The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-13
AS 1T LOOKS OVER THE NETS.
TIE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR At TEN.
MS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME

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The Work or tho Crack Players Through.
| out the on-wiuners OF the various
Tournaments and How They Won.
All Of the important tennis events, with tho
exception Of the Intercollegiate championship.
have now been finished. and the results Justify
the assertion that It has been the most suo-
cessful year on record. Tho entry list for the
Newport championship event. which broke the
record for this country. reached seventy-two.
| This 10 good sample OF the enthusiasm
which has marked the course OF the
summers play. The stars OF tho season
40 o. s. Campbell and Clarence Hobart.
The latter made a most enviable record for
himself by winning frat prizes at both the Na-
hant and the Westchester invitation tourns.
ments. In both OF those he made clean record
OF victories-in fact he lost but one match Ia
singles throughout the season. He dsfeated
almost all OF the cracks. including Campbell.
Huntington. Chase, Sears. Hovey. and E. D,
| Hall each twice. and V. G. Hall once.
| Campbell, on tho other hand. began poorly,
but ended his season In a blaze OF glory. AZ
Nahant he lost to both Hobart and Hunting
ton. and probably these defeats opened hls
eyes to the fact that ho was not playing In his
last years form. At any ra,e he buckled down
to work aud practissd hard at tho NEWPORT
Casino for many days before tho championship
| match with most satisfactory result
In the doubles he added further laurels "a
his cap BY winning the championship from
| Hobart and Hall. with the assistance OF Hunt
| ington. In three straight sets. This was. per-
haps ono OF tho greatest surprises OF the
| season. for In the preliminary match against
| the Western representatives Chase and Rysr-
| son, Campbell and Hunting on reIuiged I'VE
sets to win. And yet Hobar. and Hall were .
| far stronger tenn than the Westerners.
Another surprise. and perhaps the most dis
| appointing feature of the year. was the pooH
| showing that HUNTINGTON made at Newport.
Like Campbell. he began the season poorly.
He was beaten for the New England cham
pionshlp BY c. T. Lee OF Philadelphia. and SUBJ
,e1uently lost to Hobart In the final
match ut Westchester. Hobart also beat
him again at Nahant. This constituted
national championship. At Newport. after
defeating two men, he was better by. BY T. 7:
nse, whies has .S y.t 10 be accounted for Tor
. day or two later V. G.. Hal! defeated Chase By
sG 10 then fell e He
In the final doubles match. where no scQuiltsd
FL oon.as peSssn s. Hall and H.
toak H st to
sHsa: ior ths New York Stats ,shsmpiop9shiD:
rst G ronn HH Of the Lonswood q Boston when
tables were 3ast Fsysssed Their last o "a;
VANTAGE ss1aa hA sets Axa ats ma esns ef'c
Hal defeated si his H oIier p Srether or sSs
oDeins ths I'll life Of thss ars%dy old cum Bosh
|. Beeekmana and J: :: Clark had Zach Mon
both CLARK ana Beeckmsn entered again foE e:
xss: Ell IL ,es (
thc seors Beeskmsn Ht vi a.. Clark twice. va
Ell Ths ssc hS 5roshars hre. time. dur
IFS the ses ,%,n. and Is wth Hovey
Boathsrn ana At Bai Ia
he was successful. while he lost to his brother
Il. His p Ss was ss T%o s;s.z
surprises were caused by ". 4. Lsrned and q.
aef G tbs s, 81 ha tho
proved very strong va; II; 3: smith q p
Beere Ssxss 1s ss
W Z: Knapp Dlaye Just one q match : in public
tu r to be irawn against Hoyes In the prsn-
mary round. ana consequently played only the
sntrles for the national. championship. there
were many names which were prominSsntU ~
e nGs Jr f. A. a Tayor ae A. Shaw Keens.
| ~. NEenn Al. ". SuRset .. " MlleLL, u. 1 DE
| LIANT. &. 2. Rowland. and \. {. Sands.
| Several new tournamant's fixture were inau:
| gurated this season. Tho LongwoodC: O. held
| their first annual open tournament. An invi-
| tation tourney was held at Tuxedo The Buff
| falo II. c. and the Seabright G. G. held Omen
! events while cham plons ships were inangurated
| for New York State at Saratoga and Southern
| New York at Binghamton.
| - In the ladies' branch Of the Rame. Miss Mabel
| E. Cahill OF the New York T. Q. carried every:
| thing before her. She made clear record OK
| Victories. defeating her old antagonist Miss
| E. @. Roosevelt. for the championship. She
also won the ladies', doubles championship st
| Phadel with Mrs. Fellowos Morgan. The
various championships this season were won
| as follows:
| Natlonal-Gentiemen's singles; o. g. Campbell: Esn-
tlsmen s doubles d. s Campbell and r p huntington,
| Jr ladies' singles hisa NJ: T. Cah ladies' doubles
| Westeru-sn9leh s. T. Chase; doublsA o. r Chase
Facinc Coast-Single. ". II. Taylor
Tropica!-snsles U. S Campbell; doublsA O. q Camp
| ball and H. d. seara
AMI II. VI. Billings. Jr
| New Eng.ani-oingeS. c. T. Lee; doublos-C. T. L0o
| Middle Stat.s-sing'ss C Z. Sands
| Now Yor. Gate-singIes =. II. uovey; doublsS y u.
Hovey and u. y R,xisy.
| Southern New York -sinRles N. Wright
Ladies' kingleA Miss Mabel L. CahilL
Long and--siuglea V. q Hall: doubleL O. g. Camp.
| DO l and r. r Huntington. Jr
Philaiel phia-singIsA n. D. SIN tn douoes.M D. saa
r. W smith.
| Eorthw sstsrn- Singles v. NJ Eitinga