McAllister, Clev'l'nd 40 20 29.211 4 4 25.208 07 89.207 73 27.206 1 5 King, Washington.. Kittredge, Chicago.. Briggs, Chicago.... Donnelly, Pitts&N Y 16.205 12 18 6 12.200 10 77 26 52.19879 18 8 11.193 00 21 5 15.190 22 66 40 46.187 4 18 Murphy, St. Louis.. 55 12 36.177 4 2 MeJames, Wash ton 41 12 20.160 0 1 ATHLETICS. The absence of international competitions during the season of 1897 detracted considerably from the general interest in athletics. The dual games between the members of the New-York A. C. and the Chi cago A. A. furnished good sport, although the New-York men won the majority of the contests easily. The other notable athletic contests of the year were those of the New-Jersey A. C. at Bergen Point, and those held annually at Travers Island by the New-York A. C. It was not a season for records, however, and comparatively few new ones were made. Wefers proved himself the best sprinter in the country, If not in the world. Charges were made of professionalism against him, but his friends disclaimed them. Some of the most noteworthy performances of the year are as follows: 120 yards, B. J. Wefers, 11%s., Worcester, Mass., August 20, 1897; 150 yards, B. J. Wefers, 14%s., Travers Island, N. Y., October 2, 1897; 300 yards, hurdles, P. O'Day, 38%s., and Kraenzlein, 37%s., Military and Athletic Carnival, Chicago, Ill., May 12, 1897; throwing the 16-pound hammer, John Flanragan, 150 ft. 8 in., at Bergen Point, N. J., May 31, 1897; throwing the 56-pound weight for height, James S. Mitchell, 15 ft. 6% in., at Bergen Point, N. J., September 6, 1897; throwing BICYCLES. Cycling both as from a racing standpoint and as a means for recreation and pastime has had the best season in its history. In the professional class E. C. Bald showed that he was the best all-round rider in competition work in this country, and he easily led his competitors both in the number of races won and in the amount cash captured in prizes. of Michael did the best work in paced races. Bald probably cleared close to $15,000 on his season's work, and Michael likely made at least $10,000. Some of the best records made are below: AMATEUR. Competition-Standing Start-Unpaced. One-third mile, 40%s., J. G. Heil, Denver, Col., June 19; 2 miles, 4m. 6%s., O. W. Smith, Waltham, Mass., June 17; 1⁄2 mile, 40%s., Philip J. Bornwasser, Louisville, Ky., September 4; 11⁄2 mile, 1m. %s., Earl W. Peabody, Kalamazoo, Mich., October 4. Against Time-Flying Start-Paced. One mile, 1m. 43%s., H. M. Sidwell, Chester Park, July 17. Against Time-Paced. Two miles, 3m. 52%s., H. M. Sidwell, Winton Place, Ohio, July 24; 1⁄2 mile, 32%s., Fred Schade, Willow Grove, Penn., August 7; 1⁄2 mile, 51%s., H. M. Sidwell, Winton Place, Ohio, August 7; % mile, 1m. 9%s., H. M. Sidwell, Chester Park, Ohio, October 7; 1 mile, 1m. 43%s., H. G. Gardiner, Willow Grove, Penn., September 11; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 miles, 8m. 36%s., 10m. 48%s., 13m. 2s., 15m. 20%s., 17m. 37%s., 22m. 3%s., Fred Nelson, Chicago, Ill., August 14; mile, 1m. 18s., H. M. Sidwell, Winton Place, Ohio; 2% mile, 1m. 10s., H. M. Sidwell, Winton Place, Ohio; 3.4 and 5 miles, 5m. 57s., 7m. 56s., 9m. 54%s., C. V. Dasey, Denver, Col. Against Time-Flying Start-Unpaced. Ten miles, single, 24m. 19%s., A. G. Kluefer, Racine, Wis., July 2; 51 to 100 miles, Rudolph Lauricks, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., July 31. Time51 miles, 2h. 33m. 42s.; 52 miles, 2h. 37m. 10s.; 53 miles, 2h. 42m. 9%8.; 54 miles, 2h. 45m. 25%s.; 55 miles, 