New-York tribune., 1907-08-17
WESTERN CHAMPIONS.
EASTERN PAIR BEAIEN.
HocbeH and Alexander Find Cloth1ef
and Larned Easy on Crescent courts.

me m y, t1,o I-rited states was played yesterday
on the grounds of the Crescent Athie'lc @ tiu' <ar
Bay Ridge. resulting in a very easy N.Ioo,y Is7sr
tIaroId " ractett and Frederick p AleXanoei'
holders OF the Western title Ihey uF.e - p-ast
lam J Clothier and William A. Larhe"' - W .reI,
err champions 6-3 60. 6-i Ihe score s" ~. -
enough how easy the progress OF HacKtt' H., anU
Alexander and 1t presages an equally easy -.
for them to-day. when on the same courts. - ~,
ora TO meet BRYAN NJ. Grant and Nat Thornton 'He
Southern champions. in the final when 'his Se"'
will mean the national championship -
IF the blame praise can be placed an! VIZ -. a.
narticuIar ID may be said that Larneds weakness
and Hacketts excellence accounted for the rSui',
To no sure il has said often that L-arneu anu
Clothier are not doubles players by nature ou
they have played doubles together great Ge0
and they have by degrees become accuStoIIeu ~ ~
each others style of play But they 40 h"' P0S o
evenly as the men they yesterday. and they
lack the valuable asset of a player ike tihchs' ~
vino saves the day when Alexander gets nervous OF
up in the air .,
only I'm the third set there a relieving stretcn
in which the game became something hke TedI rear i1w' @
tennis. Then Clothier and LaTned fought theiT "d.
ND from score of 20 against them, making ].
eventually fall. In justice 10 Ldrned u mus.
he that he did better work than his partner 9
this stage He earned four ont of elsht points II,
bringing up the score even terms and played
much like the I.arned Of old. He soon faded away
however and eventually, after the score was even
| lost a game his own service a: love
In the match IIaCkett and Alexander scored 81
| roints 20 ~ for their rivals Of the 81 points
| I'd b,, IJackett and Alexander HacIcett made
| II on passes and places and Alexander H. inciId-
| ing two points service Iarned contributed u
Clothier made 20 mistakes I-lrned ana CioIlisr' Ci'
i'm gaining their - points earned 10 Of them Cloth-
! Ter getting only and Iarned t. OF which eight
! were In the final set Eackett made u mlstaht
and Alexander - to swell the total Of their rivals
| Hacxett was the only player not To make doll-
be fault. and he vent through the third SET Will
! out driving a ball into the net
There was :. wind which blew three-GJarters
] across the court bchind the players who had the
a., in tb.ir cvas Tfackett started serving. and
| after CIothier had driven the ball out OF court
| tvtc. four successive errors by Hackett and Alex
| ander gave the Eastern champions the game y
smash by C!othier and serEi'r az % t.b
| gave the Eastern champions the Lead but with
the score at 4O15. the Western title holders DToke
| through and earned q deuce game winch iidche'l
| carried off by pretty placing shot
Three errors and good place by Alexander car
: ried of the third game. The score was tied at
/ all IIackett and Alexander bringing II up to deuce
after Cothier had it 40 love on his service E'eIS
! point Ciothcr and Larned got was on an error oy
| their opponents Efackett wedged in a well placer
stroke between three errors and won the ui'h
| game An by Cothier. pretty place o.
! Hackctt a double fault by I.arned and beautlfu
! cross-court drive 10y Hackett made ihe score IN
| games -.
and Iarned got even with Iiackett by passing MIN
much AS TIackctt had done in tn" game Precedlils
| That made the "a HaCkett and Alexander
/ took the eight. game away from Clothier on 'ie
/ 1,t.S~.s service after he had it $50 Hackett
r,laciue one where arned could not pick II up ana
Iarned netting the ball after a long raiy ioT tle
| Of court Alexander got in smash ana a place
and Hackett place for the four points needed tor
! the game and set at s.
| Tla second set was quicker ana more ht4sl''e
| like Two earned points and mistak" apiece i"r
CIothIer ana Larned gave the western chafn.'l%'ls
the first game IJrT"d netted one an'! sent an"ther
out of court Hackett placed one. and after ions
! raIlv a lucky net cord stroke by Alexander mace
| another game The first love game Of the match
followed and il taken against Clothiers ser-
vice on four errors the server He put two balls
/ Wv, - ~ rorrt r7ade a double fault and then shot
ON. into the net Alexander served the fourth
game and won the final point by one OF MS sharp
| est twisters which bounded in extraordinary
fashion. Larned's service easy for the
| victorious pair Clothiers had been and al
! though IL was not a love game Larncd made all
the errors which yielded the game He netted two
sent out and made double fauII ihr sN'ii
and last game ~ the set FIackstt served. Ltrned
made three errors. and place by Hackei; closed
the set AT love.
| very first point showed slight awakening on the
part Of the Fasteners. who seemed To ne H.itins
! themselves by their lethargic methods. After "a
/ ralIv in which Iarned shOuc, Alexander smashed
for the point. I.arneds service In thar opening
/ game the Was love-41 Two outs h+- Alex
auder and a skiful ace by l.arnei m'tde II deuce
Alexander seemed Uns' tiled. hut Larnrd was more.
| So especially after the linesman called out BAN
| hc played the back line which was paipably in
lie nctted directly after. giving away the game
| Alexander served love game. making the tenth
| came In succession won by Hackett Alexander.
/ CIothicr and Iarned broke in here. and C1othier
won his service after deuce game. Hackett re-
| piled with serving game In which only one point
| was allowed. and the score was 81 place by
| Iarued and three errors by Hackett and Aexau-
| der made il 3-2 I.arued's service Alexander.
through SulaSEeS ana Two errors bN l-aIhei
took the next and made It - Then came the
only really good rally Of the day On CIothier
/ service after an out by Alexander and place by
CIothier two pretty places by larned save the
! Eastern champions game Then they broke
through fIacketJs service for another TWO pretty
nassing strokes by LArned doing the work The
score was 1 all. and there the squirt ended AfIer
Hackett made a point ny placing. Iarued made an
ont and two mis- own service and dropped a
love game Alexander served love game for the
last bad work giving him an easy victory,
Hoc,ett won on his service hve times ana lost
twice. Alexander his service nVe times ana
lost once: Cothier won ON his delivery three tunes
and lost twice and Iarned won once and lost six
times