday
/ Charles Karr, one Of the young members
| OF the Bachelors. with a handicap OF
/ plus - - beat. Strobridge. plus 10, in
! straight sets. (. z. Whiting. plus Is,
trimmed fogarty, scratch, IN close con-
/ test.
The summary:
Championship singles; semsfnals-Lit-
1 tie defeated GeoShegan, Sc, GO, So.
F'inals-Little defeated Paret, Southern
champion 1890, Go. G-3; G-l
! Ladies singles; hnals-Miss Marion
| Jones defeated Miss Bessie Moore. ca,
! 4-5. 6-S, CO, Sc.
| Mixed doubles; fnals-Aiss Marion
| Jones and Mr. Paret defeated Miss Moore
! and j. G. Davidson, 2-5, 6-3. 81.
/ Handicap singles-GlaZebroOk scratch,
| defeated Huidekoper plus Is; White de-
| feated &. r. Wilson, 81. Is, 6-4; c. II.
! Karr. plus y 20, defeated StrObridge, plus
/ Is. ii, Go; E +. Whiting, plus 10, beat
1 Fogarty, scratch, 90, GO, 10