Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-20
INVADERS HUMBLED
Hopes of Germans Snuffed Out
on Casino Courts.
LITTLE DEFEATS IOUCHARO
Record Progress in First Round Of
All-Comers' Lawn Tennis Tour
ney at Newport.

NEWPORT. II w. August nA-Ame,irar
lawn tennis players turned back a trio or
German invaders at the thirty second an
nual holding of tho national all-comers'
singles championship tournament. which
began here Yesterday on the turf courts
Of the Casino. The Teutons had surprised
the Americans. and had come 10 wrese
the crown which William l. I.arned had
held for So long without the formaliiN %
an announcement There VAS snm,. con-
sternation AT hrsr. but when C. Collcc
Gamer. dashing Harvard freshman.
started off by defeating Herman kleins-
roth. the leading player OF the Germanic
forces. after four furiously fast sets a.
4-6. 81, e., O.. all breathed some-
what easier
BY an oversight this match was MOI nut
upon the grandstand court bat ii should
have been staged there for tn. contest
between Raymond - little and Gustav
r. Touchard proved practically walk
over for Little To score OF 6-3, e. 6-l
The gallery that assembled TO witness
the opening of the tournament and VINO
sat in the new grandstands were only
partially rewarded with AN occasional
flashing rally in this match. II was
Little all the way. fo- he outdroYe Touch
ard and played all around him. ending
up with the point totals at ~ to "a. Hs
outplaced Touchard almost two 10 one at
:i6 To IL. and il Was almost the same on
nets and outs.
long delay. the only untoward feat
ure Of remarkable day. was occasioned
at the beginning of this match. as Little
wished To default. but was finally per-
suaded 10 take the court. MI OF the
critics watched the match intently. how
ever. because of the fact that Little ana
Touchard will defend their national
doubles title against Mclaughlin and
Bunday, the Pacific coast challengers, to
morrow morning. After Touchard had
lost the match the betting on the doubles
at once favored Mclaughlin and Bundy
at odds of 3 TO I. Late I'm the afternoon
the Pacific coast stars limbered up their
strokes against Karl III. Behr and Clifton
b. Herd. Behr and Herd made the Cali
fornians play, but they won all the way
to the end
The second of the Germans r. X.
Feithaus. did not appear until the after
noon session on the courts. and then he
fell victim TO the lively court covering
and racquet work of W. Il. lizard of Wash
ington, who won by the score of SO. 6-i.
e. Then the third German. r. Auspit-
cZer, defauited his place to A. E. Ken
nedy. jr. of Philadelphia. and the attack
of tire Teutons was at an end. Ii had
been hoped that as IL was the first time
Germans had made an attack upon the
courts of Newport they would last
through long enough to try out some OF
the foremost Americans. such as Maurice
+. Mclaughlin. Karl Rehr or the brilliant
X. Norris Williams.
Their snuffing out at the beginning OF
things has been disappointing to the fol-
lowers and to the Germans themselves.
kleinsroth held the greater part OF the
gallery interested. as Gamer. blond
haired young giant, outdrove him and
outplaced him. Occasionally, when he
got up to the net, the German volleyed
prettily. His strokes were distinctly Eal-
ropean, however. always swift direction
and little severity. This allowed Gamer
to handle the ball easily and to place his
drives i'm the corners for the points.
OF the winning players all preserved
form-kar III. Behr. Mclaughlin. Fred
erick {. Inman. Walter l.. Pate Richard
Stevens, Nathaniel w. Niles and the
others winning i'm straight sets. Alto
gether eighty-fou results were chaiked
on the card, and only eight of the second
round brackets were left open al the end
of the day, which amounted to record
progress. Karl Behr i'm his match was
especially good with his straight volleys
as he dashed 10 the net, defeating s. r.
Smith at 6-1. g.. 6-3.
Bob Wrenn, who is acting referee.
expects TO bring the fourth round level
today. Last night the executive commit
tee held a meeting 10 discuss the interna-
tional situation. and TO send the formal
answer to Australia as To the inability
of this nation TO send a challenge team
for the Davis cup.