New-York tribune., 1905-08-30
WRIGHT AND HOBART LEFT
LARNED SUFFERS DEFEAT
Some Brilliant LaJcn Tennis in
lSemi-F'iRal Round.
TBy Telegraph 70 The tribune. J

Newport. r. l., Aug. 29.-'The national la-vr -
mis- tournament narrowed down TO two players "a
day-B. G. Wright. the former Harvard exvsr. a..
Clarence Hobart. the International veteran. IT,
two men are all that are Ieft of the big Sea =
16 piayers who started a week ago today On ,5.,.
way to challenge Hocombe Ward for the title a.,
that nc holds.
1t was an ideal day for the sport The liza. -.
good as the Sky was overcast wirhnut ho!na n
while the turf fresh from the careful prspsrar,o.
OF Sanders landlord Of the Philadelphia Cr,cta,
Club was as true and firm a Billiard table so-
Then the caiihre OF the men contestiar IN ~.
matches brought out the biggest gallcry slnos ~.
tournament began They crowded the grand=sa,4
overfiowed on the sides OF the level stretch % -.
ard filed the space about the main court r.
were keen for the match in which Wright 7ps. 81.
veteran. William A La-ned and tEev had -.
heavily on WRIGHT 20 win. IN ths Wrght a7,si~
was deCistve and he scored against Larned a, af
Hobart .ezperienced more trouble WITH Kr.,zs
Collins, the Western c1anpion. who fought ou,
was defeated al 4-6 e-f - 81 ff '''s hs
In sense was wright's defeat % Lar7as r
American team while IN London and m uss - ~
leved that he would win from the veteran "a.
years and has only tVice csrrie5 ory ffss.s1ssn ~.
once was v hen he defeated Wright in the ar,i
match oe 1901 and took the honors the desas :,
This fact was uppermost IN the minds % ~.
lawn tennis following to-day. but the tables were
10 be turned From the opening service V--zb.
L4dt4e iL eNlQenL lIiaL ne intended to make
TACK rom close TO the net. close thar he a-,o~
rubbed II AZ times This made sharp rallies s7ch
man depending upon passing or a place shot % WIN
the point. - ""
At the beginning Of the match Iarned wa f.
tTtre more steady than Wright IL also a faul,
OF "Tlghts play that his lObhs We're short This
gave Larned opportunity for spectacular kills and
not once did he fail To bring them of After m,
first set Wright increased his speed His service
was also severe and il was a source of constant
bother 20 Larned In tight pinches Of some ~ tha
"a mes, with Larned only point TO go to win
wright used his service with telling effect He
aIways seemed TO have an ace up his sleeve when
Toward the end Iarned was PLAYED c0n7platsv
OF his feet time after time the rallies II was
not that the veteran playing poorly. but tha.
his opponent was the more skilfuI and better man
Only now ard then was Larned able to get ~.
ball past Wright while in strong contrast Wrizh,
was quick 10 force Larned into difficulties. and
men pass or place for the point. II good lawn
tennis and II caused Wright 70 be marked as ths
piCnship '"
In the hrst two sets Wright earned q shots az
lost g on errors. while Isrned earned % ana -.
30 In the next two sets Wright scored IS plzcs.
ard made % errors. While Iarued had q ss--ss
shots and scored 45 errors. In the last SCI Vr~b.
kept in the back court and let IarnAd mn !, a.
score his nets and outs. The individual noinfs
scored were as follows: E