New-York tribune., 1899-07-29
LAWN TENNIS.
WINNER TO CHALLENGE WHITMAN FOR
FINALS.
WINNIE p TO CHALLENGE WHITMAN FOR
THE LONGwooD CUP-sUMMARY OF
THE DAYS PLAY.
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pos.or Julv %-The Eastern championship
matches drew a .arge crowd OF lawn tennis ioVers
10 the grounds Of the Longwood Cricket Ciuo mere
to-day and an unusual amount OF enthusiasm was
shown over the play OF the experts. II Is many
wears SINCE 20 many champions were brought To-
geth.r In any one tournament. and the tennis iov-
ing nublic OF the Hub seems to appreciate the
treat that they enjoying. Perfect paying
weather prevailed to-day. and all OF the eVehts
went on rapidly under the guidance OF 'he eher-
setic committee. The championship singles natur-
auy tho most ,mportant event the list. went
through its semi-hnai stages and when the smoke
of battle cleared away only two OF the conteS'a"'o
remained among the victors. Larned ana DAVIS as
had been predicted when the tournament began are
left TO struggle for the right to challenge Champio
Whitman for the Longwood Cup. and they VIII play
off the final match TO select the challenger tonor-
row afternoon. the cup match being heid over WI
Monday. The sem-hnal matches IN the Dh''e'"
championship doubles also scheduled for TO-
morrow and the finals will also take place on hoh-
day.
or the three New-York players left In the thro
round Of the principal event. only one survived TINS
round Paret met Cyclone Davis. and tound MIN
much too fast and the former was unable 10 get
set Holcomb Ward made better showing aga,nsI nins
George Wrenn. When the storm broke last evening
Wrenn had lead OF two SETS but Ward startea & III
pck this morning to pull lid out 4ou2ib gf ns ses 'bgP sa
Wrenn came back strong in the NTH and won Sd our
he a'th tbe tbrd of the New-Yorkers fuhed the
general prediction that he would reach the hnas'
Rt he Ds Gauss mnch Horton was
Yesterdays rain he needed only one game tnS LOT tns
Ia last 1T se5 5ce ena 10 nG pay Wight in the round
Young Wright IS heady left o saneS Wren4 Pager and ID
he repeatedly outgeneraed Larned although ne
had the command nor the speGa Sy4v e to
come out ahead. and in the second he ESCAPED 6. DE
feat by only a narrow margin. me games II" 'hS
ro the following Order.
FIRST SET.
Iarnsd ..............."dd . . 3 . . . I ! %
SECOND SET.
k4,ss, 5s.ss d65
THIRD SET.
4,as, JA5nsa ..........:...G . D : . 0 %
In the afternoon Davis went into the seminal
round against G Seorge ssmpon. brother gave him
much better fight than had Paret In the mornins;
scNnd DsNls KEEP, sa and should have easily the match
in three straight sets IN the last ne , haa Wrnn
pulled himself together and gathered in three
games in succession and finally pulled M 9nt tne ss'
and by 81 His service proved aimost as
The doubles furnished plenty Of excitement In the
amPdPf 8na Ve set With
Marvin and Goldman. two Harvard players, , tnat a
the r. Se% o o oi pf how
ever the general opinion is that they cannot expect
and Budiong tomorrow The latter pair also had
a long five struggle with the Larned brothers,
winning the fifth set only by -
The full scores OF the day follow:
Championship singles third round)-G I. wrenn. jr:.
DaTis Psa' Sest j. Pare s2 81 s A. LArned
beat Kenneth Horton. 6-1 81. Ga. .
Ga. e-4 e-s, %: W a. Larned beat B. C. Wright
Championship doubles second roundM. D. whitman
"a. Ga 81; y. F. Davis and HoeomS Ward beat
Campbell and r. p Huntington beat r. Msryn wrrSi ana
ana c r. BudlOng beat w A. IArned and F. p Larned'
Handicap singles preliminary round,-E. y. wr,gh!-
6@3. A. r Fuller (half hfteen) beat J. p. Paret owe
| hneen). 81 Cdefaulted).
man heen, by default; Ralph McKrick (scatchl
beat II. II. Whitman thaf thirty, 1O-s. 8.2; r. b'
s s sSsa asas GhIrt, Seat j cotser
scratch, G-3. % F. y WrshtingtCn infteenl beat ss
teen) G. b. Wilson (nfteenl, e. 2-6, 81; W. $
Bond nfteen) beat +. Presbey (scratchl oy de-
fsg Ware ha eTn GsfTeneT beat scratch, bea Ho
comb Ward owe nfteenl; by default Kenneth Horton
"25s ssa5aa TosnS-S c'esat;R beat ,y..s, wn!5
beat shea thirty ga 3D. GO; a., A. Fuller (h11f
Carpenter scratch beat W G Grant oscrateh. 79 %
| 6-2 J. G. Davidson 1fteen) beat Kenneth Horton
Scratch. 70 90 e.; Y Harlan and
P e Presbrey beat W. f. Putnam and F. " Wright
| ington by default
Ma1T, gsi s0S 81 Sr6ad de s ana 81 J. oSier and
r. Carpenter beat X Horton and p e. Preserey S
and b. G Wright by default; p Paret and j. G David
beat b F Merrill apd A. B. Htchc9ck 81; ST.
| beat r. D. Little and A. p Halves. s-6 lo-s.