The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-22
NATIONAL TENNIS UNDER WAY.
KEEN PLAY IN THE FIRST ROUND
AT NEWPORT.
Raymond ID. Little and Harold II. Haokctt
Defeat Opponents in Annual CHAM
piOnshIp Tourney-Iarned n Behr
Win by Default Thirty Pairs at Nets.

NEWPORT. Aug. 2i.-Tawn tennis play
ers of all shades of ranking struggled
through the first round of the twenty-sixth
annual national cha mpionship tourna ment
to-day. With the record entry list Of III
competitors in the singles, all but one of the
matches in the first round were finished,
1t was the largest number OF aspir ants for the
title that ever gathered here. and DR.. James
Dwight. the referee. enforced rigidly the rule
OF defaulting those competitors who allied
to take the courts at the hour scheduled
on the match board. This penalty hurt in
| a number Of insta noes. but 1t made possible
the handling of the big field.
Altogether thirty pair came together at
the nets. and the unusual number Of four and
five set competitions indicated the even
calibre OF the men and the keenness OF the
play. The defa ult of the Western champions,
Louis H.. Weidner and Nat Emerson. to Har old
II. Hackett and Frederick b. Alexa nder.
Eastern champions. caused the edge to be
taken of the inaugural day OF the meeting.
Showers also reduced the crowd Of ia 8 iona
BILE spectators TO n third of its normal pro-
portions. 1t did not dnmpen the ardor of
the pla yers and they made a mark In the
history OF lawn tennis In this country. despite
the many h8ndicaps.
The featured match on the grand stand
court brought out Raymond ID. Little, captain
of the American International team, and
Frederick G.. Anderson. From the start IL
was Little's victory on form. and the result
came in his favor at 8-3, e.. Sc. Part OF
this contest was played in the rain. This
appeared to check Anderson's powerful
driving to some extent, and he bungled many
OF his returns By, hitting the ball into the
game progressed, and driving constantly to
Titles bsckhand he wore the interna!ional
s sopreeff HSss' saved az dHf him S'i IN the he l ,as'e SET. rH in
lead.
Icngwood Cricket Cub. met defeat by another
Ct The peTer experts, ,S 81 h; simons q the
The Philadelphia was very severe on the bali
at all positions. UNFOLDING the theory that
t tTat'' up pd 70 sixty Years Of age s"'Sfa r. % Geors se
Hmes. a sraybeard, faced Harold ii. HaeEeste.
The formeI iale champion had no easy task
grandfather, forced the exchanges at Close
E EsnseH nnd wt'e on a t Rhss' SoS Sea AZ tS Se p pi%s, that
irving C., Wright, the young brother OF the
champion, displayed an amazing game against
His Use Of strokes was perfection and he
made such skilful feints In his attacking
F fao e,v shst Kali SIIe Il. T Bsbr beaten J4' sn %sst Mi,'j,m The
win divide the attention q the followers Of
match in the doubles In which Beals c. @riehtt
and Holcombe Ward will defend their chain.
pionship.
National Championship sInsles-First round-A.G.
Thatcher defeated Louis IL: WaldneI. by default;
stanley Henshaw defeated s. J. Smith, BY default;
H Townsend JI- defeated {. Bradley. 50,
81. 4Seae.i;J \. z Jones deiested u. A.,
y. f:Kesns, BY default; j. |. s,eaSu!y defeated
Carpenter, Jr., defeated Cyril Carmichael. 60
81, 81; Richard oambnll defeated Dwight orne,
Gs-i.s.i;F.:d ashonsy dsiss,edd j: VIVA e ,a%sT
7 Schuyler 81: -. a. 80 Al: J. 9; Ames
defeated q. d. Simmons, 81, 90. e-i:C o. Cooke
defeated ". v. Bennett, GA OIL, 81, ees, So:
Frederick b. Alexander defeated Elmer SS;cSlcss.
niger, by default; T. |. Townsend defeated r. 4.
frank: SI; -; o., ca; :: 4 Ross defeated
feat.d o. L, MUS, by default; Clark fost lick
@dd eiss,ed II. g. .' HfSbnaiar d. ' sv dcra al D. RaTn
Agsss.s, defeated George Rubsiec,, by, default;
Ia e.; FREDERICK { cGls,on defeated c. +:
g 4. Lyon By deisyls ks A., Il; Bsh,, y. defeated
feated r. n. BUCKLEY. by default: u. ]. Holt defeated