The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-28
YANKEES WERE YICIORS
BEAH ENGL1sHn1EN At rENN1s
International Matches May Be
Repeated This Year.

NO tennis competition in years has
been looked forward to with greater in
terest than the international matches for
the Davis cup, which are to be held in
the east next month"; Tennis enthusiasts
are gsetoicing over the fact that the En-
glish association seems certain to send
over Its most Representative players. a.
: Up to 1887 only Nj Goodbody Of the
most formidable English players had Wis
tied this country. He had won the all 4
comers' at Newport in 1884, but gone
down to defeat before the aggressive
player, Robert D. Wrenn, in the chal-
lenge match. ~ rF
IN 1887 a strong trio of British players,
S. Mahoney, the former champion; M. ".
Eaves, the Irish expert and H. A. Nisbet,
the Cambridge university star, visited
this country and contested in many spe-
c1ally arranged matches. asa.well as in
Newport They We're not particularly
successful against the American players
in the exhibition tournaments. =: +; =
AT Newport, however, after Mahoney
had been retired by M. D. Whitman, then
a coming player. Eaves and Nisbet
reached the final round. the former win
ming. Again Bob sWrenn stood between
an English aspirant Ssand the, American
championship trophy, and once more he
proved equal to the occasion, defeating
the challenger in a hard-fought ive-set
match. =. ..-. r.z,rs.,,, %, =, T. -,..-~.
In 1900 Wright F. Davis of St. Louis
and Harvard, at that time ranking second
among American players, offered an in
ternational challenger cup. The British
association sent over team composed
OF A.. U. Gore, g.. ., Black and H. r.
Barret to contest for the trophy; the
matches being played~sons the Longwood
courts: near Boston. The American play
ers we're Malcolm Z D: Whitman and
Dwight F. Davis in the singles, and
David and Ward in the doubles. ~ =:
The easy victory of the home players
will be remembered: >%<=.-'
:. Gore is noted as the foremost English
exponent Of the base line game. He was
champion last year, but lost his title
the other day to H. E. Doherty: His
showing against the American stars was
almost pitiful, however, and Black Jared
no better. In the doubles also the Amer
leans were easily victorious. -.., l.. .
= At Newport later in the season Black
was put out by Gore: who succumbed to
George L.. Wrenn, Jr.,a after nearly beat
ing Holcombe Ward in, a five set: match.
!: Last year the Negotiations for q re-
5newal of the challenge on the part Of the
Englishmen fell through.
" The Doherty brothers have been for
several seasons the double champions,
and H. l.. Doherty Is the title holderain
the singles DR.. Pym is we'll known sas
one of the greatest OF English players.
Malcolm Whitman's recent re-ehtry into
the game makes it appear probable that
he will assist in the defense of the
trophy. Provided three players are cho-
sen, they will undisputably be Whitman,
Larned and Wright. Davis and Ward
are the logical American representatives
in the doubtless -&'* - rfssks'. -j- .ea..
Krefgh Collins won the finals In singles of
the western tennis tournament sat Chicago
Saturday by defeating Il: H. Waidner in three
straight sets, 8-2' 6-2, $50. In the2semf- finals
in doubles Little and Alexander won from
Emerson and Diehl, GA, 6-2, 6-3 The cham
pionshp round In singles between R. D. Little
and Collins, will be played Tuesday, while the
championship In doubles was played to-day.
y The Nahant clubs invitation tennis tourna-
ment closed Saturday with the finish in the
doubles. Ward and Davis defeated Whitman
and Ware in straight sets. ... .--':
Announcements have been sent out for two
important tennis tournaments of the north
west. One is the annual tournament Of the
Tri-State Tennis association for Iowa, Ne
braska and South Dakota, to take place in
Sioux City, commencing Aug. 12.. Secretary
Charles S.. Carey has sent out the notices for
the meeting. Cups have, been provided for
the winners in both singles and doubles.
There are also the grand challenge cups. Earl
Farnsworth OF Grand; Island, Neb., holds
oh IN, Hhreo IA sin p1es