New-York tribune., 1900-04-30
LAWN TENNIS.
THE SEASON OPENS WITH BRIGHT PROS
PECTS AND THE PROMISE OF AN
INTERNATIONAL MATCH

The lawn tennis season was formally opened on
Saturday with interscholastic championship tour
naments at the principal colleges. The Columbia
tournament was again this season by young
Wylie c. Grant of the Lenox Tennis Club who
easily demonstrated his superiority over the eigh-
teen other schooboys entered. 1t is unfortunate
however, that young Grant will not be able to play
at Newport in August. when the final series of
matches is held for the National interscholastic
championship among the winners of the events at
the different colleges. He will go abroad in June
and is not expected to return until fall just be-
fore the college term opens. In the absence of
Beals Wright who entered Harvard last fall,
Grant would have a royal chance for the title.
The next important tournament-in fact the first
senior event the official schedule for the sea-
son-will be the Southern championship tourna-
ment at Washington, which begins May %
For this meeting a delegation of New-York play
ers will go South next month. John c. Davidson.
of Washington. holds the title, and he will defend
his claim to 1t against the winner of the all comers
scratch singles The New-York delegation is ex-
pected to include ]. Parmly Paret. of the Lenox
Tennis Club, who held the Southern championship
four years ago; o. M. Bostwick. captain of the
West Side Tennis Club; Ralph Hickox. of the
New-York Athletic Club; Wylie C. Grant the CO.
lumbia interscholastic champion. and several 9TH
ers. 1t is also possible that Eustace H. Miles, of
Tuxedo the English court tennis and racquet cham
pion, may his American campaign at lawn
tennis with this meeting.
The New-York Athletic Club has decided to hold
open tournament at Trayers Island during the
week of June 1, and this will begin the local
paign of five weeks of tournament tennis. The New
York experts have made elaborate preparations for
this Metropolitan circuit Four other local tourna-
ments will follow in successive weeks. and two
of them will have National Importance because
they for the Middle States and Metropolitan
championships. The New-York Athletic Club Com
mittee. composed of Ralph Hickox w. K Gillette
and C. NJ. Reyea has announced three open events
for the week of June 4, scratch and handicap sin
giles and scratch doubles strong entry list is
expected, and every preparation will be made to
entertain the visiting players at Travers Island.
The New-Jersey State championship at Orange,
the open tournament at the Lenox Tennis Club,
the Metropolitan championship at the West Side
Tennis Club and the Middle States championship at
Orange will follow in the four succeeding weeks,
and before the crack players go of to the big
tournaments in the other sections Of the country
they will have been through Metropolitan circuit
OF more importance than ever before Champion E.
P Fischer is practising hard to defend his title
CUB and champion NJ D. Whitman viii si'ia be on
hand TO defend his claim to the championship of
Araost pogluye eontrmation .d has now reached
Davis Interna tional Challenge Cup, and there
sfe al Hoboken @ besinhas on on july g. VIII Persstsnt slf
ana f. Mshny Who %Ss hepe three yes
ago will make up the Ghallengng l team, and they
L the British team nj, is made up as expected the
Doherty and Mahony in The singles This team
would be the strongest that Great Britain could
possibly produce. and the American experts would
find it difficult task TO keep their new inteTna-
tional trophy home
recent issue of the official organ of the lawn
tennis players announces that unless some new
upsets all present calculations between now
and the middle of July or one of the old veterans
shows unexpected form. the American team will
be composed OF Champion NJ. D. Whitman, and
ID. i. Davis, the doner of the cup, in the
singles, and Davis and Ward. the National cham
pions. in the doubles. Ii this should prove 10 be
the composition of the home team. it will be
challenging as
II will include the national champions OF both
countries IN both singles and doubles, and the next
best players in singles TO help the champion
In that section of the contest. Neither side Will
be able 10 offer any excuse for defeat if the
made up in this way
The public courts in Central Park will be thrown
open for play tomorrow IL the weather Is faVora-