The sun., 1891-07-12
ON THE TENNIS COURTS.
WONDERFUL PROGRESS MADE IN TN,
GAME THIS SEASON

wouIu snow marked decrease In Its porp,a,
hy. These soothsayers are very quiet JUS, ma,
fortbeGrounds on which the y based their ASA
tions were evidently misplaced for the sea.o,
mas turned out to DO the greatest In the hlstor,
ofthe game In America Nu uberless sm all cluh.
nave sprung up everywhere. especially In M.
vicinity. There are now no less than ,wsn,,
clubs in Brooklyn, not counting those WIN,
play In Prospect Park. There are also full, IN.
Same number In the upper portions Of ,his
city not TO sneak OF Jersey City. Hoho.
Ken. and other outlying places C1nh
| sournament3 are moro numerous tb,,
ever, and tho growth OF associations holdIns
inter-club matches is very great These iao,s
are far better evidence OF the popularity of IN.
Gamo than the holding OF big tou nam,p,.
whore honors are shared By experts alone I,s
they show that the game Is not confined alons
to q few crack players. as was Ia gely the casa
some i've or six years ago. The small cluh.
naturally exist In suburban parts OF large ol,..
where they can engage a vn.nnt spot OF erouna
unreasonable terms, but by thsir govth in npm.
bers and strength it is thought probable th,A
eventually. whom these districts are built nm
the players will be strong enough to combine
and purchase or lease grounds or posss,.
covered courts sucn as are seen In England Al
the Queens Club. KensinRton. Lond n or IN.
Hyde Park Club Of London.
A great deal Of comment has been srou,.a
BY what is termed the aiale' OF the Lasieprr
| doubles champlonsh . at Staten Island. ThS
event WA was never so lacking OF interest as this
should have been only five entries for an evsnt
sppposed e be SECOND only to the sneIes
Huntington were the only strong pair en,sraS nnp
apd 1t was cont dered almost forrgone con-
oeam nns Jr S Tons jos Ti as sy ad
| their most formidable opponents. Post and
Stevens are, not c3rsidered much bettrr
ee s"msNsst handlcanpeGS M @ Gai by !h0SSsa. Ss7.
ing Deane Miller. =, very UNCERTAIN player Hss.
Yosn sHd Tsnns TMss cSb tnd rsssns sss
csr Of s ons sahs q hs pensss: iassSs
enssd ranf Mniei b. SSt la
years ago for ho ha. been beaten this year b.
q Lss se fs ha Il
final round at Staten Island was BY no mean; M
fbs ast class ola 81 and i Was probably for this
ana beaten 50 easily BY
The Ma ionai Lawn Tennis Association has
o for the
II this locality that this tour toarnam.as N 'S3'I /:
Witnessing frst-cas ennis ana tnst ths H l.si y
OF attendance and entries was due to the fail.
ure Of the association to advertise the tourns.
those who did not follow tennis events eioss;
knew nothing about It.
ptsss 3ne e sss Ms tss ss e
nsson Lee q d'issH r! adephis 81 hsls; n 4:
Eecent New England championship at. Nov
was remarkable instance Of the Victory Of !
safs Eame oyer one ip placing And
fact of the matter was that Lee played an en-.
nent to defeat 6imsei His record d. Of t0epH OpI,
Ave: set match is probably the best q that re-.
drove esLIty.eieht into the net and afty out oiths
court while Lees returns out OF the court were
placing however was .hown to " b superior,
Tor he put seventy-nine balls out Of reach oi
H. nS A hS1;
e e be insapaoitatesd from playinx thIs yes5. i:
quite as good as he ever was In . short time.
. Any ono IN this vicinity who desires 70 ~
cFeI Hes G snGG aaonsd mfs e hs
in This Vicinity. In fact very little s But % s1pss
!hs oter sss KspS hoSs eos
at aSs Sy :s SGt
ers are great freauenssrs q tbs ST. deorsei
faes that there srs tss ouia s ta
coarts e The Vicinity q New York: svs =:
English turf on account Of it, age and ths. pr.
y sbeE tRs roces bena sosssSsG
RAPIDLY Of be parohsd BY the sun SO resdllIu
The Tournament Of tho Crescent Athlstis
Club. which fingered along for many dsy9n
Of asaSs sans dnrns Ehs ws
Te'n The result @ was tSs. f% foWsr s xeH ess III
class snSs'M ASsns ,Ss hS s:cond %
Rlay, "a for t5st second and thsd ! Dd.
stFssRs aes as. psze es
Adams oonceedlne Is. TO the surprise {! q
ssvss ses.e se -: IokesSsr 1ssis"% epis s.sss
playing tennis last year; and has fshoS::
* o
Mug the Newport Championship next ,el.
Is sb. 70 Slow Rs ans iOam bsdT.
5SsnGss 5 sssH:s H.. M e.
siderable note, yet Fowler defeated him .SH Sus
another victory IN the .dou bles with ?. p..s
WiIlaId IL ths nss Of ths Az S. s.y. ass b..,
eGs Sy any 1oess eas is@sr ssn With VI tSs Euss
tennis. Two points for decision came up lsa MniSa
are somewhat unusual and the ruies eos.u'
ing them unfamiliar to tho majority OF No.1
The first was on the service. Tho server tossya
tho ball in the hir. preparatory 90 hi1tIny Ioy.s
and afterward c8uRht 1t again without hS.as
struck It The umpire decided that u va, wM
fault, but his decision was d. ,puteh Dy m1In ~
II was correct however. According y p va IA
rules. IL Is fault II tho server Is,is ~ "
strike the ball. whether he swings ~. ~
his racket toward 1t or not IL, ~ ths
other case a player struck the net aites dsoms nv
ball had dropped In his opponents coqlL n =,
claimed that II was poiat against .ne p,,H3X
who touched the net, but the umpire afTs.sSS
that 1t was not. because the ball han afs ws,s
bounded before he touched II. lhe.S nm. T
many willing 10 back the decision OF w tsTs
pire In coin, but no one had the nel ernorcin
them up. The umpire's decision WA, wai,v WJhSt1 that1
this case because the rules speci!vh ia nn" IN
player touching the net at any time WIN W.
bal! is In play iosas the point. ,.,ni,
1t In much regrette among BrookyT %
PLAYERS that Burdet'e O'Connnr oi ths inrsnias
third Regiment who gave evidence p.ppssW
a remarkabl game this season: w.,ni,vrsmsnn WI
10 take part In any important touIn,IohllS
While In The West recently he conrsiGs ~ nun.
and fever He had expected 10 pihI .syerA
Dor OF frst.rlRs. Tournaments. anIb avs him
prominent players were ANXIOUS 10 ,an obliged
as partner in doubles, but he baS tns DeeS vhsrS
he viii 20 free from mn AZ ial tend" n'iosh Eng.
n honoI, ~ kaw Haven VINO