The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-21
worsted chacc. Larned was intercolle-
giate champion In 1899.

glate champion In lS03.
Last year Stevens play WINS of a very
high order He not only won the middle
states championship, defeating A. f.
Footc, tho challenger, but he won tho
Longwood tournament from Wrenn,
Chaco and Valentine G. Hall and played
Fred Hovcy very close match for the
Longwood cup. If Stevens takes a brace
from now OIL hc 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 i'm
Europe when tho event was decided in
Washington, and w. Gordon Parker of
Now York. the winner of the all corners,
took tho now championship cup without
being compelled to play Hall for the cham
pionship.
Champion Wrcnn is said to have a very
high opinion of Clarence r. Budlong of
Providence, winner of last years inter
scholastic championship, and, with Chacc
the intercollegiate championship doubles
a. L. Footc, last years champion at
Yale, is another promising player At tho
intercollegiate championship of 1898 he
defeated Budlong and was beaten by
Chaco in the finals. AT the tournament
of the Ncighborhood club, Boston. on
Juno 25 of this year, Foote easily defeated
Champion Wrcnn who was badly out of
practice, and who was suffering somewhat
from foot that had been spiked during n
baseball game. The same day Fred Hovcy
defeated Footc in II holly contested match
John Rowland of Yale did very good
work last year and won tho consolation mt
the Newport championships. He is play
Ing In good form again this year
Wrcnn excepted, Sam II. Chase is prob
ably the best player in Chicago. In 1891,
lao, I, a..
of the western states Another very prom
Using Chicago expert is Carl Noel of the
University of Chicago winner of the re-
cent intercollegiate tournament, tho first
ever held in the northwest Tho doubles
champions, Philip Rand and w. S. Bond.
Jr., are also L. of c. boys.
Tho United States National Lawn Ton
mis- association was organized in New
York city May 81, 1881, and that year II.
d. Scars Won tho first championship in
singles. The doubles champions were G..
NJ. Clark and +. W. Taylor. Scars ac-
quircd mortgage on the championship nj
the start and for seven years rcigncd as
racket King of America. In 1883 the
championship was captured by Ii. w.
Slooum, Jr., son of the late General Slo-
cum OF Brooklyn. Slocum held the honor
TWO years, but was beaten in 1890 by an
other Brooklynitc, Oliver S. Campbell,
whose potent racket won or defended tho
championship for three years
Clarence Hobart in May made tho fol-
lowing predictions concerning the tennis
season of 1894: That Miss Aline Terry
will hold the ladies' championship; that
Hovey and Hobart will retain the doubles
and Wrcnn the singles championship This
prophecy may provo wrong in each par
ticular, but-wc shall sec what we shall
sec. T" The first prediction has already
proved false, for Miss Terry was easily de-
featcd by Miss Helena II. Hcllwig of
Brooklyn in three out of five sets AS for
the second prediction, Hobart and Hovcy
are both playing good tennis and may
successfully defend the doubles champion
ship. The third prediction may easily
turn out rs did the first, for If Champion
Wrenn does not display better form than
that of june 20, when he played like a
veritablc tyro, there arc dozen young OK
pcrts on the courts today who will be in
shape to defeat him at Newport. Last
year Wrcnn began his campaign Mt Tam.
pa, Fla, in March and won the gulf
championship. From that time on no
continued in training, and by tho middle
of August he was hard as nails and in
splendid trim for the great tennis battle
OF the year Mt Newport. This season he
mas not been so industrious. and his care
lcssncss may cause his defeat This year
seems great one for dark horses In MI
kinds of sports, and the tennis champion
OF 1894 may prove To be somo young play
CT whose name has not been mentioned
here. EARLE H. EATON