New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-08-27
NET CHAMPIONS SCORE.
LARNED BEATS LITTLE.
FaUo'ites Ill Successful an Ne1cport
Lascn Tennis Matches.
tBy Telegraph to The rribune.l

Newport. r L, Aug 3-Eight of the lawn ten
mis- experts to-day survived the grinding down
process In the all-comers singles. which will pro-
duce challenger of Holcombe Ward for the ma
tional championship title which he holds The
winners were Kreigh Collins. j. ID. E. Jones' Rich
ard Stevens, Clarence Hobart, William ]. Clothier
Beals c. Wright, William A Larned and Karl H.
Behr.
and the rallying place of society, the grandstand
fronting the championship court. early filed
with enthusiastic gallery.
The spectators watched the Larned-Little match
which went through fur sets before the veteran
ex-champion defeated Raymond ID. Little by the
score of CO. 81. 2-S, 10 Then they shifted over
the beside the theatre building. upon which
William J. Clothier met Louis H. Waldner the
Western expert in the hardest five set match of the
day. Clothier finally winning at 10, 4-6 O. Ga
g.
There was also one other fve-set contest which
indicated the calibre OF the play, as the interna-
tional veteran, Clarence Hobart look the limit 10
defeat r. n. Dana, 1o-S. 60, rs. 4-6' So All
the other players, with the exception OF jones'
won in straight SETS
Much looked for from Little. the former in
tercollegiate champion. of Princeton. in his meet
ing with Larned. as the former had recently shown
remarkable run of form In his contests. IN "A
measure. this expectation was partially realized
Larned in the first and second simply walked
through Little. without ever making an attempt to
gain the net. 1t was wholly unnecessary on The
ex-nstional champions part. for he outdrove and
outmanoRuVred Little from position Skilfuly that
matters appeared be hOpeleSsly one-sided.
II was toward the end of the second set that
Little indicated tersiency to strengthen, placing
the ball right under Larneds arm for passes that
cut the line of the deep court. a number of these
shots repeated. and Larned worried. Then he
made of his attacks, with his nerves all at
high tension, banging the ball into the net and
Larned steadied himself in the fourth set, but
Littles driving unusually clever Larned
caught off his balance many times, and, although
splendid effort brought the to deuce at 5-all.
Some finely fought out rallies occurred in the next
two games, but Larned took no chances and finally
won the 10. peculiar feature of the
point of this last set was that each won 4S
points.
Clothier narrowly missed defeat at the hands of
Waidner. The latter was brilliant and accurate in
the first two sets. but he tired from his fast
play his shots began 10 lose in power and dlrec-
ton Clothier awaited himself of the opportunities
10 cross the ball returns and put 1t out OF reach
shot his bolt. and Clothier rather easily won the
last three sets.
Richard Stevens sailed through on his superior
driving game. His opponent, Lewis Perry, tried to
force matters at the net. but every time Perry
came up Stevens sent the ball over with rrsh like
flash of lightning and Perry lost the point.
Wright depended on his placing shots against
Harry f. Allen, OF the New-York Athletic Club.
and almost he wiled in three sets.
The final of the national championship inter
scholastic singles completed during the day,
and resulted in a victory for n. W. Niles, of Har-
ward who defeated w. F. johnson. of Pennsylva-
MIA, in three straight sets Niles outclassed all of
the other players in the event. The summary
6-l e-2, 10; Jones beat Horton e, 81 e. 81;
Stevens beat Perry IS e Ga: Hobart beat Dana,
+s e. o.. %; wright beat Allen, 60. so 60:
LArned beat Little Go e-1 +-6 IS: Behr beat Bid
Interscholastic hnals-Niles Harvard beat Johnson
Pennsylvania. 81, ID. Sc.