The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-31
r. n WRENx THE TENNIS CHAMPION.
He wins FROM Hovey by brilliant Fiey and
Defontn GamphrM by Default.

n. u. WRENN THE TENNIS CHAMPION
He wins FROM Hovey by brilliant Play and
Defeats Campbell by Default.
NEWPORT. Aug. 30.-The final round In the
great all corners tennis tournament was
played here this morning on the courts OF the
Casino. r. ID. Wrenn winning from +. II. Ho-
vey. Ga. 60. Ga. ca. This gives Wrenn
the championship OF the United States, as o.
s. Campbell who has held the title for three
years. let his title 60 By default The new
challenge cup. subject to the same conditions
as the one won by Campbell, now goes to
Wrenn. 1t was grand victory for the latter,
and no ono grudges him his new honors.
The match was Witnessed by tremendous
crowd, the wealth and fashion Of Newport and
surrounding towns gathering early this morn
ing for the final round Of the tournament. The
fact that Hovey had already beaten Wrenn
twice this season. combined with his great
showing against Hobart on Monday. made the
Worlds Fair champion q hot favorite The
odds were 2 to l on Hovey, and but few bets
were made even then. 1t was the fault OF the
drawings that placed In the upper half OF the
final round player who was considered infe-
rior to Hobart or Larned. Wrenn surprised even
himself to-day. The Hobart: Larned match on
Monday were thought to be the real decisive
Deen ODllEeu To 0efeat W rlEnt ana StevenS 10
insure himself q place in the finals. Hovey
had had Hobart to pass before reaching the
top o, The H,n SECOND hail. It sesms after that hat
SnS # roan cables Snso ssss
1t was Hovey's last year on tho courts. and
he wanted to win badly. To come 80 near It
hs hnn Hse fr1a
with several seasons yet before him. ana could
hagt rn har n
but he was clearly outplayed.
:, The match began at II sharp. Hoyey sery-
but Wrenn got the next four and the game.
Some pretty rallies. and Hovey, had the score
game whsS again NH lea the score. Thus far
licked ike 9qGd match after ed al in sPte Of
had boon called several times. Wrenn's net
balls evoked frequent applause.
It was too early yet to Say which h you'd
expected. He got the same good work in the
sixth game and tied the score, Wrenn failing
TO sGS to Of sat vS The o Id ns
once more. assumed the lead, Another for
Hovey, and the score was again tied 1t was an
stsn tn"s thus far but "renn ran the set out
,, Hovey looked disconcerted IN the second set
appeared always ready for the most difficuit
shots. The score soon reached three all. Hovey
appearing to pick up a trlne His cross court
strokes were at last beginning to count. and
Wrenn could only get three points in the next
three games. The sets were now one ali. with
He who wins tho second set wins the match"
seemed to- cheer the Hoyey men. The favorits
would pull out. after all. The third set WAS
begun after a short rest. Both men seemed
fresher. Wrenn tool; the first game. with one
poi mt for Hovey. but Hovey evened things by
n short love game. He had the set well In hand
with the score to >. but Wrenn took four
games in succession. and the set "a.
Wrenns Eolicy was to drive Hoyey from the
back Of the court a well-direscted smash would
pcared to work like n CHARM Hovey on the
base line being different. player from the
Hovey at the net. 1t was Wrenn's great lob.
bling that carried the day. Another rest and
the two were again at il. Hovey made gal
liant fight, but Wrenn's lobbinG tactics were
too strong for him. With the score 5 to 3 in
Wrenn's favor Hovey caused momentnry eX-
citement by taking the next game. The tying
one ought to have gone to him as well. but a
brought the score to deuce and Wrenn took
the vantage point. but Hovsy coolly made 1t
deuce again 1t was Wrenn's day. however.
and he soon ran the set out U-4.
Champion Campbell was on hand. and after
a brief hesitation decided to default thus civ.
ing to r. u. Wrenn the title OF cham pion OF the
United States for the year 1913 AZ Cam pbell
defaulted the match to-day will end the tour
nament. The summary follows:
All Comen.Final Round: r. D. Wrenn beat ?. H.
Hovey. Ga. as. o., O..
Championship Round-R D. wrenn, challenger, boat
O. =. Campbell holder. by default.