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ground. The right foot, as with most
others, was always in the air as he
served and safely back of the line, but
too often both feet were off the ground,
and his Is az much a foot fault as
though both feet were inside the court.
The Harvard Ia was very patient in
the face of so many called faults. but Il
bothered him a good deal and he made
many others that were not called. so he
has only himself to blame after the
many warnings to observe the rule that
have been spread broadcast throughout
the season.
Alexander should have won the match
in the fourth set, but he eased UP, appar-
entity from fatigue, after having "a sub
stantial lead, and never seemed TO be
able to speed up again. Niles faded I'm
the last set and Alexander seemed To
get his second wind, and this pulled him
through, "A couple Of very lucky shots In
tie fourth and fifth games helping ma
tcrially. The New Workers. short cut
strokes, particular ly on back hand ground
strokes n forehand volleys. were well
placed, but they were too slow to win
outright. A faster man thar Niles might
have passed him often from these open
ings. Years ago he used to play the
same strokes much faster and more
effectively.
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The Sherman brothers kept Utica on
the golfing map by winning their
matches, and as they are IN opposite
halves of the draw are planning for bit
ter fraternal strife IL they reach the
final on Saturday, Two Southern
golfers. Nelson Whitney of New orleans,
and A. c., Timer of Florida, won to-
day. and the luck of the draw puts
them against each other Tomorrow,
John n. stearns Sd robbed the tourna-
ment of the International element by
beating George S. Lyon. the Toronto
veteran.
As for the weather It was more bear
able to-day, as the excellence of SO
many of the scores a%ttests.
Sawyer meets Gardiner White, Ira
vers plays Marston and Ouimct engages
Standish in what promises to be the
best Of the second round matches to-
morrow. A list Of to-morrow's matches
follows:
Upper half, Gardner vs.. T. NJ. Sher-
man, Sawyer vs.. White, Travers VS..
Marston, Kerr vs., Lee.
Lower half, Whitney vs.. Timer. An
derson w, Schlotman, Stearns VS., s,
Sherman, Standlsh vs.. Oulmet.
The summaries:
National Amateur Golf championship
ElTNl 1Abhuut u WV ~ bAIl~
ner. Hinsdale. beat l.. l.. BredIn. Detroit,
up; Thomas NJ Sherman, Yahnundasls,
beat George V. ROtan, Pine Valley, 3 and
2; d. e. sawyer, Wheaton, beat Charles
Evans, Jr, Edgewater, 6 and 3. Gardiner
White, Flushing, beat. Paul NJ. Hunter,
Midlothian, ! and 3; Jerome d, Travors,
Upper Montclair, beat George A Crump,
pine Valley, IA and ~; Max r, Marston.
Baltusrol, beat Jesse Gullfurd. bellevue, 4
and 3; Hamilton *, Kerr, Ekwanok, beat
Dudley A, Nudge, Town and Country, 4
| and Howard b. Lee, Detroit, beat Eben
NJ, Byers, Allegheny, 3 and I
Lower Half-Nclson NJ. Whitney, Au-
| duhon, beat Davidson Heron, Oakmont. :
and &; a. G. Timer, Florida, beat Rober,
r.. Hunter, Midwick, I and G; John q.
| Anderson, siwanoy. beat Reuben II, Bush,
Audubon, and Joseph - schlotman,
Detroit beat c, ~ GarGn"r' Agawam, 4
heat George $, Lyon, lamhton, 4 and 8
sheriff. sherman. ,lahnundasLs. beat Al
bert Seckel. Riverside, . and l. James u
standlsh, Jr, Detroit, beat W c. Townes
Jr.. Oakmont, UP ta7 hGles); Francis
! Ouimet, woodland. beat W. Hamilton
Gardiner Cd, Buffalo, 3 and 7.
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ALEXANDER BETTER THAN EXPECTED
AND AT THE SAME TIME NOT SO GOOD
Tennis Matches on
Main Courts TODAY

