New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-15
LAWN TENNIS.
,vry BEATS GRANT AT THE LENOX
CLUB TOURNAMENT.
WINS FROM CIoTHIER. OF PHILApE1-
pv1A-INTEREsTING MATCH BETWEEN
ALLEN AND LITTLE

,rr WINS FROM CLOTHIER. OF PHILADE1-
,v,A-IxTrREsTING MATCH BETWEEN
ALLEN AND LITTLE.
,., tournament OF the Lenox Tennis Climb
~" .r,,nued Yesterday afternoon on the courts
wa bundred- and-twenty-third-st and St Mich
,ve Six more men In the scratch singles fell
w ~. vayslde. and the eight who still remain will
" viewed down to the semi-hnals this afternoon
.. q, Yale earned his way into this round by
,,,c Little of Princeton. in an interesting
pn tho first set Of which very close Paret
M o,ber favorite for final honors won again after
q fast though ra'hei o"vs'"'u hd'ch Win clotHIer
,ss Philadephian
r.o handicap singles really took up most OF the
.,.,noon however. and the feature Of the day was
-. Kearney-Grant match Grant. who showed
w, surprising form yesterday. was Handicapped
- owe half fifteen to Kearney. but the latter won
NJ, the most exciting kind of finish. The score.
o. SIS les highly hattering 10 the hand-
,ners Both Kearney and Grant however, were
-, IN rather light and the winner to
.ra good chance for the hrst prize In this event.
can, seemed particularly weak on overhead balls
"a constantly smashed Kearney's frequent lobs
,r,o the net. His driving was fast and accurate.
,oxever and after his nervousness In the first set
"a worn of no appeared 20 good advantage. The
h nsu was Just enough to give this first set
~ Kearney. but In the second Grant played all
sGEna ' sieadness again began to tel in his
favor and he led up TO 81. Then he had several
chances To win with one stroke. but each tmc
Grant pulled himself out OF danger by clever
S,roke and finally got up even al 5-all. Each man
non The vantage game several times. but sono
close decisions by linemen bothered Grant near
The end and his strokes became rather Wild
Kearney finally winning the set by l0-S
This afternoon the doubles Will begin and the
two single contests will he continued.
Yesterdays scores follow
.-y ISpox T c. heat II. y. Rawl'ns. Orange n D.,
ty ssfault. II. A. Plummer. Newport. r. L. beat Morris
Clark Leno1 7. G.. by default 49, ~
Fist round--J {. Paret Orange l. T. g, peat W, ..
Clothler Philadelphia &c, 6-3. Dean Emery l|nnN
T C. beat O. NJ S,ernfeld. Lenox T. c., by default -.
H. A. Piummer. Newport. r. L. beat Il. Moore Lenoh
C. SO @ e.. ~
second round a. Allen. Yale. beat r. D. Little
Princeton S. 6-3 >, 49,,
isnox T g. haIf hfteen, beat ]. Lasher. ffh Avenue
1owe half nfteen) beat W. {. Grant. New York T. G.
towe G.teen). -. IS l0-s T. J. Martin l@noX j.
(scrsfchD beat +. l. pia.rlor", West Side r. :.
scratch 6-3 Ct: Dean Emery LenoN l. G. 'oWe hai,
Gfieen, beat II. y. Rawlins. Orange. y ). lowe hail
NfsenD by default, L. J. Grant New YORK /: 9 IN
iesn1 beat J. A. Delma-. Lenox T. G. thalt nfteerl hv
default r. D. Little PRINCETON owe thirty peat T. ~
ponohu. I>nox T. { lowe half ihlN) ~ defaul1i w
J Cio,hier philadelphia lowe thirty against X !.
ished,: F " Walsh Lenox T. c. scratch beat w a.
Ines Fif,h Avenue T G. (hfteer). 80. o; ). =.
psr.t orange /. T z. forty) beat Arthur keane
lowe nfteen) by default. j. II. Torrey. i~nox l. :.
,sr,een beat p. Opdyke. Manhattan Hospital thalf
ffteen, &c. 60. Ct