New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
LAWN TENNIS BY THE OCEAN
BRILLIANT CLOSE OF THE StAbhi'hi
TOURNAMENT.
" D. LAryEp DEFEATS RICHARD STEVENS IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-NoTtS VI
THE DAYS SPORT.

Of thi, week at Scabrcht has been drvo''u w q
/ lawn tennis tournament. Naturally. FOR lava
has come 10 be recognized rs one OF the lr'l'h- '
industries OF the country. To he sure. the Sou"- Nv "
and maldcns who follow IT reap very few '''i Wv
dcnds Now and then champion. or say d
championcss receives silver cup. hreas'Pih snap
like racket or some such concrete prize h"' NV
majority OF those engaged in this indr''rE 'r'
abundantly satisfied with returns les Sordd-''p''i
exercise the Astounding health which caph" WIT
else insnrcs and numbcress fine chances lor i"p'''
Ing desirable acquainanccs.
An engaging activity Is tennis II lacks me a..
ligi,ful tumult OF football: It's masklcNS r'l'r'" y
by no means rs impressive a figure rs hN'"''
umpire il fails stir the blood like 4 horS'rao' OF
one Of those rare New London boairaccS where inc
finish Is close If the poet right who h'Iu ina.
there is Joy hut calm" it Is not 10 be- compare"
10 checkers backgammon; II lends ltscil I" I'"''
surprises than drawpokcr II Is by no means ~ il"
tclcctual whist TO say nothing Of chess. never
thclcss lawn tennis has potent charm all Us own
especially to one who believes In the corcci'""" VI
the
To-day only men played. would II had D"''
otherwise. II Is an axiom with those who nave al
eye for the beautiful that pretty girl looks hcr
prce,t In her lawn tennis costume. You r'Il'ih
Der what Mcmus Ward said about III" beautiful m'nch
and the setting sup2 "The setting sun wrote
Arcmus threw his parting rays upon th" tr''r'
Of the beautiful girl at the window, making her ilok
more beautiful thar cvcr-which was unnecessary.
II Is clearly unnecessary for the average girl 10 "ph
prcter than she when arrlycd for lawn tennis
tournament.
| went down 10 Scabright this morning knowing
very little OF lawn tennis. in fact nothing o. it' IRE
points. sal1 TO Of lis fair experts I whom
l was presented. Il propose equal division Of
labor. You tell all about the bet feature Il the
tournament and I'll put down reiou'ly Ill Your ~
formation. Then I'll mail yod u copy Of The TRIBUNE
with my-that is - say. your-aItlcic marked With
Il blue pencil 80 that you can't MS it," Tn" pro
po>a did not seem to appeal 10 her bling what you
might call really sweet boon" Sill she politely
accepted IT, That's 50 like n nice girl
began by asking her leading question. Re"
mcmbcrins the assertion Of a shrcwd observer that
nobody admit, going 10 watering plac" for
the sake of drinking the wator>. wondered whether
not young ladies and gentlemen play ed lawn tennis
for the sake Of the tennis, Would she tell me in
confidence perhaps for publication with very
scabIirht smile, she replied that womcnknd were
reputed TO love 10 write letters. not because they
cared straw about letter writing. hut because they
dotted upon the composition of the postscript. And
So possibly some young folks-cmphasi, on Ia"
some" though not committing herself We're fond
Of lawn tennis rather more for the socabity which
it inspired than for the game itself.
d" DO You think begin. but before I could ct
further She handed mo lawn tennis MAMMAL. AMI
excused herself. learned good deal from this
little work. watching the game, meanwhile. II you
AFFORD lawn t"nn, court Of turf or gras, hav'
il by all means. II IS true Of tennis cour,- q, Of
pianos and wvc. and homes beyond the grave it i,
the part Of wisdom to -, The br,t.~ The trouble
with Il clay +, that the feet tlr" It lc,u-,
Of it, hardness. Ecsd"S. It make tail noun""
too high dirt court Is apt 10 b. dusty. So on
The whole. grass court. ia 1t +, carefully
looked after. and /, not allowed 10 become bald
headed here and there. /, the best of the ihr""
The courts Of the -oahrlchi club could not well
be improved up,n. There half dozen NOR
al them. and they placed IN the middle Of an
ample field Well soddcd level and smooth. they
meet the best expectation, alike II the players and
The lookcrson In front Of the hrli just acrrs, the
public highway, groves Of trees To the right and
left neatly trimmed hcdgcs. the outWorks OF TASTE"
full summer cottages. aud enough windmils u suggest
Holland.
Well the paragraph II tho manual In regird 10
appealed to my judgment more than what the
little work had % offer concerning the bactnc the
stopnct. 1t is sometime, called. II, OBJECT the
manual explains, /, Ia stop The passed balls ana save
the annoyance Of travelling after them Now ri
tennis tournaments the spectators commonly include
a number Of fairly fat persons. Why not mass them
AT the necessary points. thus saving the expense
Of backncis! Economy Is always 4 virtue. and l.
especially TO De- commended In these stringent times
Another tlmld criticism. The manual makes mention
OF aforctimo rule OF double tennis, which run,
W'l IN uouDl aDu-" your ciflN'f. l'fI SURF
that the man who formulated that rule was
pcssimls Of the first water Certainly It had no
warrant In this Scabrght tournament. over II 10
day the sareycd goddess Of Availability vl,ibly pre-
sided from first TO last And - II wa. my mentor
Informed me. all through the week. How different
with croquct II Is notorious that In the golden ~"
OF that game IT was no unusual occurrence for
village pastor 10 pause In his play. In moment Of
temporary but piping hot anger long enough 10 LAY
OUT an opposing deacon with his little mallc
Lawn tennis does not infamc the passions of poor
weak human nature. statistics gathered ~ the Inter
national Peace society show that only person IN
1S94 ever gets wipe across the fac, with II tcnni,
racket any where in these Middle States (Thc manual
spell, 1t "rackct.7 hut racquet obviously Is better
calculated to give tone to the camel
still another criticism. One Of the rule, In the
manual reads, "a fault cannot bc iakI..7 \ famous
agnostlc remarked that had he been present at Tie
creation he would have suggested that health should
have been made contagious Instead Of DISEASE -
fault cannot be- tii"n. Would that faults outside Of
tennis could not be taken. cont giou, How
ever, don't let's grow pclsvc at tennis tomna
mcnt.
Just one more criticism. II would b. Interesting To-
know who is responsible" for Of the terms used
in tennis aud how he happened to- Why, when both
players hay" won 10 each. should the score stand
So deuce And why, considering, that 1t Is love which
by common consent makes the world 90 around should
love" he naugt at tcnnisl
I;ut speaking Of the >cabriehi tournament. There
only two games played to-day. The fist Of
these. the "cOn>olaon.T singles. brought ont two
cap!tal playNrs. Valentine g. Hall and Gcorg. Post.
Hall. who was III" favoritc with rlc knowing ones
won the match, securing two consecutive SETS. TIL
spectators were few, the interest ccntcrtng in iii
game which was played "a few hour, later TO decide
the fate of the scabrlelt tennis cup. The cup
exquisite piece Of workmanship. given to he
contested for by Charles Mcdonald. the president Of
the ocabrigt Tennis and Cricket Club. By the terms
Of hi gift player who succeeds In defending the
cup Tor Two successive years after capturing II be
comes It's absolute owner Richard held the
cup. lie had managed to retain II for Two years
so In case he was successful TO day II would b. his
permanently
Fitted against him ". \. Larned Larncd
had scored number Of brilliant victories during the