New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-24
CARR NEEL DEFEATS CHACE.
A SURPRISE IN THE NEWPORT TENNIS
TOURNAMENT

THE rAsTrpN MAN ABSOLUTELY OUTPLAfEp By
THE wEsTERNER- ROWLAND. LARNEp AND
HovEY THE OTHER WINNERS YEsTEkpAi'
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuNE'I
Newport Aug pa big surprise was serveu up
&, ,ha raco for tho National tennis championship
this morning Malcolm Chace who was consioereo
one OF the strongest cracks in the race was oo"''1
over nv Carr g. Neel. OF Chicago. who Is the "eS'-
ern tennis champion. Chace was cohs''e'
"sure thing" and was heavily backed Du'' as '"o
rasult proved he was one OF those sure Things
which sometimes separate people Hoih '"''
noonev II vas the East against the West. ana the
crowd was with the home player ana gave MN
every announcement. Chace. however ""s NV "
the game with the Western champion. Neei "aS
dark horse" chiefly because he mas piayeu 81
little in the East. He managed to secure the west
ern championship against 3 l. Chas' some "''
auo hut in sni,e OF that. he not CONSIDERED
dangerous candidate for the semi-hnals' opn'oi
has now reeled right around and a good many u
the knowing ones have backed him against hoVey
Neers plaving was superb but where he out
classed Chace the most n his perfect judgment
and quickness TO seize favorable opportunities -
d.d not take many games to make this apparent 70
the careful observer Chace's strokes were goon'
but they we're rot used where they ought 10 nave
been He would allow himself to get WORKED out
OF position and then attempt 70 drive by Neei "heh
he
strong point is his obbng. and II he had used IL
more the result might have been different But ne
persisted in making ground drives against man
who is postmaster at the net, and ne 1887 many
points in consequence In the third set ne pesa"
10 realize this and he started In TO send up some
OF his oldtime ky-scrapers but 1t was 100 ia'e'
Neel had already secured lead OF 80 and al
though Chace made the score A by superb work.
Neel quickly out the set at O.
Neel played magnificent tennis throughout the
match His work repeatedly elected storms or APP
p,ause His eye was seldom at fault. and when ne
volleyed 1t not simply to get the ball pacH Du'
to pick out the difficult part of the court and
land II there He had tremendous reach. Nee!
won 9S points and Chace Is.
Meanwhile on another court. Hovey had met and
defeated G. c. Hnckley IN tame contest Hoyey
mas mas San an without beating single hard man
The next match finished was between Larned and
a score of s"s Ga s-6 81. Foote was in the
best of form for the struggle as MS fve-set match
with Chace Yesterday had told on HIM considerably;
Nevertheless, he made plucky fight. and managed
to land set by clever work p.., 90.
The day ended with the Howland- Buhiong con,
test Budlong unusually strong in hs ground
work. and he passed Rowland continually on his
forehard In the second set he seemed 10 have How
land Just where he wanted him. and kept him on
he m m AMOS had the the ead IN the third but
he allowed Rowland to pull out and win at 81
The last set also went to the New-Yorker' this
results Of to-Says matches Have, leave H0wand to
play Iarned ana Neel 10 play ffONey IN tO-IOT-
rows semi-fnals The score:
championshig singles Ho@rh found'G Ga Nse beat
g r. Budong. 80. Is %. %; F. H. Hovey beat
q & Hnckiey G- 90 -; ". A. Larnei beat A. f.
Footp G-3 O. Sc. 81.
Consolation singles FIRST round)-R e; sands beat G.
Bradley. r.. G-2 o.: F. VI. Pile beat H. b. Nesdham.
&c Is: ". ". Scudder beat u. +. Davis. GO c.
g. +. Sands beat J. X. Willing. Ct -, {. Tete IT,.
beat II W. IIerrick. G3 CT. W T. Herrlck beat j. II.
Mason r default; J. 5. Cushman beat H. u. Cleve
land. 60 %.
second reund-R 6. Sands beat J. F. Hobart: %. 80:
Ewing Stile beat + NJ Pile % "a: G. Tete. jr. beat
A :. Taylor by default; c. L. Wrenn beat u. \. Thorn
son. 60 6-3; J. s Cushman beat W. p Herrick. IS.
90
Interscholasc championship singles first round)-J +.
sheldon Yale. beat G. r. Walz Columbia G-l g. 81;
Ware Harvard beat VI. G. Beanan. Princeton. SO.
g. 6-i 6-3