The Jersey City news., 1892-05-13
Leading Tennis Clubs OF
the Heights, Their Lead
ers and HonorS Won.
CARTERETs BEAUTIFUL. COURTS.
Jersey City, Belmont and Racquet
Clubs-Social and Musical
Items.


radius of few blocks. The Oldest and
most prosperous tennis club in the city'is
without doubt the Jersey City Tennis
Club. which was organized in 1886, and
has ever since kept in excellent condition
during the season six clay courts, four
double and two single. at the rear OF the
Bergen Reformed Church. Since its
organization the club has steadily advanc-
ed financially aud otherwise, erecting
"club house " fitted with lockers,
to which an addition will soon
be built, and establishing itself on sound
fnancial basis. Mr.. AndrewlJ. Post, the
club champion, is the President. Mr..
Frederick l.. Martin, Vice President; Mr.. +.
e. Ferris, Secretary, and Mr.. w. Q. Post.
Treasurer. An Executive Committee has
the grounds in cnarge. The mem6ersnlp
can display SO many prizes as this:-For
example, in the tournament of the Jer-
sey City League of Tennis Clubs, which
was held In 1889, the club won every prize
open to them, first and second i'll gentle
mems singles and doubles, and were only
debarred from seizing on the whole NUM-
ber by the fact that there is no associate
membership for Indies, Mr.. Andrew J.
POST Jr., has won and maintained the
championship for several years past, al
though Mr.. George B. Fielder gives him
"A semi-annual fight, and puts the spec
ralors in state of suspense relieved only
by the very last stroke. Mr.. Posts game
IS brilliant; Mr.. Fielder's steady; the
former is remarkable for Il succession of
startling feats with the racquet, the lat
ter for a substantial force strikiugly
similar to Oliver CampDell's methods.
Mr.. Philip NJ. Brett, of Rutgers plays an
excellent game and was selected by an
f%ar doI n tnt1 :, n r.
as displaying the best form OH the courts.
Another skilful player Is Mr.. f. r. Fer
ris. Ladies often use the courts, by cour-
lesy of the mem bers, but as already men
toned there is no associate membership.
THE CARTERET TENNIS CLUB.
At Curteret avenue and Clerk street are
three well graded and carefully kept
courts, which have been for three Years
the home of the Carteret Tennis CLUB. It
would be impossible to find IL more
charming and suitable site for courts that
here, with the combined advantages OF
shade trees, an excellent roadway at one
side. a sea breeze and an extended view
of the bay. The active membership is
composed entirely of gentlemen, ladies
being admitted to associate membership.
Until the present season the entire club
list was limited to fifty, but so many ap
plications for membership have been re-
Gently received-seventeen at the last
mGcIln2 dlOEG-budO ~ udS oCOh SOhoAoclg
ed advisable to extend the membership
limits. The President is Mr.. A. w.
Spooner, Mr.. John Klumpp is Vice Presl-
dent. Mr. Andrew J. Kennedy. Secretary.
and MIR. Charles L. Meyer, Jr., Treasurer.
The best nJl-round player on the courts
is acknowledged to be Mr.. Andrew j.
Kennedy OF Ocean Avenue, the Secretary
MIR. Kennedy plays a strong, even game,
brilliant in singles and unfailingly relia-
Bile in doubles. Mr.. John Klumpp and
Mr., Kennedy won the club championship
in singles in 1891. playing against Miss
Agnes Collerd ami Miss Mamie Soper.
and In 1890 Mr.. Howard E. Hall won the
moved to Chicago and seems to have
taken the championship with him, Tor
there has been no competition in this de-
partment since that time. Messrs. Will
liam Borroughs. William Moore. Warren
Moore and Charles Meyer are also good
all-round players.
Among the ladies, Miss Agnes Collerd
and Miss Mamie Soper are not only the
M ost noted in the club. but probably in
the city. They find it impossible TO OBJ
tain team practice against any ladies of
the club. and play almost entirely against
teams Of gentlemen, who have the hard
est sort of work to score against them
When Miss Agnes Collerd and her
younger sister. Miss Georgia. entered the
fall tournament for Jersey City clubs at
the j. G. II. c. grounds in 1890. they car
ried away first prize in ladies' slug es,
first prize in ladies' doubles, and had not
Miss Georgia magnanimously refused TO
enter the list in singles, they would prob
ably have captured the only remaining
prize Miss Agues Collerd's game is of
I'M unusual character; her service is
swift and Invariably accurate, her work
is savage at the net, and her science is
proved by the fact that she is Que of the
g. l.,d {,,t 10 nf tho fru ,l,,
are successful in their use of the Lair
ford" and 'Lausdonns. Miss Mamie
Soper's work has been held up as a model
for young women on the courts Tor the
past four years, until it takes a great
amount of courage or self confidence on
the part of a young woman to face her
across the net. The club coiors are bIue
and yellow. During the winter the
Xanthe Social Club has supplied social
element to the Carteret, many gentle
men of the latter formiag its member
ship. They gave series of delightful
receptions at the residences of ladies In
the society. 1t requires no great prophet
to foretels the future OF the prosperous
club.
BELMoNr's THIRE SEASON.
The Belmont Teunis Club is now in its
third season, and since its formation has
occupied the same clay courts at Bergen
aud Belmont avenues. at the side OF the
Emory M. E. Church. Although hidden
from general view by high palnr, their
location may be traced by the live Of
small boys ranged along Bergen avenue.
with their eyes glued to the cracks, while
inlay is progressing within. Mr. E. NJ
Patterson is the President. Miss
NJ. L. BIau. President, Miss Laura
Kissam, Secretary, aud Mr.. Harry Wes-
tervelt, Treasurer. There are at present
about twenty nj empers, all actively utter
ested in the sport or these Messrs.
Ralph Burnham and Ed. Emerson carry
the palm in doubles, not 1nlv defeating
their fellow members, but winning first
prize in gentlemeu's doubles at the Y. NJ.
c. A. tournament III Brooklyn in 1891.
Messrs. Emerson and Edward Patterson
also play well together. Mr.. A. B. Dick
inson and the President are rivals for the
championship i'll singles, for which honor
Messrs. Harry Westervelt and AL. Laney
are also candidates. Amoug the ladies,
Miss NJ. l.. Blau is acknowledged cham
pion. She plays tt steady. accurate game,
depending much upon swift. heavy
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