The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-26
THE TENNIS TOURNEY.
Schedule of the Local
League---Athletics and
Other Sports

City Lawn Tennis Club. 1t will bring
together the crack players of the local
clubs. There are twenty-three entries In
the singles, and the Schedule Committee
last night arranged the following pro-
gramme:-
Preliminary ~round-irst game-Hali
of the Cartarets vs.. Layney OF the Bel
monts. Second game, Blank of the Dan
forths VS.. T.. H. Ferris Of the Jersey
Citys. Third game, Baldwin OF the Bel
monts VS.. Nelden of the Lindens. Forth
game, Mclaughlin OF the Jersey Citys
VS.. Toffey of the Crescents. Fifth game,
Jackson Of the Onoways Us, Post
Holt of the Lindens vs.. Scott
of the C~rescents; seventh game. Curren.
of the Belmonts VS.. Roberts of the Jersey
Citys; eighth game, Randall OF the Mo
ways VS.. Blank of the Danforths; ninth
game, Speer of the Crescents VS.. Il. e.
Ferries of the Jersey Citys; tenth game,
Fielder Of the Jersey Citys VS.. Patterson
of the Belmonts: eleventh game, Goethe
of Moways VS.. hobbs of the Linden. Nor
ris OF the Jersey City L.. ]. G. drew the
bye.
The first round will be played on Labor
Day, on Monday, September i, beginning
at nine o'clock in the morning. The
schedule for that day will be Morris VS..
winner of game No. l in the preliminary
round; second game, winners of games
No. 2 and 3; third match, winners OF
games No. 4 and 5; fourth match, winners
of games Nos. 6 and Z; fifth match, win
ners of games Nos. s and O, sixth match.
MINERS of games No. 10 and IL.
The second round will be played at
three O'Clock on next Monday afternoon
when the winners in the morning games
will meet. The doubles will follow.
There are twelve entries and tho pro-
gramme follows:-First game, Kleumpp
and Moore. of the Cartarets, VS.. Cabell
and Ferris, of the Jersey City's: second
game, Speer and Tompkins, of the Cres-
cents, vs.. Nelden and Koofs, of the Lin
dens; third game, Perlee and Perlee, OF
the Lindeps, VS.. Brett and Fielder, of the
Jersey Citys; fourth game, Hall and
Spooner, of the Cartarets, VS.. the Dan
fort Clubs pair; fifth game, Seatt and
Toffey, of the Crescents, VS.. Eyarts and
Morris, of the Jersey Citys; Sixth game
the Onoway Clubs pair. The first round
of the doubles will follow. The winners
of Nos. | and 2 will meet Nos. B and Z and
the winners of Nos. 5 and 6.
The conditions of the tourney are:-
There will be a ''bye" in finals IN both
doubles and singles. This will be drawn
for Just before chat round is played.
Both prizes in singles will be decided
before doubles are commenced.
Those defeated by the winners of the
first prize will be paired off to play for
second prize.
All games will be played on the
grounds of the Jersey City Lawn Tennis
Club. A failure to be on hand at the
hour named will work o default of the
set.
In all save finals the best 2 out of 8 will
receive the sets and 200 vantage" sets
will be played, save where a third game
is necessary. In finals 8 out Of 5 will be
played which sets are all to vantage"
sets.
The Down Town and Sylyans failed to
join the entries for ladies events which
win be kept open for two weeks longer.
The Tennis Tournament
The handicap tournament of the Ber-
gen Point Lawn Tennis Club was con
tinued yesterday, but was not concluded.
The results follow:-
Gentlemen's doubles, first round
Rufus S. Paret and Henry NJ. Pooham
beat Charles C. Wheeler and Herbert G.
Voorhees, by 6-5, Ga.
Mixed doubles, first round-Mr. and
Mrs. Albert G. Stevens were defeated by
Miss Leslie Curtis and G. M. Lungren by
Cd. 6-3; Miss Anna w. Voorhees, and
Frederick III. Hatch won by default from
Miss Ida d. VOORHEES, and Rufus s.
Paret.
Second round-Miss Anna W. Voor-
hees and Frederick H. Hatch vanquished
Miss Leslie Curtis and e. M. Lungren by
81. Go; Miss Sallie e. Day and sydney
L. Smith worsted Miss Florence Spence
and J. C. S. Haywood by rs, Ga.
Ladies' singles, second prizes; first
round-Miss Anna w. Voorhees, drew a
bye. Miss Adele F. Sopthard outplayeds
Miss Sallie E. Day by Cd, Ga.
Gentlemen's singles; second prize; first
round-Charles C.. Wheeler bested Albert
~ L@--- Nv n "a GR H. afJrn
Paret baffied Charles S. Coleman by 40,
6-3, 6-3.
A Close Game.
A close and interesting game was
played on the Central grounds yesterday.
The rival teams were the Montgomerys
and Unions. The former won.. The score
by INNINGS
Unions. -..........0 0 0 0 o 8 0 0 2-3l
Batteries-Wilson and McCabe, Fisher and
Fox.
Victors andVanquishcd.
Results Of championship games played
yesterday follows
Atlantic Association = Baltimore, g.;
Newark, l. New Haven, z; Lebanon, 4.
Harrisburg, 8; Wilmington, ..
The National League-Chicago, 6; New
York. g. Cincinnati, 4; Brooklyn, /.
philadelphia, s; Cleveland, 9. Boston, is;
Pittsburg, 2.
tn Players League-Pittsburg, g.; New
York, 8. Brooklyn, 5; Buffalo, 5. Phila-
delphia, 8; Cleveland. 2. Boston, 5; Chi
cago, 1.
The American acknowledgements
5; Brooklyn, 4. Athletics, 6; Rochester,
A.. st. Louis, 10; Louisville, O.. Toledo, s;
Columbus, 0.
The Championship Records.
ATLANTIC. PLAYERS.
Won.Lost.P. CT Won.Lost.P.C ct.
Baltimore. ss y Bosto9..,...S9 y .e9s
Newark.....5l q .AS New York. 81 a .56l
Lebanon.....42 AZ .50li Chicago Isl as .5#S
NWa iimiassSa IS g ..s sa FE@lh tesss4sR .s Z .sss
Cleveland. IA 81 AIS
Buffalo 4....428 60 .2S9
NATIONAL AMERICAN.
Clubs. Won Lost. P.Ctf Clubs. Won.Los6.P CT
BROOKLYN. =. IS .6JIl Louisville. ~ So .65S
Boston ....-.& 81 .631 st. Louis .....56 Al .5T7
Philadeia. ia 50 .GlS Athletic .....O IS SIG
Cincinnati 81 50 ,6i0i Toledo. so 45 .525
New York, 40 o. .43 Rochester. 40 46 .5i6
f fis,sharsi 81 8 s. ~ ss si yyo.sSglse 50 $ az
Today's Gard.
Atlantic Association - Baltimore at
New Haven. Lebanon at Newark.
National League-Chicago at New
York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Pitts
burg at Boston. Cleveland at Phila-
delphia.