The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05
THE OUTLOOK IN TENNIS.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN EXPORTS
TO CROSS RACKETs THIS YEAR.
The Coming ChamPionshiB-Wre
VIII Give - Good Account of HIM
seIf-The Younger Men-The Tennis
SituatiOn Abroad.


/ kept. this will be the greatest lawn
tennis season in the history Of the game
on this side OF the Atlantic. When Good
body. the Irish expert. left these shores
last fall, he declared that De should come
back this year, and additional assurances
/ of this intention have been received by
I some Of his friends on this side Of the
water Indeed. it is said that we are not
only sure OF having him with us again
this year. but that he will bring with him
one OF two other British experts. No
! positive confirmation Of this rumor can
I be secured. but one man. who is in a
/ position 10 know whereof be speaks. says
that J. Pip. the champion Of England
/ and H. ;. MahOney. who held the cham
pionship Of Ireland a few years ago. are
also possible visitors for this summer
International competition will be the
spirit Of sport here and in England
and on the tennis fields as on track and
river, many interesting contests are be-
ing arranged between Americans and
! Englishmen. Besides the British tennis
experts expected here in July 10 play at
Newport for the American championship
there Will be two American cracks abroad
TO try conclusions with the Englishmen
Deane Miller, the former a irst-class and
the latter a second-class player are on
the other side. Both are practicing at
| Cannes, in the south of France. where
many Of the Englishmen play all winter,
and both are expected 20 play in most
of the big English meetings this sum-
mer. Three or four years ago Hall was
one Of the strongest players in America.
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| fallen greatly from his former high DO
sttiOn. However, many of his friends be-
heve that he is still capable of champion
ship tennis.
1t seems too bad that America never
mas a tennis champion abroad who is in
the night Of his success. Dwight, Camp
Dell and others have all gone abroad TO
play, but they never seem to show as
good form away from home as here and
TO them Americas poor reputation at the
game Is probably due. Many second-class
courts. and Englishmen mistake them for
representative players, and crow over
their victories. Some day one of the really
brilliant stars of the American tennis
then, perhaps, we shall show them that
Goodbody's defeat here last summer was
only a sample of what large majority
of the Britishers should expect at the
hands of such men as Wrenn, Larned,
Hobart and Hovey. do not believe there
are more than half a dozen men in all
who could beat our champion.
Germany is taking more interest in
Already a big international tournament,
to be played at Hamburg, beginning Au-
gust 26 is announced, and number of
English players Will probably take part.
| They should carry Off all the prizes, for
the game is new In Germany.
Here the game shows little, If any, eff
! feet of the neW-found craze for golf
Golf has claimed the interest of many old
tennis players, but II viii be found that
nine-tenths of those who assert the ten
mis- courts for the golf links are either too
old, too equity. or too lazy to play tennis
The older game requires much more ac-
| tivity than its rival, and younger men who
have enthusiasm ana energy. seldom pre-
! fer the revised edition of Shiny" which
has so suddenly sprung into popularity
Goodbodys visit last summer had an
excellent effect on the game here. His
style of play taught the American ex-
perts a much-needed lesson Now they
want to apply what they have learned
ries and new strokes. They want to show
Goodbody too, that, although he did sue
coed in beating three of Americas strong
est players In as many days at Newport
last August he could not repeat that re-
markable record. Hovey, Hobart and
Larned, who fell before the clever strokes
| of the visitor, are longing for another
| chance at the Irish expert. while Wrenn,
who finally did settle the championship
! aspirations of the visitor, seems as conf
| dent as ever that he could repeat the
| treatment.
Goodbody is sure of invitations to
| play In all of the most important tour
naments of the country as soon as he
| puts his foot on our shore Last season
! he did not arrive until late in July. and
! he is not expected this year until about
! the same time. The English champion
| ship matches are scheduled for the first
part of July, and GOOdbOdy will probably
| play at Wimbledon before he comes to
| America. There are slated here. however.
| three or four big tournaments between the
| time he will probably arrive, and the open
! port August 2l. The Irish expert and any
other British cracks he may bring with
| him will be welcomed to all
| Champion Wrenn, Larned. Chace and
| eigner last season, though not all at New
port, and each of these four players will
| be In harness again this summer Wrenn
will probably be seen in most of the long
series of invitation tournaments which
! precedes the championship event and this
should give him an excellent chance to
| get into his best form Last July the
/ champion began very badly, and. after
/ losing one match at West Newton, de-
faulted the others and withdrew. He had
started playing without enough practice,
/ and naturally fell down hard. After that
/ first tournament, however, he began to
| play championship tennis, and lost only
| two other matches during the season.
This spring Wrenn Is, practicing for
| the Harvard base ball team and expects
| to play second base in all the big games.
He is a very clever all-round athlete. Last
| fall he played quarterback for the Har-
| ward football team and was spoken of
| by many as the strongest quarter of the
year AS soon as the college season of
| baseball Is over, he will rush to the tennis
| courts and begin practice to defend the
| lawn tennis championship of the country.
| He has two or three brothers who are
| also enthusiastic tennis players, and they
| will probably come from Chicago again
| next August to see Bob beat the chal-
| lenger
! Wrenn is the fourth champion Of Amer
| lea since the title was instituted in 1881.
| and by far the most brilliant. Sears and
| Slocum. the first and second, were es-
! sentially steady players, and neither was
| accredited with wonderful brilliancy.
| Campbell was just the reverse, being far
more brilliant than he was steady.
| Wrenn, however. is the first of the royal
| line who has combined steadiness and
| brilliancy Like Chace, Budlong and
| Parker. he began his career as an inter
! scholastic champion, and has won the
! highest laurels while still in college.
For the first time in American tennis.
| an official ranking was issued last fall by
the L. s. n. l. T. A. The executive com
mittee classed over forty leading play
ers. and handicapped them according to
| the English "quarter-fifteen" system.
| Seventeen of these experts were ranked
within Fifteen" of the champion. as fol-