The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-27
A TROOP ENGLISH EXPERTS
INTERNATIONAE q,ENNIS TOURNEY
 OPENED AT LONGWOOD.

Mahoney' Raves and Nesbitt, the English Cracks, Win Their Matches in the Pre- liminary Rounds-wrenn and Larned Looked Upon to Defend the Trophy
 Larned Meets Mahoney To-day. Boston, July 26.-The tennis tourna- ment opened at Longwood to-day. un- der rather @ dull sky and with heavy easterly breeze sweeping over the courts, which, while making the play rather lively, made havoc with the high lobes of the American players. The tournament was late in starting. but before play closed for the day the preliminary and first rounds were fln- ished.
 All but two of the forty odd players including Messrs. Ma;honey, Eaves and, Nesbitt, the three English players who have come over to try conclusions with the Americans. | Each of the foreigners won his match, I Eaves having the easiest time, whils Nesbitt had to work hard | The former allowed his opponent, Ewer, just one mug in the three sets, but Nesbitt had his hands full with l Lee, an old reliable Longwood player. In this match Nesbitt scored 143 points to his opponents 134. | Mahoney, perhaps the best of the | three, had by no means an easy thing with Williston, another Longwood man, and at one time the Englishman showed Irt ~,F ADv | both men scored 25 passes, while Ma l honey made a total of 86 points to Will | liston's 60. The playing of the foreigners proved the attraction of the afternoon and their style was watched with interest. I The match, therefore, tomorrow be- and Mahoney will doubtless be, by far, the most interesting of the tournament l If not of the entire season. | The entries for the eastern doubles closed tonight and the drawing made l for the ten pairs.
 Mahoney and Nesbitt have entered and, barring accidents. it seems likely that these two will meet Wrenn and. Larned in the finals, in which case one 1 of the hottest matches of the tourna- | ment Is looked for. 1 The drawings for the doubles are as follows: Preliminary round-Ward and Davis vs. Hooker and Dodge; G. l.. Wrenn and Whitman vs. Hitchcock and Hope; Budlong and Williston vs. Forbes and McKettrick. First round-Bruce and Wright vs. R. D. Wrenn and Larned; winner of Bud- long, Williston and Forbes, McKettrick match vs. Avery and Perry; Hackett and Beach vs. Mahoney and Nesbitt. The summary for to-day matches in the open tournament is as follows: Preliminary Round. c. L. Wyenn defeated D. Harrington 6-4, A. Goldman defeated D. N. Fuller e-2. e-4 I. s,S' Ward defeated D. l. Davis e4' a-s.
 N. ?. Whitman defeated H. Hackett
 J. D. Forbes defeated L. Ware 60, e-1.
 l. Perry defeated D. M Greene d-1. ca,
 B. T. Cross defeated c. F. Flames 4-e,
 R. Fincke defeated M. Bruce e-4. GA,
 First Round.
 H. A. Nesbitt defeated G. ". Lee 7-5s
 Beals Wright defeated F. W. Beckman l w. v. Raves defeated N. l.. Ewer 6-1s
 Y. M. Edwards defeated F. Howard by default
 | H. s. Mahoney defeated A. I. Williston 6-2, 60, 6-9. -
 W. A. Larned defeated c. L. Cabot 0-s,
 c. I. wrenn defeated A. Goldman 6-ss | 6-2, 6-1, 9-7.
 NJ. B. whitman defeated H. Ward 6-2.i 6-3, 12-10.
 K. Fincke defeated D. T. Gross 6-2, 7-5, | N. s. Wilson defeated w. Stackpole by
 j. P. Paret defeated c. M. Pierce 6-3s
 R. Hooker defeated R. v. Beach 60, 6-1s 1 3-6, 642.
 l (. R. Budlong defeated H. D. Avery 6-1,
 T. P Goodbody defeated J. A. Osborn 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1: !G-9