The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-19
WESTERN CHAMPIONS WIN.
Collins and Waldner Defeat ward and ware
I'm Lawn Tennis Doubles.

NEWPORT, r. l.. Aug. ls.--The champion
| ship lawn tennis tournament opened here
| to-day with big surprise In the doubles. as
Collins and Waidner beat Ward and Ware
| three straight sets In a wretched match. AL
though the odds were 10 to 4 against them
at the opening OF the play.
Ward and Ware were considered by most
followers of the game the strongest team
in the country to-day. and they had more
than made up for their only defeat of the
year at the hands of the Wrrnns by beating
them the following week N Wcstchester
and then winning the Eastern championship
at Iongwood over the heads Of the strongest
of tho Eastern teams. Against Collins and
Waidncr to-day. however there was most
amazing reversal Of form. som" idea Of
how weak their play was can he had from
the fact that Ward. who has been rated AZ
the strongest server in the country and the
best doubles player. lost four of his service"
games by slowing up his fnmons twist ser
vice 50 much that both of his ndv"rsafleS
hit il AZ will
Ward lost every one Of his first three
service games and one late IN the match,
while Ware also lost three games in which
he served, Ware was even weaker nan
Ward in the first part of the match. both
pnttng the ball rather than hitting II or
the four Collins was easily the best. and his
play was fully up to championship form most
OF the time. In streaks Waidner. too. played
we'll, but he was errattc. and too often ont
of position. In the middle Of the match.
when everything was going against inc
Eastern team, the veteran IDr. Dwight re-
marked. III they would lob steadily TO Waid-
npr they could vet win the match.
There was a great deal too much short r
Mare seemed to be pushing the ball rather
than hitting it, Ward fought the ball away
from him in an unnatural way. Among
the poorest seen in the final OF doubles here
in many years After it was over odds OF
4 to L. and in few cases as high as 10 !.
were offered GU the success OF the Doherty
brothers tomorrow in their match with the
American challengers who won To-day
In the singles there was only one match
np to wedding out the weaker PLAYERS. r. +.
Doherty defaulted. as he had drawn in the
same quarter with his brother. and the hopes
of the English will be carried on the shoulders
of the Little DO. DR.. Dwight. the referee.
squeezed in two of the late entries, Mahony
and H. II Whitman. in places of men who
the same quarter with both of the Dohertys.
He will have to meet II. l.. Doherty in his
third match
and Beals Wright produced some clever
play and the Philadelphia won in four sets.
Clothier injured his left forearm in I'm auto
bound up in bandases to-day, u" began
badly but gradually worked up until he was
playing very well and took the fourth SET
Ss' second and hrd Wsh T
to have gone back notiCeablv in his play
since last year. Cothier or Ward is now
expected to reach the finals against ". u.
Doherty. unless Collins or Mahony surprise
the Little One.
Tomorrow sx~Champion y. w. Slocum
will make his Arst appearance in twelve Years
in tournament play, IA he won by default
to-day Champion Larned practtsed wilh
champion Campbell to-day. winnlnHrather
easily. then took on +. Leonard each winning
a set and finally wound up with N,o Easy
sets from Mahony Larned is in fine form.
Championship Doubles rnbl rouud kreiph
Collins and L. Fl Wadnor western cIarp'ons
beat Holcombe Ward ard Leo Z. Ware, Eatei"
champions. IS. %. ).
Doherty beat c. NJ Relyea. . q g 81 ".
Shines beat z K Leach by default: Deane Mslhr
beat r. T. Hanshaw, o o. 81. ., II. g Dernx
", beat W q Gates, q 4. !? O. -. 8 4; II; $.
Mahony beat F. J OTIS. by default; Kenneth Hot
ton beat j. B Read. a O., - @ L. y,
Mahen beat 9: T. Adee. %. %. %; " Sl9
land beat r. A, Burlingame. 90. 90. o.: II. =.
Larned beat Grcvle Clark 81 q /, q; +. W g,
scott beat Matthew Bartlett. IS 3, 40,8 /.
Second round r. c. Seaver beat " y Conner.
81. 81 s-s; Henry Norman beat II K, Sedg.
wick. o-i ! $. e--s 60 q A l.. DIonnr beat {.
l. Cole, 2 .. IS, IS. So. -; +. II Carleton
K ii; pehr . / "a o. - . II il, WIN,
man beat j, I. Bailey, al, 90. 8-i: = l.. Smith
beat c. Nicely BY default, j. p. Pnret oea, S, p
Henshsw. o. 81, s-2; Gardner beat Thcodors
Manson Manson BY dstsalt Leonard 1a beat Ssss L. G.
Morris e.. 90, e-i: William Burden beat q, 1.
Scott. "a. 80. s-E p, Huntington beat a. !.
Ho,kn, 40 Alfred Goldman sIan sss,
a l. Devens. IL. by default: II. = Allen beat H
flaming. Jr., by default: J. Willis beat J r.
Livermore Ga, %, e+w ]. clothleI beat Besls
default