The sun., 1897-07-07
LAWN TENNIS.
Results or the Matches Played for the middle
States Cha mpionahip.

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Tho Middle States championship tennis
tournament, which opened on Monday on the
courts Of tho Orange Lawn Tennis Club was
continued yesterday afternoon, despite the In
tense heat and threatening thunder storm.
Tho chief interest, of course. centres around
tho matches played by Larned and Stevens,
both of whom seem to bo in excellent form for
80 early in the season. Wrenn. too. will play In
the doubles with Larnod, but will not take part
in the singles. In his absence. the struggle 10
rapidly narrowing down to Larned and Stevens,
although Millett Paret. Miles, Ward. and
Whitman still remain in the struggle.
The scratch singles attracted by far the largest
and best entry list shown in any Tournaments
near New York for many seasons. Beside the
crack players of the meeting, all of the best mon
from Harvard and Yale and few scattering
entries from other colleges. as we'll as all Of the
local players, help to AL the entry list Of thirty
six A handicap event for mons singles was
added at the last moment to partially take the
place Of the womens singles and mixed doubles.
matches were started yesterday. Summaries:
:, Champonship singleS5Prelninary round, p. z.
Rye Ssat oTspsS e.
West Side T. c. by defaults O. NJ Bostwick. West side
"a; W, A Larned. Summit I. C.. beat j. D. FORBES.
Fr.a % FOUND: & D. 7. Davis. Harvard. sea. W. Kyle.
Orange 7. G. SIs. 80; d; =; Ilss Orange "a
6eoGs. 9e5on son oIaar
7. C.. 81. e-e Z. A. Crowninshield. West Side T g..
ofsns" % e. S:.s fS i1slss CHM iii s os.ass
- IS. 81; L; z Ware Harvard, beat K: Con-
& Sh:lasn g.. al: fs Ssss & VIM: Gy$.s: nan:
S.,dD .ss SsS:G s.s
+ G.. s@s. 90; n B. whitman. % Harvard. T beat % Ed.
yard LymaR Orange S G Nsx,,i,,Is Snl; Nile.
s%e. sMi' eEa; j. e G. Neeyp pe Cornell 6ess MontSo%
cry Ogden, Orange 7. g. 90. 81; Holoombe Ward.
Richard HooHsr Yale, al s beas MoH:non. Orange
7. c. "a. %; W; A. Larned. summit F. C.. bsato.
rSSna 9enss ss.aSn beat
let. & tsnPs S q
]. G. beat D; j. Davis, Harvard 81. 81: Rlehasd
West side ]: O.. 81. e-a u. D. whitman. Harvard.
Ssss HSofsr Y.
Third rHunS; = rarst. Orange T. C.. beat q. p
Consolation sinees-Prel,mlnary round: NJ; Ogden.
IS: Fist round; G; p Dodge. Yale bs., Z: 4
eopdio oranse en- beat iaSs r Sakitierci. as.s
d%P EaPss
Gess RssSss grange bss
J; D: Forbes, Harvard. by default. Second roundi
y kyie oF7ens' T. c. beat NJ Sergeant Orange
Handicap StnRles-Preliminary round: G. p.
Dodge (owe two-sixths) b,at p W. A. McMahon Ctwo-
sxth), Go. e4. Ftrst round @. L. wyeth (scratch)
beat I. Grimm (two-sixths). t-B Ga, 81; 3. A.
Stroud roursixths). beat W. p. Conway two-sixths)
a-6, %. Of; NJ Ogden (ssratchl asa,nst Richard
Hooker (owe two-sixthsl. 70. % tunnnishedl; @.
H. Miles (owe four-siIths) against J. C. Eeely (owe
twosixthS), 90, 6-S Cunfnished).
The postponed final match in doubles for the
metropolitan championship was played of yes
to-day afternoon on the courts OF the West Side
Tennis Club The two teams came together
about week ago and each won two sets when
darkness forced postponement of play. They
agreed 10 play two out of three sets yesterday
and Mi!lctt and Wrcnn won. The score:
Championship Doublcs-Final rouad: S C. M;llets
and George l.. Wreun. Jr. beat E p Fischer and w.
G. Parker. -, 60. O..
The Clifton Tennis Club held open tourna-
ment for mems stnGles this spring on its courts
at Arrochar, s, /. Besides the local players.
there were Winthrop Noyes OF Yale, q. l..
wyeth and r. r. Bryan OF the Lenox Tennis
Club. and II. +. McGowan and Robert Colwell,
Jr., Of the Kings County Tennis Club. Eoyes
captured first horors i'll the final round on Mon
day. The semhnal and final scores follow:
Sem-hnal Round-W. Noyes beat IL I. BRYAN, e-e.
o.. al; +. Bailey beat }: seymour, 6-2, 6-i.
Final Round w. Noyes beat !. Bailey, o-l. e-L
0-l.