New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-02

E1TIOyAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
TALK WITH PRESIDENT FRASER-STATE OF
TIE SPORT NEAR NEW YORK.

The fifth animal tournament OF the United states
National LAVA Tennis Association will begin on
Tuesday. August Is in the courts Of the Newport
Casino. The greatest interest is shown among
tennis players over the meeting and there appears
10 be little ,ioui, tat tho attendance will far sur
pass that Of previous years.
Thomas X Fraser pre- ,idsnt ~ tho association,
was seen at Hastings recently by Tribune re-
porter and in "A talk upon the coming tournament
expressed An opinion that 1t would be by far the
most successful one yet held by the
Association. Continuing he said: 1T would, of
course, be an impossibility to attempt
70 name the winner, with So mIny crack players IA
will undoubtedly be present at Newport. The one
who can pick the winner from such skilled players
Az Joseph and Clarence Clark. Van Rensselaer,.
Beeckman, TAYLOR. Mofat Conover, Larkn. Glyn,
Knapp and many others, would most assuredly
have 70 possess the gift of second sight"
Twill r. d. Sears hold the championship, do you
thinki"
That is n question:" replied Mr. Fraser, " which
is often asked me- and Is equally as hard to answer
as that of who will win the tournament. With all
the good men from about home that will be entered,
il must be remembered that there will In all prOba-
bility, be O number from Canada who have been
invited by the committee to contend with our own
men IN this tournament. Among Others who have
been invited ia the well-known English player
Grinstead who from all accounts has always
proved himself n hard one to beat. private
match is now pending between him and Sears
which will no doubt prove an interesting contest"
"Will DIR. Dwight return 10 time for the tourna
menti"
"No; ! am afraid not. Among all tho fine
PLAYERS who will be present.. those who have
witnessed the tournaments Of the assoc alton from
,ts organization will miss tho old standby, Dr.
Dw gut FROM this years games. lie was the or
ganzer and IL now ex-president OF the association,
but IL winning many iaures IN old England
that he has decided TO there late that he
will not be home in time for this years touina-
mcnt No Que could be more missed from the
Casino grounds than the Doctor, who by his fine
play and constant attendance he has become al
most "a landmark on those grounds. Among the
comparatively new men who are expected to make
their mark III this years tournament are Bcecknlan
and IarkIn, of the Far-aId-Near CLUB, and
Moffat, OF Princeton. Bceckinan has been scen at
Newport before and by hls brilliant play has led
many to believe that he is the coming man III the
tennis field His Improvement thus season has
been marked and with little gool luck In the
drawings am inclined to think lie will bc in at or
close to the finish Larkin Is this years champion
of Princeton College. and has been playing some
grand tennis. lilo is the man who 40 dlscon-
lifted ylor at the spring tournament OH tho Fan
and Near grounds, by winning from him the first
set ho PLAYED. lie also won one Of the two sets
lost by Molat at the same tournament. thereby
| making 1T tie between Bccckman ana Mohat.
Moffat il the celebrated half bacl of Princeton
| football team, and has only recently taken to
| tennis He had never entered any tournament out
aide of his college untll the one Mt Hastings last
spring, which he came 10 near winning. ! under
stand that he has been practising continually since
is pretty sure to DO in fine form by the middle of
August" ,.s .,,,. ,ouna N.wyorL ,;kc,v 70
bring out any new men this season I"
| {" [ have not heard of any, although with the
large membership of such clubs tbs staten
Islspd, 1T. Georges, Orange. Newark aud Others