The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27
Lawn Tennis.

The third annual metropolitan cham pionship
lawn tennis tournament opened yesterday afternoon
on the courts Of the West Side Tennis Club Eighty.
ninth street and Central Park. The entry list fol-
the handicap singles incudes thirty-two players
while less than twenty four experts have entered
the scratch event for the challenge cup held by f.
p. Fischer. Yesterdays scores:
Championship Singles Preliminary rounds H.
Gillespie beat F " walsh. VII, 60, 81; 8. C,
Mllet beat II. Ruggles. d. G-3. II. T.. Avery beat
C. NJ. Relyea, 81, 6--3; H. A. Talant heat NJ. S.
Clark. Ga. ~. GO: J. A. Allen beat j. b. Wing.
6-2. 6-3; r. D. Little beat r. Hickox. 90. ID.
First Round-C. +. rennessy beat G. b. Hussey.
1T, "a. go; o. NJ Bostwick beat +. l.. o. wads-
WORTH es. co; W. b. CraGin. Jr. beat e. L. Taller,
Handicap slngles-First round-A. b. Ripley half
The Lenox Tennis Clubs open tournament was
finished up yesterday afternoon with the anal Of
half thirty beat Dr. H. ii. HeyWooi tialf ifteen',
Consolation singles = First Round-J. Kearney. Jr..
'?s. Fl M1 Riand- Fummer s.a, Ke.rD.v
Final Round-H, A. Plummer beat E. B. Barnes.
by default.
The spring handicap tournament among the mem.
beers of the New York C. Las been in progress for
ans to be pHyfsS On SUNDAY the Mallory
in the final round. Roland Mallory the noted old
Trinity intercollegiate expert captured first honors
hnnds.p Singles 55rfNIimlPa5y rOund-R H; NAL,
@ny sS G Mcs 81 T JP 49, g"
kelycH 10. beat J ; Cushman, scratch. by default;
Cox 49, beat X Bra Br"wn m Ky defsT ~ aft MeloA
scratch beat F Arkel, 10; BY 72-e7 ?. Halp!n, IS,
beat aSr i' 4r1haf
KGane. scratch he1t Aarons, scratch, by default
Reyss Johnson BY atas be sy s1 81
52-G9' Freshman beat Halpn by default; Keane
Hs1t m b. Eoas 81 ~ 3'9 Es 3 beat
beat p. A, Wilmarth, 80, by Poi ". W. Mallory.
e o SGas soa h1m IT, mallory beat Reye. by
52-G7i Freshman heat lIickox by 72-64; Bell beat
keane by 72-46' WV Mallory beat McCAmman by
semFlnal Round 4. Mallory beat Freshman
Final Hound beat J Il D 81 BY loss5
HfndeS and ~ rGdndR
!sr jr, 81, beat. & Hamlin aud W, l.. May, 20. BY
First RoundIR. II Mallory and W, W; Mallory
GSi G Ray 1na MG b.St Gy T ,I H'f3n and
,si; H. by %Sfrpi' s LYONS and LHon;, 20
FsshSa and kcan SUS Scratch beat at'' H. Bt Ii
aud T, G. WilinArh. -, by As.
o Sl Hl EG% and u H tS spa W s. j M
and G, ly9ns oeat kGAng and Freshman by AL
x. "Ss T lawn snn. last %1os 'G he
fh,ladelpha, has decided not to lay IN any tennis
N her championship titles an turn, ms the dates
come around Tor her to defend. Miss Atkinson won
everything in sight last season. including the
American, the Canadian, the international and the
Ncst rn championships Tor women. bat she will
not defend any II them, she now declares. II has
also been learned that Carr Nerl, the Chicago IL
pert who had made every preparation to contest at
Newport again this summer and Ia some of the 9th er
tournaments, VIII not play after all this season. He
recently graduated from a Western university in
mining engineering. and just as he was practiring
to get into shape tor the tennis campaign he re-
celNed Eattrrmg Offer 10 take an important posi-.
ton IN New Mexico which he has accepted. He has
already 81 lrtcd for the scene OF his new work.