The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-15
THE OUTLOOK FOR TENNIS.
MORE CLUBS AND BETTER PLAYING
PROMISED THAN EVER BEEORE

| Although tho local lawn tennis season hal
barely comm need. tho enthusiasm displayed
By the players Of New York and vicinity Il
great enough to warrant the prediction tina
the coming season will he one Of tho most sue
| cessful on record. The knickerbocker TENN.
| Club. which was formed this winter by mem.
bers OF the old Annexed District 1.
| 7. A.. have laid out courts at Brook
avenue and 14lst street. A cosey
club house will also he built. They will open
| tho season with members championship
tournament. Among the players in the new
organization are W. l. A. Brauns. an old Gen.
trail Park player. and j. s. Rogers. These men
| should have things pretty much their own
| way in tho gentlemen's singles. Beginning
| July and lasting for several weeks. an In
vitation handicap tournament. open to mem-
bers OF invited clubs. will DO held. and on
Sept. Is and following days an open event.
Another new organization is tho Hamilton
Tennis Club recently formed by q number OF
Harlem tennis players. Ground was secured
on Hamilton avenue. between 1921 and 143d
streets, and the courts were thrown open for
play last weck. The officers OF the club are:
Paul Halpin. President; Miss Julia Goodchild.
Vice. President: Eugene X. McEnroe. Score
tnry: Andrew Toomey. Treasurer: Edmund
Burke. Captain.
Tho Manhattan Athletic Club have formed .
tennis department. which will have entire
control OF the courts at Manhattan Field.
Harry L. Bloomfield has been appointed
director and is hustling to make tennis an at
trnctive feature In tho club. They have boon
elected to membership in tho Manhattan Ten
mis- Association. At Travers Island tho New
York Athletic Club are dcvotng good deal OF
attention to tennis. The two turf and two
earth courts have been placed in excellent
condition and arc in constant use every Sum
day. Robert Cunning. who has charge Of this
branch OF the club. is practising hard for the
coming season.
Tho LcnoX 4. c. courts. ut 1884 street and
ST. Nicholas avenue. have been open for over
month. and are in excellent condition. The
club have made two valuable acquisitions to
their ranks in oviedo, N. Bostwick. an old
Central Park player. aud i. D. Brown. Among
those WHO have been practising regularly upon
e. Hitler J. pnrmly Pnret. Howard F. Thur
Der. OyieIo NJ. Bostwick. q. Lorraine Wyeth.
The Fifth Avenue Tennis Club members
have al been practising on their courts for
several weeks but their sandy surface has not
best of condition. The Ariel Tennis Clubs
members were the first local players to oom-
NSI;S viii a ss, tSsoSs%sa! tSs Hss1ss
on Juno IS and July, !. and q second toarna:
Apg - and Sent s. On sept n and
ho 81 the club w %fe s Snsei
Snh s NJ o AMhSn ss
Dr " & Eyn an'' =. S P syson. ".
A. Z F%stey. Miss F. S stroad Miss ali Him.
mmer. Miss +; Happy. Miss L ,Ja1pes,, Miss N.
MrI HARRIS st a N oe ss cr
this season was adopted by the. U. 8. n. L. T.
A., there haye been nYmber q new toprna-
ds sses at IF as
tournament Of the Worcester Athletic 6iu S At
' H. g. Il s
Zen ,n Club at Chlfago July T. eha%pion
the Il XtSss Sy ~ Ben
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ncnt FOR Se h se &iss 6 ana
Aansas: at the DykinRton 7. 9. grounds. Kan
isy sse H. NeW YaTs Ct IL
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sgainst the winners, OF the Western doubles
haaeeb Ga4hns Ese w be anS Or
itct9rious team In this match will become the
h ma esy for the nati9na eh9mponshp
he present holders <'o"'
Clarence Hobart and Valentine G. Hall. who
hss the IGG| which each has won the
ingles and doubl es Tor tho e'A eha m 1oin
9tp h anS will int the same me week too
o owe,EeE. viii enter with lis brother Edward.
tlsar ihf bs for h rst prizes ct Sara
5 number Of tho New EneIand d. rlsyers m are
le contest for the Eastern doabies chamnio IN
MP vi VII probably pre- be greatly revived The
$ kind over hold IN this country. '' "
inc English 81; tennis season has now been in
cened IN the work Of ths L al
Cannes. in the annual open handicap t tour.
VIZ as th sI5isan E SsfI
on Of England. and H. S. Barlow. ali three OF
hom We're ranked to owe twelve" points.
two Points M. Marion r. Wright and
cane Miller two American second-cisss
sighteeP points Campbell fell out IL thss
th Q Handicap Of forty. eight points. WHERE WERE
I'd Miller rd hYwTeyeE both survived until the
Her IN tho third round. defeated Barlow By
70 o.: Wright beat II. Grove. scratch, By 72
g him even. In the semi final round Wight
NJ Miller by " to W. and IN the final won
During tho last week OF March n handcap
yitati9n tournament was held at the covered
urt OF tho Queens Club London. This event
\, y PLAYED on the American plan, as it is
I,fH IN E ;hg the To- same that j. IN Use an
o.ting Club; Judging from tho results Of
ct, with, great favor. There were six
tries In the event Ernest Rem
her her Ave ranging, up to 15.l. which q
lrty on every fourth game and fifteen on all