The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
LtWN TENNIS GOSSIP.
ChampIeRship Tournament SADLY IN Need
Of = Little Reform.


PLAYERS wonder from year To year when
will the idea Of little reform strike the
mana cement Of the national championship
At Newport IN the matter Of altering the
schedule so that the whole thing can ne
played IN one week A. general rule the
play dTaEa in to the second week fact
whirh ~ due To the old time met hod Of play
Ing one round per dAv such q plan may he
all right toward The finish. hat there IL no
need TO observe " IN the opening rounds
Dor instance this year quite q hutter VAS
"a isei about the record Of ISI entries In the
singles and It looked very me on paper.
but when u - remembered that of the num-
her - no did fnAlly put In an appearance At
the nets there we're over thirty defaults In
the nr-t round The array was not 40 won
derful
Th-se defaults meant that nearly half the
PLAYERS entered never struck hall in the
nrst round 4 good many % those vinners
Of default matches were brscketed In the
second round and they could he easily put
on Tor their match on the first dAv and part
Of the third round could he reached. In
stead of hat the men vi no won their default
matches did nothing till Tuesday, and ~
much time was lost The Lat entered
meant seven rounds Of play before reaching
the hnsl, ~ nv pla ,ng The nr-, two on the
opening day " would land the final about
SATURDAY Nearly al nc piAl ets. aotu anu
bad. like to 20 to Newport. IN, 'here l.
hardly one Who cares 10 stay NOR" than
week
In The International match between
GeTmany ana ireland the Irishmen Won
easily IN" match TOOK place At Dublin
aud attracted "a great crowd
bit- oi news about the DaVi. c'Lp stiua-
ton on the o'h"r zide convey the fact that
the English Lawn Tennis Association -
placed ~ a peculiar position -eeinS ne
australians are no, slt.sned WIN Va"
nominated are the only ones " no would on
-snt to make the trp to Australia u has
ASKED the Doherty-. Gore. barrett, y tchie
and Parke and all refused Had MCl"ugh
lin and Long refused to 20 last year imeri"a
England j. nov tthoush lsfnsd. Nl~V-
ander and Little qualified for the trip hv
Winning tile preliminary matches al Phila-
tiers from california had to step INTO the
breach They did not win down there oi
fS S ,mp pre- aud hey rcTe ar,
plauded for their pluck IN making IN" long
journey
enginesrinE 20 get an English team 20 llsit
The Couu'r ~ ana ~ = @'rnnE" enough Nh"n
they are roIng Ia get the best that England
can send the Anttpodeans kiCk against u
Though the Australians have objected Ia tho
n~atment a. they call u, OF the Engheh fh~y
are going ahead with the dates snd Other
~ dnsy Adelaide or Melbourne and the
challenge round a. Wellington or 'hri-'-
church New Zealand II i reported nov
that the matches viii not taN" place till u"
Ro6-rt Brans. Powell. rh- Canadian.
~on the singles championship OF scotland
a. the BTidge oG Allan recently Ills OF
Ponen' IN he nnal round "ns g watson
but tho score IA favor Of Powell vas = I.
Il Mrs. Iarcomh won the women
singles and Mr- l.arcomb paired With Mrs
St.uuins- pon the women = doubles
There . no scientific -Ide ~ tennis that
ma -ssU 80 many change- and has h""h
dis'u=A~d - much ~ recent Ne'r- ~ w"
service No~adsyr - - looked upon a. the
chief factor Of tho foremost players. The
Ameriran method being the a"m" of per
vho a-s.ri thai The hard servers have spoiled
tho game more or le-S and have Tohhed "
~ ncarly alith easy recreation asa paSilme
In spesking - this increasing power oi IN"
-ntylCe c.ps-iallv "a The doubles. an FnE
lish eNpert says
on various ocr- s,ous have heard II -uE
gested perhup v'h Justice that some
hing ought 10 he done to heck the ever
increasing power 81 the =efvi"" IN q men
doubI" A. The pr~-rn' time !, c"risinl-
PLAYS = very prominent ptTt indeed ami -
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game II enc watches hr-i class d"ubl"
I'M which four crack PLAYERS are engaged.
nns usuallv hudH that games 20 with ~.
service until QUO side breaks through the
monoionV. With The result that the -et -
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