2h. 48m. 38%s.; 56 miles, 2h. 51m. 49%s.; 57 miles, 2h. 55m. 1%s.; 58 miles, 2h. 58m. 14%s.; 59 miles, 3h. 1m. 21%s.; 60 miles, 3h. 4m. 45%s.; 61 miles, 3h. 7m. 54%s.; 62 miles, 3h. 11m. 9%s.; 63 miles, 3h. 14m. 34%s.; 64 miles, 3h. 7m. 54%s.; 65 miles, 3h. 20m. 58%s.; 66 miles, 3h. 24m. 12%s.; 67 miles, 3h. 27m. 27%s.: 68 miles, 3h. 30m. 43%s.; 69 miles, 3h. 34m. 8s.: 70 miles, 3h. 37m. 36%s.; 71 miles, 3h. 40m. 56s.; 72 miles, 3h. 44m. 3%s. 73 miles, 3h. 47m. 11s: 74 miles, 3h. 50m. 19%s.; 75 miles, 3h. 53m. 33%s.: 76 miles, 3h. 56m. 53%s.; 77 miles, 4h. 57s.; 78 miles, 4h. 3m. 58s.; 79 miles, 4h. 6m. 58%s.; 80 miles, 4h. 10m. 5%s.; 81 miles, 4h. 13m. 14s.; 82 miles, 4h. 16m. 25%s.; 83 miles, 4h. 19m. 37s.; 84 miles, 4h. 22m. 52s.; 85 miles, 4h. 26m. 9%s.; 86 miles, 4h. 29m. 32%s.; 87 miles, 4h. 32m. 52%s.; 88 miles, 4h. 36m. 13%s.; 89 miles, 4h. 39m. 37%s.; 90 miles, 4h. 43m. 1%s.; 91 miles, 4h. 46m. 48%.; 92 miles, 4h. 50m. 9s.; 93 miles, 4h. 53m. 35%s.; 94 miles, 4h. 57m. 5%s.; 95 miles, 5h. 35s.; 96 miles, 5h. 3m. 46%s.; 97 miles, 5h. 6m. 55%s.; 98 miles, 5h. 10m. 5%s.; 99 miles, 5h. 13m. 18%s.; 100 miles, 5h. 16m. 24%s. Against Time-Unpaced. Two-thirds of a mile, 1m. 21%s., Joseph G. Heil, Denver, Col., July 31; 2 miles, 4m. 27%s., Joseph Heil, Denver, Col., August 21. Park, August 16.-F. Waller, 31 miles, 1h. 17m. 42%s.; 35 miles, 1h. 30m. 29%s.; 40 miles, 1h. 44m. 9%s.; F. Albert, 45 miles, 1h. 57m. 40%s.; F. Waller, 50 miles, 2h. 11m. 9%s.; 55 miles, 2h. 54s.; 60 miles, 2h. 38m. 46%s.; T. A. Barnaby, 65 miles, 2h. 53m. 42s.; F. Albert, 70 miles, 3h. 7m. 15%s.; F. Waller, 75 miles, 3h. 21m. 14%s.; 80 miles, 3h. 25m. 13%s.; 85 miles, 3h. 48m. 45s.; 90 miles, 4h. 3m. 22s.; 95 miles, 4h. 18m. 48s.; T. A. Barnaby, 100 miles, 4h. 33m. 52s.; 105 miles, 4h. 48m. 55%s.; 110 miles, 5h. 3m. 59%s.; F. Waller, 115 miles, 5h. 17m. 35s.; T. A. Barnaby, 120 miles, 5h. 34m. 59%s.; F. Waller, 125 miles, 5h. 50m. 33s.; 130 miles, 6h. 6m. 17s.; 135 miles, 6h. 23m. 2%s.; 140 miles, 6h. 39m. 5%s.; 145 miles, 6h. 54m. 51%s.; Tandem-Competition-Unpaced-Standing 145 miles, 7h. 10m. 36%s.; 155 miles, Th. Start. One mile, 2m. %s., Victor E. Ekberg and John V. Casey, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., June 23; 1 mile, 1m. 55%s., Casey and Ekberg, at Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., July 31; 1 mile, 1m., 55%s., E. C. Hausman and George H. Collett, Waterbury, Conn., September 9. Tandem-Against Time-Flying Start Unpaced. One mile, 1m. 55%s., Fred Carruthers and B. B. McReynolds, Colorado Springs, July 1; 1⁄2 mile, 34%s., Fred Carruthers and B. B. McReynolds, Colorado Springs, July 1; 3, 4 and 5 miles, 6m. 24%s., 8m. 36%s., 10m. 46%s., C. V. Dasey and Charles Goranflo, at Denver, Col., July 16. PROFESSIONAL. Competition-Standing Start-Paced. One mile, 1m. 58s.; 2 miles, 3m. 54%s; 3 miles, 5m. 55s.; 4 miles, 7m. 54%s.; 5 miles, 9m. 54%s.; W. E. Becker, San Francisco, Cal., February 22. Two miles, 3m. 42%s.; 3 miles, 5m. 39%s.; 4 miles, 7m. 35%s.; 5 miles, 9m. 31%s.; 6 miles, 11m. 31s.; 7 miles, 13m. 24%s.; 8 miles, 15m. 21%s.; 9 miles, 17m. 22%s.; 10 miles, 19m. 2148.; 11 miles, 21m. 19%s.; 12 miles, 23m. 18%s.; 13 miles, 25m. 12%s.; E. McDuffie, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., June 17. Fourteen miles, 27m. 14%s.; 15 miles, 29m. 12s.; J. Michael, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., June 17. Competition-Paced. Three miles, 5m. 29%s.; 4 miles, 7m. 18%s.; 5 miles, 9m. 5%s.; 6 miles, 10m. 50%s.; 7 miles, 12m. 