New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-12
LITTLE TO CHALLENGE.
alexander and Hdckett Nm La7cn
Tennis Doubles Title.

Raymond D. Little the right to challenge
Frederick B. Alexander for the Metropolitan
lawn tennis championship yesterday, on the
courts of the West Side Lawn Tennis Club 11Ith
street and Amsterdam avenue. In the final
round of the singles the captain of last years
international team defeated Henry H. Molten
hauer in a long five set match. Little ia
vored by the luck of the game and won at O-6.
SO, Sc. 6-4. GO. Mollenhauer has the rec
ord, however, Of having played the better and
more consistent lawn tennis of the two. He was
fast and aggressive, many of his gets of difficult
balls being sensational
The final and championship round of the
doubles also decided Frederick b Alex
ander and Harold II. Hackett overwhelmed
Wylie Grant and Herbert l. WestfaH IN
straight sets by the score of 81, co, O.. 1t
Is only fair to the two younger players to say
that they were relatively outclassed. They
never were within hailing distance Of victory
and Alexander and Hackett held the match safe
from beginning TO nd
Before the final round of the singles Molen-
hauer won his semi-fnaI match with Harry Tor
rance after three hard sets. in which the score
was 6-3 6-S. 6-3. With less than ten minutes
rest Mollenhauer was required to meet Little.
who was fresh. But the Kings County man was
willing, and as he going well he easily QUIZ
paced Little In the first set so completely that
he captured 1t by a love score to the amazement
or the crowd. In the next set MOllenhduer con-
tnued 10 work hard placing 10 Ltttles fore
hand with such good effect that in driving Little
sent the ball so often into the net that MoIen-
haUer again won. this time at Is.
The third set marked the turning point OF the
contest. Little had discovered that his Op-
ponent was weak his low background He
made some good shots right for the baseline, and
led at love before MOllenhauer began to over
haul him. The latter then made some splendid
gets and passes through Little's court and
pulled the game up TO deuce at all. After this
Little ten times within 4 stroke of taking
the set before he finally won II at Sc.
MoIlenhauer exhibited all the signs OF The
gruelling that he undergoing when he
began the fourth set he had been playing
for more than three hours As he weakened his
shots became erratic and he lost the remaining
fancy at ca. CO. Little will meet Alexander
in the challenge match this afternoon. The
summary follows:
Metropolitan championship singles semi final round
Henry II MoNenhauer. Kings County. defeated Harry
Final round-Ttayrnoud u Little Side. defeated
Henry II: Mouenhauer. Kings County, 0-6. 3-6 IS
Metropolitan championship doubles final and champion
Ia West Side. defeated Wylie Grant and Her
bert L Westfall New York. 6-l. 60 6-4
Brown plus hair 2m Sc, Ell 6-I Melick tscratch)
feated Romans 15l by default; Floyd tscratch
defeated Noyss scratch -. -: Bags pIus half
defeated Ferris minus hair ao). Ga. "a Pool plus
Rurchard minus So defeated Billings scratch. SIS SIS
Third rouHt-Touiins0D defeated Bags plus
half 80. Sc 64 johnson plus 49, defeated Burchard
minus Boz by default.