New-York tribune., 1902-08-21
THE DOHERTYS WIN AGAIN
CLARENCE HOBART FALLS AN EASY VIC
TIM TO THE ENGLISH TENNIS
CHAMPION.
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Newport r. l.. Aug. 2e-The second Gay : PC
in the national lawn tennis championship oii '''C
Casino courts was filed with abundance OF gooo
work Perfect weather conditions ana 'uiI IA
r-,rn. order brought out q big gallery ana pro-
,5rced ,he right sort of sport. There vas one
feature of the day which has caused the Americans
10 co q lot of figuring tonight mat was tne "~!
in which the trio Of Englishmen won All sdin.
their places in the next bracket in three stralghI
.s,e This WAS not looked for in at least one OF
the competitions It not thought that ID L.
Doherty the present holder of the singles ttle oi
England, was strong enough to beat Clarence h0
bart by such a score.
The final set one Of the most pecuiidi '''-
played here.
Hobart took four straight games. and then led
at 81 He lost the seventh game at love on helS
and outs of the most erratic character Iheh ne
fought hard and brought the points to deuce IN te
eighth game After that his ability 10 play tennis
seemed TO leave him His stroke vanished like
rricked bubble. and Doherty ran out the match
The match between r. F. Dogherty. the faIler oi
the brothers. and John r. Davidson the iorHei
Southern States champion proved merely a pTscuce
ru.np for the Briton. WI once he had takep ba-
xidsons uoeasure-and he did that quic1iy-woh the
points as he would. DR.. Joshua PIN had an oP
ponent he liked well He was s g Whipple' VINO
simply batted the balls back 10 Dr. Plm' VINO
could stand still and win without exeruns hlnseh'
The good natured Englishman enjoyed this TO the
fullest for he has said tnat he does not care lot
the American style which is all running
While the Englishmeu were advancing thelr
chances Of taking the American laurels, the 'op
class men on the American side were also oolhs
sood work Malcolm D. whitman the unbeaten
national champion. made runaway contest OF MS
match with J. s SeabuTy. The latter Is among Iile
fast youngsters have championship aspirations
Hhitnan played all around the clever youngster
al such a pace that Seabury got only one game IN
the three sets OF the match. 1t is 10 Whitman that
The followers of tennis in this country pin their
faith IS the man who can be depended on to stop
the Brftishers from carrying OF the American
trophy.
Among the others who came through in excellent
form were Beals C Wright the Harvard man.
from whom great things are looked for TINS year
The Harvard veteran. Leo E Ware. also sho"ec
great skill, and he may meet Dr. PIN to-ror-
there is hope that at least one OF 1he f'ri'ol
will be stopped in his career
Another OF the college players who showed Up
well was Raymond D. Little. the old Princetoh
champion Little had his opponent z r Sharples'
a brilliant but unsteady. player. ShaTples faded
out or match in the second set, whlch Dl'be
took at love. 1t appeared though the latter had
z clear path 10 victory. when Sharples came back
with rush that carried the final set 10 deuce
before Little
Practically the entire interest of the day centred
in the match between H. l. Doherty and Clarence
Hobart. The English champion opened with the
service. He took she first game at love by play
ing Hobart's back hand. which was weak, and
stroke and unable 10 get beautiful place shot
he went down heavily in the first game. Then
followed a bit of good back court play. each man
winning on his service The long drives from the
base line exactly suited the Briton. He was able
TO give accurate direction his drives. This was
especially noticeable on his shots to the corners
IN the fourth game Doherty broke through against
that the American being beaten at the style
OF he learned 10 play so Wei on the courts o.
England In the fifth game there was a sPiendld
end thrilling rally. Both men ran IN TO the net to
volley. Their work was spirited, but Doherty
gained the point by pretty court shot which
Hobart was unable TO get back over the net The
point score follows
Z hob.rt 4 bp2heF'y........So e-s
Hobart considerably strengthened his play in the
second set, and made the English champion work
shots OF Doherty in the games of this of
great briIliancy. The rallies sharply contested
pTfsing fashion and got many balls that
trernely difficult TO handle.
The point score
Ea59S. I BSseFty.. 4-s 4-ss-s
The heat bothered Doherty at the beginning of
the third set Hobart was equal 10 great squirt;
au ~. sS - a 49, a. ,Ibe tLr6 ssT5e 5sd tvo
hits that were away above the average. The first
point was scored 10y Hobart after each man had
popped Up a short loob near the net that was al
most a pickup. He caught Doherty mapping, for
passed him in its short flight. After his good
work and leading Doherty up TO 81 on games the
American went TO pieces, and was beaten out by
20. The point score:
! ho5DEtfy..l Il B2herty...1 fisg i-slE5
Late in the afternoon Holcombe Ward and
pionsfip match. which will be played to-norrow
morning Both men IN good stroke, and the
accuracy Of Daviss smashes vas exceedingly en-
couTaging to the Americans