The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-21
n, |. DOHERTY BEATS STEVENS.
EASY MATCH FOR ENGLRSH
CHAMPION AR NEWPORT.
Tame Play I'm National Lawn Tennis Tour
nament-NHahOny Takes DeoranS INTO
Camp-Only Ono Match Goes to -Four
Sets, and Parct wins IL From bsais.

NEWPORT, Aug. 2O--This was an on day IN
the National Championship lawn tennis
tournament at the Casino here and not only
was the weather very unfavorable. but the
attendance was the smallest Of tho week.
The International yacht races In New York
took away great many of the tennis deVOtees.
and che showery weather frightened on most
of the fashionable thr0ng that generaiiy
crowds around the championship court.
The cha mpionship court before the grand
stand was given to II. l., D0herty ana klchard
Stevens, but this match was so short ana SO
unsatisfa Glory that Referee Dwight put on
Mahony and DeeriDg Immediately afterward'
this too, resulting in straight set defeat Tor
the WashingtOnian. Only one match during
the day brought out more than three sets ana
that was the match between Paret ana uara-
ner Besls of Boston. The New York man
had So. in the second set and '--S and Az
love in the fourth. but won both only by
Sc. and 1913. His play was very ragged.
but he managed to win In four sets.
Little Doherty had q rather easy time
with Stevens. The Anne rican put UP good
defence, but no seemed always to be playing
against grea I odds. and the English cham
pion had him almost at his mercy. winning
most Of the points he needed without waiting
for Stevens to mako an error. Tho visitor
ran three straight games In ths nrst soy. aiter
and took the set. In the second set D0herty
ran four straight games after all had
been called and in the third he ran Of three re
match he came In and vollcyed more often,
seldom losing the point when he did So, put
in the first set most OF the play was confined
to the base line.
Kenneth Horton of Boston beat Norman
Melland. the young English player WHO sho wed
such good form this week and who beat ex-
Champion Slocum three straight sets yester-
day .Melland found Horton too sturdy
close fight in the second and third sets he
was beaten without set to his credit.
Tomorrow X. +. Doherty plays Paret.
meets pays
Goldman meets Allen. and Ward meets Clothier,
The Ward Clothier match has been scheduled
for the championship court.
on the grand stand court with Campbell.
but he did not show as fne form as his friends
think he will need TO hold his title, Already
there are small odds being offered that, II.
was made to-day on Little Do" against
the field for the championship. On paper
he seems to have only two hard matches.
the finals and the challenge match il he wins
the finals from the picked player from the
lower half.
yer beat /: II WaIdnerr, BY default; p. Iarst
G boS.1 Gsrd S.at P se6sra 0 II
II. s. Mahony beat H. G. Deering Is. 8-8. 90;
Kenneth Horton beat Norman Melland. 90, SIS,
s-i: f; W. Leonard beat c. NJ. Bull jr.. 81 %.
60: Alfred Goldman beat 4. c. Banding. 6-3,
90, 81: y. r. Allen beat Thomas Rdgway, 70
"a, 81: Hocombe Ward beat j. G. Willis, by de-
Fourth round-R c. seaver beat G. A. L. Dionne,
8-l.8-O. IS: r. II, Carletson beat H. ii. whitman,
Is 0-2 ID