The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
cnIrprorsnIr RacorErA
Lively Interest Aroused BY OpsninE Matches
in the National Tournament.

rthT opened yesterday at the Racquet an'
Tennis Club. n West Forty.third street. In tn
annual tournament for the amateur racdue
chAmpionship Of America. The question o
supremacy last year hal been decided At Bos
ton. and metropolitan admirers OF the game
Who had not witnessed the chief event since
1897. are consequently displaying a create
interest than usual In the present series. The
twelve candidates consIst Of five Montreal eJ
perts. headed by ?. =. ROLAND. present holder
NJ the cham rionship: two Boston men. inelud,
ing 4 shaw. who ran up n ROLAND. and
FIVE members Of the home club. who have been
} carefully coached by the local professional
George Standing
shoyellers were busy from daybrenk clearing
away the snow on the court roofs. and promptly
at II o'clock tho first pair tossed a racquet for
choice Of service. They were y. 4. Shaw. the
veteran expert from the Hub. and W b. Dlns-
moro. Jr.. who recently won the championship
J Of the home club from ]. 8. Hoyt. The west
court was chosen az the scene Of play. and
Shaw went in. The Boston man is a left
handed player. and his serving proved
a difficult problem for Dinsmore. as
the balls came out at ~puzzling angles.
He opcned with a twister on service and
| rolled up a score o; Ave aces before DInsmore
cut in Tor two. Tho rivals. made three each in
their second hands and Shaw raised the score
N 12-5 by q neat al-round contribution OF
four aces. Then Dinsmore. who had been a
tribe %erratlc. settled down and ran to eleven.
shaw got in again for two. but with only one to
60 he was put out neatly. ana = Dlnsmore caught
s n,m AZ and piPnsImrnoire won one out In his hand
by a brilliant cluster Of six.
The second game, was give and take for
seven inninRa. but Shaw then crept ava and
won by 10 TO 10. The Bostonian followed his
hand FOR two but Dinsmore responded with
scored " on good placing. Shaw then sent
out four stinRcrs which were practically un,
% Rnmbs4 b sHa D shaw 5s.t sSi Kim II for st, sF a G spi4i
tied rally. The Boston expert forged to the
front for the first time in the game with five
advantage 10 the end. Light scoring was the
order IN the fourth game up TO the fourth hand.
when Shaw cut loose for alrun OF eight. seven
of which were on almost unplayable service
Dinsmore played up pluckily., but was %unfortu-
nate in losing three hallds through misses at
the critical stage. and Shaw took the game and
match. The scores:
FIRST GAME.
Dinsiuore ........... ........... 8 " B-I7
Aces BY ssrvios-Dinsmore, 81 shay. 9. Aces by
placing -Dinsmore 9; shaw. :. Aces by opponents
Iniss-Dinsmorr. ?; shaw 5.
SECOND GAME
Shaw Sha.n ''. 3 5 1859 . fG--iiGS
Aces by service.-shaw. :; Dinsmore. I. Aces by
placing Shaw. :; Dinsmiore. .. Aces by opponents
THIRD GAME.
fhss ..... ....:, IT,. ..... ....ss!t ' 81
placing shaw. 8 Dlnsmore, !. Aces by opponents
miss shaw, :. DinsmOre. ].
FOURTH LAME.
T Dia'more 8 i7S39s l-l55
Aces BY s~eryice-shaw. II; Dinslnore. .. Aces by
placing Shaw, :.
REHABILITATION.
