The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-21
Stars Survive
in Newport Ten
MS I tournament

NEWPORT. August 20.-Wtth some
narrow escapes, thirty-three of the
lawn tennis piavers aspiring tc the
crown formerly worn by William \.
L.arned. survived the second day Of
the thirty-second annual all-comeFs
singles ehamI .ohship tournament on
The turf courts f the Casir to-day
William G .thier the former "a
t!onal champion was played e III
,,rnit by j. :" Larned, oel"re lie
Won at : 5. s.. 1910, IN what y as
the featur- Of the day.
IL had Been %: pected to play the
doubles cham icnship with MadI ice
f. McLnuxh.in and Thomas e
Fundy as the Fact"r coast ch9ilenS rs
against Raymond r. Little ana Gus
tave r. To- chart. the defending hold
ers. but EuE4y was taken II, TIE
match was posi- Eoned untH t"tutr-
row.
TO add to the chapter Of delays
which began with the illness Of
Bundy, there was the deluge Of rain
the night before. which made the
courts a Bit slow. and the matches
were delayed to give the turf an OPP
portuuitv 70 dry out. Then, right at
the time of the beginning. the ball
Tags went on strike because they re
scented the efforts of the National
Lawn Tennis association to cut into
their revenue from tips received fer
carrying chairs around TO spectators
at the tournament. These tips some
time run as high as SIS or $50 a day.
Forty Of the boys walked out in a
body. and in the early matches Of the
day, the balls were picked UP by the
3 ~ 4
national association eapitaulated, and
: tbs boys returned.
+ What came near being a puzzle was
! the victory Of Frederick G. tnman
( over 8 Howard Noshell by the score
4 .of Ga, 81. 63. the points being
closer than the score indicates. Noshell
brought off his fast drives beauti-
/ fully. and kept Inman footing a live
y pace over his court retrieving
! the ball Then To the surprise of the
gallery, Richard stevens whose base
F., line playing is always a marvel q
accuracy. disposed of pr. William
/ Sosenhaum to the score OF ca. sd
60. as the doctor failed to come any
where near getting a set
! Another of the competitions. which
caused surprise. and comment. wa
that III which George Peabody Gard,
ner, Jr., the exHarvard star. dis
posed Of Alrink H. Han. Jr,, tn,
Yale captain. Ga. 81, 4-6, SIS
Maurice L. McLa ughlln. r. Norri,
Williams, Walter Merrill Hall. RAY.
mond u. Little, wallace johnson, Ma
thaniel w. Niles. and George NJ
Church all preserved form by comm,
through in straight sets. Ii was on
OF the newer group Of CaIifornians
~ Whiting, who played the law1
tennis marathon of the day. as in
I'VE set match he defeated J. A. vii
ia ms. by the score OF 2-e. 40, CO. IL
10. 1911. This match Of seventy-tw,
games IS one OF the longest on recor,
here Whiting won on physical son
dition, Tor each was only wildly sta b
blhg At the bali when they nnishe,
with the moon shining over the courts
II is expected that unless Bund
suffers further from his Illness. tn
championship match in the double
viii be played tomorrow morning
Bundy's bracket in the fourth round
was the only one left open and h
wtH he required TO meet Waiter |
4 PATIO, the former Cornell crack. fol
itf#i1s his doubles match tomorrow
II he IS in condition Ia uIay