New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-26
TENNIS.
MANY MATCHES POSTPONED AT LONG
WOOD, RAIN INTERPRETING
THE PLAY.

ronrvyood Mass July % (SpeciaD.-The third
davis play in the Eastern championship lawn ten
is tournament was interrupted here to-day at Oh7
Longwood Cricket Club by a heavy thunderstorm
that broke over the grounds about o'clock in the
afternoon George Wrenn and r. D Little had Just
started their championship match on the exhibition
court in front of the grandstand when the ram
came down and put a stop further play, the
score standing at five games to four in the nrsI
set in favor of Wrenn The veteran Harvard eA-
pert showed all OF the phenomenal steadlness that
had beaten Leo Ware yesterday. and Little Iouhd
him like a stone wall The Princeton cracks
clever passing strokes slid past Wrenn at the net
many times, however. and the score was almost
even when the storm interrupted the match
On the next court Larned and young Foster had
just started in to play their match when the ram
began Each had won two games. and the matcn
will probably be started again The other
two matches in the third round were not started
and they will be played tomorrow with the two
which were left unfinished this afternoon. Davis
will play Carleton and Wright will meet keyes-
In the doubles four matches were played this
morning The Wrenn brothers. Whitman and
Wright and Larned and Chace, three teams made
up OF the crack players of the land were all OPP
posed by easy antagonists, and each was VIC
torious winning in straight sets. Hackett ana
Allen. the fourth of the star teams, had more
trouble with their match. however They were OPP
posed by Davidson and CIother, and at the start
it began to look as II the crack ras U AN NAV
improved materially after the first set. and Hack
.
defence. The former Western champions soon
pulled out ahead, taking the match by three sets
TO 49,. ~,
morning and two minor matches We're III
progress also when the rain interrupted play TINS
afternoon Only sixteen of the original thirty
eight players remain in this competitions and halI
of this number will drop by the Wayslde to-Inor-
row. 1t is expected however that to-days delay
on account of rain will force a postponemenU or
the challenge match between Champion Whitman
and his challenger for the Longwood Cup unul
Monday. The summary of to-day's scores follows;
Championship singles third roundl-Ci L Wrsnn. II
Va r D. Little - Cunflished), W A Larned vs. n
I, Foster. 2-2 Diminished. 49,
Championship doubles preliminary ROUNDUP d. WHIT
man and B. C Wright beat II. /. Ever and l. G wright
6-3 s. &c; w. A Larned and NJ G. Cnaee peat ;
NJ Merrill and P. P Sharpies 81 6-S e.; h n
Fackett and a. Allen beat J. G. Davidson and W J.
CIothier. "a 81. Is. e., R D. Wrenn and g l.
jr.. beat J. H Williams. jr.. and J. 5 Seabury
Handicap singles preliminary roundl-H- L Ever !oEe
l5l beat A Wiliston lowe half l5l, 2-6. Ct, 6-S;
H D Montgomery beat F. B. Whittemore owe 10 d.
e. Kenneth Horton 15) beat 2 \. Taft. u lowe
49, by default
well C5l by default H. Chandler half ~ beat H A
Second round-J. P. Paret lowe 3W beat W F Chase
81 Chandler half i5l 90, 6--l, sumner Hardy lowe
half 40l heat F f Barnard iscratch. g.. 81; a. F.
Fuller owe 15J beat l. T Wallis half 15. 60. 81