1890 A. M.-Richard Norris
Williams ed, Philadelphia, ma
tionaI champion, VS.. Frederick c.
Inman, New York. former New
York State champion
I1:I5 A. M.-Edward II. Whit
ney, New York, former intercoi-
Iegiate champion. VS.. Theodore
x. PeH. New York, former ma
tional indoor champion.
a:I5 p. M.-Walter Merrill
Hall, New York. former Middle
States champion, VS.. Wallace F.
Johnson. Philadelphia, former in
tercoHegiate champion.
5:I5 p. MN aurice E. Nc
Loughlin, San Francisco, last
year rated the best in the world,
VS.. Dean Mathey. Crawford, ".
J., former intercollegiate doubles
champion.
5:I5 p. M.-George M. Church,
New York, present intercoHe-
giate champion. VS.. Watson M.
Washburn. New York. metro
poIitan champion.
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and J. b. Schlotman disposed OF DR.. c.
II. Gardner, the last Rhode Islander, by
4 NJ and 2 10 play.
But Detroit's greatest enthusiasm was
aroused when Jimmy Standish con-
quered Fownes on the first extra hole
after the bitterest kind of struggle all
day. Fownes was ! up going to the
sixteenth. but missed an easy putt and
lost the hole. Amid GREATNESS excite
ment the next two were halved and an
extra hole was in order. Fownes played
IL better TO the green. but when he got
there took three puts. Standish took
three shots to get on and then holed
n seven foot putt that gave him a 4
and the match.
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The most speculation a made con-
corning the game which Guilford would
put up against Marston. The long
driver was hitting them a mile as usual,
but not always or the course. A lost
ball, the fret one | have heard about
here, proved disastrous. SO Guilford
said, for IL came at a time when he was
going strong. At any rate Marston
must be congratulated on putting out
OF the lists a player who must some
day be heard from. but whose present
play Is somewhat in the rough.
The day was replete with features.
a of which can never be told because
OF the modesty OF the golfers in keeping
these fine shots to themselves. But the
gallery la a splendid nance TO applaud
when the members saw Francis Ouimet,
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On Last Years Showing Task
Of Beating Niles Should
Have Been Easier.
LACKS HIS SPEED OF OLD
Niles First Heavy Sufferer of
strict Adherence to Foot
Fault Rule.
Nv >. PARMLY PARET.

Fred Alexander did better yesterday
than had been expected of him in
one sense. and not so well In another
on his showing of last season and his
big reputation for past PERFORMANCES
he should have beaten Niles with less
difficulty than he did, yet his play this
year has been disappointing. as he has
been beaten by several men below his
standing. His recent straight set de-
feat at Newport by Washburn, following
several previous lost matches, spread
the general impression that his star
was warning, but those who believe Alex
ander TO be out OF IL these days In the
fastest company nae better wait a
little longer before they hazard any
risky predictions.
After he got warmed up TO his work
yesterday, the old Princeton star showed
excellent length and "A splendid variety
In his attack that puzzled Niles, but
he lacked the speed of "A few years
back. His judgment was excellent and
his short balls and cross court cut
strokes were we'll placed, but they were
not so crisp or so fast as they used
TO be. More noticeable THAI hat, how
ever, was the lack OF speed in his old
time forehand swipe that USE TO fairly
push his opponents off the court
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Innovations Prove Popular.

The opening day left no doubt as
TO the ability Of the club to take are
OF the event. Not the simplest detail
was lacking. In fact there We're many
arrangements that other clubs would do
service from each Of the referees stan
was one innovatbon hat proved a big
success, for II kept the oulookers in
close touch with all the matches through
a central station at the officials stand
Another feature OF the opening day
was the crowd itself. This same crowd
was made quite an issue In the night
that brought the championships tpurna-
ment to this city. There We're no signs
printed about the timing OF applause
and there were none needed, for there
was not an Instance In the whole day
when the crowd showed any enthusiasm
over an error.
The players started the afternoon scs-
sion on the court nearest the clubhouse
and between the two huge stands. Alex
ander began the service, and in the opeu-
.ng set each won on his wi delivery W
TO three all. Even at this stage OF the
game most OF the crowd felt that Alex
andcr was due to crack, for he was find
ing i harder than Niles 70 make his
service count. II was very not.ceabl,
hat neither OF the men was very certain
rs to what tactics We're best to adopt
They kept shifting their various game,
from a baseline driving duel to a fore
court v~olley.ng battle, !ntorspersius d
little play To the side lines with hal
yolleying from entire court.
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After trying about every variety OF at
tack and defence known 10 the racket
wielder, along about the seventh game OF
the first set both concluded that the hest
modus operaudi was the deep driving
game, and they went At II with a vengr-
ance. A!eNar der took the odd game
on his " service at love, and then the
break that every one looked for came.
But il did not come the way II was eX-
pected. for Alexander went through
Niles's service on the eighth game after
IL had been to deuce twice. and won the
set on his own service. There were three
love games and the am number of
deuce affairs In the set, Niles winning
two OF the shutouts and Alexander a pair
OF the extra point games, 80 h the di-
vision Of aces vas nearly even, AleNan-
der leading by IA margin OF four at
3l-27.
As the opening set finished on an odd
game, the ord r Of service changed in
the second set. The men repeated their
performance o. the Early games of the
opning set and split even on the FIRST four
games. Alexander was again the first
to break through, II once more he did
/, after forcing the game to deuce twice.
He lost his advantage, though, by drop
ping the next two games, which gave
Niles the lead At "a, with tn men
driving furiously to back court and play
ing for every stroke, the tennis at this
stage of the contest made a big hit with
the crowd. Neither mar hudged and the
set went to deuce at 3 all, but Alexander
Jagged a little, just long enough to drop
tn set and square the match.
Alexander's speed was surprising in
the early games of the third set and ne
got out to a lead of al before Niles
realized that his opponent had switched
" a-,,a 49,. 0-..
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Alexander May Meet Comet.

