New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16
rye LAWN TENNIS CHIEFS.
RESULTS OF THEIR SUMNER CAMPAIGN.
v ON LEADERS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED AND
NEW MEN HAVE COME FORWARD
OAMrBELL'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

LEADERS HAVE bEIN DEE la "-'D
NEW MEN HAVE COME FORWARD
oAMrBELL's CHAMPIONSHIP.
lawn tennis season OF 1902 will 60 down upon the
ds NJ the came %, one of the most SUCCESSFUL
- ,hs history OF the game. Perhaps the most en-
.ounri1g feature has been the Introduction Of nc"
hood into the championship contests LOT 'ie younger
generation Of experts have this year eorheu many UNI
an, victories their much more experience" '''
another satisfactory feature Of the season mas o"eh 'e
+reouent meeting between the hrst-cass payers ""
,..nyh the results OF these matches have not pceh
highly consistent they have not been 80 sarihgF ,ne
,everse nor have there been so many important uPeo
and rsvcrsals of form as during me previous ""
.asons These contradictory results only suhccto po'
,hot the difference Of ability between the eaoihs
ayers Is 50 small that slight indisposoh on INC pa''
=, one Of them will cause his defeat by any OF tile
others -
Tho National championship at both singles anu
aonbes is held by the same men as last season 10
"a sure and this might be taken as sign thht
the gamo has not materially advanced IN the year.
,u, there is little doubt that Oliver s. Canpbefs game
Vas improved greatly by his European TRIP ana WA.
act only the leaders have gone ahead IN point OF
ability but the great Of players. and particularly
those who compete in the large tournaments nave
adva1ced TO o wonderful extent. Whom the hrSt ten
PLAYERS 10 the land have been named, and we 60 on
b consider those only slightly their Interiors, we
find dozens upon dozens of mon who have nearly
equal claims for prominence. and IL Is dnlcuH 10
choose between them. Four OF the first ten players
in the country are on that list, never be-
fore having reached high enough on the aaoer vi ia"e
TO secure this honor
We have also this season had an excellent oppor-
unity Of comparing tSe experts Of the central West
and OF the far West with the Eastern players. as
we'll as the satisfaction Of knowing something oil the
relative merit OF the Eaylish and American players.
l. Y.tx f-,p, htc ho n
in California and S. T. Chase trsr Chicago and both
connected in a number Of the large meetings, as
ren az al Newport. Chase holds tbs Western cham
p,onshlp which he has now wen two years, but he
is hardly representative Western PLAYER, as most OF
his ability at the game was acquired IN practising
here in the East while at Harvard College and the
following year. Hubbard however, bad never before
crossed racques with any Of the Eastern experts and
az hs Was ranked second the Pacific slope to W. IL.
Tsrlor IT, champion Of the Pacific Coast Lawn Tennis
Association much interest Was shown in his play He
first appeared In the Lonswood tournament and made
highly favorable impression not being defeated until
he met Hovey, the ultimate winner OF the tournament,
in the sem-hnal round. aftor he had previously de-
feated among others, r. D. Wrenn who secured a
high position on the "honor roll" this year.
The season Of 1892 opened with the New England
championship tournament which was held at New
Haven In June. E. l.. Hall. who had previously
won ,he Southern championship at Washington, easily
carried of the first prize ia this contest and won the
challenge cup by default from c. 7. Lee, OF Phla-
daphs later in the month the annual competition
for the wonen's championship OF America was held
at wisahickon Heights Philadelphia. The novelty
OF this tournament was tic Introduction OF new
title In the list OF National champonshpe-that at
mixed doubles Miss Mabel E. Cahl, of the New
York Tennis Club. carried Oh the highest honors In
this tournament by winning first place and the cham
pionslip In all three classes. In the singles, con
siderable surprise caused by the appearance and
success OF an entire stranger. Miss Bessie Moore Of
the Hohokus Valley Tennis Club, OF Rdgewood, n. j.,
young girl OF about fifteen defeated all OF her much
older rivals In the tournament, winning first prize,
and then PLAYED n close fve-sct match against the
invlncb,e Miss Cahill for the championship. With
Miss McKinlay In the ladies' doubles and Clarence
Hobart In the mixed doubles, Miss Cahin was also
successful In adding the other two championships to
her list and is she first American player who ever
held three National championships at the same time.
;n the open mems singles OF this tournament, most
mp ant upset occurred Hobart, who was looked upon
as sure winner. defeated by NJ D. Smith, Of
Philadelphia, in close threeset match
During the last week In June, the Middle States
cbampjonshjr was contested for the grounds OF
the Orange Lawn Tennis Club to which II had been
transferred after many years competition on the 1t
George Cricket Clubs courts at H0boken. y. j. This
turnamcnt furnished the first intimaon Of the brill
liant play 10 come from Richard Stevens, OF Hoboken
Stevens won the first prize in the tournament, and
easily defeated Charles L. Sands the former holder,
for the championship. In this contest also Larned
who afterward shone brightly in the tennis frma-
ment, first appeared. He was defeated by stevens,
after prolonged struggle In the first set who af-
terwaM beat w. V. Johnson also. Another great
surprise occurred in this contest. when the Hall
brothers. who afterward won the doubles champion
ship OF the last, badly beaten by 5. G. Millct
and W. " johnson, two clever secoDd-class players.
Two important invitation tournaments followed the
Orange cOmpetiion-those Of the Westchester and
Tuxedo country clubs. In the first Of these
seveos again came TO the front and this time under
even more brilliant circumstances, for against him
were nrrayed some Of the cleverest experts Of the
year-incuding f. L. Hall, r. d. Wrenn and r. p.
huntington IT, Stevens not defeated through
out the tournament and carried Off the handsome silver
bowl which was offered first prize, after beating Hall
twioe-once in five sets, and the second time In
"hree straight" Hall beat Wrenn twice, each time
In FIVE SETS and thus got second prize and Wrenn was
placed third. The Invitation tournament at TUXEDO
Park was highly successful. The contest for the
right 10 play T. L. Hall for the challenge trophy
finally narrowed down 10 Wrenn and Larned, two OF
those who distinguished themselves at Newport later
and it the result Of this match, which L@rned
won by three sets to one. that decided whch Oh the
two should be placed higher IN the Anal ranking OF
the In his match against Hail. however
Larncd not able to gain a single Set being de-
fcated by Cd, Ga. 1913. In this tournament Two
Or three young players made their first appearance
among the second class OF experts. Notable among
these was Z. p. Fischer, Of Central Park. who met
wrnn In his first match and not until the score had
reached setal and three-all was wrenn able TO
show his superiority and win This instance helped
10 provo that there many clever players who
only contest in local and club matches who are much
more expert than is ever supposed. and from whose
rabks the experts OF years 70 come will appear.
In the meantime up In New England, at the Neigh
aofhood Tennis Club Of West Newton, Mass.
Ciovey's homel. invitation tournament was held.
In tbs six frstcass players took part, Including
these Hovey. Chace and Wrenn. who were finally
ranked In the first ten. The tournament ended with
these three men leading in the order given, each
having beaten all OF those bNOw him, but Hovey,
Xhn Gr.ad d.. af tho