Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-02
REVIEW Of ME SPORTS
Beals G. Wright, of Boston, Wins
National Tennis Champion
ship at Newport, R. |.

National Tennis Champion
ship at Newport, r. |.
DEFEATED HoLcoMBE WARD
The Three Sets Were Fastest Ever
Seen on the Casino courts-Louis-
willie Team In Smashup-Angiola
Sets New Western Mark-Pitcher
Noonan Skips From Waterloo,
After many years the aspirations
of Beals c. Wright of Boston
for the national tennis cham
pionship were crowned with sue
cess at Newport Friday. He
defeated Holcombe Ward of Orange,
N. j., the title holder, on the Casino
courts in straight sets, 81, 60, 11-9.
The pair won the championship in
doubles last week for the second time
Wright's superiority was the feature
Both men played strong, resourceful
and well planned game. but Wright
was able to carry off his strokes, while
it was not until almost the eleventh
hour, the tenth game of the third set.
in fact, that Ward managed to gauge
the height of the net or the boundaries
Of the opposite court. In these extra
games of this set the crowd, which
numbered more than thousand saw
some of the best tennis ever played
on Casino court. Both men covered
the court in a marvellous manner.
Seemingly impossible balls were
reached, and not only returned over
the net, but were placed in way that
never allowed the player to get back
into position, Both men ran in on
their service and both carried off their
service games. Once Ward was within
a stroke of the set At last, after eigh-
teen games had been played, Wright
found a weak spot in Wards defense
and won the vantage game. The next
game was easy, as Ward drove out of
bounds, and the championship went
to Wright.
A trolley car struck the bus in which
the Louisville American Association
base ball club was being taken to the
depot at Kansas City to take
the train for Toledo yesterday.
Eight players were thrown out
and three of them, Kenna, Clay and
Brashear. SO seriously injured as to
put them out of the game for the rest
Of the lson. The other players will
be out Of commission for at least
week. The game scheduled for Toledo
tomorrow has been cancelled. The in
jured:
Ed. Kenna, pitcher; bones Of left arm
fractured and dislocated, slight con-
cussion of brain, bones of right hand
fractured, nose broken. knee and eye
injured; condition serious.
Fred Clay, center fielder; confusion
of thigh and knee.
Larry Quinlan, shortstop; arm cut
and sprain. ankle sprained and hands
lacerated.
Suter Sullivan, captain and third
baseman; two toes broken. hand
sprained.
Nathan Wilbur, secretary of the
club; back sprained, possible interna1
injuries.
"Billy" Hallman, right fielder. back
sprained.
Pitcher Stecher, knee torn and
bruised.
Roy Brashear; confusion on thigh
and hip.
In the first race of the first day of
the annual meeting of the Great West
ern Circuit at Galesburg this week.
under the auspices of the Galesburg
association, 5000 people saw Angola,
the speedy mare of w. H. Smollinger,
secretary of the association, take three
straight heats in the 2:09 trot for
81 500 purse, each in 2:07A. In doing
this Angola established new trotting
record for the circuit and tracks ives,
of Chicago.
Walter Simpson, well known ath-
letic authority, and expert on rowing
matters, died at Cambridge, Mass, this
week, after long illness. For fourteen
years he was president Of the New
Association of Amateur Oars
men. Since 1891 he was a member of
the executive committee of the Nations
al Association of Amateur Oarsmen.
Simpson was 40 years Of age.
Harry Burrell who resigned as um-
pirefin the Iowa State League month
ago to become scout" for talent in
the interest Of several of the major
league, teams, according to the Sioux
City Journal has been looking over
Western League talent and will take
In the games in Omaha, Sioux City
and Des Moines daring the balance of
The season.
Pitcher ]. ]. Noonan, secured by the
Waterloo management from Dougherty
and who reported for duty this week,
took his departure between two days
and has probably gone home. No rea-
son was assigned for the sudden de-
parture of the fast amateur back to
the tall uncut, but it is supposed that
either a case Of stage fright or a little
con" talk on the part of some wise
guy with reference to better posi-
ton, caused Noonan to change his
mind.
Killkare, fiily quoted at odds as
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