New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
LAWN TENNIS.
WRIGHT WINS THE NATIONAL iNi1"
SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP
WITH EASE.

Nevnort. n. l., Aug. Is (SpecaD.-The openiuS
day Of the championship week proven q u,sat
pointment to most Of the lawn teinis e"' 80 49,,
ar the Casino here to-day, for the chahse III '"7
customary programme on account Oh INV p'p
rnent Of the big double match kept away iaiee
mart of tho usual crowd. and number OF oetsuitS
tbnned out the championship matches Auoeu ~
the expected defaults Of Larned ana h''e"'
don. Ford Huntington and several minor p'"ye,
also dropped out and their antagonists hao WAL"
overs. ,obt,
Tho already small field narrowed down quickly
in this way and the tournament VIII propaol "a
one day less than usual. in consequence VI VIZ
smaller number Of players -. q,
Another change was made In the programme w
dav and the challenge match between "aio o.
Sheldon. the present holders Of the Natlona,
ponship I'm doubles. and Davis and ward tnell
hI1-s ,or tho title will be played to-morro"
morning Aliens spraned ankle first causeu -
Du,iqht 70 postponc the East VS.. the West match
until Friday but when he learned to-day 'hdt 'i'o
holders would have to default II thhs P''s -.
was carried out. as Sheldon must ieaVe oeio,. ','
end Of the week he decided 10 sacrlnce the VIZ
ern team rather than the champions SINCE 'n'
fault was theirs. and Allen and Hackett were nou
aed that they must play tomorrow or neIaui'
Aliens ankle Is still too lame for him 10 p'"S W
morrow so the Western pair were defaulteo yeS'o'
dav and Davis and Ward. the Eastern ""n.'s'
uIl meet Ware and Sheldon tomorrow morn'is'
Thpcp
championship match. and the challengers came
three times within single stroke OF winning ohiy
finally 10 lose It after exciting five set match.
Tonight. however. they are strong favor'es' anu
10 10 is offered their chances
The feature OF the play to-day was tne "a'0''
between Holcomb Ward, Of Orange. and clarence
RudIong OF Providence They had the champion
shin court and about three or four hundred spec
tators followed the play closely from the grand
stand. The rest of the seven or eight nunure'
people who attended the first days play were scat
tered around the grounds, watching the other
matches The Ward Budlong contest however fuf-
nished plenty of excitement before the orange
exnert NnaIlv won In the first set Budlong pulled
I'D to within a single stroke of deuce at hve all Out
Wards steady play gave him the set before nuo-
long could get the needed stroke. In the secohu II
was all Budong up TO Al, and then Nard began
TO force the play with considerable success ne
came rushing up to the net and volleyed with such
success that five games in succession were scored
for him. and another blue ball was hung up on the
score board to indicate the second set for Ward
The third set saw A decided change in the play
Budlong's strokes improved materially ana the
struggle of the closest order Inc games AFTER
mated with great regularity until four all had been
reached and then Budlong rose 10 the occasion
and winning tho next two. both after deuce had
been called took the set by a.. with two sets 10
one in his favor however Ward came back strong
in the fourth set and pushed the play from start
10 nnish never allowing Budlong TO get started
The order OF the games was as follows;
First A , "a
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was the match between Fischer and George
Wrenn Before this was started the general I'M
preston was that the metropolitan champion
would prove an easy victim for Nrenn' put ms
showed much better form than in his last Few
matches when he beaten by both wright ana
Paret In to-days match Fischer forced me pay
with considerable success through the hrst ana
second SETS and came very close to winning ooth
The first set was his. ard in the second he LED az
-, but Wrenns steady play pulled up s even Of
D all, and finally won out at 30. Inc sPeeu ~
the metropolitan champion seemed 70 slacken up
noticeaby in the third set, and his nose began 10
had sapped a good deal OF his strength and az
gresslyeness his Play lost its % b s' fourh set
which gave Wrenn an easy chance to win 'h'
match. , Dad ,d Icr,vbt
ali won their first matches, while Stevens, Little
and Ware got theirs by default. Paret drew Chace.
The veteran crack who will make his re-entry IN
tournament play after several years OF apSrnI e,
but this match was put over I'LL tomorrow on Gn
account OF Chaces absence. The winner III tH i
match IS eXpected to reach the third round, IN
which he will meet either Stevens or Huntington.
Collins the Western expert, Is expected 10 pay
Wrenn for a place in the semi-inal round wnue
Wright and Davis and Ware and ward VIII PROD
ably meet for the other two places, the tourtn resi-
ing between the winner Of the Paret-Chace ana
The interchangeable Championship event qualified
with ONLY two players, and Wright scored an easy
victory over Grant this afternoon. taking three
straight acts and winning the National interscnol-
astic championship for the second year In success
sion Neithcr Miller, who won the Yale interschol-
astic tournament, nor Thompson, who won at
Princeton put in an appearance although ooth
were qualified TO play in the final series here
II rain does not interfere win the present pro-
gramme the finals will probably be reached on
man and his challenger for tho championship VIII
The full scores Of the first days play follow
Channplonshp singles preliminary round Richard
stevens beat Deane Miller by default: r. d. Little beat
Ford Huntington by default: T. T. Huntington beat Ralph
9Tobier ga "a. Ga "a: J. s. Bridges beat Payne
whitney by default: c. Wright beat L. j. Grant o.:
g. s-i L. +. Ware beat Norman Mcleod By Default
beat IL ISr TsS Sy deSu R.a RGh ssai
d s Kicker g So. SO; D. F. Davis beat H G.
Whitehead e. 81, 60; g. I. Wrenn, tr. beat D. p
T WiSng 81 SO s-s "a 81: KresS Collins beat
Tbomas aturgis jr. 6-3 81 81; w. G. Grant beat
Ewing stille by default a.
Interscholasc championship singles Qlnal round
Beals c. Wright. Harvard beat Wyie G Grant. Column
bia, Go. 90 81.
MATCHES AT HOMBURG.
Homburg Aug 15-In spite OF the oppressive heat
there was n brilliant gathering to-day at the In
ternational lawn tennis tournament. which opened
vas,ardav The Duke of Cambridge among