The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-09
HIGHEST RANK OF
AMERICAN Tennis
Brilliant Work of Clothier
and Larned Results in
Victory.
|AT LoNGwooD CLUB
Win Eastern Doubles Title
and Will Meet Southern
Champion.

Boston, Aug. S.-The feature of the
+ tennis play for the eastern double title
at the Longwood Cricket club this aft
. ernoon, resulted in a victory for W. j.
N Clothier and w. A. Larned over B. G.
X Wright and R, d. Little, in five sets OF
the keenest tennis that has been seen
on those courts this year. The wealth.
+ er was perfect and a large appreciat-
y i've gallery followed the match. The
f match was one of importance as it
: Virtually decided the pair that will
meet Grant and Thornton, the south
ern champions, and Alexander and
I Hackett, the representatives of the
west at the Bay Ridge, for although it
was only a semi-final contest, yet the
other two semi-final pairs are not rat
ed as highly as are either Of the above
mentioned teams
Larned and Clotnier were the more
evenly balanced of the two teams. Lit
4 tie, who played with Wright, was
weak on his back court shots and re-
peatedly hit into the net when volley-
ing. Much of the play was directed to
+ him, and despite the heroic work of
4 Wright, who was playing brilliant
game, his errors were disastrous. Sew
eral Of the hardest fought points re-
suited in a class of tennis that fairly
took the gallery off its feet and was
! of the kind that has made this event
4 of such high rank in American tennis.
Another afternoon match which
4 started later, between w. c. Grant and
Ell. L. Westfall of New York and c. F.
3 and H. johnson of Boston, attracted
! great interest, although it was not of
1 the same Importance. Grant and
/ Westfall pulled out winners in a five
set match, after the score stood five
4 games to three against them in the
4 last and deciding set, The two ex-
4 trenes of doubles play was exhibited
+ in this match, and the more brilliant
Z players won. The Johnson pair play
ed very careful game throughout
! while Grant and WestfaII, especially
3 the latter hit hard and always for the
+ kill Westfall was very wild during
4 the first four sets, but Wien the cru
/ cial moment came in the last few
1 games he steadied down much to the
q establishment of the gallery.
In the fifth round of the singles
K play, r. G. Seaver, the Massachusetts,
N state champion and Clarence Hobart
n were obliged to discontinue their
n match because of darkness, after the
score stood two sets to one in Hoo
q bart's favor. The second set of this
match was long drawn out affair the
final score being 10-S with Hobart on
the winning end. If disputed point
4 had been decided in Seaver's favor he
would have won the set 8-6. In the
morning N. P. Hallowell, Jr., a young
y Boston player disposed of w. G. Grant
Y of New York in the fifth round much
to the surprise of every one as Grant
was a favorite in the representations.
N r. d. Little was to have played f. G.
Il Coston, who defeated w. J. Clothier
yesterday, this afternoon, but after his
s doubles match in which he and
A Wright were defeated he was too tired
to play again. He will play the match
Friday morning.
The summary:
Singles: Fifth round
N. P. Hallowell, jr., defeated w. c..
q Grant, GA, As, SO, 6-1, g.
Clarence Hobart leads r. 9. Seaver
1-16, 1913, "a (unfinished).
Eastern doubles; Third round
W. G. Grant and H. S. Westfall de-
teated c. F, and H. johnson 8-6, 6-S,
AS, 60, 7-5.
Semi-f1nals-
w ]. Clothier and W. A. Larned
defeated B. C. Wright and R. D. Little
BIT, GA, S-6, CO, So.