New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16


Southampton. OF the best OF the season.
tho list being large. and including the Of
W. p. Knapp. II. w. slooum, r.. Il. Stevens, " @.
Hall. S. 7 Chase and J. S. Clark. This contest had
most sensational ending. Knapp won in the final
| round from Socum, after close fveset match. and
then met Hovey in the challenge round for the cham
p.onship Of Now-York State. After winning the first
| two sets by CO and ca. and securing lead OF
81 the third set Hovey needed only one point to
! win the match In three traght sets. lie had two
chances to win this remaining stroke but Knapp's
plucky play finally saved him fiom defeat. liovey
weakened considerably after Knapp the third set
by taking seven out OF eight succeeding games and
Knapp by plucky uphill play, won the fourth set by
ca and the fifth Go Thus one OF the most SEN
saonal matches on record ended in the first defeat
OF the season for Hovcy
| The Eastern championship at doubles was also
played for at Saratoga during the week. and at
tracted entry list Of eleven teams. only four OF
which composed OF players approaching cham
piOnshlp form. and by some unfortunate COINCIDENCE
all four OF these were drawn on the side OF the
draft, and the final match ridiculous farce. In
! which the Hall brothers. who had previously beaten
Hovey and Bxby after exciting match (score &c
10, 6-6, 10, Is, Socum and Clark In three
| straight SETS and Billings and Mccormick in five
SETS beat the Ageasto brothers by 6-1. Go, Go
This gave them the right to play the winners OF the
Western championship, Carver and Ryerson, at New
port, for the right to play the National champions at
| doubles for the championship.
The annual invitation tournament at Nahant Mass"
| Is generally looked upon as the medium Of Judging
who most probably winners Of the acomers ut
Newport two weeks later, but this year the results
were hardly trustworthy as last season. when the
winner Of the first prize at Nahant took first prize at
Newport. Hall wen eight Of the nine matches played
this year In the invitation tournament, only being
beaten by Hobart, whom he aerward defeated in
playing off tie for first prize. Hovey, who sub
sequently the allcomers at Newport, WINS beaten
! by Hall, Hobart and Chace. Hobart and Chace tied
for second PRICE, with six victories and two defeats
EACH
At Bar Harbor. Me-, the following week one OF
the successful tournaments OF the year took
place The Mossley Hall challenge cup, which was
offered in 1885, has been played for each year since
at Bar Harbor and no has yet succeeded In win
ming 1t three times. r. L. Bcechman and j. s. Clark
have each won the trophy twice, while \. IT, ana
| f. L. Hall have each won 1t once This season Wrenn
beat S. T. Chase In the final round OF the tournament
and then defeated f. L. Hall, last years winner ny
three sets TO He now becomes the NTH holder
and as Beechman and Clark have practically given
I'D active competition. 1t looks as If the cup may
vet be many wears in competition before 1t is finally
won the third time
Newport is the tennis players Mecca, and like all
good Moslems, all of those who have the slightest
possible chance land many who have none) turn
their faces eastward at the end Of the season, and
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lost and won. This year there were seventy players
entered I'm the all Corners for the right to play o. =
Campbell for the championship. and this number con
ta,ned the names OF all the prominent players OF the
country with the exception OF Richard ID. Sears, the
ex.champon who was still playing fine tennis In
the first round Knapp defeated NJ. g. Chace one oi
the most prominent candidates for the championship
after a close fve-set match. >. T. Chase also peat
| d. W. Gambler In five SETS NJ ID. Smith beat r. T.
Huntington. jr. one of the ceverest players IN 'he
country last season. and V. G. Hall beat r. = sears
a brother Of the ex-champon, and strong player
few years ago, by three sets TO one. In the second
round wrenn defeated Knapp after one OF the longest
matches on record. the being l2-l4. e.. 40,
o., G-1, and the playing time occupied being over
five hours. Knapps strength gave out In the last SET
and Wrenn easily. The californian expert
! c. p Hubbard was also beaten In this round 10y
Hobart, and Q. A. Shaw, who won first prize III me
all corners in 1882 was easily beaten by 5. T. Chase
Ex champion II. W. Slocum. IT, could only secure
| one set from W. A. Larned, and was rather easily
| defeated. As he had won the handsome silver
| championship challenge cup twice this shut ont all
hopes OF his ever owning the trophy unless Campbell.
who had also 1t twice, was also defeated
In the third round there were three important
| matches. A. W. Post made good fight against
| Hovey, but able to win only one set from 'hat
| brilliant PLAYER and fell by the waysde. Smith
made strong fight Of i've sets against Chase, but
was ultimately beaten by Cd IN the last The
greatest match Of the round, and one OF the most
important and sensational Of the tournament, how
ever was that between Hobart and Hail. This con-
test waged for several hours and after four sets had
been played each had two, and was pretty well
tired out. When the fifth began. Hobart at once
took the upper hand, and by careful play secured
the first games in quick succession. Hall, at
this point made a plucky stand and prepared TO die
hard" but Hobart could easily have beaten him had
lie kept his head. Probably from the severe strain
lie had undergone up to that point. iIobar's nerve
I i'm af min Al
tie most wretclcd judgment ever shown In such
match by player Of Hobart's hgh class Hal won
utter lack OF nerve when tho victory was practically
in his ha1do vas shown t.no BY Inc way he SGs a.
sion, which ordinarily he would have killed" with
In the Succeeding round Hall again lost two of
the first three sets 70 his opponent who in this case
S. T. Cha,e but a. before MANAGED to pun Id out
against Larned for third time in this tournament
Ssor sets he 10 won the fourth set nd within
few strokes Of the hnh and the mattel, ne wa,
this semins round also. Hovey defeated Wrenn In
three straight sets.
The final match between Hovey and Larhed proved
beyond doubt that Hovey was playing wonderful len
MS. lie defeated LarncI In three straight sets score
With the loss Of only lyon one 'I set TIN IN the six maSh
he played. This IS record never equaled In
& ode In and ae vS % took @
the next day, the greatest Interest OF the week was
eens during GnpGs e aa weG f but D lis
ponshp match was his first public appearance Of The
season in America In q match at singles He had
spent all OF the year. from late IN the winter until
after the OF August abroad, playing against the
English and Irish experts and that his experience was
profitable to him fully proved by the result OF
his match In defence Of the championship. Though
the sets all Of them close, Camphcls superiority
was plainly shown throughout. and Ioyey only sue
cccded in capturing set OF the four PLAYED. In
the last after Campbell had won five straight games
Hovey followed suit by taking the next five, but Camp
bell equal 10 the occasion and won the next two
and the set, match and championship OF America for
the thlrd successive time: This VICTORY makes the
massive silver championship bowl his personal prop
erty
The Western champions at doubles did not appear
at Newport, the right 70 play Campbell and
Huntington, last years National champions, was won
by default by the Hall brothers The championship
contest between these two teams took place on the third
day OF the tournament. and proved n decded victory