Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-09
1rrERCoLnRGrArE TENNIS.

rhe Annual TOurnement Begun at
 the Lawn Clubs Grounds on Whit
 ney Avenue-Business Meeting and
 Election fOmcers-AnOther TOurna-
 meMt Next Year i'm This C1ty-The
 Matches Yesterday.
 A fine day opened the annual ,intercollegi- ate tennis tournament on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn club on Whitney avenue yesterday morning.
 The courts were thoroughly washed by the recent rains, but this didn't offer any set- back to the play. A high wind prevailed during the entire day and made close, seien- tifc playing very difficult.
 The forenoon's plsy consisted of prelimi- naries, which began at ten o'clock. The sur prise of the morning was the defeat of Brown of Harvard by Hall of Columbia. victory for Brown was strongly anticipated and his defeat caused some disappointment. Both played strong game to the base line' and their net work was good considering the high wind. The set was entirely devoid of hard hitting. The score was: Hall, 6-2, 6-2. The other preliminaries in the singles re- suited as follows: Woodruff, Amherst, Vernon, Princeton. Vernon.
 nepes, Williams. Ludington. Yale. Ludington.
 Mhedon, Brown, Campbell, Columbia Camp Hurd, Yale, Banks. Williams Hurd, 6-1, 6e. Sears, Harvard, Johnson, Princeton. Sears. M Wright, Trinity, Deane, Amherst. Deane,
 In the first round in the singles:
 Sears, Harvard, vs. Wright Trinity. Sears, 62,
 Hurd, Yale, vs. Campbell, Columbia, Campbell. Sears and Campbell will play their final match this morning at 10 o'clock. It will be the finest play ever witnessed in this city, as both players have remarkable mastery over the ball and court play. In the preliminaries for the doubles:
 Taylor and Chase of Harvard vs. Woodruff and Desne of Amherst; first pair yon, ei. 60 HuFd and Huntingdon of Yale vs. Hovey and
 Campbell and Hall of Columbia Banks and Meigs of Williams, 61, 63.
 Besides the great match between Sears and Campbell to-day, Hall and Hovey and Sears and Campbell will contest in singles, the winners in these two to play in finals to- morrow.
 The first round of doubles will also be played to-day. They will be between Sears and partner of Harvard and Wright and Post of Columbia.
 There are in all seventeen entrees in singles and twelve in doubles. The principal players here are:
 Sears, Harvard's champion and winner of the Wellesley tournament. His partner in the doubles, Shaw, also of Harvard, winner of the Lenox tournament.
 Campbell of Columbia, who won second prize in the all comers' series at Newport
 V. G. Hall of Columbia, author of ''Lawn Tennis in England and America" who with Campbell secured the double championship of America in the Staten Island tournament. A. E. Wright, formerly champion of Trim ity college.
 Wheden, champion of Rhode Island, and Hovey who won set from Slocum, Americas champion.
 T. s. Tayler, an old intercollegiate player, and ST. Chase, brother of Chase the western champion.
 The first doubles of Yale; Ludington and Beach and the second doubles Hurd and Huntington, who hold the championship of Yale and Connecticut.
 In the singles G. A. Hurd, champion of Yale, Connecticut and the White Mountains, and Ludington, who took part in the semi- finals last year.
 M. R. Wright of Trinity, brother of A. E. Wright.
 The intercollegiate association held it's an- nual business meeting yesterday.
 It was decided to hold another tournament next year in this city.
 The Wright & Ditson tennis ball WAS unan- imously readopted.
 Cornell was dropped from the list of mem bers of the association as no representatives from that college had appeared at any of the recent tournaments.
 Officers elected for the coming year were:
 President-G. A. Hurd of Yale
 Vice pres1dent-Q. A. Shay of Harvard
 Representatives of the several colleges ex- press much pleasure at their cordial reception in this city and compliment the New Haven Lawn club upon their fine equipment