New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
BROOKLYN TENNIS PLAYERS WIN.
yICToRIoUs AGAINST THE REPRESENTATIVES,
OF THE NETWORK CLUBs-HOBAKI AM
M,ENROE,S CLEVER WORK ~ DOUDLEs.

VICTORIOUS AGAINST THE REPRESENTATIVES,
OF THE NETWORK CLUBs-HoBA AND
M,ENRoE,s CLEVER WORK IN DOUBLES.
The contest between representatives OF the Man
haitian Tennis Association of New-York ana 'he
Inter-Club Tennis League OF Kings county wa"
finished Yesterday afternoon on the courts u
the Kings County Tennis Club, at hihss'o''"e
and Dean-st Brooklyn. The Brooklyn players
carried off the honors, winning three matches Vu
n, four As the grounds had been flooded by 'he
recent rain the south end OF the courts was SUM-
what miry and the players had haiu "'"e
covering court. To add to this discomfort 'he
wind swept across the court constantly '"""'"e
lohbing almost impossible.
The Brooklyn players began the Gays "o'h
with the ladies' singles and mems singles 10 'heI
credit A. s. Merriam. of the brooklyn lchn's
Cub and Miss Bessie Moore of the Kings county
Club having defeated their opponents Kay ~
Thurber and Miss Florence Strand They had ohy
IN score in one of the days contests TO make 'he
victory theirs This accomplished carry III
the afternoon In the ladies' doubles MISS Do""hs
and Miss Bunne. of the Fifth Avenue Iehi''S
Club who represented New-York. had not ghost
Of a chance against the Kings County CLUBS ex-
perts Miss Hellwig and Miss Atkinson. and only
two games were won In three sets by the New
Workers.. AS Frazer. Of the Kings County 'iuo'
and Post, Of the Crescent Athletic CLUB were 10
play for Brooklyn against Hobart and McEnroe' oil
the Hamilton the more sanguine OF the bfooh'sn
people looked for a clean sweep.
But Hobart and McEnroe played from the start
with confidence and better team work, ana the
better court made them easy victors in the hrst
set Post PLAYED poorly. and Frazer falieu 10
dispose OF several easy obs. The Brooklyn team
with the good court. turned the tables In the
second set McEnroe. who had played fine game
I'D to this point got stuck in the mud seVerai
times and looked helplessly at some easy paiIs
which he could have killed on dry court Inc
third and fourth sets were well contested as po'h
teams had warmed up TO their work. McEnroe :
work at the the feature, though FRAZER
and Hobart did some accurate driving POST
seemed unsteady. ana voloyed many times into
the net The Brooklyn players made one excellent
rally In the third set. but two beautiful drives
by McEnroe cnohed things.
the lead by a narrow margin from start to finish.
Their opponents tried lobbng game. but the
strong wind made them fall short. and gave the
Hamilton team a chance to display their ability
to smash.
The summaries follow:
Mems singles-A. S. Merriam BROOKLYN T. c.. heat r.
D. Thurber Lenox 4. @. .(New.York). 2-6, 10. Cd
l4-lo.
Mems doubles-John T. Hobart and Eugene X Ne
Fnroe Hamilton T.. c.. Dr. w. y. Frazer. Kings
County L. c.. and Carroll J. Post, jr., Crescent A. c.
CO, SO g., CA.
LADIES' ,sinsles-Miss Bessie Moore Kings County
T. c. beat Mis- Florence Strand, Ariel T. c., GO, &C.
60.
Ladies' doubles-Miss Atkinson and Miss Helwls
Kings County T. c.. Miss Bunncil and Mi's
bowling Fifth T. c., 6-1, G-l, Go.