New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-29
A TALK ABOUT LAWN TENNIS.
MIR. D1TsoN DESCRIBES HIS VISIT ABROAD
POPULARITY OF THE GAME AT DUBIAN-lhh
IRISH PLAYERS-LADIES WHO PLAY WIN
GREAT sKILI.-soMT. ENGLISH CRACKS
TO VISIT THIS COUNTRY.


GREAT sK1L1s-soMF. ENGLISH CRACKS
TO VISIT THIS COUNTRY.
Boston. July 90 (speclaD.-H. A. Ditson. OF "iien'
& Dison, who has passed three months aoroau looA
Ing after matters connected with lawn tehhs' a"
rived home this week Mr.. Ditson has been III lio
land England France and Germany and has Nisncu
all the lawn-tennis resorts OF the Old World win
the single exception Of Nice, in the south OF FRAZIER
As TO the success OF his trip, he miOrneu i"e
Tribune representative thar he was we'll satlsneu'
What results have been accomplished" he was
asked.
awsn., he answered, 81 can safely say that we
shall have two English laWn-tennls players mere 10
fore our National Tournament opens at Ne"poI''
and 7 have no doubt that they will be nvi'eu 10
narticiuate I'm our championship matches. lhei'
have arranged a match between George herr anu
Thomas Pettitt, who are without doubt the greatest
professionals, II not the only actual playing pr"
fesslonals. l have no doubt, from what hno" VI
pettitt and from what have learned about herrs
rlav that we shall see the greatest tennis ever
witnessed I'm this country, II not in the world
How far ahead Of American players are tnese
whom you have seen play in other countries
eweu the finest play have witnessed anywhere
in all my experience was that on the tlu"iiha'q
courts at Dublin. In the matches between the Rem
sbaws and W. J. Hamilton the game was hiteeh Det
fer than ANYTHING have in America, but !
must saw that the play at Wimbledon was dsappont-
ing and that We have four five players In Amel-
lea who can and frequently have played better rh-
MIS-
@Who are the American players to whom you have
reference"
We'll, slocum, the present champion OF America
for enc aud also Richard d. Sears, James Dwight
Howard a. Taylor and Joseph 5. Clark have
seen them all play better tennis than l witnessed at
Wimbledon"
"Where are the best Iawn.tenns courts that you
have abroad
"In Dublin by long odds The Fizwlllam Club
IS favored by being allowed 10 bring of tho Irish
championship FiHwllam Square, public park
which the grass Is green and as velyety as can
be imagined 1t IS only used for tennis once year,
and Is kept IN the finest possible condition for the
annual matches. There really appears to be more
interest in lawn tennis In Dublin than in any city
have visited six, eight and ten thousand people
come out to a championship match, and the coca
sion Is made OF social interest and importance
as we'll as Of special interest in the game of enns'
How do the Irisl players compare with the Eng-
lshl"
without going into comparisons of individual
players, may say that the Irshmen have improved
wonderfully fast Indeed. l shall not be surprised
If they win all the English championships next year
Hamilton IS doubt the king Of players.S His de-
feat OF Wimbledon d" Hukc" When he and VIII
lam Renshaw played in Dublin they showed the best
proved the better palyer. Such form as they showed
in Dublin would be a revelation to players here
Are the IRISH lady players keeping pace with The
Improvement Of Hamilton, MahCney, and other Irish
gentlemen
Yes. Miss Rice IS, to my mind, the best lady
player know OF, outside OF Miss Lottie Dod who
has not competed in the championships this year.
Miss Rice should have beaten Miss lIillyaM for the
championship at Wimbledon Her style OF play is
much like that Of Miss bod. and her Is just as
free II was her inexperlence alone that lost her
the championship. l look 10 see her win next year,
for she is really remarkable player"
Did you not hope 10 get ont several OF the crack
players Of England aud ireland this yearl7
Yes but If ! had succeeded the credit would not
have been wholly mine You see both Mr sears
and Mr. Dwight have played In England and Ire
land. and are well known b the best players there
underworld ~ impress upon the mnt5 OF the players
abroad that II would benefit the game very much If
We could have foreign DELEGATION here this season
Mr.. Dwight also correspondent with several English
and other engagements prevent the coming of large
delegation this year, ] have ne assurance or ~; Ms'
ter the lady champion Of the world, and Mahoney,
the promising Irish player that they will come next
year il our tournaments can be arranged so as TO
other players say they have designs on our tourna-
ment uoPhes and win come over next season If they
But you say of the English players are
s sS9i"s over this season VIII You tell who they
IL haven't the permission Of the gentlemen to
haps ] shall be at liberty "a do There arc TWO
gentlemen coming over 10 play, however, and one
other Mr. Grove who VIII not be in time for the
championship. may play some private matches a.
Longwood Nahant and elsewhere'
" How about tennis courts ~
a visited Queens. Lords and Princes courts, and
the leading professionals am pleased TO say
that ] have = good arranged match between
saunders aud Pettt. OF course had no definite IN
sructlons 10 base a match on, aud therefore only
agreed % outline OF conditions subject 10 approval
by Mr. Pctiitt and the gentlemen Of the boston
Athletic Association. They Will arrange the details
definitely ..
What do you think OF the future of lawn tennis
II IS the coming and T. among Us 10 stay
have no doubt that IN time It will rival cricket as
national game OF England and baseball as the ma
tOnal game OF America
The annual Wright d DitSon tennis tournament DC,
gins Newcastle =. H., on the grounds of the Hctel
Wentworth. Tuesday, and promises 10 be great
success The entries include the names Of Americas
best players, and follows: Hugh Tallant,
Joseph 5 Clark NJ. Francis BROOKS. Fred s. Mans.
field o. :. Campbell. a. /. Willison, r. p. Hunting
ton, Arthur g. Wheeler. NJ L. Pratt, Howard \. Tay
lor Joseph A. StetsOn g. Lee. r. II. Soren. H. W. |
slocum IT., Q. \. shaw, lr. +. l.. ': Hoppn: = !
Sears, Edmund VI. sawtelle, T. II. HOvcy, FCNha |
Keene. Charles f. Martin. p. W. Manchester. PM
Mansfield and w r. Weldon: Richard d. sears Will |
be referee. The prizes viii be elegant in design.