New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
FAST PLAY AT L0NGW0OD
Hobart Leonard, Alexander and
Little Suruiue in Singles.

Boston Aug 10-Nineteen matches at the Long
wood Cricket Club lawn tennis tournament to-day
brought the singles up to the semi-hnals and the
Eastern doubles championship within three matches
of the same stage
Tomorrow Clarence Hobart will meet e W.
Leonard and f. B. Alexander will play r. d. Lit
tie and the winners will meet in the finals on
Saturday Alexander the favorite tonight for
the chance of meeting the former national cham
pion william a. Larned for the Longwood cup
Monday.
While the days play brought out the best lawn
tennis of tine week the feature the dropping
from the tournament Of X II. Behr. the Yale cham
pion and winner of both events at Nahant last
week.
Behr and his Harvard partner Suoway were
decisively defeated in the doubles this morning by
H. J. Holt and f. 3. Dewhurst, and in the after
noon the Yale expert handicapped somewhat by a
bad foot was put out of the singles event by r. d.
Little in three sets to one.
The latter match. however, drew the largest
crowd Of the week and the spectators were veh
rewarded, for. although Little his three sets
by good margins. Behr made stubborn fight.
The rallies were long and brilliant and many
games went to deuce.
1t generally believed that. had Behr been
able to run in after some OF his long. low drives.
the match might have been a much longer affair
and perhaps resulted differently.
Another sturdy fighter in the singles to go down
to defeat H. Mollenhauer. of New-York who
was beaten in the fifth rot nd this afternoon by
E. w. Leonard II straight set match. but
the New-Yo Yorker played some brilliant lawn tennis
Mollenhauer was also dropped from the doubles
during the morning play. His work throughout
the week. however. has created much favorable
comment.
The first pair to reach the sem-hnaIs stage in
the doubles G. l.. Wrenn and r. Fincke. who
won two matches to-day with the utmost ease, and
faVoTfteS for the Eastern championship.
Robert lie Roy. of New-York. after putting out
r. c. Seaver, the Massachusetts State champion. in
the long unfinished match. which came over from
yesterday defaulted the next round to Clarence
Hobart. preferTing show his ability with Little
in the doubles. The pair will meet Alexander and
Hackett tomorrow morning and the match is like
ly to be one OF the closest of the tournament.
While the day was bright and sunny, the air
intensely. The summary:
aS 66 poui is ss orard al defeated
X. Horton Sc SO. s-6. s-6. H Mollenhauer de
feated T Motley; j.. e-2 e. s-4 ,.,....,
Ftz. 60 "a. 6-2 c. Hobart defeated K. Leroy. by
default z. w. Leonard defeated II. Molenhauer 6-3.
6-3. Ga II. d. Little defeated x H. BehT. 6-2, g.
Eastern doubles second round)-K and A. Cod
man defeated III B. Montgomery and Y Edwards
defeated G s Keys and W /. o Brien 4-e. So 6-s.
e; F. b Alexander and H. H. Hackett defeated II
Moenhauer and F. G. Anderson. 62, 6-2, Ga; Little
and Leroy defeated Nettleon and Perry. O. Ct CO.
Eastedn doubles third round,-HoIt Dewhurst beat
Bshr sI and soIloway SO eaS 6-s WrsnI and Fincke
ton and Goldman defeated P. r. Tanning and P. L.
Schuyler 6-3 c. e.; ". s. Fftz and r. F. Merrill
defeated H florence. r and d. e Roberts 6-2, "a,
Is; r. D. Little and R Leroy defeated G. A. Lyon and
Hobart defeated I. J. Grant and T. r. Curtis by de
fault: r. G seayer and W F. Putnam defeated II. B.
Fourth round-G 1. Wrenn and R Fincke defeated r.
c. Seaver and ". s Putnam. 6-1. 6-1, 6-1