Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-25
BUNDY WINS THE
NEWPORT TOURNEY
Los Angeles Crack Defeats BeaIS
C. Wright, Former Cham
pion in Finals
WILL PLAY LARNED TODAY
National Champion Will Endeavor
to Stem Tide of Western
Victories
WILL PLAY LARNED TODAY
ASSOCIATED Press,

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 24.--Beals c.
Wright of Boston, former national
singles champion, was decisively de-
feated today in the final round of the
all-comers singles tournament on the
Casino courts here by Tom c. Bundy
of Los Angeles, one of the Pacific coast
doubles champions
Bundys victory furnished the great
est surprise of a tournament that has
been replete with the upsets of the
doped results Throughout the tour
nament the western player had been
distinguishing himself by dashing ten
mis-. but few. if any, picked him to de-
feat the veteran Wright.
Today's match was one of the most
spectacular on the Casino courts for
many day.
In the first two sets Bundy played
the former champion almost to a
standstill, allowing him but three
games in all and scoring fifty-nine
points to Wright's forty. He kept
Wright on the defensive most of the
time and did not permit him to come
up to the net long enough to develop
the strokes which have made the Bos-
tonian famous. He scored many aces
on his bewildering service and kept
the former champion constantly on the
move
In the first set Wright took the first
game, and the games then alternated
until Wright had taken the fifth. Then
Bundy went at the veteran with all the
skill at his command and ran out the
next four games at love. Only one
game in the set went to deuce. The
points:
Bundy..2 4444-S1 pts. s games
Wright..42 0-10 pts. 8 games
A continuance of these playing tao
tics gave Bundy speedy lead in the
second set, which he won to three.
Bundy's position in this set was never
seriously menaced by Wright. The
points:
Bundy ..5044484O0-24 pts, games
Wright. 34112 1-21 pts, games
The spectacular recovery of Wright
and an amazing pull up from a is hole
to deuce was the feature of the third
set, which Wright won, Sc Wright
got to the net more and assumed com
mand of the game temporarily, playing
Bundv off his feet. The points.
Bundy ........ 24244204242414 -6l--l0
Wright ...... 4041144041 4241633O-5l-
The keenest struggle of the match
developed in the fourth and final set,
which required eighteen games to reach
a victory. After the seventh game ana
his own service, and the score alter"
mated. Finally Bundy broke through,
winning by phenomenal playing and
getting vantage game, which he fol-
lowed up with four aces, giving him
the set and match. The points:
Bundy ........ 24244204242414S554O-61 -61-lO
Wright ....... 40411 1440414 Id
Tomorrow Bundy will meet w. A.
I.arned of Summit, n j., five times ma
tional champion, in the challenge round
for the national singles championship
of the United states.
Bundy has lost but three sets IN the
eight matches he has played in the
present tournament. If he is able TO
play tomorrow in the form he displayed
today Champion Larned will have his
hands full to retain the title which he
has held for the three successive years
and in two previous years
Wright won the national champion
shin in 1905. In 1908 he won the all
corners tournament but was defeated
bv Larned in the challenge match. In
9O1 he was the runner up, being van
ouished by Larned in the final round.
He has had much success in interna-
tional matches.