New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-16
ON THE TENNIS COURTS.
THE TOURNAMENTS TO BE HELD THIS
WEEK.
NOTABLE CONTESTS AT BAY RIDGE-THE COMING
MATCHES AT WEST NEWTON. MAss.-lNTER-
EST IN REGARD TO DR. PIN. THE
IRISH EXPERT WHO Is EA-

pECTED TO PLAY HERE.
| e,ance Mt the National Tennis Associations
| schedule OF fixtures for the week VIII snow '"a'
A., ,,o,.ors arc IN and doing The following tour
noments are 70 be held besides the Massachusetts
| State championship. which pegah "a'ur'"' nv"
| will OF course into this week:
| Iune l--West Side L. T. c.. New-York City. open
Inns i7"IIartford Lawn Club. Connecticut state
june i7~Hyde Park Country Club. Missouri State
en Tune i7betro Athletic Club Michigan State
june i7~MerIon Country Club. Philadelphia Fem
syIynnia stats esnmPvi? aley c. New-Jerscy
| State championship. , o-. ,..,,,o, TOUR
nament ,
| OF these contests by far the most important ana
interesting 10 New-Yorkers will be the Invitation
tennis tournament held by the Crescent Ath'e''c
| Club on tho courts at Bay Ridge The crescent
| Club has unfortunately failed to secure all the
| cracks as Hobart and Larned have decided 10 lie
off for n week. to prepare for their struggle win
| the English cracks next week at west Nc"'o"'
Mass still the field OF five players will be strong
| one Rowland VINO dil such remarkable WORK nj
| Orange and New-IIaven: Mille who IL rated az one
of the strongest of the younger generation OF Ten
nis experts: Richard Stevens. the veteran paseph'
player and Valentine G. Hail. who was supposed
70 have given up tennis long ago. have accepted IN
| vi,etions The ffth man Is not yet known. though
| Fischer may not be FAR away from BAY hhee WIZ"
| playlng begins on Wednesday afternoon. Ins con-
test Is a round robin affair. and VIII draw tNcc'-
cnt crowds The interesting feature VIII he inc re-
anne france OF Hail. Who is playing better than ever
| according 10 Smthson. tho groundsman nj the 81
| GEORGES Cricket Club grounds In Hoboken, where
the cracks pu: in most OF their practice.
| Tho West side Clubs open tournament IS secoha
IN imnortance Parker has announced his retire
nent from tennis TO devote his attention To "rt
study Milet Will play at Bay Ridge ana Fiseher
| will probably be the monarch OF all he surveys
! en- far as prizes 20. The lesser 'Ncw-fork ana
| Rrool<yn cracks are all in this contest, ana u
| Fischer goes to BAY ridge. the struggle Tor hfst
mace will be rema rkaby exciting. rs Cragln, crown
| inshlcld Frazer Thurber. Paret the Iaylors,
Howard and about tao dozen others are IN inc
singles The women's contests Will probably bring
out Miss Hellwig and Miss Atkinson II they are
| piavcd nj all. There is some doubt about THIS AZ
the women players are usually loath TO compete IN
public contests.
| THO vew-rerscv STATE championships will also
| no p.ovci this week beginning on the Iiohokus
| Valley Tennis Clubs grounds At Ridgewood. y }.
As tho contest FOR the cup viii be conflncr 20 resi-
| dents OF Ncw-Jcrscy. none hut second raters VIII
compete as the ony big players eigiol" ar" stevens
| and Iarnod and both have refused to enter The
| present champion. +. " Jcs9up, Is only moderate
| n,aycr Cragln having turned him down hard In the
| Middle state championships tourney waltz o'
planned tho Miles brothers and Ho'combe Wari.
| 81 Orange aaI Johnson and Palmer. OF iiigewood.
nre iikelv TO b. the strongest players IN ih' h"i''
| Either O! tho M!lcscs should down Jcssup but
pcrhaus little Palmer has gainel strength ana cN-
| rcrlcncc enough qualify for tho chalcng" round
| The Morris and Essex Tennis League has t'or-
rarizni fo~ the season u 1915 with the following
! clubs: a'orrstoNn Field club. orarg" Athlete
| cub. South Orange Field Cub and Summit Casino
| cob II ali, be nat!ccl thii thc orange Tennis
| cl,h IN, most powerful Of tho N"w-Jcrs"y clubs.
| viii not toin the cague THIS season. The CUBS
| ,,iu MAY na,ches IN singlcs au1 doubles on the
! SATURDAYS in June and July. beginning on June -
Tho schcdu,c Is not yet made UP. The winners LAST
e.ason were the Orange Tennis CUB IN slng''S' ana
| ,he Morr.stowr Fled club IN doub,e-
| "Psstinnc" the English tennis journal ma "n
| ,o,,,c.f that pr Joshua PIN. the champion OF hoh
England ana Ireland VII cease playins ~ tou' pa
ments after this ycar. lc%',,Irnor1h,t. When he
| cared 10 enter for some years i-' rs 1uS'
| INC Irish Championships al Dublin Tor me 'hiII
in three straight sets IN tnc remark S.r' Inn
az ,hrfv-uinr minutes. This gives fiih me lt'Nn
trophy for good. and ne may 20 nc sA'" ,' , ..
Wimhls Con IN July thus rifingiy t"ini.hH,li n
,',,'Ierf1l tennis career. PIN IS expected mere
about June ~ 20 compete 49, nc D', ll.fttt,' ~
| ,,,,rra-r.rt with crack players. l. w"Hf 10
Ia ,.ah,r In lis cap retire Win victories ~
| I,ni,'lr Wimbledon ami Wet newton as pro- 81
what hts admirers have always cli-l nh", u" u, y
q, mn. - tho Ncfrhhnrho0i club. ~ N'9' New
ton for rncir entcrIris" IN arranfinS 'nr f ~h
tesi Hundreds %; onhus'esis w. - e me t' ~
.,s ,i,vo,s from Juno e until the last games are
| ,l,v.d our experts cOrnl' ui.y "Nl'ct 70 nn"n
| Nahnry who accompanies -" great lIlSn 'N.'',
;,, rarl,lv admit thai PIN SHOULD "in. tn" only
~, v,hack Is the fact that hob Nr"hh til' '"tiI
ZION. cannot compete ana thc'r,o,s, ". Se,o,i,r III,
,Si,,s in Iu,v there will Always h' some count as
| ~ The REPRESENTATIVE character % our team even
though Larned. Hobart mace ana iiov's h +, sn
,n.r ,uartcrLack and tennis champion.