Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-27
TENNIS AT NEWPORT.
Played Under DifHculties-Unfavo
BILE Weather-Groundsi In Poor Con.


Played Under Dimculties-Unfav
BILE Weather-GrOundsi In Poor Con.
dftion.
NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 26.-The condi
tions for the tennis play this morning
| were very poor. 1t rained all night and
play was begun in drizzling rain al
11:30. The conditions greatly Handicapped
the players. The turf was soft and dead,
giving the balls little life and rebound, the
balls themselves soon became heavy and
almost impossible to handle OF Judge with
accuracy, while the players slid about
upon the slippery courts and tore holes in
its smooth surface with almost every step
and movement. The high wind, too,
made lobbing thing to be avoided. Sam
Chase and Ed Hall were the first to begin.
In the first set Chase started in by
showing surprisingly strong tennis, in
view of the prevailing conditions, and
played all around his opponent, taking
the set on his superior work, Hall being
able to get one game and that after the
ecore had gone to 81. Hall, who in the
first set had clearly been playing far be-
low his standard of yesterday, began to
little. Hall won the first two games, then
carried the score to AZ, 5-3, and then
went out, doing good work through the
set, though hardly reaching his form in
the match with Hobart. During this set
the rain stopped and it looked like clearing
again for while. 1t continued terribly
cold, however.
Fourth round-E L. Hall beat s. T.
Chase 16. 6 8, 4 6, SO, 8-3. Larned beat
V. G.. Hall "a, 8-3, rs.
The match between young Wrenn of
Boston and Fielding of Philadelphia was
the one which attracted the most atten-
ton this afternoon after the completion of
the Hall Chase contest. Fielding, though
having eeveral years experience In nation
al tournament, was not expected to make q
strong stand against his younger competi-
tor. With his brilliant record in recent
matches Wrenn was looked upon as an
easy winner before play had begun, and
the first set seemed to justify this estimate.
His play was very strong in the next, and
the other man got but q single game. He
fell off from his strong play in the next,
however, and Fielding came up enough
to take the set "a. The next Was
the decisive set, but was hard battle
before victory was finally recorded for the
Boston boy. Both men played with the
knowledge that this was the crisis of the
match, and the score was games all several
times. The pace was too fast for Fielding.
Wrenn thus won. The other match of the
afternoon went contrary to expectations SO
far as the ease with which it was won was
concerned. 1t was between Richard Ste
vens and Hovey. Stevens is good player
and while it was not expected he would
win he was thought able TO make an inter
estipg and close fight sgainst the man &C.
knowledged to be his superior. Hovey
was in superb form and played a. he
rarely does. He smashed and lobbed and
drove balls in his best style, while
Stevens went all to pieces and got only
four games in the match, all in the second
set. Hovey improved if anything toward
the last and rushed away with the third
set-6-0, as he had in the first, giving his
opponent no chance to score. 1t was q
brilliant but one-sided exhibition of tennis
of the fast and driving sort.
Tomorrow Wrenn meets Hovey, and
Eddie Hall and Larned have 1t out. Hovey
and Hall are generally regarded as probs-
BILE winners, and their large experience
should certainly enable them to come in
ahead. Each has a dangerous opponent,
capable of putting up strong game and
fighting it out to the end. Each, more
over, is addicted to careless and weak play
at times. and is likely to lose, if at all,
through that fault, so that to-morrow's re-
suits are by no means certain.