New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-24
CLOSE MATCHES AT LOyGWOOD.
EARLY ROUNDS BRING OUT BRILLIANT
TALENT-WORK OF TIRE CRACKS.


TALENT-wORK OF THE CRACKS
Brookline Mass. July % CspeciaD-The Easter,
championship lawn tennis tournament opened here
this morning on the courts Of the Longwood Cricket
Club and the matches were continued all day long
the last players being driven from the courts bv
darkness The weather all that could be wanted
although the heat little toe much for some
Of the players and affected the chances Of the
California players materially. Sumner Hardy the
strongest Of the Pacific Coast experts caught q
tartar in young Herbert Foster Of Harvard who
beat him three one in the morning His
brother won his morning match rather easily but
in the afternoon he met Little. OF Princeton, and
weakened IN the second set. when the heat began
10 af1ect him, not getting a set from the Eastern
cOllegian. In the afternoon Foster again dis
tinguished himself by beating Psref. OF New-Yorh
The feature 81 the day, however. was the match
between Larned and Allen. To the surprise OF
every one Alice W0r tins second anc third sets and
in the fourth he looked ike 4 sdre winner for he
had a substsnusi lead al - Lsrued however
pulled hiuA7L Together. ard cfoNdlug On 6 little
steam he pulled thu with four straight
games. II the hftl. the play was exciting from the
start, and LarueA finally captured the set by -
and with II the match ONLY after a narrow escape
from defeat George Wrern haG P similar match
the acjoinlrg cour; ans HIS steadiness finally
pulled him oul ahead Of ard. although took the
full five sets for him to get there, the last
score Sc
In the afternoon Dwight Davis played Malcolm
Chace on the exhibition court and the crowd
the grandstand treated 10 a clever exhibition
Chace played the American international team
Of 1875. while Davis has been selected for the
American team meet the British experts this
season in the international matches the week after
next. The younger player forced the play from
the start and Chace kept the defensive
almost all the time. He lobbed We'll. but Davis
in killing nigh balls, and Chace un-
able get 4
Tomorrow Wrenn will play Ware Larned will
meet Alexander. and Davis will play Davidson.
In the afternoon the doubles will be started. and
a big field has qualified for this contest, including
ex-Champiou Bob" Wrenn and his brother,
Larned and Chace Hackett and Allen. and Cham
piOn Whitman and Wright.
The scores Of to-day's play follow;
Championship singies Prsnninary 5ouHd-n F Nourss
I IaT 5 ca G f"fs' L aiey be eSf Kenneth S w
Horton. 81. Ga. 81: A F.. Fuller H. A. Davis.
81. 81 e3i q; l. Wrenn, j.. beat Holcombe Ward.
iackett ga 5defauited5: S f. Wise beat G. Nom saT-
geant. by default Pier beat F. b wittemore 81.
Kittrick By default " A Larned beat John A. Alien.
shaTples. al. % e1 Herbert Foster beat Sumner
HARDY 6-3 6-3 So e. J. Il. Williams. 1r.. beat
B F. Merrill e--4 e. 4-6 as Ga. Il l. Ever
beat A. p HAYES Go. Al (defaulted).
First round-D. T. Davis beat NJ. @ Chace C.. -,
ksad samuel Dfau Hardy o S S "a l. wrenn jT
beat A r Fuller, 60. Ga, 6-s, 90; Leo. E Ware
beat Yer GO sea "a Sefaused 5 Il roser beat
] p Psret. 10, IS. g. 3. C. Wright beat Julian
al 6|S: G $. Reyes beat Godfrey Cabot. Ga, Ga