Yesterdays victory ought 10 bring
Alexander against Mclaughlin in tho
fourth round. and this will he his real
test. II is difficult to see o he al
win against the Californian, but strange
things than that have happened in ten
mis-. and II the Comet confines himself
entirely to the baseline he will have his
work cut out to beat Alexander.
on IN adjoining court at the same
time Harold lIackett, A~lexander's Old
championship partner in doubles, was
making a brave night against william
VI. Johnston and was beaten IN straight
sets. IN the last set the Californian
tried TO take matters too easily. and
the veteran kept up the ngh. to los
before ne was forced to admit defeat
Juhustou's speed was to much for
Hackett, for the old fox doesn't like
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Alexander Rallies In Time.

At the rate the home club man was
going 10 all intents and purposes the
set appeared to be finished, but the Bos-
tCnian came through with "A wonderful
brace in his attack and brought the set
to deuce by winning three consecutive
ga mes, two OF them ON A~leXauder's SER
vice, His hin climbing was greatly APP
plauded and it looked as II IL must be
fruitful, hut 1t all went for naught
when the New Yorker tightened up in
the eleventh game and broke through the
Bay Stater's service after deuce had
been called three times, This gave Alex
ander the vantage game and he turned Il
to the best account by taking the next
one easily, the set with II, and the lead
In the match at 2 sets to /,
The customary rest after the third set
was welcomed with open arms by both
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ca wyer was not the only winner VINO
got down 10 par golf to-day naruIneI
white made a 70 against PAU huhtel
this morning, and John q. Anderson
scored another 10 this afternoon III oeal-
Ing Reuben b. Bush Of New orleans,
Whites splendid golf was
10 a large extent. In fact hunter "
cause OF the good golf he has played III
western tournaments this year. Was d
decided ~fayorite. The New YORK goiiel
sailed right In, however, and gaming y
lead of 0 up In the morning LOON .hlneo
os tbev came in the afternoon n won
by I up and 8 to play.
Anderson's 70 this afternoon was maue
he,ouse he needed It TO win. In the
morning he had finished all square WIN
Rush tier being 4 down with SIX hoies
Isrt TO MAY, and when Bush forged
ahead again later in the day Anderson
"a 10 work his hardest to pull out
obead He won by 2 up and ! TO pay
The feature OF the match was '"e
saventh hole in the afternoon. which was
halyed in 2, both getting DOWN lohs
puts. MON
Max Marston and Hamilton herr won
two good victories for metropolitan soii'
for although entered from Ek"ahoh'
Kerr is a New Yorker. Marston's match
with the long hitting Jesse Guiiforo was
n thoroughly exciting one, Tor buiiioru
hecan the proceedings by winning the
Nrst four holes. Marston halved the
next and won the sixth when one OF
Guilford's mighty swipes was hooked 81
far into the rough that II could not DC
found.
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In this connection a very fine story
was told me tonight by Francis Ouimet,
who is stopping at the home Of Mr..
Sweeney. who. more than any other man.
has made the Detroit course II is
to-day. Ouimet said that AT the break
fast table this morning the hosts wife
remarked that for one whole week not
long ago John =. Sweeney had been in
vited out TO dinner and that he refused
each and every invitation. Wishing to
know what kept her husband from ac-
cepting all these invitations she made in
quiry and found that he was diligently
going over the fairway of the Detroit
links and replacing all the divots which
the misguided golfers had failed TO put
back. such devotion is seldom seen, and
Mr.. Sweeney should be grateful that
playing the course to-day are golfers
who know how TO play the gaine in all
its parts.
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ing and was II w. In the ai'elnooa
he did not play far enouih 10 maNe
his score worth the telling -
The third member OF the
Francis Ouimet, also had an easy time
in beating w. Hamilton Gardner "a,
pia vtrq nT,und in about 20 the amateur
led the Buffalo golfer by six
hnIss when the round was over, al
though Gardner did better In the AFTER
noon the match ended on the eleventh
<reen with Ouimet 5 up.
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Detroit Fares Well.

