The Washington times., 1902-08-28
Clever Play and Severe
Heat Toe Much for
the Englishman.
VISITOR SECURED ONE SET
After That Larned Kept Steadily
Ahead, Ga, 6-4, S-6-Challenger AL
most Exhausted Toward the End -
Rally Came Too Late.

NEWPORT. Aug. 27.-W \. Larred.
The American tennis champion. success
fully defended his title against K. g.
Doherty, lae English challenger, today.
beating him as. CO, c. and So.
The day vas repetition CT the eight
perfect ones which have prevailed since
the tournament started. week ago yes
terday The sun was warm. but mo-
.scorching, while the breeze from the
east. with its burden OF salt. vas most
refreshing.
Crowd of Enthusiasts.
An hour before The game started there
was standing room only OF the unrc-
served sides OF the coGrt. and later even
those spaces were at premium. The
big grandstand was packed with the rep
resentat!ve beauty and wealth OF the
summer colony while on three sides u
lhe court there were rows upon COWS Of
tennis enthusiasts who watched the Play
with keertst interest.
There was the usual knot Of specul9
tive followers Of the game, t,ho made
many bets en- tie result AT drst 100 to
IS was offered on Doherty; thef loo to
80. as there were few American hackers,
and finally 20 l OF he EEgiisihnan.
Just before the players went out 70
begin the match one man, who he'd bet
good deal On the Elgl.sc2laG. offered
100 TO 30 IN large amounts on Dcheriy.
The players appeared en- The cou7t
nearly half an hour after the scheduled
time. II o'clock. but they got down to
work in quick order. Doherty won the
toss and chose the side with the bet
ter light, while Larned opened the
match with service.
The American volleyed Doherty's
first return into the net and opened
the match with point for he chal-
lenger. lie finally won out the game.
however. by a series OF errors from
the Britisher's racket. The second
game stood at 40-l5 for the American.
lead he had earned by three brilliant
passes. but he ultimately lost the
game by putting two BANS into the net
and the next out OF court.
Doherty began to make up in the
pext game and he passed The American
twice as he ran in on his service, and
then took the game on an out and net
ted ball long deuce game followed,
the Englishman again winning the de-
Gliding points on Larre1'G errors. The
American woke UP about this stage OF
the game and broke in for q game.
bringing the score b foT Dohcrty,
who Increased this to ~ few min
~utes later Then Larned increased his
pace little and two quick games
brought the score up to all. and the
big crowd began to breathe easier.
Larned Fails to Make 1t.
1t was his last effort in the set. how
ever, for tine Englshi4au captured the
ninth game after 4 deuce ana vantage
struggle. and then finished UP the set
with love game on three errors and a
clever kill. The score by points:
FfPsT SET.
". A Larue,i.. , 3 , 0-27-i
H. F.yDohc-ty.. , 49,
The second set began without any
intermission and Larned started out Al
a fast pace from The beginning lie
pulled out the FIRST game after 15-4o
had been called against him and then
ran of two easy games in quick style.
taking q lead at 80. DOheTty broke
through for The fourth game on a brill
liant pass anu three errors from Larn-
ed The American came back strong and
took the next two games in quick sue
cessior. giving him commanding lead
at 5-l. In the seventh game, with the
American serving. Larned made three
brilliant passes. getting lead OF 4G-l5
and needing only one stroke fer the
set. but the Englishman finally pulled
it out by series of errors ~ <he cham
pion.
Easy for LaIned.
The next game was easy for Larned,
however. and this gave him the set by
6-2 tying the score at one SET all The
score by points:
SECOND SET.
". \. Larned..... ) ! 5 4-50-J
Il. +. Doherty...... 3 o 49,
The third set looked like the turning
point OF the match. The American cham
pion was suffering frcm the heat good
deal. but his opponent was in much poor
er shape. I.arncd was more accustomed |
to the American temperatures ana hu-
midity and he showed less distress than
In the first two games, Larned |
easily outplayed the Englishman. al
though Doherty managed to pull up to /
deuce in the second.
The next two games both went to the |