Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-07
LATE SPORTING NEWS
Big Tennis Tournaments of the Next Three
Weeks.
Washingtons Again Benten-PrOpOscd
Home SERIES Opens Today.


important tennis tournaments of the sea-
son will be held. Yesterday the annual
contest for the Mossey Hall cup began at
Bar Harbor. and at Long Branch. N. j..
the first invitation tournament was held at
the Norwood Park casino. On Thursday
the tournament begins at Sorrcnto, and
next week come championship doubles at
Narragansett Pier.
On August II the championship contests
at Newport viii begin.
The most important of this weeks tour
naments is that at Norwood Park 1t is
an invitation event, and surpasses in the
quality of it's entries the invitation tourna-
ments at West Newton and Manchester
held earlier in the season.
The players are Wrenn. Larned. Good
body, Stevens. Chace. V. G. and +. l.. Hall
and possibly Hovey. Each man will play
every other once during the week giving
good chance for final sze-up before
Newport
body will play with these men. As yet he
has met only Larned of the ranked men,
lie was very enthusiastic over Larned's
game at Longwood. and said hat I.arned
would stand very good show with any
of England's cracks.
'. G. Hall has been playing the past week
at Bar Harbor but Wrenn Stevens Chcce
and r. l.. Hall have done no tournament
work since Longwood. Larned's fine game
At Ionswood and his still better showing
at southampton are indicat lions If his i'm
proving play. and his showing this week
viii be watched with much interest
Tn" tournament has detracted somewhat
from the usual interest in the Mossley Hall
contest, but the tournament at Sorrento
promises to be very attractive. Wrenn
probably will be seen there in The last part
or the week to defend the cup, and there
Is chance that Chace also will be there
Foote and Rowland undoubtedly will be
there to get practice for Narrasansett, ard
Gordon Parker. the winner of the Newcastle
tournament Will play in the singles.
The Eastern Championship.
For the Narragansett doubles several
prominent entries have already been sent
in. Among them are X. d. Wrenn and
Malcolm Chace, NJ. +. Goodbody and F. J..
Hall. f. p. Fischer and w. Gordon Parker
c. X. Budlong and Leo Ware. The winner
of the tournament. which is for the eastern
championship, will play the western cham
pions, the Neel brothers, for the right TO
play Hobart and Hovey at Newport 81
The Neel brothers won the title of west
ern champions at the tournament In Chi
cago last month. Sam Chase and ]. A.
Ryerson were defeated in this tournament
in the first round. and the Wrenn brothers.
Everett and George, sucCumbed in the semi
finals Chase and Ryerson represented the
west at Newport three years ago.
The game of the Neel brothers is noted
for its steadiness more than for its brill
fancy and they rarely smash at the net
Their team play. however. is said to be
superb
Since the Longwood tournament there
have been no remarkable events in the
game except the Unexpectedly strong show
ing made by W. G. Parker at the Went
worth.
1t was known that he had beaten Larned
once and Chace once in the earlier part
of the year. but that was before those men
N md hon. hos h<...t
by g. III. Croker in the preliminary round
at Longwood II was thought that his
chances were settled for securing recogni-
ton this year.
His victories over Foote and Budlons at
Newcastle last week. however. have brought
him to the fore again., and it remains to
be seen If he can keep up the pace at Sor-
rento .a.,.,r. ,.,,,,..<,. o.,.., p,
The uncertainty of tennis was never bet
ter illustrated than on the last two DAYS
of the Wentworth tournament. On Friday,
in playing doubtless with Parker against
Chace and Foote. Budlong put up a beauti-
full game. On the next day. in the finals
against Parker, Budlong's strokes were
weak and poorly placed and wholly with
out confidence. e. 90 40 -.s.
This lack of heart doomed him in a match
against player SO. 'fnll- of confidence as
Parker. The latter rarely misses easy
shots and this does not Improve the play
of a nervous opponent. He has ppe of the
most peculiar forehand strokes in the coun-
try. He hits the ball with his wrist turned
and his racket at decided angle to the
ground He volleys from his side when
ever possible. -'' 80 -
There promises to be quite q shake-up
iE the rating of the first ten this year.
Wrenn will have hard work tor defend his
place. and Larned will not be content with
fifth place this year, -.--st --. - 'N",
Hobart cannot keep his place at second
in the form he is showing this year, and
Rowland and Foote will have to do good
work for the rest of the season to hold
their places. Budlong will make a strong
bid to rise from last place. and with Parker
hard after place changes are inevitable.