Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1910 — TENNIS STARS ARE CRIPPLED [ARTICLE]

TENNIS STARS ARE CRIPPLED

Physical Disabilities of Leading Players Worry Enthusiasts at Newport.* \ Tennis enthusiasts are wondering \Vhat the outcome will be of the thirtieth national tournament to be held at Newport, R. 1., in view of the physical disabilities which have overtaken leading players. William A. Larned, the national champion, hurt a tendon in his '“leg in the semi-final match for the Metropolitan championship lately and it is feared that this accident may seriously handicap him if he should have to play strenuously at Newport. William J. Clothier, the ex-national champion, has just recovered from an attack of typhoid fever; Gustave F. Touchard, who began the season so brilliantly, is threatened with appendicitis and it is said that Maurice E. McLoughlin, the young and dashing California player, finds himself affected by the humid weather on the coast.