New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-09

~ IN. senior class and DAVIS anu arc W '"o
class of OC-hold among themselves Ia ~
majority Of The championships OF Inc YEA
Wbitn,an j. champion of America u W."
with and be also holds the middit S'"''> nan"
pionsh,n tn, Ncw-YoIk stat. chaInI'ohf''p anu
tho natIe LongwooG challenge p'w' VII"
.sev,,sl couu,iee vet 70 be heard ron, a. 'n'
,.o,;r,i.n. cay Ware is champion Of America
n doubles champion Of Canada ana champ"
Of Massac busetts; while DAVIS aho wa" INV
tb, Western championship III d"u"'S '"'
Jersey State championship ~ doubies' anu w
were manners np foI ne National championship
i, dou,les neinc three ZINES within s'hte
strok, o. the much-covei'd me
Whether she Won 81 lost at football pase" "I''
.i,,o ar other srorIs Harvard has always
beer exceptionally strong u tennis Fro'" 'n.
dav. Of Rcnard u. Sears. DIT James b"'e'
and fin, CLARK brothers Ole nas'''S Vi oe
game and All Harvard men-down &c the present
experts Whitman. Ware Davis, ward r"'pe7'
Marvin and others the Crimson mas al"ays
hoeo rro,nincut in all intercollegiate tourha-
o,or.s and te wearers IN other meetings. Inc
first jntercoler late challenge cup went u Am"
bridge and SO did the second, "ho a"eauS
The Harvard mcL are pinf up points 'o' Inv
new trophy.
or the six National chamT IONS VINO Lave ooo"
pio1 fin, lawn tennis throne tbrec-Sears wren"
and Whtman-vcre all undergraduates al hai
ward when they won the honor, and one o'hei
Hovcy a graduate from the university al Gam
bridge Al Newport last summer Three oi tue
last four men struggling FOR the thamp'ShShp
rosicred NV Wrcnn-a Harvard graduate him
self-wcre undergrad jates there ana wore '"e
crimson H" or the six players dhree teams
he. han
doubles four were undergraduates Al Cambridge
and one other an old Hary ard man
Col1ere men are the life Of the game il Amer
,ca and each succeeding year furnishes a crop
of nov aspirants for tennis honors more prom
Using than the last While Davis and Ward are
both comparative newcomers in the field Of ex-
norris most If Haryarfs players are compare
five veterans Yale's best two representatives
Hackett and Allen-on the other hand, are both
recruits of this season, and both promise grea,
things before they have finished their tennis
careers Hacket did cut quite a hgure TINS
season and Will be ranked high among the lead
ere for the year but Allen played In only few
tournaments and he Is little known outside OF
New York If anything his style Is freer and
better than Hacketts, however, and two years
from now he may be among the leaders
Little and Alexander, OF Princeton, too, are
both promising young experts WHO need only
tournament experience and a little more or the
strength endurance and solidity that come only
with years Stevens, Davidson, Paret and other
veterans are gradually slipping backward. Their
skill is Just as great as it ever was, and they un-
doubtedly play better tennis each season, but
the younger men, particularly the college men,
improve much faster than they do and gradually
| oyertake and pass the older players Such evil
| dences are encouraging, too, for they show that
J the game progresses every year.