New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-25
LAWN TENNIS.
A STRONG ENTRY LIST RECEIVED FOR
THE METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHICH BEGINS TO-DAY

The Metropolitan Championship lawn tennis tour
naInent will begin this afternoon at the West Side
Tennis club Eighty -uinth-st and Central Park
West. This tournament is in Importance
among the spring meetings throughout the country
the Middle States Championship which takes
place week Orange ana host OF the
strongest candidates for tho latter title have
tered tho Metropolitan meeting in order get into
their best form for the big contest of the early
season Entries closed Saturday for the West
Side tournamc. {. and the list filled better
than expected There are no fewer than twenty
five players entered for the championship singles.
tho star event Of the week, and this number
cludcs all Of the crack local experts. besides the
best players from Yale. Princeton Harvard and
Columbia. Then there will be Davidson and Glaze
brook from Washington; Colwcll Mollenhauer and
Talbot. from Brooklyn two players from Morris
town and one or two others from out of
clubs
L. L, Fischer who has twice won the big chuI-
lengc cup cmblcmatIc of the Metropolitan cham
pionshIp has been practising steadily for some
time for the defence OF his honors and he is play
ing well now, if not better. than ever before.
II he succeeds in beating his challenger for the
championship at the end of the week the big cup
viii DO his own property forever. However ne vii.
have six strong adversaries against him in EeaIs
G. Wright Of Harvard; John A. Allen champion
OF Yale; Raymond ID. Little. champion OF Prince
ton J. Parmly faret the Southern champion: John
der, from Princeton ''' anu D. Ale A'''
In the handicap singles there are thirty-one en-
started for the handicap prize last week the
lenoX Tennis Club tournament. and this number
includes most Of the crack players and lot of
weaker men Entries for the doubles will not be
cIosed until this afternoon. but there will he a
strong field in this competition well for HacEett
and Allen, OF Yale, the second best team OF last
season VIII play. together with Fischer and Little
VINO won the LenON doubles Saturday; Parrot
and Davidson. who hold the Southern chumpion-
ship. and number of other strong combinations
The drawings for both scratch and handicap
singles were made yesterday. and resulted as fol
lows:
Championship singles preliminary round,-n c. Wright
H@ry4Id against Or l. w. Glazebrook Washington; ".
g. Grant Columbia. against Calhoun Cragn.
H. C.: r. II Tabot Kings County r. G. against J. c
against a Player IL. Gillespie Morristown against
r.. v. Walsh. Lenox T. G.. l. f. Mahan. Columbia
against O. NJ BOstwick. West Side r. @. X. D. Little
6r.nee'on against a. ;. Cragn. West r {: }. p
fdiet Orange l. 7. c. against Ii. r HoIbrook. West
Eias I. G C. NJ Relyea. New-York A c. against c. T.
ttnnessey. West Side +. C.
RdnH Ts' I9undTA Il Bowen West Side T. c, against
fIinteton against l. r. LedouX Cornwall; winners @
preliminary matches against each other order:
et As preliminary match against w Il. Vert
Sde I G Ralph Hickox. Nev-York A. c. against ]
Handicap, singles cpreliminaTy rUund)-H. Il Avery.