The sun., 1908-12-27
STANDING WINS ATRACQUEYS
AMERICAN CHAMPION DEFEATS
II PETER LATHAM.
3Fftish Professional Opens Well. but
standing Soon Takes Hls Measure and
wins IN Straight Bets-Score, lB-lI,
~ IR-9-COO1 Crowd at Match,


lU-y, ,IB-2-GOOd Crowd at Match
Playing in his best form. George Standing
y the professional racquet champion Of the
liunited States, defeated Peter Latham
champion OF England. In three straight
sets IN the court OF the New York Racquet
and Tennis Club, Forty-third street neal
Fifth avenue, yesterday. The scores were
It'll. i5--7 and i5-2. This was the first
meeting OF these professional rivals fol
7 nearly year and a good sized crowd at
Tended, Latham met with most decisive
defeat, the match being one OF the shortest
on record, requiring but thirty-hve min.
utes Both men played fast throughout
brilliant footwork, and effective service
j being noticeable at all times,
Latham had been In special training
fef tho match for the last two months.
hnrine been engaged by Clarence II. Mackay
FOR the latters private court OF Roslyn,
u. i. Standing was equally effective with
front and back hand strokes. His judg-
ment In placing the ball was rarely at fault
and his smashing drives completely non
plnased his British opponent. The latter,
however. was not seen at his best. He In
now aging rapidly. having paused the forty
fifth milestone. and has somewhat neg
leoted the racquet game during the last
few years for the less strenuous pastime OF
court tennis. He missed several shots
watch ten years ago would have been easy
tor him. He did not cover rs much ground
IA the court as formerly and frequently
fnilod to reach what appeared to be COM
paratively easy returns.
The superiority of Standing was shown
n every department OF the game He
giltplayed Latham on service and placing.
His'work around the court WAS a revelation
ofswiftness and accuracy and he repeatedly
9rofted by his opponent s misses. During
the early part of the first set Latham ap-
peared to have an easy victory. with the
score standing 10 to love in his favor.
Four times Standing missed good re-
turns and three times failed to reach
IIatham's puzzling service. but once he got
The nang OF the court his lightning play COM
pletely eclipsed that Of his opponent. Al
though the Englishman continued to plaC g
bis returns with consummate skill. the
rapidly improving form OF Standing ofset
this and he had no difficulty in winning out.
From a spectacular standpoint the
openipg set was the best of the match.
& Latham won the toss and began TO serve
s 70 the right hand court. scoring his ,hrst
Z The second ace followed, through a we'll
directed place just above the telltaie board.
i failure to return the bail, standing was
rom the back Of the eoart. The Britisher
then began run. which netted him seven
aces and went out on another miss.
An ace. by service fell to Latham e lot,
s. carrying his total TO ten, when for the third
cipher. This proved the turning point OF
Z the set. Latham on his hand failed in an
easy return and Standing replied with two
aces. scoring the second on clever shot
Witch closely skinned the teiltale board.
st4ndings impro vement became more and
ES5s apparent Hs oo,e easily frustrated
which kept SO low on the rebound that
Latham did not make an attempt 70 reachit.'
before 1Ses he sdSsa a 10
reeted play by Latham. In his next return
% service Latham won an ace by wonoer,
t6s ball after i appeared lost 70 him. ~ sy
series OF we'll executed strokes standing
carried the score to 10 all The left hand
htst play, and three Of the fire remaining
s aces necessary to win the game were made
hg placing the ball in this part or tue court
s While Latham made q desperate effort TO
QyeFtake his opponent. he was unable TO
do %. and the American champion captured
The last ace OF the set by another brilliant
I backhand stroke. winning by the score of
The opening of the SECOND set proved TO
stsndinK at his best In this set the Rmeri-
can PLAYED an exceptionally strong long
court game and continued his eAcelemt
PREVIOUS. set STANDING &c scored @ NO s"' aces ees
but es Latham failed 10 score OH his hand
the. error did nor really affect the score
Eight aces in succession then fell to tue
B3t OF Standing, his brilliant serli ices pro-
yoking rounds OF applause from toe spec
After Latham had added one ace Stand
ing missed an easy overland shot by over
confidence, For he next three hands there
brilliant rally Of the game followed Hard
drives that came oil the wall with ire
sf looked impossbie 10 reach and shS,s IS@
Tie hpai point going to staDdinS Stand sofsS'Hi n bis
Gle 70 Rseres ranE B
the referee declined TO change his decision
an tie local man was put out.
extent that when Latham served for the
next hand the American champion smashed
the ball with such force as to break his
and cooled on, so that he continued the !
Eame With splendid Judgment Another |
splendid rally on Latham's sixth ace ter; |
minated in favor Of the visitor. HE added |
one more ace on the well directed shot of |
she telltale board when Standing ran out |
returns from the right 10 the ieft OF the back |
court Standing was able to overwheim his |
oe the deciding act. Standing secured a lead |
Of hye aces before Latham began to score. /
The latter ned one tally when he lost |
eepuence Of six aces in favor OF Standing !
followed. and 1t was while the last OF The half !
uozen1wes Deing played that latham showed /
Hash Of his old time form and secured the |
service from Standing by clever placing.
During the NEXT hand. which resulted in |
an ace for Latham, Standing Was kept on |
the jump for some considerable time The !
result was not Ions In dou bt Standing won |
two aces on service ana followed with a |
third on miss by his opponent, and the |
last ace Of the game was won when Latham |
again drove the ball out OF court. The |
score:
FIRST SET.
ss.naInr..::........:.SS ssssaSs ..:....:.SS deeGSG Ill
Aces BY understanding, 5; Latham. 4. Aces |
ny placing Standing. Z: Latham T. Aces by op- |
pcnents lsses-Standlng. S: Latham, g.
SECOND SET.
Standing. 2-I5
! Aces by service Standing z; Latham, l. Aces
By placing Standing. 4: Latham, s. Aces by op-
ponents Understanding, a. Latham, B.
THIRD SET.
s,t.huIut'''' '''''''''''s ''''''.''.,'-s SD
Letntn''s ....,.,,,.......,-...,..O -
! Aces by understanding, 4: Latham, o. Aces
BY placing Standing, 4: Latham, l. Aces by op.
ponents Understanding. 7: Latham,l.
Heferee-Morton s. Payton. Now York Rae
quet and Tennis Club. Marker--J. Mullins pro-
fessional.
NO ONE TO MARRY LONGBOAT.