Show NATIONAL CHAMPION AT TENNIS newport R I 1 aug 31 after many years tho aspirations of baals C of boston for the national tennis championship was crowned with success in bis defeat of warde of N J the bolder on the czelno courts today in straight sets scores were 61 6 1 52 5 2 11 9 aba pair won the in doubles last week tor the second time and having played together for son long a time and knowing each others gamo so well the contest today waa looked upon with much interest wrights superiority which for two sets was almost masterful and for a greater part of the third was well marked was the feature ot the contest both men played a strong resourceful and well played game but wryght was able to carry ot his strokes while it was not until almost the eleventh hour the truth game of the third set that ward managed to gauge the height of the net or the boundary of the opposite court with wryght within two points ot the match ward began to gel the balls somewhat out of wrighta reach and within a very short time the set had become a deuce affair for ten games the crowd which numbered more than a thousand and included hundreds of followers 0 the game throughout the country saw some of the beat tennis over played on a casino court doth men covered the court in a marvelous manner seemingly impossible balls were reached and not only returned over the net but were placed in a way that allowed the player to ast back into pol tion both men ran in on their services and both carried off their service games As it was wards first service ho was always getting the vantage game only to lose it when wryght won alg own service and brought the set back todeuse to deuce once ward was within a stroke of the bet ate the last after eight een games had been played wryght found a weak spot in wards defense and won the vantage game the next game which was the last was easily tor tha boston man as ward drove out of bounds and the championship went to wright |