New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-18
AT THE PARK TENNIS NETS.
WINNERS OF THE SEASONS CONTESTS.
THE COURTS NEVER so PoPULAR-A CHAMPION
SHIP CUP.

THE COURTS NEVER so PoPULAR-A CHAMPION
SHIP CUP.
The season Just closed has been an important one
for the tennis players In Central Park Never before
since the Park meadows were first thrown open for
tennis in 1884 have the courts been generously
patronlred, and never before have many and such
successful tournaments been held. on few clear
Saturday afternoons since the courts opened In
May until have any Of ths $50 courts been
idle, and large majority Of them have been In de-
mand on the bright days during the week also
Those who use the Park courts OF course vary
greatly in their proficiency at the game ranging from
some clever tournament players down to the mercst
novices; and among the women from Miss Mabel f.
Cahill, the champion feminine player in the United
States, down 10 school girls who could not hit Il
football with a lacrosse STICK" some put it. And
au Of these players, both experts and novices, have
had opportunities this season to test their skill with
the racket, for tournaments in great number nave
been held the Park courts. Tie opentoah contests
that u.s. open to all Central Park players,-included
championship (scratch) tournament in the spring and
another In the fall each including mems singles and
mems doubles a spring and fall handicap tournament
for mems singles; a tournament for mixed doubles
| (scratch) and one for womens singles handicap
The season for matches started early this year,
] the spring championship tourney being played IN
June. new impetus was given to these champion
| ship contests by the offer Of silver lovng-cup as
aCenral Park challenge championship trophy to be won
three times mot necessarily in succession to become the
property Of the holder. This was offered by the
committee of five players who were chosen to conduct
| the contest and was bought with the money raised
| by subscription among the players. Dr. Theodore l.
| Townsend who had the championship several
times before was the holder of the title and was thus
required to defend 1t against the winner OF the tourna
| ment who thus became the challenger.
1 ,tr civ in
some bard.fought and exciting matches were played
! before the final round reached. In this j.
| Parnly Paret and Albert b. Ripley, OF the Man
haitian Athletic Club, the contestants Paret won
first prize after protracted and brilliant struggle
/ of five sets, but defeated in turn by Dr. TOWN.
sand in the extra challenge round for the cup py
three sets to one. In the doubles Townsend ana
| Haght who were the former champions, were de-
feated by Fisher and Brauns who won the champion
| ship.
The next contest of the season was handicap
mems singles tournament. For this no less thah
thirysx players entered, and graded In Grasses
ranging at intervals of hafffteen from scratch 10
haforty After the battle for supremacy In all the
grades had been finished, the intercass or handicap
matches were begun The final match brought To-
gether w. /. A. Brauns, who had won the halfh1leeo
or second class and j. c. Phillips, who had won the
thirty or fifth class. Brauns won in three sets, Sc
curing first prize.
In the handicap women's singles tournament winch
followed the mems singles, Miss Nellie Hackes won
first prize with handicap of only half Fifteen These
womens matches produced much enthusiasm, ana the
crowd which gathered to watch the contest was as
great or larger than that at any Of the much larger
| tournaments.
Following these spring tournaments, nothing further
was done until August when the fall handicap mems
singles was played. The number Of entries for THIS
broke the record for Park tournaments forty being
cassed In the six grades. After two weeks OF play
this number reduced to six, who hnd won their
respective classes, as follows: J. p. Paret scratch
J. j. Chaplin half-ffteen: A. Guterman, fifteen; ~ A.
Campbell half thirty II. NJ. Graf, thirty; F. Lud-
| mann, halfforty. After Paret had defeated Chapln
| and Californian, and Campbell had won from Gran
and Ludmann these two players met in the fsa round
Paret allowed Campbell odds of hahthlrty, and 1t ne
qured five sets for him finally TO win the hrst pze
The last two tournaments Of the season, the fall
| championship contest and the tourney for ml&ed
doubles were both played In September In the latter
G. F. Hagit and Miss Alice Reno proved the strongest
pair efeating in the final round T. E. Tomlinson and
Miss Whiting Perhaps the best contest of the season.
| however, the fall championship tournament. In
this ugh 1t scratch contest there were thirty
| two tries In the singles and twelve teams In the
doubles and this list included several players from The
| New-York Tennis Club. Handsome snverware prizes
were offered in addition to the championship cup which
was still to be played for, and the committee got the
matches off in excellent order making the tournament
tie most successful one on record at Central Park
In the doubles Fischer and Blauns again won the
| cham pionshp with little opposition as Townsend and
alght their strongest opponents, were forced 10 dc
fault The final round of the singles found these two
players E. P. Fischer and W. /. A. Brauns, pitted
against each other for the first prize and the honor Of
challenging DR.. Townsend the holder, for the cham
| pionship cup. A brilliant and exciting contest fol
lowed and it was finally by Fischer through clever
] play. This gave him the right to play Dr. Townsend
! for the cup, which he did few days later.
This match was probably the finest exhibition OF
tennis of the season at Central Park Fischer, who Is
much the younger player, made strong and stubborn
fight for the cup, and at one time looked like sure
winner. With to score at two sets all, he won .
| lead Of five games to four, and needed only a few
strokes more TO win the match. AT this point his
strength to give out and Dr. Townsends steady
play again for him the Central Park tennis chant
piOnshp. This his second victory In the contest
Tor the possession Of the cup, and his name Is now
1t again next spring against the winner OF The tourha
/ menI the trophy will be his property.
Consolation and "unnerup' prizes were also
awarded in these championship contests, the former
| being by c. A. ITias In the singes, ano. j. j..
sullivan and +. Donnelly in the doubles The run
ner-up" prizes went TO w. l. A. Brauns, singles, and
to Dr.. J. H. Bryan and p Stevens, jr in the doubles
i In summing up the seasons play at Central Park
scratcl-Dr. Theodore l. Townsend, Edwin r. Fischer
| j. Parmly Paret, W. i. A. Brauns and F. s. Keeer
half ffteen-O. NJ. Bostwtck, DR.. j. II. Bryan, A. b.
spicy H5sgons ri and Me C. F. HaSt saaS se9
c. Cragin, J. J. Chaplin 4. C. Everett and J. T. Duff
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