New-York tribune., 1895-08-22
THE NEWPORT TOURNAMENT.
NO SURPRISES IN YESTERDAYS PLAf-cHACE
BEATS MATTHEWS EASILY.

BEATS MATTHEWS EASILY.
Newport r. l.. Aug. 81 (SpeciaD-The heavy ram
last night made everything bright ana iresh LOT
the players in the Newport Tennis tournament
this morning Although there was no such at
traction as the championship contest OF yesterday
society was out In force and watched the wedding
out process with interest II was the intention or
Dr Dwight TO make the match between K. w. J..
Matthews the ex-champlon Of Canada and NAL
colin Chace the feature of the morning. AZ proved
a tame contest. however. and did not compare In
point Of interest with some OF the others later IN
the day.
Chace PLAYED chiefly in the back Of the court and
Iobbed seIdom Occasionally he would up to
smash one OF Matthewss pretty sky-scrapers. put
as a general thing he allowed the Canadian 10
defeat himself errors. Chace won, Go In the
second set Chace did not attempt 10 lob against the
strong wind. but paid strict attention to picking
out spots close to the base line and corners In
this he was successful and he scored four straight
games before Matthews could pull himself together
for any sort of resistance
Then the Canadian closed up gap of 100 In the
fifth and scored vantage on pretty place. WIN
ming the game Chace's failure to return. lie
followed this up with the next game making the
score a. In Chace's favor. Then followed some
moor tennis In which each player would make bril-
liant shots only to lose miserable pushes into
the net on wild drives out OF court. Chace proved
a little less wild than his opponent. however, ana
finally took the set at o.
The last set was short and sweet for the Provi-
dence boy. Matthews put on a great burst OF Speed
but without avail Chace was content to let things
take their course and merely got the balls over
safely for his opponent to bury into the net Mat
thews took his defeat in tero-fact sort OF way
and game after game went up for Chace' uhtii ne
had five straight. In the sixth the wind was largely
responsible for several of Chaces errors, while
Matthews made some pretty places. and won The
in feW
Chace speedily wound things up at G-l
T. j. Tamage, jr and T.. =. Fisher had a not
argument in their match. but Fisher won by a
score of 6-l Ct G-i In the opening set with the
game three all. Fisher forged to the front on Tai
mage's drives out Of court The New Yorker passed
PRETTY and did strong volleyins lie TOOK
the next two games. making 1t 5-S but Talmage
managed to push over some pretty lobs, and won a
love game. lie then essayed to hni the side lines
but sent the balls out Instead and Fischer took the
set at 7 ..
Some pretty Ions distance placing gave Fischer
lead Of Two games Ia the second set Theh lalmasc
went in for three straight making II In HIS
favor. Roth players took another game apiece, but
Fischer won on htrong finish, punching games ana
taking the hrl ~
hrlcf ret seemed 70 pu ralmase on nm meo,e
"ru y" set, I"' Then T'aehe,p made Que Of The mos,
efian, uphll nsh'r of lhe iel ana hnw'eI n,. ,he
Tho days score
ilisl round X I, smith hca, iihhati Stevens, by do
mulr =. = r.,het boa, ! y. lalmese r., i, . +
Malcolm a. thn,n bent u W. y Matthews, " a.
:. I. Alfred Goldman hen, A. !. iiowrs, y, q :
I. James 1enN beat ~ Nnrl " = . I, D. N.O
a. g Mllet beat E,atts Wtenn. "a. q t. =.
secpnd tnund-G g. iilncllcy beat J. ". Wear -
81, . T. q. l. smith bea, " Magnadcr "a 20
=. A. crownnshiei1 beat H. II. linrow. - -. o.
G H. Neel beat Henry Cews. Jr. u L. ~ u 2, Mai
colin q. Chacr beat a. ". Loc "a. I .. 81 J. w.
Ily, rson beat H. II Palmer a. . "a. "a W. A.
larncd beat Il. A. Thomson. "a. % . 3. :. Henshaw
bent W. H. Brown. u 3 90. 6-3 4. r. Foote beat &.
a. Gould %. 81. 90 G X. liudlong beat y D. Reed
50. q 2. 90. H. 4. Fischer beat J. C. Davidson. g
q o. u 2; Leo Ware beat A. /. Wiston u =, .. q q
John Howland hea, stephen G. MIlle,t. "a. a.. 10
9: Goldman against Terry. "a. 10. 80. 90 tun-
nnished)