The sun., 1907-08-27
TENNIS FTELD N.iRROWs.
LArned. Hobart. AIOIbcnhaucr ana S.efOy
In semI-fpnaIs mt Newport

In sen,I-rnaIs mt NewpOvt.s,
NEWPORT, n. l.. Aug. "a. The nef6'of the
all comers' national lawn tennis ch ampi0nship
singles narrowed down to four playersto- day.
the number being equally divided gbstween
veterans and the younger sspirants f6f the
hoDors. In the top half william Alarmed
and Clarence Hobart we're the survivors.
while below them Robert Leroy and Henry II.
Mollenhauer came through. The fnAP must
bring young expert against one Of the. more
experienced wielders OF the racquet. and a.
William J. Clothier made no attempt to get
out on the courts to-day for practice this
1nal will carry with IL the cham pioDshlp title
OF the year.
In only one OF the matches to-day was there
a wavering OF form and the result in doubt for
time. That occurred In the match In which
Clarence Hobart met the young player OF the
University OF Pennsylvania. w. r. johnson.
The latter proved to be an expert with cut
strokes. and these nearly overcame the vet
eran. II was more on his powers OF endurance
than anything else that Hobart won. for the
youth. whois another OF the Karl II. Behr type.
was easily in the ascendancy on his play.
Hobart lasted through five long and trying
sets. and with plenty OF siren 9Th left capt
ured his place In the semi finals by the score
Is, as, ST. ST and e2,
:. The other matches, with the exception OF
Henry H. Mollenhauer against Semp Leroy
t%o' % three @ order william A. Larnsd proved
the master OF young Herbert l.. Westfsll
veteran played his game very softly and he
never allowed his strokes to take on power
unless he had a clean opening for, Q pass.
ing game but I.arned would have none Of
It.. and made short work OF Westfan to the
score Of IS. 81. SO.
court and the Texan made things go with
a whiz, for his drives were splendidly placed
sfoSsh Ssos fSS1 'ss scu o. at sss
Robert Leroy. the intercollegiate cham
in finding Richard II. Palmer In the court
opposite TO him on an on day, for try as he
would Palmer could not get his gait and lost
Late In. the afternoon 4. +. johnson scored
a onal title for himself. the lntersohelastic,
representative. in four sets. All bus enc Of
the sets touched deuce, with the Psnnsyl.
yanisn playing superbly all the Wy and
IS, s-s. 10 and IS.
= An comsrs National National ChampSSns6,p sS singles, .,
York Lawn Tennis Club. o-S, 81 90; Clarence
Hobart. Orange Lawn Tennis club defeated +
club. defeated ssmP Leroy Russ; TeSss,s.s ii,s'
defeated Richard II. Palmer. Ridgewood Golf Club
National Interscholss,c Championship singles
Final and chsmg.onshiP Toand1w 49,. johnson
Sweetser Harvard. 7-S, ga. "a. IS
Consolation Sngles-Prelimlnary round-Pauld
ing Fosdick defeated r d. Otis by default Walter
Y Bennett defeated Dwight Partridge BY default,
s.I:$;s: S:s"8 .si$ ssi.s;:s
H. L. Hitchcock by default q. 4. PhelDs
defeated A. Goadby. 81, e-2 II 4. Mackinney
defeated + a sands o dsISuE PsDsss% Zen ss,s.tsd de-
O. g HlncEley' 81. 50 II, p. Cross defeated
W. o. Taylor BY default; u. 7. Appleton defeated
II. L. Briefly by default J. Brown defeated j. q.
Wagner by default {. Hale defeated ]. %. Downey,
IS, 6-S G. 4. Richardson defeated 7. W. Potter
by default; j. a. Ross defeated \. y: Kent by de
fault; H. II. Foster defeated {. l.. freiey by de-
First Round-G. c. Thomas defeated r. W
Wilson. by defs 1t; J. r. Carpenter, Jr. defeated
@. II. Nettleton by default: W. II. Preston defeated
J. 7. Talmadve, by default; p. Fosdick defeated
= II. Franz. e-s, s,6-tW. Y. Bennet. defeated A. l,
Tucker, 81, So d. Msthey defeated G. 4. Phelps,
Is, IS; II. A. Mackinney defeated r, X; Living
ston. 81. so T. r. Pen defeated II. Hcnshaw,
81, 81; ID. T. Appleton defeated r. r Gross,
"a, So c. Hale defeated J. Brown. 6-i, 90;
G. a. Richard defeated J. 4. Ross. by default: c.
Tell defeated II. T. Foster by default = Gam
bin defeated r. u. Hodges. o.. %; L. y Grant
defeated c. r. Van Week. Jr., by default
Second Round-J r. Carpcnt ter. Jr., defeated
g. c. Thomas. 6-t, 6-i n. fOsdick defeated W. H
Preston. 6-i, 81: 7 n, Pell defeated D. =. Apple
ton, al, IS c. Nell defeated @. \. Richardson.
"a, 81; C. II. Pell defeated r. Gamhrll, o-i.
Third Round-W. Dunn defeated c. Pell. 80,
b-I, "a.