The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
YOUNG LARNED 4 SURPRISE.
Champions Brother Defeats Huntington
in National Lawn Tennis Tournament.

NEWPORT X. L.. Aug. %. Only four play
ers remain in the struggle for the national
championship MT lawn tennis tonight, and
the Sem-fual matches on Monday morning
will dispose of two more of these ambitious
aspirants for Champion Lnrned's title and
honors As expected r. f. Doherty de-
fauted this morning to his brother, which
gave the English champion nm extra days
rest before the final series of matches next
week Young + =. Lnrned surprised all
but n few of the wisest OF the followers Of
the game by beating the veteran Huntington
who was one of the crack players of the coun-
try long before his conuueror ever lifted a ten
mis- racket. Cothier also earned brackets once
more by beating Allen. the other Philadel-
phia expert, with surprising ease,
There were only two matches to-day in
the championship event, and during the
afternoon the consolation sin giles were re-
duced to the semi-hnal stage. Referee
Dwight was not in attendance to-day, and
in his absence Ryerson, who was substituted
for him, put Clother and Allen on the cham
ponship court
This match proved to he very one-Sided.
and ii took less than an hour for Clothier
to put Quietus on his fellow townsman.
In the meantime, Huntington and +. p.
Larned were busy on the adjoining court
was completed They were shifted over
in front of the grandStand and finished their
match before the crowd.
In the first set OF the 'Cothier- Allen match
the latter made fairly good showing but
after that he never seemed TO he in IT, ClOther
came In on every service and he volleyed
SO well that Allen found IL almost impossible
to pass him He tried lobbing. but Clother
smashed very effectively, and there seemed
to be no point at which Allen could ontplay
passed very well both on the return of Aliens
service. and in the general play, Allen held
the lead Al 30 in the first set, but failed to
get another game. In the second he won
only the fourth game, while in the last set
Allen won only the, first and sixth games,
and not one Of the whole set ran. up to deuce
Only four games in the match of twenty-four
reached deuce. and the match was one OF
the shortest ever played on the champion
ship court: A.. ,
glimpse of his clever play In the third set, and
Il was "A revelation TO most OF the spectators
He IL an almost exact duplicate of his cham
pion brother in appeaTance, manner and
style Of play, and his skill has increased won
darfully during the Last year or two. He runs
into volley on every service. arst and second.
occasion demands. He hits clean and fast
all the time, too and is cool ard accurate in
passing. Huntington seldom or never ran
Xo ne Good Gnry to he
too. In his strokes, and this makes them easier
to volley than others. 80 Larned found 1t
rather easy to kill at the net.
The younger player was simply nvinciblc
in the first set and ne volleyed 80 fast and
passed so well that Huntington failed to get
single game Only one of the six went to
deuce, and Huntington made the remarkable
record Of winning just nine points in the
whole set. The veteran made better show
Ing In the second and led at 81. Iarned
then ran of three games and took the lead
at 4-3, only to lose the next three In quick
succession, chiefly on his own errors, which
gave Huntington the set bv Ga.
When the match was resumed on tho cham
court Garned again started out with
a rush and swept away the third set in much
the same fashion AS the first, taking six
straight games Two Of them, the second
and third, went to deuce. but after that
Larned rePled OFF the last three and SGT with
ease In tho last set Huntington
made more stubborn resistance but he
was no match for. the rushing net tactics
Of the young school with his base line play.
and although he made the Inst two or, three
set at 8-3. and with II tho match. three sets
TO one
On Monday II l.. Doherty plays r. n
Carleton. and Is expected to win without
much difTlculty. while young Inrned plays
rlothier on the championship court
Championship Singles Fifth round-H. j., no.
lsrty beat T. r poherty. by default; r. lancd
beat r. p. Huntington, a. o, o, 90. "a: W. J.
beat Il F; Allen g., Ga AK
rolket, "a "a; l.: Horton beat Llvrrpsrc by |
default Lamb beat Bailey, 8 ?, 5: Bartlett beat
Oates. by default; Clarke bta, Otis by default:
Thomas beat Morris, by default