The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-06
COLLEGE TENNIS CHAMPIONS
SIXTEEN1H ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
OPENS ON LAWN CLUE COURTS.


Wesleyan Represented-PreliIni In
Singles and Doubles-Harvard Men show
Good Form-Yale Representatives Played
Pooriy-Results in the Several Contests.
The sixteenth intercollegiate tennis
tournament began yesterday morning
on the grounds of the New Haven
Lawn Club association on Whitney ave-
nue.. The attendance was not as large
as in former years, while the contests
were above the average in excellence.
Besides Yale, there were only four
colleges represented. They were: Har-
ward, Princeton, Wesleyan and Cornell.
Driscoll of Georgetown and the repre-
sentatives of Brown, Trinity and Uni
versity of Pennsylvania that We're ex-
pected failed to appear, and conse-
quently there We're only thirteen Of
those entered ready to compete.
Some complaint was made because Of
the manner in which the contestants
were compelled to play. Harvard men
wanted the drawing to be done again,
I so that they would not have to play
against men from their own college.
Despite this protest the men played in
the order first drawn.
4 Joseph T. Whittelsey Of this city is
refereeing the contest.
The singles were played in the morn
ing and the doubles in the. afternoon.
Probably the most interesting morn.
ing games were those of Forbes of Har-
ward and Munday Of Cornell, won by
/ the former, and Noyes of Yale and
Thomson Of Princeton. won by the lat
/ ter.
| The final results of the singles for
! the day We're: Forbes of Harvard,
Munday Of Cornell, 6-3, SO, won by
Forbes; Hawk of Wesleyan, Ware Of
Harvard, 6-2, GO, won by Ware; Whit
man of Harvard, Linen 4of Princeton,
60, 6-1, won by Whitman; Smith Of
Wesleyan, Fuller of Cornell, 6-3, 6-3,
won by Fuller Hooker of Yale, Hast
ings of Wesleyan, 6-2 Go, Won by
Hooker; Noyes Of Yale, Thomson OF
Princeton, Ga 60, won by Thomson.
The doubles resulted: Hawk and
Smith, Ware and Whitman, 6-1, 6-1, won
by the latter team; Fuller and Munday,
Noyes and Hackett 6-1, S-3. won by the
ldllGr ledul, IIlOfllSOll dIlu LiIGll, WdTu
and Davis, 6-2, 6-2 won by the latter
team
Y This morning at 10 o'clock Dodge Of
Yale and Forbes of Harvard will COM
pete in the singles. This contest will
no doubt be one of the most interesting
and hardest fought of the tourna'nent
The afternoon contest will be double
between Dodge and Hooker and Ware
and Whitman.
Last night meeting Of all the play
ers was held in so Vanderbilt for the
election of officers of the ensuing year.
The men chosen were:
[ President--C. P. Dodge of Yale.
| Vice president-Davis Of Harvard
Secretary and treasurer-R. Hooker
of Yale.
A letter from the University Of Penn
sylvania was read, withdraw their
offer to furnish the new cup if the tour
nament were held in Philadelphia next
year. 1t is thought they beca ne dissatis-
fled because only about half of the coll
leges in the association were desirous Of
playing in the above named city. This Is
also assigned as the reason why their
men were withdrawn from this years
contest. &
! 1t was decided to ask the permission
of the National association, which
meets in November next, to change the
present rules in regard to the drawing
| for places, so that men from the same
| college will not be compelled to contest
| in the first part Of the tournament.
| Special rules will have to be made to
comply with this request.
| The new cup, which is to be bought
with subscriptions from the several col
| leges, is already in sight. Harvard
subscribed $50, Yale S100 and Cornell $40.
! The other representatives were unable
| to state how much their colleges would
give.