New-York tribune., 1906-08-15
WRIGHT LACKS VIM.
PUSHED HARD TO WIN.
Effects of Blood Poisoning EUident
in La5Cn Tennis Tournament.
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Southampton, Long Island. Aug. 14.-The
strain Of the tournament play revealed the
weakened condition Of Beals C. Wright. national
champion. to-day the courts OF the Meadow
Club. II was the first appearance Of Wright since
the lamentable accident at the Crescent Athletic
Club. which resulted in blood poisoning and
the amputation OF a portion Of his right hand
while in England 1t was because OF his mis-
fortune that the attention Of the large gallery
centred upon Wright The tall player looked
to be vigorous enough. but there was lacking
that display Of vim which formerly marked his
work upon the courts
The fact that Wright had narrowly escaped
with his life from the effects Of blood poisoning
end that he is hardly fit physically to defend
the championship leads the experts 20 believe
that at the coming meeting at Newport a new
champion will ill the place now held by Wright,
both In singles and also in the doubles IN which
he is paired with Holcomb Ward. Wright won
two matches to-day, but in each he pushed
to his full limit by men who under other condt-
tions would hardly be able to make any impress
sion on the resourcefuI game Of the champion.
1t was the youthful a. Dabney. Of the Longwood
Cricket Club. Boston. mere boy, who first
forced Wright at a pace which the champion
found uncomfortable. Dabney was feet Of foot
and his auickness enabled him to cover his
court in a spectacular manner. 1t also caused
Wright considerable difficulty in finding the vui-
nerabIe places Dabney was a whirlwind at the
net. His smashes whizzed by the champion like
rockets. and Wright at 4-all in the second set
was so badly fatigued that he appeared like
beaten man But he made desperate eIOFt 20
pull up by using accurate drives along the size
lines of the opposing court for passes he was
successful his service, which the cunning OF
his left hand has kept good, at bringing games
to deuce at 5-all, and continuing MS tdcIi
was enabled to win at the score OF O-z ana %
In the afternoon Wright met Frank b. hague.
but the MOntclair Athletic Club expert was not
so aggressive as had been young Dabney IN the
earlier mart of the day and although Wright
was again played to standstin, where ne was
in danger of losing, Hague falied 10 SNOW tuo
burst of CleverneSs which would nave Drought
Richard stevens. who won the tournament last
year, came near to being the victim OF the nrsS
upset to he recorded. He met an uheNpocIeu
bit of hard driving and fierce rallying IN n. J.
Holt. one of the college veterans. IN the SEE
Ond set Holt came up TO the net and crossed the
ball, in spite of StevensS driving 1t was thiS
that gave the set 10 Holt at 20, and ne Ied on
the second set at 81 before Stevens began TO
find the corners Of the court with the ball and
pass Holt as he came up on the run Ihe IA
nous American baseline exponent next met
B. B. V. Lyons. of Williams College. The latter
played an uphill game against SJeVenSS power
full swatting of the ball. which kept Lyons in
trouble throughout the two sets. which Ste
vens scored at 6- and 6-1 The young Yale
captain, Karl II. Behr, jr., who has recently de-
feated William j. ClOthier, and twice has come
near to taking the great William A. Larned into
camp contested in only one match Behr de-
spite his eccentricity Of manner and stroke, is
a brilliant player. He fairly toyed with H. B.
Register. of Pennsylvania for two sets, which
he won at 60 and "a Behr favors the mid
court game depending upon his vOlley strokes
to win his points
That Wright feels the need Of getting all the
practice that he can shown when late in
the afternoon he engaged Theodore Roosevelt
Pell in hard fought set. Pell was able TO out
place Wright and also to score against him
net play The games were brought to deuce at
5-all. and Peu led at 60, but Wright worked
away with vigor and finally won the match at
S-6 for the set.
The drawing for the doubles will be made In
the morning, and several OF the tennis veterans
test will not be put under way until Thursday,
So that they will hold the courts the last three
days of the big meeting. The summaries fol-
low:
Leonard, Harvard defeated :. " johnson Beiraon;
Cricket Club. Is s. Theodore Roosevelt Psll New
Meadow club 81 So; W, ?. Biasden Harvard de.
fe9ted 4;s I w Kendall 2 Hazard @, IS.
club, defeated H B Register University OF PsnnsyI
feated s A Beardsiey Southampton Club 5Ms. s@i
6ES; F. l. sulloway Longwood Cricket Club. Boston.
mis- Club. s.. s-2 F F. Deerhar Harvard. defeated
Robert Leroy Columbia University defeated Russell
Sard, Meadow Club, IS. 6-2 Richard Stevens ST.
Holt Meadow clab ss Reea 9sieseI WrrSs = =
Longwood Cricket club. defeated A Dabney Longwood
Montclair Athletic Club. defeated A. W Post Meadow
cuS Boston defeated = w coe rHnEEGod pSa: GSis
Phia Cricket Club by default; Theodore Roosevelt
PeIL New York Lawn Tennis Club, defeated W. P.
Bissgdsni; Harvard $50 Sc, g.
Country % Club Baltimore defeated Alfred stilIman.
rst aS of adMaTd B. bawhuTst Uni
wood Cricket club. Boston IS. SIS. 60; richard
fesd r. oG GF2Kf5 sma aa 6 LST1 Tennis CLUB
Beals C. Wrisht Lonswood Cricket Club. Boston. de-
feated Frank B. Hague. Montciair Athletic Club.