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Successful Season.
While tho tourna meat season for the tennis
cracks has nof yet opened. tho local players
started playt' z matches in tho open handicap
event OF tho Prospect Heights Tennis Club
This event was followed by tho Columbia Col
lege int.rscholastio championship tourna-
ment. Next comes tho open event OF the
Morris Park Lawn Tennis Club will be played
on th, cub,p courts behind the great grand
stand at the rncc track.
1cie annual spring handicap tournament Of
the Manhattan Tennis Association will beHin
op May ~. This event has been looked rvrs
ward to by the local players as much as any
other contest that Is to come Elaborate prep
arations have been made. and 1t looks now
ms II the tournament would be even more suc-
cessful this year than over before Although
the association lost one Of Its members by the
dissolution Of the Manhattan Athletic Club. the
vacant place has been filled by tho Hamilton
Tennis Club. Since last fall number OF clover
local players have Joined one or another OF the
clubs in tho league. and among those who will
probably compete In the tournament this
Ioins the association. as 1t probably will. there
,Ni!l ,, hS few local players Of renu,ation pot IN
also considcrng the advisability OF joining.
injecting OF tho Tournament COMMITTEES was
l25 West Eighty-l first street. where arrange.
m.n,s wsre re ,,, nn2Gt eomnsed for the t9a5ns.
ASsss ICY i %hs%s AEs 4 i;Retsf E. and sliie
held was adopted and all Of the players in the
f,"is H&sas.lSsss
s%E.. so"is y sfoc. rs at and Es g. sSS.. SnSS
nne mixed Ioutlss., june ). at the Ariel i. {.
courts, courts, @ is3,h street street and St AIMS avenue;
ladies singles; June 4. u the Fifth Avenue 4.
G.. street and
t;emen,s doubles. June ~. at the Hamilton 4.
au5os ta Sd apd At .Ta h paSs nns
T. :,ccE courts r G IGy w' & fnGn I'm on Satnrdaysnt
begin at 3 and defaults, will Io called at l.,
:. The tournament will he played on tho Eng !
lish point sy-temi, and tne, matches will 10 I
10 gTn's ,nn In The NIL S singles
behind scratch, so that the matches In be- (
tween the first class men will be equivalent !.
The contestants wi i lie iivihei up into four y
classes a s according to their anili'v. and prizos
There will then be n final series. Of match es (
between the class. winners at their respective
events. and in tho l:cntlemons doubles and !
mixed doubles. the players will he divided Into (
It has btss ts a S. syo most @ Ray o
prizes have been won in past tuurna ,nents
and It is 10 give the te"rer ones ' n % Chance Tor
prizes hat This new style of playing the tours
=, Tho list OF PLAYERS already handicapped for
this years tournament shows that tho ass"- u
Hten sas hyss men
ami behind it ana their odds are ny follows:
J. rary F. Iy"f Ta"1 "Ti L.nox Ok hE"Ts l. I and Ars n
j. i. rh"rtsr ana il. + "'f Th"r"sr. % Ienoa a'i,
EenSx I I: 6: miRns : G r%iH,s: i t. ]: ! Br"wa., ,
T. g.. cnrh minus > points and \. NJ. Aike,t q
and lio'ert ,,iryani Lcnox r., G: Charles 5
nnsham ] t. Redi and ana r. "sim ~ simpson. n.
Fifth A,yenugT. c., all scratch. y
this season with very bright prospects. The
four c2nri ct tie orsanisaion. at lid street
nna made nt"r n hnTS @ nT"sSa
mrnts have been nannnd The first OF the,s,
T9G VI s T 5s 10 and sp sGss <" s SsM %s S va
Tennis, Cub Will .proba ly lose most K
mot all Of it, few n, remaining courts
hers OF that organization have Joined =
tho Hai1n Mi na IT. c. sit and +, i, sa that mIry
clubs 30 ,rd ." Ui!Icers for tho season Of 1898:
President. Paul Iiatpin: vicr-llresident. Miss Il
EEinnnirl ri M,Enroe: captain. Edmond Burke.
Thr Board = ,H,oyrTnn!s is ,ronn"ssd Of these
and G. Nnt"r E.g.rt. \ tournament will be
n,ht H,yen !, rnMy ,,o n in nnSoIcn I" "meml.rs q
fall club tournament will also r- held. :.
c The m"mhers of ,hn Fd'I, ivenu- Tennis
members handicap tournament on Aprii "a, e
Int tn" rain in;"rler,,d with the rrntesr. ana It
has Leen alan lnurd. Most oi the m snl hers 81
will. however play N the Manhattan Tennis
.ssnciation tourunn"n'. The clun's courts. at z
12th street and iifih avanIe. have been cotI-g u
siherahly improved and Il number o. new
mcmh"re cioctcd. Tho officers for the season +
nra as follows President William A. Crockert
Nice President. .lnn u. Kenyon: Serr&tarN AZ
Elwar! Cobb and Treasurer. A. Il. Dunaeii rs
Tho ."nov f"nnis CLUB have elected for this
year the following Board Of Oflcera: Presi-
dent. /. G. Hitler: Secretary. r; irving Had- b
James s. liurdett. and FXecutiv. Committees.
Miss lotti" toodchil. George n. Townsend,
and he olirer-. This cluu's courts. ut 123d d
street apd 81. Nicholas avenue. have been open x
longer than those OF any other local club this
season. Though laid ont much below the !.
level ol the street. they seem to drain quickly
and are in playing condition very soon a,.s~
hRrd rRiHS Among the new mem bors ~ tho
club this year may he mentioned Willinm E
Parker and Arthur NJ. Aiken. two old Brook =
lyn players. III
has bright. future before it,, The clubs
trnl Park. West. have been put in a con.
dition this year which rivals the pro.
verbal billiard table. and many new mem. s
hers have been added TO the roll. A club tour =
nn,Eent will be held probably in June. The
officers for the season are: President G. B.
Collins: Vice. President. NJ. X. Perkins; Secre-
tary. f. D. Dinsmore: Treasurer. A.. L. Pier.
son: Captain. l. Hunt Allen. The Executive
Committee is composed Of the officers and
Arthur Postley T. q. HebOard. NJ. Iangdon.
and John u. Brown.