Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-07

worsted Chaee. Larned was intercolle- giate champion in 1899.
 Last year Stevens play was of a very high order. He not only won the middle states championship, defeating A. F. Foote, the challenger, but he won the , Longwood tournament from Wrenn, Chace and Valentine G. Hall and played I Fred Hovey very close match for the Longwood cup If Stevens takes brace from now on, he may stand an excellent chance in the all corners at Newport.
 Edward L. Hall, who ranked sixth last season, won tho southern championship for the third time This year he was in Europe whom the event was decided in Washington, and W. Gordon Parker of New York, tho winner of the all comers took the new championship cup without being compelled to play Hall for the cham pionship.
 Champion Wrenn is said to have very high opinion of Clarence R. Budlong of Providence, winner of last years inter scholastic championship, and, with Chace, the intercollegiate championship doubles.
 A. E. Foote, last years champion at Yale, is another promising player. At the intercollegiate championship of 1893 he defeated Budlong and was beaten by CnaC0 III the unitlS. AL buo of the Neighborhood club, Boston, on June 25 of this year, Foote easily defeated Champion Wrenn, who was badly out of practice and who was suffering somewhat from a foot that had been spiked during baseball game. The same day Fred Hovey defeated Foote in hotly contested match. John Rowland of Yale did very good work last year and won the consolation at the Newport championships. He is play ing in good form again this year.
 Wrenn excepted, Sam T. Chase Is prob ably the best player in Chicago. In 1891, 1899 and 1893 he won the championship of the western states Another very prom ising Chicago expert is Carl Neel of the University of Chicago winner of the re- cent intercollegiate tournament, the first ever held in tho northwest. Tho doubles champions, Philip Rand and w. $. Bond, Jr., are also U. of c. boys.
 The United States National Lawn Ten his association was organized in New York city May 21, 1881, and that year R. D. Sears won the first championship in singles. The doubles champions were c. NJ Clark and F. W. Taylor Sears &C., quired mortgage on the championship at the start and for seven years reigned as racket king of America. In 1888 the championship was captured by H. W. Slocum, Jr., son of the late General Slo- cum of Brooklyn. Slocum held the honor two years, but was beaten in 1890 by an other Brooklynite, Oliver s. Campbell, whose potent racket won or defended the championship for three years
 Clarence Hobart in May made the fol { lowing predictions concerning the tennis 2 season of 1894: "That Miss Aline Terry < will hold the ladies' championship; that Hovey and Hobart will retain the doubles { and Wrenn tLe singles championship. This prophecy may prove wrong in each par ] ticular, but-we shall see what we shall { see.'' The first prediction has already z proved false for Miss Terry was easily de- : feated by Miss Helena R. Hellwig of ; Brooklyn in three out of five sets. As for [ the second prediction Hobart and Hovey , arc both playing good tennis and may | successfully defend the doubles champion | ship. Tho third prediction may easily ! turn out as did the first, for if Champion ' Wrenn does not display better form than [ that of Juno 25 when he played like Q 3 veritable tyro, there are dozen young ex- } perts on the courts today who will be in shape to defeat him at Newport Last year Wrenn began his campaign at Tam " pdJ rid, III InarCH ulil~ Woh oio sun 1. championship. From that time on he continued in training and by the middle of August he was hard as nails and in splendid trim for the great tennis battle of the year at Newport. This season he has not been so industrious, and his care lessness may cause his defeat. This year seems great one for dark horses in all kinds of sports, and the tennis champion of 1994 may DrOye to be some young play CT whose name has not been mentioned here. EARLE H. EATON.