New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26
LOCAL TENNIS CONTESTS.
GOOD PLAYERS STEADILY DEVELOPING.
SOME INTERESTING RECoRDs-pLASs FOR THE

TOURNAMENTS.
There Is little donbt that the season OF 1S92 VIII
60 down the l1wn tennis r'coris rs hiehy sac
cossful O-c. The cry which has been so frequently
heard in the last few years that the plpanty Oh Ten
MS is on the wane and that when society gets over
the fad" the public will lose Interest In the game anu
TINT It will die. has not been heard this spring. Inc
facts would prove snch n statement false ana the
cyrcs have been forced - drop thcr cfoaklnc. New
climbs have sprung up In many localities Wh"" olh'r'
been established for years. and yet IN" olucf ones
report increased MEMBERSHIP rolls. In many ne" us
trlcs, too clubs been formed, ana reports up 10
ihs time seem favorable to heir successful growth
Ne. Is II n case OF quantity rth-r than quality for
The standard # play Is n1ticcahy higher In the smaller
Gibbs than ever before. New players are app airing III
The championship arena also. Young men who have
made local regulations becoming noticeable for the
strength Il their play IS compared with mat OF me
older players. There is doubt about the fact mat
the standard of skin at the gnme grows higher each
season.
4 proposition IS now foot 10 bring together the re
spociivc champions OF the Manhattan Tcnns Assocla
lion, the Inter Club Lawn tennis League Of kinc'
County and the Inter Town Tennis Leagrc 4 Northern
New-Jerscy. There ara in these three associations
many PLAYERS of promise, and match snch as s'r-
rcstcd would be very interesting. Tn ntor'cnb
matches Of the Ncw-Jcrscy L"aguc were recently nm
ishcd. The spring handicap trrnam'nt of the
Manhattan Association. Tho Kings County players ar,
sill playing their spring championship matches.
In the Tournament Of the Manhattan Association
tho English "pont' systct Of scoring was used With
doulthl snccc2s The chiAt p4n Of merit claimed for
the point" system IS lis hnptilty 10 handicap
matches. for the difference IN merit between the
PLAYERS cnn BE- adjusted closely In the tournament
referred 10 "forty-clcht points MP constituted
match. and the handIcap3ng was figured on pas oi
six. twelve cichiccr and twcntyf eqnallng h'h
fifteen fifteen, nlfthiIv and thirty, undrr
the regular system Of scoring. 1t VA
found however. tina, this Is not So for under the
regular systcm The better player OF The two was all,
10 nnceSc7 on games whcr, HIS opponent secured
tong lead. whereas It is impossible urd"r the pon'
systrm The rc.ult that, although limit -
went four points WIS Placed tn handicappnr.
The scratch PLAYERS IN only 81 the five c'a's"s
won prizes with the hanlicars lcucl on ABOUT the
sane basis but the mitchcs frightened 10 eytv or
scvcntytwo points the tournament would have been
moro successful and far chance given for the better
PLAYERS = win.
Up to da'c ticrr have boon four i'n"or''r' cham
plonshlp oufaa mcnis h,A. b. sides tie lldic7' CHAM
rion ,rips which were paycl Tor nj Philadelphia last
vcot The first Of these tho trop'c,i championship.
was won by II. l. Crneteai. m odti.nc English
PLAYER who was Staring In T1orda when Oh" touna-
| mcnt wa held IN the final match & this contest
he defeated r. q. Beach Of Nc~-i'av'n The cup
was formerly held bv Champion O. ?. Campbell, who
was in Europe and did not dcfead his little Grin
stead defeated. howcvcf. TIC following week by
A. T.. Wight at Tampa Bay. Fla. i,r he champion
: ship Of the Gulf Coast. Wright won III" l'ndfome
challenge cup offered TO- the first time tie s"as N
nj Tampa. Tho championship 81 N" sort1 was com
| pccd iar few wcc5s later at Washington. u. &.
