New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-21
KARL BEHR DEFEATED.
OUT IN FIRST ROUND.
Yale Nan Unexpectedly Beaten an
National La5cn Tennis Opening.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune,


was the sensational feature of the opening round
of the twenty-second annual lawn tennis cham
ponship tournament in singles on the courts OF
the picturesque Casino He was clearly out
played by Richard H. Palmer of the Ridgewood
Golf Club, after five heart breaking sets. The
score of 6-3. IS, 80 g and ST is a fair
indication of how ferCely the game was played
On Behr's side there was bitterness Ills
chances had appeared bright for coming into
the finals, and early in the contest the Yale
man seemed to realize that the good racket
work trickery and all of the subtle methods OF
attack that Palmer could muster were beating
him. despite his splendid efforts to stave off de-
feat the Quickest the historic courts have ever
witnessed. Behr had for an opponent player
who had appeared here before, but who had
never scored in any noteworthy match.
Altogether this contest changes the whole
complexion of the tournament. With Beer out
there is now opportunity for many of the
younger players TO show their mettle. The re-
suit of this match cast a shadow over the
starred contest of to-day. that in which the IA
nous William A Larned. the national ex-cham-
pion and internationaIist, defeated Theodore
Roosevelt Pell. the indoor title holder
Larned was at his best after the first set OF
his match He true to the court. and his
superb passing shots and places were more than
Pel could stand against The final score was
6-4. 60 and s-3. Pell was never within sight
of the victory, although he worked away with
pluck and perseverance.
There was only one notable fault that could
be found with the opening of the big tourna-
ment That was the lack of officials TO judge
the service and base lines of the matches There
was no Improvement over the omissions of for
mer years, although there was some talk OF
lettering things.
Overhead the sky was without cloud, while
breeze set the flags a-fiutter and saved the day
from being oppressively hot. great and brill
liant crowd filled the stand before the Larned-
Pel match completed, but few OF them
remained TO witness the downfall of their favor
ite Behr, as it thought that he would win
almost by & walkove-. Any other result was not
dreamed of.
Behr began the service OF his match and was
good as he won it his drive for place with
out difficulty. Palmer proved also 10 be nara
hitter The swift drives of his opponent failed
TO bother him and the two played very evenly
up TO 3 all. Then Palmer tricked Behr by cut
ting the ball off sharply at the net at such
angles that the shots were almost TO be rated
as passes. He had the next game at ito
but Behr worked hard and brought the points
to deuce before he was able 10 win ana take the
set at IS in the following game
The first game of the second set went to deuce
four times before Behr scored. He was playing
hard game and seemed 10 appreciate the dan
gerous character of the game that his opponent
was plaving He had the games safely at
love. when Palmer scored his first game OF the
set nv lobbng Behr's head as he came up
10 the net and then driving the ban stralSht
through his court for a place or pass Behr
footed rapidlv at this and by getting some dit-
ficult returns balanced the score at set all by
winning at 64
Palmer forged to the font in the third set at
( . Int Pehr frequently Coaxed him up 10 the
not and in the exchanges at close range the
Internal ionalist had the better OF it Ills
racket work was snappy. and by squirt ne
managed 10 take the last four games again
scoring a set At 6-l
yCitb Rebr IN the lead al two sets to one. the
end seemed to be in sight. Palmer, however
changed hts game materially. He lobbed more
and was not to be caught at close volleyng
play When Rehr took the net position Palmer
either Iobbed or drove for wonderful passes thai
left Rehr standing helpless in his court In
this way Palmer won the set in easy fashion
at e.
From the beginning of the NTH set Rehr
played desperately. He was as quick rs fash
and his returns were so good in finding the
holes in Palmers court that he led at four love
Then the change came Palmer placed splendid
w. and the fifth game his by love score.
as he forced Fehr wide of the court and caused
him to lose all Of the points by nets 1t was
fierce battle to the end Palmer was cool and
made every shot tell He took five straight
games before Behr was successful in checking
him. and then Palmer's lost points were due
more To his efforts to cut the lines on his re-
turns than to Behrs work. Palmer had the
match in hand. however, and, despite Behrs
good work. won at S-6.
There is a possibility that Beals e Wright
NAV be defaulted in the morning. His default
was telephoned 10 Dr. Dwight, and ii was re
ported that Wright was on his way here IN an
automobile. but would De unable to play. Dr.
Dwight decided to hold the match over until
Tomorrow in the hopes that the information
alist might arrive and be able e. meet Gardner
Beals. of Boston. Wylie G. Grant defaulted. as
he is suffering from blood poisoning, due 10 the
cutting of his foot with spiked shoes while
playing at southampton last week. The feat
ured match for tomorrow will bring together
Irving c. Wright and Frederick &. COlston. the
Yale player who defeated William J. Clothier
at Longwood. The summary follows:
National ehamplensap e conf i,,, hrst Fognd3-tes
Irving G Wright defeated II Foster. sc =. g
go Is w CaTin defeattd 6 FchaTison "a q
GO William A Iarn"d defeated Theodore Roosevelt
Cem.bri 60. Il. G-1; }. r. Fowler defeated Louis
Iiodges. s. % 81 Clarence Hobart defeated Henry
" socum 80 "a 81 = II l. Beyer Won
2. Kent by default, II 3 REGISTER defeated william
pu Row%ey - 81 - " P@ otT w og'f fron
Lnford Bddle by default, FisIow won from F. J.
-. IS. 81 -; Alfred pa6ne, defeated II { Peil.
Gray. Jr. by default: a l. Hoskir from ] I.
Jones .;1,c by default johnson defeated H
9. Anderson defeated J R Carpenter. Jr., Ga. ID.
81 d g finTaneE r. acfeq 1t;s " 6 y
E.orS i TTG %s5s $r5sa5r4 a;.,:
FehRe'! Tnckcr 81. ii 62 G 4 5;Cadby won from
Charles W9'f f. 2 s',ss s?sf Aasf s5S2'se
5o h Thoapson by defaa Arthur swssfser defat
Appleton p H 80 ga ca r. t,o Tg~psen Plum as-
defeated seymour j.. J9h9s' T,os a. GRad
50 Caslmn ma, Sela &c, !! + T Hian1a2 s
"a 75: G r Parrish defeated IL ? Gross. 8.
l.; e j. O. Am@s iefeated J. A. ROSS
"a Ga ID: Nathaniel W. Niles defeated Robert
, w; T Insraham 81 81 % Robert Leroy from
B. s NJ Dfq rmun ID c Coson wye
by default and Robert Leroy from Walter b Howe