The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-22
OF
ALL SORTS

The lawn tennis championship meeting.
which will open at Wimbledon next Mon
day, promises to be extremely interesting
despite the fact that neither H. Il. nor
r. r. Doherty will compete. The presence
OF the American players, Miss May SUIT
ton OF Pasadena, Cal, and Beals c.
Wright and Karl II. Behr: the Australian,
A. r. Wiiding, and Norman E. Brooks,
the New Zealander. lends attractiveness
TO the field OF competitors.
The draw yesterday was somewhat IA
vorable to the Americans. Wright has to
meet both Wilding and Brookes in sin
gles, while in the doubles Wright and
Behr will have a hard game i'm meeting
A w. Gore and Roper Barrett With the
exception of these matches all the Ameri-
cans have what appear to be compara-
lively easy games before them.
For the first time In its history the open
golf championship has gone out OF the
British Isle, Arnaud Massey, the French
champion. winning the title yesterday
with a score of 3l2 strokes for four
rounds. His nearest opponent was j. III.
Taylor. an ex-champion with a score of
81. Tom Vardon and George Bulford tied
for third place with 317 strokes. The con-
test was played under adverse weather
conditions and Masseys game was the
most reliable of all the competitors. The
grand aggregate of Alex Smith, the Amer
lean champion. was 1893 strokes. He fin
ished 2ith. Smith says that the game here
is harder than in the United States, owing
TO the difference in the balls used.
r. Chauncey Seaver of Boston, state
champion in tennis singles, defended his
title for third year yesterday by defeat
ing Nat W. Niles the Harvard champion.
In three straight sets of challenge match
on the grass courts at the Longwood
Cricket club. t.
Niles playing throughout the four days
tournament TO determine the challenger
had been a feature. ending with the de-
feat of Frank j. Sulloway in the final
round on "wednesday.
But the Harvard champion did not seem
at his best yesterday and Seaver had less
difficulty than was expected in winning
the match He took the first two sets by
scores of 6-3, playing hard. consistent
tennis, while Niles good work was only
spasmodic.
The third set was more even anair.
When the score stood 5-3 in games and
40 love in points in Seaver's favor Niles
rallied and took the ganae--With more
hard work Niles succeeded in making the
next long deuce game. but after keep
lost the aame, the set, the match ana
the title he had sought to win.
The summary: Challenge match-R. q.
Seaver defeated n. w. Niles, 6-3, 6-3, 6-i.
Alec Ross of the Brae Burn Golf club
won the open championship OF the United
States yesterday at Philadelphia In the
1sth annual tournament of the United
States Golf association on the Philadel-
! phia Cricket club links. His score was
aO2 Gilbert Nichols Of the Woodland GOLF
club was second with a score OF 3Of ana
Alex Campbell of the Philadelphia Coun-
try club was third with 9o5. gold medal
and cash prizes OF $500 go TO koss, the
winner of the tournament.
Some of the other scores were: JACK
Hobens of Englewood. 800: Peter Robert
son. Oakmont. $40; George Low, Baltus-
rol 31O: Donald j. Ross. Oakley, 3lz;
LAUGHTER Ionic, Glenview, 313; w. Ander-
son. Onwentsia, 3l6: David Hunter. ESSEX
si7: Gardner, ex-Moore, 32l: James camp
bell, Mount Airy, S22; Isaac Mackie' foN
Hill 400: Herbert Strong, Apawamis, SSl :
Walter Favorgue. Skokie. 3S2.
L l. Blanks of Tennessee yesterday won
| the Grand American Handicap shoot, at
| Chicago. making total of is In the SHOOT :
| off at 20 targets. Miles j. Marryott OF
| Colorado was second with IL and c. M.
| Powers of Illinois was third with To- iho
| trio tied at 90 yesterday in the shoot.
w r.. Crosby OF Illinois won the protes-
sionai championship from Fred Giloer,
OF Iowa. after the pair had eliminated
IS competitors. all contesting from the s.
ward mark. Crosby broke i92 and Giloer.
| 100 out OF a possible 200.
The national amateur title was won
| by Hugh NJ Clark OF Illinois. VINO maue
| a total OF iss out of possible z".