New-York tribune., 1900-07-28
LAWN TENNIS.
DAVIS AND WRENN AND LARNED AND
WRIGHT TO MEET TO-DAY

DAVIS AND WRENN AND LARNED AND
WRIGHT TO MEET TO-DAY.
Longwood. Mass July 27 (speciaD The Eastern
championship lawn tennis tournament was con-
tinued here to-day with large crowd of spectators
and the most perfect weather for the players. The
grounds of the Longwood Cricket Club were in good
condition despite yesterdays hard rain and pay
was kept up from early morning until almost twl-
light with the result that many matches were
played off. The finals of all three contests will be
reached by tomorrow night if the weather remains
favorable
the handicap singles and three teams in the cham
pionship doubles survived the day and these will
be narrowed down to less than half that number
tomorrow The semi-hnals of championship singles
Will bring together Davis and Wrenn in one match
and Larned and Wright in the other while Hackett
and Allen will meet the Ware brothers in the re-
naming semi-fnal of doubles. The handicap singles
will be naFEawed down to the finals and if there is
still time eYenAthRt will be played tomorrow after
noon Yesterdays bad weather kept matters back
badly, but the committee is making special effort
to finish off everything tomorrow except the last
two matebeSsin singles and the final OF doubles
which scheduled for Monday and Tuesday
There were two exciting matches to-day. one in
the morning and another in the afternoon. George
L. Wrenn, jr.. OF Harvard. met Raymond D. Little
the champion of Princeton, in the morning and won
after a battle royal Of five sets The Princetonian
outplayed his adversary in the first two sets, but
then Wrenn pulled out the third a close finish
and after that Little pieces badly. He
was in physical difficulty in the fourth and fifth
sets and could not do much running His weakness
increased the match on, and Wrenn had
almost a walkCver for the last two sets of the
match, winning he pleased.
In the afternoon Hackett and Allen. the crack
Yale team. met ex-Champon Bob" Wrenn and his
brother, George Wrenn, in the doubles, and they
had exciting match. The Wrenns found the
Yale team wonderfully fast and steady. They were
unable TO make any progress in the first two SETS
against them The fourth, however, went TO the
Yale pair, and the match over. Hackett dis
smashing and steady ground strokes The scores
of the days matches follow:
r D. D. Lite 6Ls 2S a. "a; O. g. L. L WTenn jr beat
beat H l. Foster 81. 60 6-1: B. C. Wrrbt bea+ u e
Keyes. by default e'' 'e' y"
Cha mPionship doubles first roqnd)K Horton and A.
ca: ~ p :, Whitman man and B. q. Wright beat w a.
4 S AlSn s 9eat r + e E WrsnD Ws4s aRS and s W
Bernard and W Bingham 6-4 6L1 al "e'' + Il
bes ssafh ( Horton G2pa4 a5d : p p1 %hmsn % and Wright
Handicap singles Gfrst Toq1dl-H; l. Bwer lowe Is,
%s ss69Pd ,6SSn b,f IS s. RaydSSn oTe 90 Julian
owe half i5 H H Chandler CHaIf 1s, Wioer
s. ?. Ware (owe half l5 beat H. L. Ever lowe *,
To- by default; r Fuller Gowe 15 beat l. T Wallis
haf l6, w h11 8li X G Thomas lowe half 5) beat
Third rounds p Ware (owe half 15) beat c p VII
S 4S SeS e%e J. a : seabgr Sea Srah su@nSr Hardy owe hair
15> beat r. c. Thomas lowe half i5) VI
and a Fuller beat NJ MerTiIi sn4 6 nse1o seayer
ca, 6-i; j. G. Davidson and w J. Clothier beat n T.
Bradley F E. Barnard W W Bingham ana h F
seml-hna round-J; c Davidson and w J. c1otb,.r
beat A F Fuller er.U and R G seayer Io-s 6-a G
seabury Sc Ga "''''9'"S and j. $