The Detroit contingent Jared well, only
one OF the four being beaten, lie vas l..
l.. Brcdln, and the fact that he carried
Robert Gardner To the home green Is
more crcdltable than a victory over
a weaker opponent would have been
Garduri's driving was far from salts
factory to-day. although In his previous
rounds here the former champions tee
shots were his greatest asset, Howard
Il. Lee brought fame to Detroit ny peat
ing Eben Byers by . up ana = 10 play
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Niles suffered heavily from foot faults.
Referee Wreun rs making a great effort
10 enforce the service rule to the letter.
and on all the important matches, and
so far as possible, On all the others
also. he is placing a foot fault umpire
opposite the base line of the server with
instructions to disregard the old fash
toned warnings and call foot faults
whenever they are made. This Is no
easy task for the most experienced
Judges of tennis. and 1t IL a difficult
matter Ia get Judges who know foot
faults well enough 70 call them accu-
rately.
ON the championship court yester-
day they had placed Norman johnson.
a player of no mean ability himself,
for this difficult task, ami he not only
knew his job but was not, afraid TO
carry out instructions. The result was
that Niles was foot faulted constantly
throughout the match. and II equally
efficient foot fault umplres are placed
m tae other big matches, there will
he a lot of foot faulting before the
tournament is over, because the play
ers nave fallen into careless habits.
many of them. In this regard. Church
and Pell, for instance. viii have hard
work to get past "A good foot fault Judge.
and many others ar" likely To suffer also.
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ALEXANDRIA BAY, \. Y. Aug 3l.-A
round robin was played in the Thousand
Islands polo tournament to-day among
the Bugs, Jitneys and Beetles, pickup
teams, for cups presented by Mrs, Helen
Lefevre, The three games We're OF -four
periods each. The Bugs beat the
Beetles 7 to III and downed the Jitneys
3L TO ., winning two cups The losers
then played and the Jitneys won. Q to
2h.
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Sliced Drive Wins Hole.

Marston, who had sliced into the long
grass, helped Guilford in the search nut
il was fruitlcss, so the Jersey cham-
MON won the hole without PLAYING any
shot except his sliced drive. Even wlth
mat bit OF luck he trailed Guilford TO
the turn and was 3 down when the IN
ward Journey began. Then the BAL
tusrol golfer began to improve ana Gun
ford began to grow worse, Poor putting
lost two or three holes for the Bos-
tonian, and before he realized what was
happening his lead was "A thing or the
mast. Marston did not stop there, but
kent right on winning and was : up
when the round was over. In the after
noon Marston began by winning the
nrst hole, but Guilford kept plugging
away and at the turn was only ] down,
He couldn't hold the pace, however, and
Marston, playing along confidently,
gradually increased his lead and won by
3 up and . to play.
Kerr worked hard to down Nudge. the
medalllst, and won by 4 up and ? TO
MAY. Three stymIes in the morning
round deprived Nudge of opportunities
10 win as many holes, but as he put
IT, 81 might have missed the puts any
way"
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No Survivor Under 20, but
Only Two or Three Are
Past 80 Mark.
QUINTET JUMPS A STYMIE
Halvcd Hole in 3, Result of
Thirty Foot Puts, Is One
Bright Bit of Play.
ny John q. ANDERSON.

