The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-24
STEVENS VICTOR.
The Crack Tennis Player
Defeats Ex-Champion Hall
at Newport.
BIG BOWLING TOURNAMENT
uoboken Teams Capture the Honors
Baseball and Wheel
ing Notes.
SIG BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Richard Stevens the tennis expert, is
playing in fine form at the National
tennis championship tournament now IN
progress at Newport. Yesterday he ols-
posed of the once famous V. G. Hail IN
hallow style, and won by the scores Oh
60, GO, 6-S. Stevens has had PLAIN
sailing so far, and has not yet met de-
feat. The feature of the day was the
games between Goodbody. the irish
hampion and Hovey. The latter was
a big favorite, as rumor had it that the
Irishman was out of condition. Good
body. however, beat the Bostonian IN Il
splendid fve-set match. Hovey failed to
play his dashing net game, perhaps from
overcaution or perhaps because the for
eigner was shooting ball after ball along
the side ines with an accuracy fatal to
any but the liveliest kind of net work
The opening set was comparatively easy
for Hovey as Goodbody failed to place
with his wonted eXactneSs. HoVey was
cautious throughout and played Well
back to first, though when his leaa was "a
high in the tennis world. After 2-2 had
been called he ran out the set.
The Irish champion threw off some OF
his apparent indifference, and banged the
ball hard In the next set, taking two
lone games to begin with. HoVey was
missing easy balls, and rGoodbody estap-
lished a good lead of 81. The remain
der of the set was bitterly fought,
nearly all the games being dense. Gooq-
body returned everything thatcould De
reached, and that meant nearly every
ball. Hovey was kept back by the IRISH
mans plays for the backhand corner,
and was forced to lob time and again.
The curious spectacle was seen of a net
player forced way behind the base line
and the base line player dancing around
the net. Goodbody's enormous stretch-
ing powers enabled him to volley Ho-
vey's best shots, and, though the Amer
lean got in some passes and circus hal1
volleys that brought dow the gallery,
Goodbody won. "a.
for Goodbody. Hovey either, voleyed
into the net or was passed clean after
chasing the ball vigorously from corner
for the Bo%stonian. With two sets to
one against him, Hoyey had to brace,
and did it in a way that drew forth
cheer after cheer from the grand stand:
Beautiful cross-court volleys by Hovey
were in order. and the Bostonlan,s
points were won by the cleanest kind OF
flashes of b~rilliancy was seen, and,
though Goodbody did not let up for a
minute, he was clearly ~outplayed. Hovey
got in a few line lobs, and one all
to the Yankee by a pretty pass after
some hard drives at short range had
been well handled by Dotn players. Inc
set went to Hovey, Ga
Hovey tried hard for a Garrison finish,
and kept hitting the lines and scoring
ace after ace. But the day was lost
and he weakened. An out and a shot
into the net made Goodbody the winner
of the match. Following are the scores:
Mems Singles-Second Rounds. G.
Thompson beat ". Gordon Parker. IS,
49,, Ga, 6-3: j. Bertram Read beat
Calhoun Cregin, 81, Ga Sc, 60; c.
Hobart beat A. E. Foote, 20, 81 6-3,
6-3; NJ. F. Goodbody beat F. H. Hovey,
26, 81 81, A.; So; Richard Stev-
Larned beat Carr Neel, 6-3, 26, 9,
3-6, g.; c. E. Sands beat D.. Miller, 81,
63, 81; NJ. G. Chace beat A. L. Willis
ton, 60, 6-1, g..
Consolation Singles-Preliminary Round
%. NJ. Bostwick beat R. Hickox, 81,
60; S. D. Reed beat H. Kendall, 81.
81; j. c. Davidson beat E. L. Hall by
default; N. Fielding beat L. E. Ware by
default; F. Morgan beat C. Bradley, Jr.,
So, SO: A. Goldman beat G. c. Hinck-
ley, e3, 81; H. E. Avery beat W. G.
Grant, 6-3, 61: e. Wrenn beat W. w.
Reese by default; j.. Terry beat Nc
Kittrick, Ga, 63; r. C.. Sands beat G.
First Round-R. A. Rowan beat L. J.
Grant, 60, 6-1