Total aces by service Shaw. "a; DinAmore. %. BY
nn I" bn% y: bi11,moTe' 3 Tots, niymbsr Of an.s =
ssDraTi shan. NJ DluAmDfe. "a. Time of match
~ miurr'n. Ee:rree-J. 3. Hoyt M~brker-George
standing
$, Hoyt %! the home club and 4, i. Meredith Of
Montreal. Hoyt won the toss and promptly
stroke from Meredith lie cut an inch too low
and went ont Un IA Billboard miss. The Canu-
dian scored J by. II neat place, but lost his hand
on Il miss. and the rivals were III and out for
blanks until Hoyt's fourth inning. when he
served four ]twisters without a return. Mere
fore COINS on the defensive again. Hoyt then
isailed right ahead and won out. There was
little TO choose between the pair for three
innings Of the second game, when Hoyt'S Ser
vice again came into evidence aud he ran out
with a %taultIess bunch Of nine. Meredith got
IN on a beautifully placed return for the third
game. but went out as abruptly on faulty ser
wee. one ace by each and a blank by Hoyt let
drew blanks. but in his nth inning Hoyt
scored three. and. after losing the service on
Of seven straight on service. This put him
away in the lead aud he won out the match In
straight games. The scores:
IIRsI GAME.
Ms2ta,,p .... . ..... - "Sta 81: Z:
Mi. =; ,,Mslsdi,h: T.. IIoe' by H oppoS ny PH %i:s-
Hoyt. /. Meredith /.
sEcoHD GAME.
a Msy. .2 Q "a E
p, .cs. by ssf,i %' MsPSii, h. :! M" Hs d b. d soo An.; By
intss-Hoyt. =, Meredith /.
THIRD GAME.
Mere Megsa..n .... ...S ! 2SS5 s-'s g
pAceS by ssrvice-Hoyt. 10; Meredith, q. k;es by
placing -Hoyt. =.
RECAPITULAIIoN.
Ic,aI aiGS by s"MsEi rsd g, Ms5sd,,h: 6 BY
hoy,. 2 Msredith :. Total number Of aces .gored -
i]tsi.fs a. j: A /. E%1iian d. M I1%s or G %@'Ss; si4 %i"%!s''
The third match OF the day was brought on
half an hour aheNSd q schedple time. the play
gampbelTof the home club. Campbell won the
first. game by - 70 .. and, McTicr eNened
while the powdered snow had been sitting
through the ~skylight TO such an extent that
the footing On the court floor became unsafe
will be played oyer in fUil this morning at ID
o'clock. after which the schedule for the first
round will be completed as follows.
II O'Clock A. M. +. ROLAND. Montreal. vs.. O. II.
Maekay. SsT Y9rt: g" r Nv + Miller. Nor.
iHfs1'i s.; II i; r1sS" = S? :, G fHnn, 81; Man Fl Nh h
Among the prominent clubmen who watched
the sport from the gallery and applaudcd the
special features Of tho competition were:
I. TOWNSEND. II. q. Mortimer. {. W. Maury. d.
Miller, y, q. Clarke, NJ. :. Patton, Z. Patton. II. Bacon.
7. sadlie,r. 2. Durham. II. C. Mortimer lr.. ]. 8.
Hoyt, II, Fnrman, T suforn Taller, A Morten. T..
La Montague. y. La Montague. Jr. n. Ia Montague,
j. II. Cunningham. j. Harrison. ". A. Thomson, r..
4. Thomson 7. bows, Is. r. Brown. " Rouch. II. il.
Iiunnoweil, ". u. Sanction. Randolph Hurry A. &.
saGs R p rssrEin' u { BROWN + r. y"
J.. Hustled, II. Decoppet. 4. Decoppct. George
yinrut. 4. =. Henri. I. l." Henry. d T. worden, +,
II. Lee. ". Trimblc. y. G. Br ,vu. l.. Gregory. Ii. u,
Kirkland. H"nry Gnscy. ] X. Taylor r. L Norton,
II. X, Knapp. II, X. Bl0OdgOOd. j. u. Archb0ld, II
Page, A. {, Tower. II, II Hoyt. A., " Cochrunc. r..
Rohy. =. candy, Georg" l.. Day. $; bay ". Watson,
u. PArsDn, T.. A Clark. {. I. Baldwin. L, Blake. y.
Il Lord. IN Croker An Griswold, J. i. Cow.
f. Hodges. j. A. Wright, Clarence Mackay aud g.
Barring.
arrangement and Entries for tho Annual
Contest mt the st. SichoIas Rink.