The sun., 1896-08-18
NOW FOR BIG TENNIS.
,u1MPIoNsHIP TOURNEY BE9IEs
At NEWPORT To-DkY.

,v,.,. aad chsee TO Meet the Noel Broth
.rs In Doubles for the Challenge Cap
Th. Bstting Is In Favor OF the Weptern
p.ir-Many Eutriss in the Various Events
NEWPORT, Aug. 1.-THE championship lawn
,oo,is tournament begins here to- morrow morn
- Tho Casino turfs arc In tho very best Of
..a,,ion. Tom Petit" tho Qroundsman, has
s..n busy oil day In marking out the courts.
Thare were several in constant use all day for
rrso,ice among the players entered, but the ex-
uni,,on court on which the most important
catches are played. was carefully roped OF
"a surrounded on two sides bv rows Of seats
-. srsctn,ors. Tho tournament will open
,-i,h the challenge match In doubles for the ma
,toral championship between the Neel brothers,
C.,r h. and Sam r., champions Of the West,
,,ho are the challengers for the title, and Bob
Nr.nn and Malcolm Chace, who won the big
challenge cups last summer from Hobart and
unvsy This match has been scheduled for IL
o'clock tomorrow morning and large crowd
q, ,,.,pce,ed TO sec tho contest. Opinions 40 TO
.sooutcoms are about equally divided, although
,hs mos, expert judges who have seen both
,..,,. in prnct!ce seem TO favor the chances OF
the Western pair.
Chaee nnd Wrenn practised on the Casino
,our,s hero this afternoon. E. P. Fischer and
a.orpe wrenn being their opponents. The
.hnnpIons did not fare very we'll. however,
n.inu beaten. rs, 6-2. by their young oppo-
nent. This does not argue we'll for their sue
,.,, tomorrow, but wrenn and Chaco never
,,.y A, hard in practice as In . match. and they
can be counted upon to put up strong defence
,o.morrov. They will probably resort almost
entirely TO lobbing. 90 this IA tho play that won
the cham pionship for them last year. and
that ts most likely to bo suecessful against
snch A combination as tho Neel brothers.
chace had not touched racket, he says. until
to-day since his match against Fischer at Tux
ado early in July. but he gets into form very
Si. stokes seemed to be almost good a. last
rear A number OF bets have been made hero
tonight on the result. Aud almost All have been
A. even money. Very few OF the w estern gym
psthilers can be found who are willing TO give
%ds on the Sesls. while most of the Wrenn-
cnsse TSs e9.liminary soSnd matehes in the cham.
p!onship singles will also DO played Tomorrow
morning. an there are twenty-iwo matches
S.sn made in tho original drawings. Malcolm
Chaco's name has been withdrawn from the sin
sssd ss sd as to pay in this event and that OF George
L. Wrenn Jr., whose entry was received after
fhs draw was made has been pnt In re place.
was entsred, but who has not come on to play.
VIII be takeu out to make room for l.. H. I ur-
n,r the Chicago d tss The oha%pon draM
made. The preliminary matches scheduled for
tho morning are as follows:
RnsNns s Sss & Grant G. Z 4 fsp Sepo
Va n D. Cleveland; p. paret va e. X cordier. Jr
Erenn IT.; c. A. Gould va Il. E Avery; Evarts
Wrsnn va Vt. 7. Clothier; R, L: wreun Va \. p Hal:
"a Ewing stllle; W. A Larned Va Deane Miller: @.
Lee Va W. A. Bethel: J. K. Willing vs.. Z A. .Thomp
son u D. whitman va J. T. Talmase, Jr.j G. Cleve-
and vs A. v Leslie; Holcom1e Ward va l. J. Grant;
don: R. I. PArke va J. c. Nicely, and Reginald Fineko
VI e. Ware.
The most important Of these matches will be
the Post BudlonS. Palmer-Miles, Davidson
Davis, Larned- Miller. Whitman Talmage,
parkeSeely. aud Fincke-Ware sofa