This tournament was won by wright Lat =. H. Hall.
the previous holder OF the trophy. dcfonrI him In
| the champonshlp round after hnrd fought match
Of five sets Hall added another victory 70 his nj
ready long list nj NewIlavcn In the week "or' lat,
| when he won the champi,nship m New Eng
Tennis Cub G. T. Ire O. philadciphn. thu former
holder d the championship cd no; defend his hc'
| md Hall won The cup from him by default. The
rccor, Of this championship, which was begun IN
| 1850 Is rather an nicrNtng ono. Henry W siocnm'
jr OF brooklyn held the title for the first four years
| IN 1890, Il WIS won by r. y. IIuntlnei'n. IT., Of
Yale College, who In turn was defeated lat season
| bv Charles T. Les. OF Pha1clph!i.
| Mnch Interest Is centred In the playing Of TIC
| American repres,ttativcs aAr'ad. There ar four
American players The other Sde now. ana u IS eN-
| pcc;cd that they will all take part In the hngh'h
| championship tournament which viii be played at
Wimbledon during III, weeks beginning June - and
| July a. All four OF these players. Oliver ). Camp
| hcl our National champion Marion n. Wright.
Dconc Miller and H. NJ. Billings. entered f,r the IRISH
champion ship, which WIS contested 'Dr AT the fIk
william Club In Dublin few weeks ago 'ainpo'h
| unfortunately sprained his ankle few Gays before
! me matches were started In practising With +. W.
| a
to dcfanlt /, his opponent IN the first Ound-r ebay
r FITTINGS and Miller both dcfaued also, and only
one OF the Americans. Wright, took part 10 the toirTla
| ment lie had the misfortune to be drawn against
cnn Of Cle strongest EnglIeh players, II. 5. Barlow.
IN ,,o first round aud beaten in three straight
| sMs In playing for the consolation prize. however.
| no again met Barlow and played him much more
interesting match only losing by the very close score
| OF o., -. Sc
In local tennis circles the Interest Just nOw centres
on the spring championship tournament ut C"'tral
| Park Never before In It's history has such strong
| list Of entries been received and the large number
Of outsiders who take part this spring goes far to
| nrove that an open tournament held annually on tho
| p1rN courts would be successful. No ruling has ever
BEEN made by the Park Tournament Committee. de-
dnina ms, what qualifications player must have 10
he eligible 10 compete for the Park championship ana
all entries received have always been accepted This
soason there are among those entered Gerard r. Her
rick Of Princeton College an exintcrschons'ic cham
| MON OF New.York, John r. Hobart G. w. MacMnlien
| and g Cr,cdn OF the New York Tennis Club almost
| all Of the old Park player and number OF rep
| resentatves from the Lenox and Fifth Avenue cubs
OF Harlem The Central Park Championship Challenge
| Cup which was first offered last spring, was won In
both the spring and fall by Dr. Theodore l. Towns"d.
| The conditions under which n was Offered make II
become the personal property Of any player winning
" three times mot necessarily In succesion). Much
interest r therefore taken In the match between TOWN
send and the challenger, and II IS hoped by al lha
The cnp viii be kept la competition by the defeat OF
The annual open tournament Of the Orange Lawn
Tennis Club viii begin on We'd acsday afternoon on
thc clubs courts at Monrosc " J. The mems slnNes
| vtu lie Tor the championship Of TIM Middle states
tho representing Which 1s sna IeS the Ssd os sy
| Will he for the champio ship OF Ncw-Jerscy; when
is held by Miss Mabel f. Cah There VIII also
be mixed doubles and mems doubles Entries ciose
tomorrow (Mondnyl with Il. A. Griihn, No. so Wall
St.. New-YOra o.. , 81,
tho Crescent Athletic Club viii be held on the Gibbs
courts az Bay Ridge, or July II ana lo,'o"ig onS
| Ncn,s singlos and doubles well be held. In tho
singles there win BE- three ca,ses i"ndSf"ppei .c al
ciass Two subdivisions. A. and b. The players
in the irmer win allow those Of the ls ,S ha
| wt then play together at tho difference In their
rnsnc,iye odds for tr prizes. In the doubles there
t 10 only two casses scratch and hfteefi ana sub