New-York tribune., 1905-08-31
WRIGHT WINS ALL COMERS'
TOO FAST FOR HOBART.
Brilliant LGScn Tennis an Final
Round of Tournament.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

IRy Telegraph o The TTihune.J
Newport. r. l.. Aug. 3o.-Piaying carefully bal
anced placing game, Beals c. Wright. Harvard's
former lawn tennis expert. the final match of
the all comers national championship lawn tennis
tournament Newport to-day. Wright now be-
comes the challenger OF Holcombe Ward for the ma
tional honors and for the holding of the gold vase
emblematic of the title. In the final contest
Wright defeated the veteran international player
Clarence Hobart. and overcame him in straight
sets by a score of Ga. 6-1, 6-3. The trophy for
which Wright will challenge and play tomorrow
was last year by Ward for his first holding
1t was first offered in 1sOO after Malcolm D. Whit
had taken the former cup by virtue Of his
three successive wins. and thus made it his per-
sonaI property
The present cup bears the of William A.
Larned. for 1901 and 1902. and of the English cham
pion. Hugh L. Doherty for 1903. The victory for
Wright to-day marks his first in the way OF win
ming a national tournament, although he has been
a competitor for nearly ten years past. Four years
ago Wright the runner-up to Larned. whom he
defeated in the mi-fina round yesterday. Hobart
becomes runner up for the first time. He won the
all comers' championship in 1891. but was beaten in
the challenge match by Ollie S. Campbell. then at
the pinnacle of his game the courts of this coun
try.
Hobart was in sense outclassed by Wright In
the match to-day. 1t was the clever WORK OF
Wright as a strategist that won. He repeatedly
worked the veteran out of position and then sent
the hall over for pass It fast play and of
a kind that kept the gallery, which was not large
one keyed up with excitement 1t was the only
sort of play which the day, damp and threatening
rain, permitted
The falling off in attendance was due to the un-
favorable weather but though small in numbers.
the gallery made up for that by its enthusiasm and
Of the ner points saR Of the % TaSkeS
driving game became necessary Wright opened
had had BEEN against IaTned on the previous day and
took his rst game he atso won 1 the @ ost,oG gy
a method that kept the veteran on the run;
other gaining the ascendancy by scoring place
shots. At four all on games Wright worked hard:
m s Fsd 4esd Tor H Rdh tie ninth game service
after Hobart had led at $50 by ornging @ gne tne
F or to 10 efs BY sRda Se eo
ee bE 4o sod sa IN pd haa s.
and forefu drives he held Hobart n on IN 'e fo6w mex!
FIRST SET.
T55sas T6bsat :..::tt ::::.:::::::t is 80
An increase of speed was noticeable in wright's
Pd Fapd IN action the 6S losing nd he did it We'll
failed. however. to break up wright's attack. He
back over the net on the jump. In this set Hobart
G1d oT not to mai 5s sg or @ ep
Of his racket. Wright attained tremendous tt1 Xei
l0St' got The aba bail Oy Within s the @S Court ines
II was a contest of generalship. and, although
repeatedly driven from his position caught off his
balance and passed for the point He only won a
single game in the set-the secondhand only one
game-the fifth-went to deuce The score by points
SECOND SET.
T5tght Edtght ..-.--.--..........ta .a : ! t2$g9
Apparently feeling sure of his ability TO win the
proved TO be the last He covered every inch OF
his from the net 10 the base line On his
side Hobart also abandoned his careful playing,
and this produced of the best rallies of the
contest. In many of these the ball crossed the
net more than twenty times before the point was
was a deiberateness about Wright's play that
missed the opening fof pass or a place
Hobart could not stop him. and Wright ran the
score to S-love on games before Hobart was abba
TO
Then he took the fourth game by series of
counted but Wright did not falter. but took the
next two games. bringing him within Of the
set and match. At this point Hobart made an
effective stand BY sheer force he out-volleyed
Wright in the seventh game and won II. On the
next Wright made the playing at the net and
at passing. That was near as he got to the
game for Hobart passed Wright at top speed
he UP 10 the net, bringing the score to 5-3.
Wright's passes brought him to within q stroke
OF the match 40-15 in the tenth game, when
Hobart again outplayed him in the rallies. Three
position and smashed two returns across court
which gave him the set ana match and the right
TO challenge for the title The points were:
THIRD SET.
WTtsht Wd5s3t ..........'.''...5 8 I Es5-s
The victory of Wright over two men of the class
Tor ND TfrNoF iFa dave flf