New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-24
4 BAD DAY FOR TENNIS.
CENTRAL PARK PLAYERS HANIICAPPED IN
WET GRASS AND \ SIIOWERY ky
r,,ry MANAGE TO DO soNE CLEVER WORK.
UoWEVEE-JOuN HOBARr'S HA"D-W
VICTORY OYER Il. !. INT RBI.E.

MANA6E 10 DO NONE AiI.N fsi' " '-'
uowEvEE-JoMN HOBARr'S HA@D-w
VICTORY OYER Il. J. TnrRBEE
Few more forbidding days than yesterday cou'd
he selected for the opening Of tennis tourhar'e''
vet the Central Park players made eNceIeh' pV7
rcss despite the bad condition OF the court ~
,ho occasional showers and the miserable light
Several hundred spectators braved the thre"t''
showers and stood around the courts in me u"'''p
grass until nearly O'Clock. when the last ma'ch
of tho dav was finished. The grounds were u"
usually trying the balls rolling one minute anu
soaring into the air the next, making su'"'"''"
and luck large factors in the game. i'' I'M
cool tennis was played. and two q the fna.'"''
were exciting enough to call forth the applause
even OF the old captain. who has Witnessed "''''''
a hard-fought match on the lower courts
AZ usual the preliminary and first ROUNDS were
uncycntn.l. though Smith played some pretty
strokcs against DR.. Townscnd, and Waterbury
rather surprised Lowric by forcing him to play
deuce set. Chcriton and Stevens eVidehuy WIZ
determined to have their moneys worth oil tennis
as they managed to play forty-ei5ht games "''o''
Stevens Wa knocked out
In the second round the real struggle o'6ah
Parct and Bostwick had played provisional mate"
on Wednesday. which was won by iost"lch III ~
ceIcnt style. As Bostwick won his rlatch IN th'
first round anl Parcts opponent did not aPP'"''
the match stands az played. OF the other thre"
Chcrton match was one-sded Iaight played
snlendidlv i'm the first set against Lawre, nut the
superior endurance OF Lawre told III the ehu' anu
he won the next two sets.
The match between Thurber and John Hobart
was the event Of the day. and the result was douD'
full until a bad bound on the last stroke gay" the
match TO the New-YorA Tennis club man. Thurbcr
played excelcntly IT the net in the first set WIN
ming without difficulty. Hobart stcadied down III
the second and by driving close 20 the lines got
the lead 81 The Brooklyn player "braced ana
tied the score but Hobart got the set AT thc i"ur
tenth game. The third set looked, AT iirsl IHe
Il walkovcr ;or Hobart. as b. scored I'VE SUas"'S'
At this point Thurber ran 20 the net ~ every
chance and volleyng across court repeatedly
oraduoIIy cravlcd up 70 - The spectators were
now ON the side of the pluck Hitl' Brooklyn mite
and evory play he made WAS loudly apIdahH'u- hu'
Hobart made a stand in tho tenth game and. drN-
iur rharpiy to his opponents hnckhhn1' DrouE"'
the score to lJ-lj. y pretty smash gave Ihuro'r
the next point hut ROLLER mad" II game SET
and match Tor Hobart. Tho score follows:
Mems Singles Preliminary Round John +. lio-
bar: Ncv-YorL f. g. beat \. f. Burroughs cen
trai Park. 81. e Ray j.. Thurhrr. L"AoN T. -
beat C. r. Fcnres.ey. West Side T. C.. by dr'ani''
Dr. Theodore l. Townsend. New-iork 7. &C. beat
Alfred Taylor. New-York =. g. g. - SVuhfy
J.. smith Ncw-Nork r. -. beat wallace H'''l'N'
Berkeley School. by default
First Round i. u. Iowrio. Nc"-fofk !. e.
beat Herbert Waterbury. Central PARK. g. -
Charles T. Hairht Central Park beat y. \.
Kc.lcr Central Park. g. G.. job" J.. Hobart
Yor, r. - hea' r. li9l'' ,,nTfai '' S.st
+ H. Mclean. central Parh. @ Go 'f u J.
Towna"ni. %cN- york D. 80 ga ~ SnDil,nn Xrw.
YORK. beat =. S'escns. ~ hn,ck'to'grt',, !, . -;
sI I:. - ,nIrI H FAX g. '"$ ing r. rsrc,
Entrker2ockcr = c. bat Arthur Taylor. New
fG srcona Round = i. Lowr.o beat g. +. Ilaishi.