The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-08
TENNIS CRACKS.
Playing at Long Branch
Stevens Beaten by
Wrenn.
LOCAL EXPERTS AT THE POINT
Jimmy and Banker Won Their
Heats in England-oar
and Bat Notes.

1t is somewhat mixed in the invitation
tennis tourney at Long Branch, in which the
five crack bats are engaged. Richard
Stevens, of Hoboken, was beaten yesterday
by champion Wrenn. who was beaten the
previous day by Larned, aud the latter was
defeated yesterday by Goodbody. who has
been beaten this season by the other three.
Richard Stevens, the expert, who constant
~ plays the base-line style of game, met de-
feat at the hands of champion R.. D. Wreen.
Wrenn won in three straight sets by clever
net play, Stevens being unable to get the ball
past him.
The surprise was the defeat of Larned.
He won the first set rather easily, his op-
ponent playing almost too carefully, thus
afording Larned many chances of smashing
at the net. The second set was the hardest
fought of ali. In this Goodbody fell in max
ing a return, but nothing daunted made the
next return on his hands and knees. and, as
Larned smashed the ball ont, the point went
to the Irishman amid great applause. Larned
took the lead OF this set, but Geodbody
caught him at So, and again tied the score
at Ct, finally winning the set at So. In
the third set, with the count Al against
him, Goodbody pulled out the set by winning
five straight games, and this so affected
Larned that he lost the next set love. The
summary
26, Sc, o-, 90. r. D. Wrenn defeat
ed Richard Stevens, St, OIL, 6-1. Stand
ing of players:
Players. Won. Lost. Players. Won. Lost.
N. F. Goodbody. Q Malcolm Chace.. 9 Q
y M. {. M Easnsd." Richard Stevens
TENNIS AT THE POINT.
The Bergen Point Lawn Tennis Clubs
prize open tournament was continued yes
terday afternoon with play in the singles
and mems doubles. The tourney will be
concluded on Thursday. The results yester-
day:
Mems Singles-First round: E. Kinniard
McEnroe, Hamilton TIC, owe fifteen, beat
Gustaye Lembeck, Danforth TIC, scratch,
by4-6, IS, 81. Second round: Stewart
Walter Pitcher, MAC, half thirty. by
default. Seminal round: Clifford A.
Gould, Orange TIC, owe fifteen, beat Stew
art Doubleday, Bergen Point TIC, fifteen,
by 6-1, Go.
Mems Doubles-Preliminarv round: Ed
win P. Fischer and j, Parmley Paret, West
Sid I. c., won by default from H. Howard,
New York T.. c., and Sydney L. Smith,
Bergen Point I. c.; Calhoun Cragin, New
York T. c., and Howard Griffin, New York
T. c., won by default from Frederick. s..
Parker and j. Donohue, West Side t. c.;
GusIaVe LemDecK ana WlHlam w. denneru,
Danforth 7. c., won by default from E. D..
Dinsmore and E. A. Crowningshield, West
Side T. c.. Semi-final round: Calhoun
Cragin and Howard Griffin beat John F.
Hobart and E. Kinniard McEnroe, Hamil-
ton T.. c., by Cd, 40, 6-3: Edwin P.
Fischer and j. Parmley Paret beat Gustave
Lembeck and William W. Genner by 60,
90. Cragin and Griffin and Fischer and
Parrett will meet in the final round.
CAMPBELL A COMPETE
A report has reached Newport that ex-
Champion Oliver s. Campbell will enter the
national lawn tennis tournament this month
and again compete 20. the championship.
He began practice at Narragansett Pier yes
terday.