The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-23

TENNIS
TOURNEY

The championship match in doubles be-
tween H. Ward and B. c. Wright, the
holders. and F. b. Alexander and III. II.
Hackett the challengers by virtue Of
their victory OF yesterday. was the at
traction today at the opening OF the sec
ond day OF the national tennis tournament
a. Newport Last year. owing 10 a de-
fault by the 1903 champions, the Doh
erty brothers Of England. there was no
challenge match.
In addition to the doubles event the
committee had before IT this morning the
clearing up Of 30 matches in the second
round OF championship singles before the
close OF the day. so that every effort was
made 10 start the contests early. The
rgor with which defaults were recorded
yesterday served 10 bring nearly all the
players 10 the Casino on time, which ma
terially assisted in getting the players
onto the courts,
The players were very slow i'm appear
ing al the courts and none OF the singles
were started until almost IL o'clock. ''he
large crowd which had assembled at the
championship court were compelled 10
wait some time yenod that hour be-
fore the double players arrived. Ward
and Wright were strong favorises for
the contest and they fully met the eA-
pectatlons OF the spectators.
Alexander and Hackett won the service
and took the first game. which was one
of the longest OF the contest deuce being
called three times The game alternating
in this set until they were two all, when,
after deuce game. Ward and Wright
ran out the set with comparative ease The
feature OF the first set was Wright's fierce
service In the sixth game, in which he
scored three aces. Alexander was very
erratic and did not show the brilliancy
which characterized his playing yester-
day. The points scored in the first set
follows:
Ward and wright
~ 6 4 8 4-34-6
Alexander and Hackett-
1 2 0 2-23-2
\ The second set was dull and unnter-
esting. Alexander and Hackett being un-
able 10 make headway against the fast
playing the champions. The chal-
lengers won the sixth game, deuce
game but that was all. The points
scored In the second set follow
Ward and Wright
Z 3 4-3o-6
Alexander and Hackett--
8 1 8 It'll
In the third set Alexander and Hackett
rallied somewhat and through Ward S
errors and a let-up by Wright In his SER
vice We're able TO make the guess three
all and after that the challenges scored
by seven points, as Ward and Wright ran
up a set and won for the second time the
championship OF the United States. The
points scored in the third set follow:
Ward and Wright
2 0 6-29-6
Alexander and Hackett--
/ 8 0 4 4-23-3
Rapid progress was made in the singles
events. and by the time the doubles cham
pionship match was completed. II Of the
82 matches I'm the second round had been
decided. Most OF the contests were won
I'm straight sets. The hardest game was
that between T. Il. Hawk and @. 7. Adee,
which went five sets. Hawk winning. The
summaries:
Championship singles second round:
Kreig Collins defeated ]. B. Baer 6-l
60. ga: Louis Perry defeated d. +. Ap-
pleton 6-2 6-l, 6-i: H. w Slocum defeated
H. A. Sands 6-2, so, 6-1: Richard Stevens
defeated +. II. Cranston 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Clar-
ence Hobart defeated +. G. Colston 81.
Ca Us; r. n. Dana defeated W. s. HIT
6-f 60 6-0 l.. w. waidner defeated Ben
jamin Thaw Go. 60. go: @. H. Nettleton
defeated Harry Mason by default: W. j.
C1othier defeated J. +. Brice 6-l. 6-l, 6-1;
w. +. Johnson defeated Baron de Tuyll
by default: F. J. Sulloway defeated w. +.
Putnam, Jr., 6-2, Ga. 60; III. f. Allen de-
feated c. f. Sands rs. 6-3, 6-l: w. A.
Larned defeated j. r. Livermore by de-
fault: r. u. Little defeated r. q. Ander-
son by default; G. NJ. Bull defeated III. #.
Straw 6-2. Ga; T. d. Hawk defeated O..
T. Adee G-s. Ga. 6-1 20. 6-s; Karl Behr de-
feated w. c. Burton 6-1. 6-3. 6-l.