The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-17
Gos.ip or tho Handball Courts.

Local baseball stars are again showing a tendency
20 Ban c0n sserappy i Bit" Jo ass'i plays s"s the game me 4 rssa.
keeping 4 man In good physical trim.
In addition to the Scott Coggins match. the wednes.
day afternoon programme at the Brooklyn court Will
have at least one red.ietter event. The Jersey city
experts have promised to be on hand. and IL IL pro-
posed 10 pair on william Carney and James dunno.
the che, c@SsmpiionsRipe class: and should furnish an eShii
bition such as 10 rarely seen.
The proposed home and home stake match between
Prof. John Coggins OF the Brooklyn court and Pat
Scott OF the Jersey City court has been ratified. The
men viii play a home,and. home rubber OF best OF
eleven games for = stake, and the trst half of the
match Is scheduled to take place at l O'Clock on
Mednssd,y IdternSoh a. the brooklyn court The
City court on Jan. "a.
Members of tho Manhattanvills Club have rarely
than they arc at present. and the club day gathering
simply scrambled for places on the playing slate.
Glynn. Then w. o'Lrary polished on J; W. Donnelly
R saa 3, won Wa' a hard .s .fcaahs match Sr1 from 'nG +. paw g Mccall al:
frey, but when the two Joined forces they succumbed
s 10 r; De aSrins 1 the Sc session st6xS incla ihs J 3. GYM ao J Mnr.
ray. J. SINNERS, J. Ntzhugh, Fitzpatrick. T.; Deig-
herty, and T. Bell.
The nrst OF TIE series OF match games at haDdball
fr,, remit teams of ,S of 81. 9' go" z \ r rDsp Soo sSsSo a. and nd. Con tSr.
mer's gymnasium on Saturday morning. The Cen.
OF SIX played. scores: s~ingles-Higby, Central, de.
feated uoyt, Poly" ~ TO 81 Mason. Poly" dc,
Defeated Dunne, Central, 81 TO a; col,amorc, Cen.
tral. defeated Behr. POLY" ~ to ~. Doubles
Highly and Dunno, Central, defeated Hoyt and Mason.
Poly" 81 to Ia; Collamore and Remington. Cen.
trial. defeated Behr and Webb. 81 70 10. Tho return
games will be played at the Central's courts on Feb. 3.
The announcement that the Jersey City Club has
again applied to the A. A. U. for sanction TO hold tho
tournament for the annual championship Is not
hailed with unmizcd pleasure by dcyotees OF the
game, several OF tho veterans assert that II Is I'M.
possible TO conduct "A genuine test Of merit In one
court, as the home players are bound tn have
the advantage. still, II the Jersey City managers are
the only bidders they cannot very well he hold re.
spnnsinle. The incident Ouly serves 10 emphasize tho
lact mat the extent OF the game demands q parent
Organization tn foster and govern it on Impartial
lines. An uIi' timer suggests that at least the Metro
pOiiian district should be- under tho control ~ a
board cpmpused OF a representative from each court.
and II Il hintei that a move IN this direction VIII soon
b. made.
Tn" club tournament 1t the Brooklyn court reached
an exciting climax on club day, when Or. Andrew
Gillsu aud ". l. Jones defeated PCT" Connolly and j.
nSland by Ellis, 2l-S, lu-.l, l2-2l, AMI 2l-Ih.
The rivals were up aud up and one game 70 go.
Tho match was spiendtdly contested from start
90 rnish, anu there were only TWO aces
between the teams In the aggregate scort.
PIN Casey and Tommy Dunno earned another
winning bracket. the victims this time being DR..
PM smith and James Dunno. Jr. The latter were de
feated by 2O-el, 2l-l3, and 2l-l5. John O'Dun'
nell and r STAFFORD scored a clean'cut, victory. over
tl-lb, and zl--lT Winning strings were also put
Nike Lennon, and Denis Dougherty.