The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-20
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LAWN TENNIS.
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The Local Season VIII ne Opened This
week VIII the Kings County Ciub Disbnndt
The opening of tho local lawn tennis season
Will take place this week. The West Side.
Lenox, Fifth Avenue, and several other grounds
arc being rapidly worked into playing condition,
and unless cold or rainy weather interferes all
will DO In use by next Saturday afternoon. Tho
grass-courtc clubs and the public courts In Cen
trail Park will not open for q week or two, how
ever, for It Is never safe to play on the sod until
1t has got Its first full growth in the spring.
An Important meeting OF the HOhokus Valley
Tennis Club was held last week at Ridgewood,
M J. Tho official schedule for the season an
nounced that the New Jersey state champion
ship would take place during the week of Juno
II, on the grounds at R~idgewood, but this date
has been changed. The women's national
championships occur during this week, as
we'll as most OF the other State cham
pionships. The Hohokus Valley officers.
therefore,, decided to hold their tourna-
ment two weeks earlier, transferring 1t
to juno 2 and following days, which have not
been claimed by any other club as yet. The
State championship will be thrown open to all
corners, and Champion Frederick n. Jessup Of
Orange will probably. nnd his hands full in de-
Tending. his title and challenge cup. The Ho-
hokus Valley Club has also made another wise
move in establishing a New Jersey Champion
ship for women. and the trst tournament for
this title will be held with the mems event dur
ing the week of June 3. A new challenge cup.
sos DC won m, three IRE Years; not necessarily In sue
the successful players. Miss Bessie Moore Is q
member, and her father is. the President OF this
club, and she will undoubtedly be one Of the
players, II is also hoped to get Miss AtkinSon.
Miss Hellwig. and other expert women, TO con-
A meeting Of tho Sleepy Hollow Tennis Club
was recently held at l@rrytown-on-the- Hudson.
A prosperous yea is looked foH W. A. ar
mock was reelected President The Other o,h-
GERS are: Charles Mallard. Secretary, and w. G..
been Granted to the ciaS for M' The S seco oeR', annual 4 n"i
tournament for It's now challenge cup, won last
1t has been reported that the Kings County
Tennis Club. the mort prosperous tennis orguni-
cation at BROOKLYN. would lose its grounds at
Kingston avenue and Deane street this spring.
Ruinor has 1t that the ground is to be used for
building purposes and that the club viii have
to seek another home or disbnnd. One other al
Tentative is open to the members. OF course. and
they may consolidate with some other club. II
blow to the Brooklyn enthusiasts, Tor Miss At
E Ehs9bsr M nss iSar Eo,,f Or. W.; n; fr az T. ! r; p.
her sister have already Joined the staten Island
Ladies I. Club, however, While Th NJ, may join
Staten Island organization.
Edwin Z. Fischer. the west side crack. will not
June, while Il b hufber Of Brooklyn will have
little time to practise until July. Both will DO
tournaments. o. NJ. Bostwick will play more
Than iast year In tonrnaments, while X, Colweli.
Jr.. oil brooklyn ana IL. Ii. Palmer OF hiuEcwOOd,
y. j., will play in most OF the big meetings. II.
+. McGowan, formerly of the Kings County I.
c., has returned from the West and will play
tennis in some OF the tournaments around here
this season.
The Fifth Avenue Tennis Club has reelected
William A. Crocker, Jr, President for the
tenth successive year. Crocker Is one of the
oldest enthusiasts about New York. The
been considerably improved this spring, and
the members found that with only two courts
they were somewhat handicapped, so they have
secured another piece of ground In West 13lst
street on which one good double court will be
added. The club holds no open meetings., but "a
series of mem bers' handicaps run continuously
throughout the season. The new system OF
h~andicapping by quarters of fifteen will proba-
bly, be adopted.
A meeting OF the Stevens Institute Tennis
Club was held on Saturday. at which these new
officers were elected: Percy Litchneld. '91,
President: Milton Ruggles, '97. Vice resident,
and X. s. Scott, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer.
Z. Stienbrugge, '97: G.. j. Buckley, 'DS. and X.
II. Decker. 90, were appointed on the Execu-
tive with power to arrange a college
tournament and award suitable prizes to each
of the class champions. Two representatives
will probably be sent to the intercollegiate meet
In June. |
The Winthrop Tennis Club Of Brooklyn has
secured the grounds formerly occupied by the
Irving Club on Fulton street near Sostrand
avenue. The courts are now being prepared for
the clubs annual tournament. which will be de-
cided on Decoration Day. There is some talk of
holding an invitation open tournament this year. |