New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-30
PLAYERS in the All-Comers'
Lawn Tennis Tourney
at Newport Idle
All Day.
p FRED HAWTHORNE.

Newport. r. l.. Aug % Maurice 2.
Icr ouyhiin .hc playing through cham.
ZION lawn tennis player Of The United
states. which means the whole world.
no two poles not excluded. did not
-Icceed in eliminating William ].
Clo,hie. a former holder OF the IA.
.ioral title. in the scmi-fna round this
morning on the courts Of the Newpor,
Casino. aor did Richard Norris viii.
i1me. o. philadelphia. take tho measure
~ Young Ella Fottrell Of California
i- th. uDpe~ half % the semi-faal
round.
- nag surprise close students Of the
game 70 know that Mclaughlin. the
~o.od come from the Coast, could
rot bring OF even q single one Of bis
dreaded smashcs. his scOrching fore
hand drives or his cannon ball" ser.
vice ace against ClOtnIcr. and this. o.
course. explains WIZ ho could not de-.
feat the former. Williams simply gave
uD a.l hope Of using his brilliant pass
iug strokes against Fottroil and the
latter was not bothered in the least by
anything the Harvard man did today.
Just 10 relieve the suspense Of N.
rubiic and save the regulations o. Ne.
Loughlin and Williams, the secret is
nereby cosfdeA that BE- raIncd all dsy
in Newport and kept al tho players Of
the courts.
Whom Tom Petite. tho Casinos pro-
fessionai. and Willie Tucker. .hc great.
est nurscr o. baby grass in the coun.
cry. poNcd their noses from under the
blankets this morning they booked upon
a dreary scene. Rain was cxIding
copiously from the banks Of clouds
and 20 make matters worse steady
northeast breeze sent D. scattering
against the window panes.
Robert D. Wrenn and George Towns
end Adco. Of the national association.
took r look AZ the courts about 1890
O'Clock and then made tho annognct
mont that play would BE- postponed
until i0:30 o'clock on Monday morning
Canvas covering had been spread
over Tho courts last night as a protec.
ton. and 'hcv were covered with an
nch Of water. which was removed by
the use Of squeegces under the orders
Of Ticker and Petit. Underneath The
turf was hardly moro than damp, and
T. he weather clears AZ any line 10.
fore the hour set for the matches the
schedule will be adhered 20.
IN an tho annals Of history's dark
oct moments. past or present. there IS
10 mention Of anything approaching
the gloom produced among lawn ten.
mis- players By rain. II was so to-day.
Bill Ciother. muficd IN a great coat.
came % the Casino I'm his electric
landaulet and stalked into the foyer
There he was me. b. select circle Of
"glooms." including W D. Bourne.
Leonard Pcokman. Harry G.. Johnson
and doc" Rosenbaum. men who had
been eliminated from the tournament,
earlier in the week. The most dyed in
The wool gloon" fans among the 10,
cooked their eyes 10 wlndward and
nodded their heads knowingly. "Ths
winds pulling in from the nor'easi.
ana that means three days more Of
this" grunted doc" and then every
body went upstairs 20 play bridge.
"Maury" Mclaughlin was another
visitor 20 the Casino in the afternoon,
but he didn't bother 10 glance az the
courts. and after getting mis- mail went
back 70 his rooms. there 20 work ou,
his plan Of attack against Clotnier on
Monday.
4 round dozen Of the players LETT
this evening for Niagara-on-,he-Lsn.
Canada. where they are entered IN the
annual lawn tennis tournament. which
begins on Monday.
It had been planned 10 complete the
tournament on Monday, with the finals
in both the national singles and the
mixed doubles holding the turf. but the
rain has changed all this. and the play
will 90 over until Tuesday. perhaps
later. unless the sun shines again.