The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-30
CLOYHlER TENNIS CHAMPION.
PHILADELPHTANC RUSHES BEALS
WRIGHT IN CHALLENGE ROdND.
vioteFy In Straight sets Over the Holder.
VINO Leses the second Set by q Love
Beose-New Ttieholder Much I'm.
proved Over All His Previous Work.

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Who Leses the Second Set By q Love
BcoSe-New ~Titieholder Much Im-
proved Over All His Previous Work.
NEWPORT, Aug. 1e.-In three straight sets
William j. Ciothier to-day won the national
loun tennis championship In singles. after
many previous attempts on the Casino courts.
Clothier was at the top Of his game when
he faced the defending champion, Beals G.
Wright. The score was 8-3. 60. 60. The
former Harvard athlete and football player
was at all times masterful. Not once was
Wright able TO get Into the lead. despite
many rallies.
Always resourceful and holding himself
In reserve, Clothier outplayed Wright In the
very points In which the champion was ex-
pected to be stronger. Clothier was on the
aggressive from the beginning to the end OF
the match.
BY the followers Of the sport the result
10 looked upon as the high class upset Of a
year filed with surprises. Clothier was not
looked upon as even O possible WHINE OF the
twehty-sixth annual tournament among all
the 1T aspirants who began the contest for
the title. Clothier exhibited Q consistent Inn
provement In form as the tournament pro.
crossed until his remarkable achievement
capped all his previous efforts.
The injury that Clothier sustained In the
early spring, In which a pelvic bone was
broken by q fall from a horse. had caused
him to be regarded as outside OF the calcutta
lions by the experts. Wright was known
to be q trihe of his game. due to the blood
poisoning which resulted in the amputation
Of his fn Ter, but he had so rapidly improved
since his arrival here. as was shown by his
practice. that It was believed that he would
easily defeat any challenger who had come
through the grind and the nerve racking
strain OF the tournament matches.
,u a. %ss al sIs the ais a2ifIea pf pe s = q sn The p %ateh
that amazed even the most ardent admirere OF
Clothier: Wright was hardly to be rated ste
more brilliant than he was the result might
we'll have been the same.
Ciothier was the runner up In the tourpa-
member. OF the challenging, international
team: He did not begin Play nntn wh late
William A. .Larned twice has held II, and the
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threatening. and because Of the moisture
through the clouds and so dried out the
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he Hs oVerwSeifmed Wright and took the. a5st
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be yainly triedto gain the net position. Clothier
forged ahead rapidly. until he led at %s-loye.
cleyerly placed shots OF Ciothier's drives.
Wright scored three successive games by
this method before Ciothier beat him on
from the net. alternately using lobs and
shots for placement and winning the set at
The second set found Clothier deliber ate
and taking full advantage Of all the errors
that Wright was making, The latter made
several splendid stands. but on each as he ell
deavored to overcome his challenger by, a
show OF speed he became so %erratic on his
returns that Ciothier had oply to vary his pace
and stroke adroitly to take the points In regu-
lar order and the set by a love score, Both
the second and third sets were filled with
spirited rallies. which relieved the game from
being monotonously onesided.
Wright with q fine show Of pluck tried to
bring the games of. but the best be could do
in the third set was to balance the score at
Sail. Then Clothier developed a great
burst Of brilliant execution that swept Wright
before him. He forged to the front at 5-S.
but the sheer desperation OF the defenders
game scored for him. 80 that the game went
TO So. Then the rallies became unusually
severe, and twice the points touched deuce
before Cothier suddenly changed his strokes
and used forcing tactics. which resulted in
Wright's making two faulty returns and the
championship passing to Ciothier at 60.
The score by points: