Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-06-23

MaeMulIem Defeats Campbell I'm the
Singles-Re Then Plays SlOc1m for
the Championship OF New England
and After SlOcum Wins Two Sets fIao
CoRtesf IL PostpOned-Campbeu ana
Hall Wins the DOubles-Contear for
Second Prize To-Day.
Beautiful weather, with galaxy of pref
ty dresses and bevy of beautiful maidens.
intermingied with many of the Drawer sex.
combined to make yesterdays tennis tourna-
msns at the grounds of the New Haven Lawn
club one of the best of the series. =
Yesterday morning Beach and Tina tcher
beat Huntington and st. John by score of
$50
The great event of the morning was the
stubborn contest between MacMullen of the
New York Lawn Tennis club and o. s.
Campbell of Columbia for the finals in the
singles. The match was replete with brilli-
ant plays and IL took three hours to decide
who would be the winner. MaeMullen start.
ed of well. It looked as If he had q walk
over. But Campbell braced up and it did
not take long for him to show that he is an
excellent player. He tied the score, but
MacMullsn did superior playing and won by
the following score: 6-3, SO, 3-6, 8 6, SO.
At $3.50 o'clock the finals of the doubles
began betweenB Beach and Thatcher of Yale and
Campbell and Hall of Columbia. 1t was a
neat contest. At the start Beach and
Thatcher did not show up well. Their OPP
ponents started in to win and they played
with confidence. In the FIRST set they had
four games to their credit when Beach /and
Thatcher did some brilliant playing end tied
the score. Campbell and Hall wo16 the set,
however, rs. They also won the next, e-3,
but In the third. Beach and Thatcher won,
6-3. The Columbia mel. took the deciding
set. 6-3: This gives tbzem the championship
in the doubles.
The great Contest of the day brought out
many IN me afternoon, as MaeMullen was to
pay -. Sloeum for the championship Of
New &angland. Slocum has won that title
ss%ghEoe, and it takes but one more to give him
Ehs ownership of the cup. Playing did not
commence until after O'Clock. MacMullen
did not want to play yesterday, as he was
tired from playing SO hard in the morning.
Slocum said that the committee had tele-
could not stay over until to-day1as he had
made other engagements. Finally MacMul-
len consented to play. Slocum was not in
good condition.
The two took their places. MacMnIlen
was plainly the favorite with the spectators.
Sloeum is handsome young man, of the
stalWart appearance of Fred Bryton, with ap-
parently just as mtich impetuosity. His eyes
fash and his rosy cheeks and dark over
reaching moustache- caused him to be much
looked at. MacMullen ia q modest looking
young man.
Both wanted to win and that was why the
interest was go high. Slocum was pressed
hard all the way through. In the first set he
won the first three games, but when Mac
Mullen made some brilliant plays and tied
the score there was burst of applause. He
took the next game and the lead. Then the
look on Slocum's face changed to one of de-
termination. He played hard and won the
set, S-6.
The second set began. The excitement
was fast reaching high pitch. Slocum won
the first game aud MscMullen the next. The
former went ahead and the latter did not
allow him to keep there long. Slocum forged
ahead and had five games to his credit when
MacMullen tied him again. 1t certainly was
fine playing. MacMullen could not keep up
his brilliant work and Slocum won the set,
rs.
The third set was won by MacMullen, ga.
Then he wanted to stop playing. There was
considerable of discussion. Slocum said
that he was in just as poor condition as Mac
Mullen. He would keep on playing or had
as soon let the game be called on account of
darkness or make 1t a draw. The conditions
were such that If MacMullen refused to play
he would forfeit the game, and thus Slocum
would own the cup. Slocum said he would
never consent to take the cup by default.
He wanted to win ii fairly. He had cramps
in his legs and hands, and daring the game
someone had to rub his hands.
It was finally decided that Slocum and
MacMullen will come to New Haven SO as to
play off the series on Tuesday morning at II
o'clock. Slocum has two sets to his credit
and MacMullen one. Slocum has to win but
one more to take the championship.
To-day will decide who will get second
prize in the singles. Luddington is to play
Pavey and Thatcher will meet Campbell. The
winners will play off the finals for second
place