DETROIT, Aug. 31.-Sixteen left with
eight to 10 is the story In a nutshell OF
to-day's play at the amateur golf cham
pionship at Detroit. All indications
seem to point to eight crack golfers
being left in the running when the mos
quitoes begin their nightly maraudlng
around the eighteenth hole. Although
the draw seemed to be one sided be-
cause the upper half had more OF the
we'll known strong players In II, yet the
wedding out process will leave Il group
on either side which will shape up
equal. This will be all the more true
when the semi-hnals are reached Golf
has its upsets day by day. nj It would
not be surprising to see Nelson Whitney
battling with Francis Ouimet In the
one half and Jerome Travers trying to
tuck the scalp OF Ned Sawyer under his
belt In the other.
Mention OF -. f.. Sawyer recalls the
statement made In these columns yes
terday OF the probable outcome Of the
match yesterday between Chick Evans
and Sawyer. The result justified pre-
dictions. and the margin, 6 and 5. was
sweet pleasure to the fine Chicago anna
teur. who for years has been waiting
until he could take keen revenge upon
the effervescent Evans.
sawycr's Game Near Perfect.
No amateur and few professions
could have gained the award in the
battle against Sawyer. for his game was
we'll nigh perfect. He played the course
In one under par in the morning and
was almost as good In the afternoon.
Evans did not play badly, and when he
did lose Il vas because Of his taking an
extra putt. once or twice he got into
trouble off his drive, which cost him
the hole, but II would be only fair to
both TO say that his fine golf was over
Swallowed by the brilliant play OF his
opponent. who never faltered for a min
ute. The 81 mpathy OF the gathering
was all with Evans because he was
fghting hard to stay in the lists to win
a national title. but he will have TO
walt still another year before his chance
will come again.
| suppose that a number OF golfers
will grin broadly when they see that
Jerome Travers made n new association
record and won by the vide margin o.
IA up and 10 TO play. MI. Crump
MIA we'd a poor game, and was as glad as
his opponent when the andir was over
do not know what possessed Jerry
but I think II was the desire 10 see ths
finish of the Sa~wyer-Evans metch ano
perhaps take a peep at the Marston-
Gullford contest. whose winner ne wa
10 meet OH the morrow. or II may ne
that ne was schooling himself TO pitiiess
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Old Timers Can't comprehend.

The clubhouse veranda mad a tulI
quota Of veterans who were trying 10
figure out how Alexander had beaten
Ponce de Leon 20 IT, When the West
slider dropped the fourth set the OLD
timers shook their heads ana many re-
marked that they opin"d he could not
stand the suff In the fith set. They
oplned wrong ana pracilraiIN every one
else ala too Where Alexander, Wh" mas
not been playing much got the stamina
- a case for sherlock Holmes, nut ne
had 1t 80 In SUCH IitHi''l's mat IL
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BURNS Knocks out Edwards.

Bantam frankie Burns knocked out
Artie Edwards In the third round at the
WALLACE A, c.. Rockaway Beach. last
nishtn
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The gallery was bigger when the az
ternoon round began, and nearly every
one in it expected to see Evans cut
loose and win back those two holes.
But instead OF doing that he proceeded
to lose three in a row, poor putting and
approaching spelling his chances. HIS
score for the first three holes was D, o.
8, and Sawyer's was 4, 4, 1, so when
the fourth began Evans was all or .
down.
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NILES DOWNED
BY ALEXANDER
ATVERYSTART
Veteran Calls on Stamina Of
Other Years to Help in
Five Set Grind.
CROWD OF 5000 SEES
OPENING DAYS PLAY

The remarkable comeback OF Fred
erick b. Alexander furnished a hitting
climax for the greatest opening day a
national lawn tennis championship has
ever had, bis five set victory over
Nathaniel w. Niles, the Longwood star.
completely overshadowing all the other
good tennis of the day. Alexander won
his match In the way he was least eN-
pected to. by going the route and finish
ing on top at 6-3, b., -, SO,
e.. The contest was the longest of
the day, taking ffty-nine games and
almost three hours. 1t was still going
on long after all the other players had
forsaken the courts. Alexander, by the
way. was only one OF sixty-four play
ers who came through to the second
round, for the whole Of the first round
was completed. cutting the original list
OF competitors to half.
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SIXTEEN LEFTAND EIGHT TO GO STORYOF
DETROIT GOLF-FEW VETERANS REMAIN
Matches To-day in
National Golf Play

UPPEK HALF.
Robert A. Gardner VS..
T. M. Sherman.
d. E. Sawyer VS..
Gardiner w. White.
Jerome d. Travers VS..
Maxwell X. Marston.
Hamilton X. Kerr VS..
Howard B.. Lee.
w HALF.
Nelson M. Whitney VS..
Alfred c. Uimer.
John G. Anderson VS..
J. B. Schlotman.
John N. S%tearns. sd. VS..
Sheriff. Sherman.
J. d. Standish. Jr., VS..
Francis Ouimet.
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Bye holes not played.
OF the victory OF jerome Travers little
need be said except that he played good
golf against "A weak opponent n WIN
as he pleased. The open champion
made an Appropriated rs In the MORN