New-York tribune., 1895-08-21
WRENN AND CHACE WIN.
THEY TAKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN
DOUBLES FROM HOBART AND HOvEY.

TEAM AT NEwPoRT-FIRsT ROUNDS IN
SINGLES NEARLY FINISHED.
Newport. r. L. Aug. % (SpeciaD-Wrenn and
Chace are the tennis champions OF the United
States in doubles. This morning Hobart and Hovey'
who have held that title for the last two years
went down before them In three straight sets py
score OF rs. 81. Sc.
The match put down for IL O'Clock on ,hs
championship court but long before that time the
seats on the grand stand began filling UP with the
usual fashionable Newport throng. Crowds came
In from the nearby resorts. and when the rereree
H. w. Slocum, mounted the official PLATFORM iuiiy
twenty-five hundred people had gathered to see the
play Hobart and Hovey were slight favorites' ana
the betting to in their FAVOR ana p'eh'y Oh
takers.
Hobart opened the match with the service and
scored the first game. Wrenn then INDUCED hiihse
in little wild hitting. and generously gave away
the next on four straight errors but po'" 'e"'s
soon got down fighting trim. ana theh 'he reai
match began. Wrenn and Chace iooped eVery'hins'
and Chace In particular exceled In THESE tactics
He would send a y-scraper sailing up into the air
with such precision that 1t woud iairiy cut 'ie
opposite base line. Wrenn was also eoou' ou' 1t
NOS No, until the third set that he did his best
tossing Hovey seemed to have most OF the Smash
ing to do and he executed II win an ar"S'o
eour,sh NJ his own which was highly effective.
Wrenn and Chace had the lead In the hrst SET
5-3 but allowed the champions to close up TINS o's
gap and 1t took deuce set hnally 10 uecint I" !"
their favor OF rs. Both Wrenn and chace fought
shy of Hobart's forehand. and did their utmost 10
eliminate that formidable stroke from 'he piaS'
once in p while. however Hobart would get in one
Of his full-arned swings and then It was all UP
with the opposing combination AS a whole' ho-
barts work remarkably poor.
In the second set Wrenn and Chace made only
twenty eight points. eighteen OF "hich hooai .
gave them on wild plays. Wrenn and Chace would
hang Hobart and Hobart would bang the net The
second set was a complete wakover for the cha-
Longing team and Hobart and Hovey managed 10
save only one game by scoring the last point on
sensational play. The yelloV~haired BOY from
Providence had sent up one of his sky-rocxet loos
which Hovey attempted to smash for keeps put
there was the usual hole in his racquet Ihe Dali
sailed gracefully over his head and Hobart then
made n wild unge for II and tossed 1t back, amid
great applause, thereby winning the game as
Wrenn chopped the return into the net After thal
however the patent scoring machine was kept
busilv at work in favor of Wrenn and Chace. Four
straight errors on the part OF the champions
IN the sixth game gave Wrenn and Chace
tho fire. love game Of the match and this was fol-
lowed in the last game by TWO double faults ana
NOT bv Hovey The loss OF the deciding points was
laid at Hotart's door on account OF badly judged
smash which almost went under the net
After a brief intermission the third set peean
and here the real tussle took place. the cha"
Mons were already beaten and not even their most
sanguine friends thought that they couio pun OUT
the three straight sets necessary ior Victory Inc
crowd prepared 10 congratulate the new champions
and the set did call out the enthusiasm tha' 'he
nrevious ones had. Wrenn's lopbing was eA-
cellent and he kept the opposing pair on the Jump
os, q, tho time Chace on the other hand, was
not as pood as previously and lobbed short with
oreat nersistency This gave Hobart and Hovey
chance to get In TO the net. place where 'hey aie
generally invincibe. Hobart had capitai way o.
disposing OF these short drops He wouio rush up
apnarently to deliver a vicious smash. but instead
he would gently push the ball over the net SO 'nat
there would be no rebound. and it was impossible
opposing pair to reach h HS sp1 and Chaee
llfss chaes took cR i2O and Hobart and Hoyey loo
with the result that the preliminary and most ssvs 81
the first rounds disposed or Inc day
singles preliminary rOqndmn B. m Nesshs% ssh r. beat Il
dessu! RsSd'ss %Iss beat beat P Hi21ss Rass
$ x e aovsy w; bsst Iss sfff Siifed Fl taylor Fs
M.(ibsas G. chs's sess ssat w e F. 5onss 51nas 90 80 -
Alfred Goldman beat c Hale 81 81 eaS; >: =
WsTs gTs' sssi ssa " F. n sarn.- rs - -, Terry
j. X Wiling 80 10. - O. ec3; ,a Eyarts ,T mrenn
beat D,y. X ss lGrf 81 4 5 g 81 ra2e s beat ofa &
81 - s 1Shn II HoT5anS Tamer 0fSs Beat H. l. W "
IIny2snt trT9ssIt SI. IS. 3Ds 10. 0-3.
rr,s nd T. % Wss1 Rsa4y BEAT u as4i
~ 4. William Maynadier Arthur Taylor 2-8. s.
S-2 ss e-3 Scott Griffin beat b DE Garmendis
% 3-6 Cd: II. g. Barton beat r. c. Sands. y :.
60 7-5: E. A. Crownnshield beat j. F. HOBART
. ~ C. +. Walz beat Ewing Stile. ID. t-t
90 60 J. p f. Jones beat C. TATE jr;
II Clews jr beat H. B. Needham. 20 6-3 C5 81
J. C. Davidson beat 5. + Wise, c. 81 50 - -
q w Lee beat j. A. fiovey O., G-l. 81; John Row
land beat J. P Paret, 60. Ga 10 r. H. Palmer beat
y \ Butler by default J. A. Ryerson beat j. > cush
man Go 6-3 G-3 5. D. Reed beat C. G. st,llman
- ca C.: c. r. Budlong beat j. C. Nicely by de-
fault. r A Thomson beat II +. Robinson by default
" A. Larned beat A. W. Post. % 4-S e 81
ca 8 Henshaw beat II y. Cleveland. 4-6 60 -
Go Ga: W II Brown beat X. McEnroe oy defauit
George Ware beat w = Herrck 80 81 cE; Aos. a.
heat G. L. Wrenn. jr. e. G-s. GO 60 C. A. Gould
beat J. H. Mason. Jr, c. Go, 10