The sun., 1905-12-16
LATHAM ON THE HIGH SEAS.
ROYALTI'S PET RACQUET AND
TENNIS PLAYER on ETRURTA.
Champion for Eighteen Years at One Game
and just Deposed From Title in the
RtherTO Meet the Best Volleyers OF
the Eastern Cities-NIay Arrive To-day.

Rther-To Meet the Best yolieyers OF
the Eastern Citles-NIay Arrive To-day.
Peter Latham, the greatest racquet and
court tennis player Of the world, is coming
to this city to show his skill on the new courts
of the Racquet and Tennis club com
mittcc of eight or ten Of the members have
chippcd in for the purse that has tempted
the noted professional to miss the Christmas
holidays in England. He will only remain
for three weeks or and the time may he
entirely filled up by matches at New York.
But the players in the courts at Tuxedo.
Lakewood. Philadelphia and Boston are
already Camorug for n match. so that the
Racquet and Tennis Club may make an ar-
ranEcment 10 give them all an opportunity
Tor a COutast
Latham IL on the Etruria. due to-day, and
he is expected nt the Racquet and Tennis
club on Monday. when the committee will
begin the actual planning OF his matches
and itinerary. The White brothers. the clubs
court tennis markers, George Standing.
American champion mt racQuets Ellis Moore.
Tompkins and Tom Petit, our champion at
court tennis. may h" expected to figure in
some of these matches. and also our best
amateurs at tn" two games. Charles T..
Sands, Joshua Crane. Jr.. I. Suhern Taller,
NJ, $ Patton and others Will take part in court
tennis matches. while Lawrence Waterbury.
the present amateur racquet chanlpion' :
ia'n' Nhlth'S' VI D hhI ger Ialt"v'
MackaN, Quincy A. Shaw, Jr.. of Boston ,
Hugh Scott and X. X. cassatt Of Philadelphia.
and George {. Clarke, lr., will be- among
those to play with or against Latham in
matches nt both court tennis and racQucts.
A"""uE" ''"'h"'' WV" nus "iSl ''"p"" az
ra'lN''H' ie NOW PifitIs NV S'"'' d"'' ~l'"'- ~
""rh "I court 'eil'ls 10 '''' Hui,h'' "a''i'''s
game, putting placing brfor" rallies.
II n ha To Datf first n pni pst
~ VIII ho' or lo'n 'e','' si,rs' ESSAY aH"'"s'
I'a'hanl' LOT NJ went aornau i" h''' MN III
'N"N anu i''aue NtiH Eo'u Hl,'"l"E' '"a"I
was 'h"h Wen over w. n"' 'i'e N'"'' ne mas
since ph' "hhaI'h"' maze i'IIh Sio"' W" ""i,
we i"'Hue' 'haiuP'"Hsh'P "rS' '" ''N' an"
II" Iss SUI an "'peA''h l'c"fu ~ ''''S sa'"''
george H'ahu'nE "eh' over so'n' YEARS AK" 'o
10, ne '',I'' p"' "'''iou' a"''rss. !" '''u'
"nen refer Ia,hon h'au' nN'nR ,'lp y" 'llIs
country nv @ M"n a ha'c" ,rV,, summing AZ
we" i"rH' WIN F'"s'd'r w. M''s aS pa'
n''' lh'hum won W 'o"I nniaeu 1l,u's" mtma
from Standing and P'tnf. played al rh''a-
delphia. Latham won the court tennis
championship in 1905 and retained it until
,hi, t,,' o ~ ,oo, Lo'" ,r "''o ,n;s
, "'o a' ,i,, 'n 'JU, hrh, Wy ha ',a'o n,a,,
lave IN III" ana nt0uem, =" IN" STe many
ness of foot, and by superior headwork he
utilized at court tennis to advantage much
that had marked his RACQUET game
Punch Fairs made brave bid to win
the court tennis championship from Latham
in Nav 1904 p, played him for tho title
~ a., ,o i, =, ,ho pi,,oo,, ,,,,,h urih,,,
and $500 side at the Prince 'Iub, Brighton
and tor the hrst time l'atham dIa not win
1atha,, won out hut only nv : sets 70
,L.' '."','',n IU' on,, W., ao ~ - -
'he score oy games pe'"E ou '" '-'
In october Latham was shorn OF me court
tennis championship. which he had held
since 1905, when he won it from Charles
saunders al hrlgh,oh' funct' rH'rS was
the victor, after home and home mate
az rho Queens { lub Iondon. Fairs established
az " '"' ~ ,I ~. - as ,o ,,s,,,.
~" "a S',T"S oma he %ad therefore 70 win two sets
in the second match to seCure the title. This
was nj Eairs's home club the Princes Londons
'l 49,, a,ton, d;d not ,.i,, n sat rairs
anu ''',n .a',",, ~ p'i "Vt "'l ~ "a 49,. 49, I' a.'I'
won the first set by TO ana the second.
after Latham had the lead by games to
:" by Il to :. The aggregate score for the
- ~ so,a 70 or al ,,on,os ,o ,n
match was s''S " =, vi ~ sa'tes s " ~
latham was lar below his form at The
Queens club, but he, played all he knew
AZ the Prince s., according 10 the ohlookers
But Fairs was always TIE & more % artiys PLAYER aver
away from latham, VINO had AT the running
TO do. while Punch vas most accurate
i'll returns, admirable in VolsNlng, in de-
tending the dedans ana dlSpayihg great
power in nhlshng me pall. ne also ma
the, advantage OF being on his own court.
was deemed remarkable. Latham vas steady
III service, always his weak point, but his
forcing and powers OF return were up TO MS
best forri
The last match was marked by floor play.
both players going constantly Tor the corners
Of the court and negectlhg me openings.
Fairs, however, Mheh ne lrl,,d lot az opening
and missed usually went below, ana mus did
not give ms opponent an easy oail 10 XIII,
but, instead, La nam. on many occasions, sent
the ball on the penthouse with disastrous
results. The gaines We're al a great pace.
which must always he the case when Latham
Is playing, but the nara flttlng was accom-
panied by good play on the floor, the most
effective sort OF court tennis, ON the good
showing in his championship match at Brigh-
ton in 1904, FAIRS had heen regarded as
most dangerous opponent 10 Latham, and
he was backed very heavily, but not even the
most sanguine Of his friends thought he would
lead in both courts,
What they are asking in London now is
ar his best, for the matches in the olmpion-
ship, while really. good tennis, die no. produce
any start rllingly brilliant play by the, winner