Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-10
In THE WORLD OF SPORT
Lawn Tennis Championships Are Decided
for This Season.
cRIcKETeRs ARE COMING FROM AUSTRALIA
season for Fall sports IL Approaching
end with tho Opening of the
Schools Foot Ball II the
Principal Game.

The arrival OF a real five prince from
foreign shores always does create more or
less OF a stir among the inhabitants OF THIS
hemisphere and In this respect Kumar Shrl
Ranjltsinhji, who Il due here this month
with a band Of English cricketers In search
of American ecalps, will probably nave no
cause for complaint Beside being a prince,
with the blue blood OF India In his veins, the
distinguishes visitor has the enviable dis
tincton OF beng the worlds foremost crlcK-
eter today, for even in Australia, whlcn at
this time Is claiming everything In slght IN
the cricket line, there Is none quite such as
he. 1t would seem altogether s~upernuous'
therefore, with already 80 much to distinguish
him from the mortal OF average caste. for
him to still further advertise himself by
means of marvellous feats Of Craftsmanship
This IL what he is reported to be busylng
himself with at the present time-in fact ne
has compiled the enormous total OF o'ooo
runs go far during the current season anu
no one knows where he VIII stop before ne
gets through. In this respect ne again
differs from the usual run OF mankind
While the average captain and manager VI Z"
team would be at his wits end ana worry
dng himself to death over the unpromlslns
prospects OF getting a team togetner 10 croes
the ocean. this wonderful individual sets
.ho,t smasbing all records within reach and
nIsoes them where, In all likelihood, they
will remain forever beyond the reach OF
hosts OF aspirants, who may be as worthy
vet are far less brilliant than he.
Incidentally, his own personal magnetism
seems to suffice to attract a galaxy OF play
ers about him for the purpose OF mis- "Trip
such as will assure our poor YANKEE eleVens
lengthy outings galore, with but slim pros
pects Of an occasional sojourn at the "lcketS'
This may sound very discouraglng ana per-
hans slightly unpatriotic, but what Is 10 De
done with a man who Will gather ruhs dc
! YOU or would shovel wheatT
sarodar. in the province of kathiaWar'
western India. claims the famous Indian as
Go son. His father was Jtwan Sinh1l,
nonhev OF the late Sir Vibhaii Ranmaljl
u n 6. T.. the lam (sovereign) OF havana
,ar the largest and second wealthiest state
,Inder British protection. He was educated at
tbe Rai-Kumar college at Ra1cote, "nere
the rudiments of the game OF cricket were
caught him by one Chester Macnaghten' an
old Cantab. Subsequently. In 1892, he went
IN Cambridge university and there first gave
/ evidence of the talents thar were sooh "
astonish the entire cricket world.
Now that the lawn tennis championship OF
1899 has become a matter or history al
! ewes in the tennis world are fixed on the rat
Z ing OF the players for the year. Consiuet
able discussion is always aroused by the
various attempts to rank the leading ex-
norts and even the Official" list, which Is
NOT made I'D until December or January, In
,yariablv proyokes criticism. There are many
tealousies among the tennis experts, and
I their play is so inconsistent that 1t is I'M
possible to rate them by results alone' anu
the majority OF them feel that they nave
heen sighted when the lists appear. New
mort form must always be taken as the cri-
hterion from which to judge OF the players
but other important matches cannot De
, ignored. and must sometimes be depended on
entirely, as in the case OF Larneo tnls year
who did not play in the championship meet
ing.
There can be no question, however. over
the fact that Champion Whitman Is entitled
to place in a class all by himself. Several
other experts showed streaks of play fully
equal to that OF the champion, but none or
them maintained his form consistently long
enough to be classed with Whitman. The
hampton played fearlessly through a long
seasons schedule, meeting nearly every
prominent player OF the year at one time
or another, and ended with a clean record
of victories.
Next to him and grouped together un-
doubtedly come Paret, the winner OF the
all -comers; Davis, the runner-up, and Lar
ned, but in what order 1t is difficult to say.
II Newport form be used alone, Paret would
unouestionably be placed second, but II the
whole seasons play be given equal consid-
%eratnoi. Davis would probably have second
honors. with Larned third and Paret fourth.
Iarned's defeat by Pell. at Northampton
particularly as 1t was in straight sets-was
a worse fall down than either Paret or Davis
suffered. but Paret lost to Dodge and to
Hackett, while Davis lost to Marvin and
to Ware.
When the second class is passed there is
a big host of strong players, all OF whom
seem to have equal claims for recognition.
Collins, Huntington, Ware, Stevens and
Wright seem to be the first division OF
these, with Ward, Allen, Budlong, Fischer,
Bond, Davidson and Little close behind
them. Once you get below this lot there
are SO many ordinary tournament players
of skill that It is almost impossible to choose
between them. There LIS an unusual num-
Der Of experts this season, too, who must
be left out of the honor lists because they
played so little as to afford not enough data
from which to work. Clarence Hobart, who
recently won the championship OF Germany
ut Homburg, Is among the best OF these,
with Carl Neel, who won the western cham
pionship; Arthur Foote. who won the New
England championship; Malcolm Chace. who
PLAYED only at Newport; Sam Neel, II. II.