The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-25
NATIONAL LAWN TENNIS
Wrenn Defeats Knapp After Play
ing Five Hours.
IT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE.
Ex-Champ Ion Henry w. slocum Defeated
by w. A. Larned of Corneli-A Big
Day For Young Collegians-Budiong
Defeats Belts.

NEWPORT, Aug. 25.-The greatest sur
prise of yesterday in the national tennis
tournament in progress here was the
hard Learned victory OF Robert ID. Wrenn'
the young Harvard expert, over w. fercy
Knapp, the veteran player, who Tuesday
had SO much trouble in defeating NAL
colin w. Chace, the PROVIDENCE boy.
Five hours and three-quarters were
consumed before result was reached,
and at the end, as might be expected.
both men were in an exhausted state
Knapp especially being in most col
lapsed condition. The first set was STUB
ornly fought. Knapp merrily bringing
up the score to duce from 81 in Wrenn's
favor. Then began long fight for the
two games necessary to win the set. but
the large number of twenty-four games
were played before Knapp finally 10 K
the set at IA H.
Set two was won in short order by
Wrenn at 62, but the determined New
Yorker Increased his lead to two sets TO
one by taking the third after close play.
The fourth was really the decisive one.
At one time Knapp only lacked two
points of the match, nut those two points
he never got, Wrenn finally winning at
81. Knapp fell several times during the
set from pure exhaustion.
Wrenn showed his magnificent endur-
ance by taking the fifth and last set at OIL
thus winning the match. This result is
the first surprise of the tourney, ana
many now regard Wrenn as the much
talked about dark horse for first prize:
Certain it is that the brilliant left-handed
Harvard boy is playing great tennis.
Still another of the prominent experts
met defeat, and ex-Cbamplon Henry w.
Slocum, Jr, is out OF the tournament
He was beaten by another brilliant young
player, w. "A. Larned, of Cornell, and al
together il was a great day for young col.
leglans. Hovey and Hobart, each won
their respective matches in three straight
sets, as did NJ. ID. Smith and 5. L. Chase.
Both Il. L. Hau and V. G. hall were sue
cessful, and these men with Larned and
Wrenn are altogether in the lead at pres
ent.
Richard Stevens Of Hoboken, N. j., dis
posed of Harold Mccormick, the Prince
ton crack, three sets to one; 60, 40, 7-5,
6-l.
Full scores of yesterdays play are as
follows:
Mems double championship of the United
Statcs-Oliver $. Campbell and Robert Il.
Huntington, Jr., holders, eated Valentine
G. Hall and Edward l.. Hall, challengers' "a,
g.. as, 6-3.
All cOmers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES slfgits,
first round. continued-A. l.. Post beat X. :.
Green, 81, 90 6-l. +. B. Winslow beat w. +.
Metcalf. 81, 81. SO, 60.
Second round-Robert ID. Wrenn. beat
81. @. X. Budlong beat ii. ID. Belts,
81, Ga, 6-2. NJ. Fielding beat X
Thomas by default, q. Il. Herrick beat y. ii.
Emmons, 10, SO. 81. Richard Stevens beat
Harold +. Mccormick, 80, 4-6 s-5. 6-l. w.
Ames, Jr., beat J. W. Nicholas Jr.. 40, SO, ga.
81. Frederick III. Hovey beat Alfred Goldman,
Al Al A..ae ...r
Billings 60 6-4. rs. Edward l.. Hall beat
Thornton, o., 6-2, g. Clarence Hobart
beat G.. II. Hubbard, California, 81, 6-l, 81.
:. L. Chase beat Quincy A. shaw, Jr., GA, 60,
6-3. NJ. d. Smith beat w. Floyd, 6-3. 81, rs.
w. A. Larned beat Henry w. Slocum, Jr., 6-l.
6-3, 3-6, "a. w. III. Goforth beat w. III.
X. n. Dana, So, 6-2, 6-2 +. Is. Winslow beat
w. Il. Emmons. 81, 6-3, 90.