The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-22
HARMED TENNIS CHAMPION.
EARNS TITLE AFTER TRYING
ron TWELVE YEARS.
veteran plays brilliant Teoris and de-
feats Heats q. wright by nres SETS
TO One Winners Nerve . Feature OF
the Match large Crowd st Newport.

hhhN 80 ~ 'Neh 'iakhh AA " IS
hnal match that will hong be rcmemhcred
by the experts. and fairly earned his title.
the score being 3 sets To l In his favor
The most notable feature 81 IN. match was
the display Of nerve that the new champion
gave II has been no secret that iArn.d
has more than once lost here because Of
his lack 81 nerve. and many times he has
gone down before wrcnn and Others simply
through an inability tn play with his usual
skill when she pinch came To-day he not
only Kept his nerve we'll throughout the
match. but neycr showed that worried,
anxious look that used always to prcccde
his downfall, and when N" pinch came In
M. fourth -t b" cat lon-a aud PLAYED eN-
coptinnally brilliant tennis
Wright did hot pn' AZ ~ good a game
A. hc had done either ~ lSngW poi or Raw
Ridge lie SEEMED NOR. affected Nv the
Importance Of the match thar larn"d and
vas evidently too cautious In hi- play and
too ANXIOUS not To- make errors. The result
was that I've did not make mauy error.
hnt be- gave many easy chances to hia op-
ipnent to Kin Hi- ~arvic. Vns slower
than usual. and many 81 his returns pitched
short. whsrr IRrned found u easy to cut
them on go impossible angles of WriGht'N
court H. was not nearly 80 deadly ~
usual iu overhead smashing either. and
hr MISSED uu less thar six lois that should
have l~,u hill-h TIE conditions we're
.iuui ~ far f,r uu. a. IN" other. early
Ia the morning IA" clouds It'll hung heavily
over the tasiup and 4 luok"d doubtful
whether u would faiU ur not the cham
pi,f.-hip cpur' had hE-u robbed pu' A. hsri
a. pn--lhl- bu' Il Wa found to II. slow and
th,s Wns Thought 20 favor Wright ~ he hits
IA" tail lower than dus- larn"d A little
ls.turr tho match i~'gau. however, the
~iIn harmed through th" misty clouds aul
shnrr uu' viii great intensity he humidity
vp- very gr"a' and then" was $50 httl" air
blowing tha' n uad- ~ very hard on the
PLAYERS The sun haked M" court ont
rapidly. halping Lsrned. tut "a" heat WAS
thought "a H. n factor M Nright'- favor.
~ be- aSt- exceptionally well
III. uavor- had met thr,s. times ls,fure
'hi- season. and AZ laTned had Won all
thns" matches hc Was n" general favuriic.
ffit had not ls$u for his unfortunate" record
a. Newport. there would have l.nn heavy
uidS on hur chauCSs, but every one seemed
~ fear "a repetition 80 h~ previous iia-Csb-
when b. was thought 10 hav" the cham
pipu-hlp within ht- grasp, and few ven
turtd 20 give any udd- al all Their were
a few l.'s mad. ~ even money. and ltI-t
. NH r NN" UNAH 81 ~ ~ hN'NN INV NNAAN NNNNNfH
out. one ont hu-iAsi gave Z 10 : on larncd
1hn crowd filed into ih" Casino early and
the hig ~grHndstaud was well rllei before
IA" match lggan TIL" attendance was
l-ttcr than az any Of the previous matches
THIS year. and the enthusiasm at "a high
pitch all through The applause was
about evenly divided. and the crowd was
more -~IprtSmsnlik" In appsuding tn"
l-~i plays 81 ia" experts than have been
most preceding Newport crowds who
have VAtcbed the championship tourna-
men's. for they have generally pIcked
out a favorite and applauded his strokes
- the exclusion ~ hts opponcnt's tSst
efforts
The story 10 tho match shows larned
an easy winner ~ the first ~ Wright
wa vi-ihlv nervous and did hot g-t down
10 his usual form until after II WAS too late
g. win The -pt lartsd took the lead At tn"
start - , I and ran uut the -et by q :
very SION after VI" vas very accurate Ia
his c~rvss-cour' strokes. both N the ground
and when vuli"ying at the net and he ucNa-
siuually varied them with a quick drive
down IA" line that was 80 unexpected
that Wright seldom got 10 the tall Ia tins
TO return it
when tho second sa' started "a. tables
wrr" turned AZ oncc Wright seemed to
nerve himself up Ia hitting hard and he
-tupT-sl letting his drives sail a. high over
n. h"furr. when lArued was able "a vollay
them cNcctually He worked like \ lea yrr
from the start. and took the fret two games
Ia succession Then larne-i struck Jne of
81 he inVincihla -tu,aks again and nothing
could stop him for th. next thr-p games
NE last ~ which he took to love Wright.
howovei. kept steadily NJ his work and
two long deuce games put him a. The top
again. ~ s. soon after. he had 4 and
u.-.l.d only me stoke for the oct, but
Iarne-l shot the hall across the court In
front - him Tor a clsan pa-s n he ran mp
hahiud his service and saved tho sct for
the moment He took the game, too. but
u Nas unlv 20 stav- IN defeat for = spa~s,
fpr Wright kept on forcing the play haul
and finally pulled out tho 49, by "a, and
'tcd 'h" ~cor. 81 the match a. one -.t all
The heat In i--u growing wur-r almost
rv-rv game and ~" plavers suffered
greatly from " IN the third 49, Soon
distress and his returns grew shorter
He got n head of2 I. however. and then
Wright hcEan 10 pull up on him. tying
the s,rr" al al Iarned -eensi 20 Get his
Second wind however. and then came
IN strong again. finally winning the -
hv . a.. With two sets IN onc IN favor %
Iarn~l tho PLAYERS went In Tor the only
rrst allowed under 'he new rules, and when
,hav came oi.t both -rened much Refreshed
Wright had shown III" most effect from
the humidity NJ the end of the third st,
and whrn tho fourth b~san No seemed
~ ~ stranger than his veteran Opponent
He took the fr-t two game- zach Co ~ AMI
increased this head . a few minutes
later Then IArncd gave an ~Ahihitiou
~ the CrAnhe-i t.unis ss~n a. Newport
or many vcars He ran four straight
ramos two - them 90 druce and two of
,h.rn 80 love. taking tho lad again a. 3 y
Another game for Wright. and th"n LArp~d
ran out the -rt and match nv taking tho
zenith gam. IN tho fourth 49, Tho ~cor-
- M" match Nv points y A. follow
riVsr ST.
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