New-York tribune., 1906-08-28
BEHR DEFEATS LITTLE
CLOTHIER ALSO WINS.
Pair Meet To-day for Right to
Challenge Tennis Champion.
Isy Telegraph TO Tho Tribun..y

Newport. r. l., Aug. 27-After i've severe ana
gruelling SETS Karl II. Behr. jr. won his place
in the Anal round OF the national lawn tennis
championship tournament to-day on the courts
of the Casino. II was an exhibition of Yale
pluck that stood against the hardest sort Of
grind on the part of the young conner
At the same time W. G. Clothi-r won In the
other division, beating J. D. f. Jones in straight
sets.
Several times In the fourth set the opponent
OF the Yale captain was within stroke Of vic
tory. and each time Behr beat Raymond ID. Lit
tie by wonderful place shots, or used forcing
tactics. so that the international player was
finally shaken off. The score was 2-6. "a
6-s, IL and Ga. The match lasted more
than three hours. Toward the end Of the fourth
set Little was taken with cramps in his legs. and
his inability TO cover his court afforded Behr
an opportunity 70 win the crucial set. Little's
right hand and forearm frightened with cramps
in the fifth set, and toward the close he was
unable 90 get his strokes so that there was any
direction to them. Ii was not only the physical
weakness of Little but the wonderful stand
made by Behr when he seemed a beaten man
that Will cause this contest TO go down in lawn
tennis history one of the best exhibitions OF
grit and nerve ever witnessed on the Casino
courts. 1t recalled those battles over the net Of
his championship.
The tide Of victory and defeat swirled
around the games Of the fourth set Forcing his
opponent, Little went straight ahead 20 the lead
at 5-l, and Behr seemed only fighting against
the Inevitable. IL only seemed so. for Behr
cut loose again and by his wonderful placing.
in which he shot the ball sizzling through Lit
ties court, he won FIVE games i'm rapid order II
was in the ninth game OF the set. when Lit
tie led at SIS. that he three times within a
stroke Of winning. Each time Behr used his
passing stroke effectively and escaped the dam
ger. Again. IN the twelfth game. with the score
at 40 love In his favor. Little was four times
within a stroke of victory. II was desperately
played tennis up to all. but although both OF
the men were suffering. II Little who was
in the worst condition. The cramps in his legs
made It impossible for him TO run about the
court, and his faulty returns gave Behr the set
at 1l-n
Still the old Princetonian made a gallant eff
fort TO win I'm the fifth set, but his fingers and
arm had begun to tighten with cramp so
that Behr won at ca
Clothier was far too skiIfuI f0r J. d. Z. Jones
70 do more than plod along against him. ClO-
thier outclassed Jones and won his place in the
final round of the great tournament by the
score OF 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3
In no sense was the day propitiOus one for
fell early in the morning and the court lines
were even washed out. There was a let-up az
the hour of starting the match, and so the
courts were prepared and the men took up their
part of the work. The gallery OF i'm
mense proportions. The summaries follow:
, ssmi-ssnaI a Fousdaws GothisF defeated J; q z
Little. 2-e. 6-2. e-s. he. Ga