St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-25
THE TENNIS CRACKS.
Campbell and Huntington
Successfully Defend the
Title.
'Slocum No Longer in Form
to Play in the Cham
pion Class.
The Base Ball Leaders Suffer
Defeat on Errors and
Poor Pitching.
:
louisville Goes Up a Peg by
Winning--The General
Results.

z NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 24-The
weather conditions this morning for the
second day Of the national lawn tennis
tournament were as favorable as yester-
day and the attendance was large. The
principal match of the morning was
that for the championship in doubles
between tie Hall brothers, Valentine r.
and (. L., and Campbell and Hunting
ton, last years champions. The latter
pair was called upon to defend the title
against the Halls, winners of the East
ern tournament, who won by default
from Carver and Ryerson, the Western
pair.
Naturally the championship match at
tracted the greatest interest and d.
verted attention from several matches
in singles which would otherwise have
drawn gOodly numbers of spectators.
The Slocum-Larned match in singles
was the first to begin. Sloeum was
placed on the defensive, as the cham
pion was i'll exceedingly poor form.
Larned, on the other hand, was putting
up strong, even tennis, married only by
a little reckleSsneSs now and then. The
cuB can no longer be included IN the
championship class.
In the doubles the match opened with
a decidedly Hall aspect, as that pair
quickly TOOK the first three games in
succession. Then they lost four straight.
,.Ihe champions went in and pulled out
the set. The second set went along in
much the same way, the Halls taking
the first two games. This was all they
could do. however. and the champion
pair won six straight, carrying off the
set. The third was different, the games
alternating from one side to the
other with fair degree of regularity.
enough OF them, however, going to the
credit of the Halls to give them the set.
In the fourth set the Eastern pair as
usual took the first game and then lost
four straight. 1t looked as if the match
were TO end there, but the Halls rallied
and took two more games. They could
not avoid the inevitable and finally
yielded the set, the match, and the
hopes of winning the championship.
Summary of Play.
Following Is summary of the morn
ang's play:
Post beat Green 6-1. 60, 6-1.
B: "insIow beat Metcalf ST, 81, 81, 60.
BurlonS beat Belts 6-l, Ga, 62.
Fielding beat K. Thomas by default
Stevens beat Mccormick o., 4-6, rs, 81
Ames beat Nichols 80. 6. "a, 81.
Chase beat Shaw "a, TO, 6-S.
Larned beat SlocIm 81. 6-3. SO, g..
: Hovev beat German Cd, 81, 6-3.
Smith beat Floyd g., 6-1, rs
Gyorth beat Barnes 6-3, g., OIL
Wilson beat a. B. Emmons 6-l, 6-3 g.
The Wrenn-kuapp match today was
an extraordinary one, and will 90 down
IN tennis annals as one of the most re-
markable ever PLAYED on any court. 1t
was the most stubborn and desperately
fought contest of the tournament, and
will rank in this respect with any played
ID previous years. 1t was one of the
longest on record, beginning before IL
o. clock and continuing until 4. 1t was
a DatIie between young blood and igor,
combined with excellent tennis sb lity,
against pure nerve force and clear grit,
In which the former won.
Knapp Hero.
Knapp, the veteran player, counted
the best slayer in a long match among
all the cracks. met young Wrenn, hardly
more than school boy. and was not
only outplayed, but outlasted by him.
In the fourth Set Knapp manifestly had
no strength left. and was calling simply
upon his nervous forces. After each
game, after almost every point indeed,
he seemed SO utterly exhausted that il
Hooked hardly possible that he could
continue to play, yet he labored on and
held his opponent down, until at 81 he
could not prevent his taking the set
The last and deciding set was quickly
over. Knapp's exhibition of pluck and
will power in the face of physical weak
ness has probably never been equalled
on the tennis field. Wrenn played
beautiful tennis. strong, steady. skillful
throughout, and was comparatively
fresh at the close of the five hours bat
tie.
The other matches of the afternoon
were of little Importance, Post winning
from Billings, Eddie Hall from Horton,
and Valentine Hall from Dana, without
difficulty. This completes the second
round at the close of two days play,
and the tournament is accordingly
further advanced than ever before at
this stage. Should bad weather not in
terfere. the finals should be reached
Monday, and the tournament end Tues
Gay with the championship contest
between Wrenn and Budlong, Hovey
and Post, Smith and Chase, and Hobart
and E. l.. Hall. This last is the most
more influence on the final outcome OF
the series. The summary of the after
noon's play follows:
Wrenn beat Knapp 12-14. GO, 40, o., 6-1.
Post beat billings GO, Of, 30
r I Hall hoaf Horton f-t 60 80