42%s.; 8 miles, 14m. 32%s.: 9 miles, 16m. 19%s.; 10 miles, 18m. 8%s.; 11 miles, 19m. 56%s.; 12 miles, 21m. 46%s.; 13 miles, 23m. 35s.; 14 miles, 25m, 27%s; 15 miles, 27m. 14%s.; 16 miles, 20m. 5%9.; 17 miles, 31m. 1%s.; 18 miles, 32m. 53%s.; 19 miles, 34m. 48s.; 20 miles, 36m. 41%s.; 21 miles, 38m. 30%s.; 22 miles, 40m. 25%s.; 23 miles, 42m. 14s.; 24 miles, 44m. 8%s.; 25 miles, 45m. 58%s.; J. Michael, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass.. September 18. Three miles, 5m. 28s.; 4 miles, 7m. 16%s.; 26 miles, 48m. 56%s.; 27 miles, 50m. 51s.; 28 miles, 52m. 43s.; 29 miles, 54m. 38%s.; 30 miles, 56m, 33s.: 31 miles, 58m. 30%s.; 32 miles, 1h. 35%s.; 33 miles, 1h. 2m. 17%s.; 31 miles, 1,450 yards, 1h.; J. Michael, Manhattan Beach, N. Y., September 25. Competition-Unpaced. Thirty to one hundred and sixty-five miles, made by Frank Waller, T. A. Barnaby and Frank Albert, at Charles River 27m. 5s.; 160 miles, 7h. 42m. 24%s.; 165 miles, 7h. 57m. 34%s. Flying Start-Paced-Against Time. Eleven to thirty miles-Eleven miles, 21m. 28%s.; 12 miles, 23m. 27%s.; 13 miles, 25m. 223%s.; 14 miles, 27m. 25%s.; 15 miles, 29m. 24s.; 16 miles, 31m. 25%s.; 17 miles, 33m. 264s.; 18 miles, 35m. 24%s.; 19 miles, 37m. 21%s.; 20 miles, 39m, 18%s.; 21 miles, 41m. 16%s.; 22 miles, 43m. 14s.; 23 miles, 45m. 15s.; 24 miles, 47m. 11%s.; 25 miles, 49m. 8%s.; 26 miles, 51m. 5%s.; 27 miles, 53m. 1%s. 28 miles, 54m. 59%s.; 29 miles, 56m. 57%s.; 30 miles, 58m. 44%s.; Lucien Lesna, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., August 14. Against Time-Unpaced. Three hundred and twenty-three miles, 24h.. actual time, 23h. 59m. 58s.; Schreyer G. Meiscell, Denver, Col., July 30 and 31. Two-thirds mile, 1m. 24%s.; A. B. Hughes, Denver, Col., July 31. Three miles, 6m. 46%s.; A. B. Hughes, Denver, Col., August 21. Tandem-Competition-Standing Start. One mile, 1m. 57s.; Nat Butler and Frank Butler, Cambridge, Mass., June 5. Two miles, 4m. 6%s.; Nat and Frank Butler, Charles River Park, Cambridge, Mass., June 2. Other Records. Triplet-1 mile, unpaced, against time, 1m. 46%s.; Earl H. Kiser, John S. Johnson, A. C. Mertens, Kalamazoo, Mich., October 4. World Records. One mile, 1m. 35%s.; J. W. Stocks, London, September 8. One hour, 32 miles, 1,086 yards, J. W. Stocks, London, September 27. One hundred kilometers (62 miles, 246% yards), 2h. s., Bonhours, Oetober 1, Paris. Twenty-four hours, 616 miles, 340 yards, M. Cordang, Crystal Palace, London, September 16. One hundred miles, 3h. 25m. 53%s.; J. W. Walters, Catford, London, August 30. CANOEING. The eighteenth annual camp-meet of the American Canoe Association was held as usual at Grindstone Island in the St. Lawrence River, August 17-21. The record: Cricket won the combined race, record paddling, single paddling and tandem, decked canoes; Az Iz, the record sailing; Mab, the unlimited sailing and trophy sailing; Pioneer, the club sailing; Madge, the open, canvas sailing; Wish, trophy paddling: Hoyt, the novice paddling; HI Yah, the paddling, open canoes; Toronto, INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN. January 10.-Amos Burn wins British amateur championship. January 15.- Lasker beats Steinitz for championship of the world at Moscow. Final score-Lasker, 10; Steinitz, drawn, 5. 2: February 13. Great Britain beats America in a cable team match by 5% to 4%. April 2.-Oxford beat Cambridge in the twenty-eighth annual match, played in London, by a score of 3 to 2. May 25. Tschigorin wins match against Schiffers in St. Petersburg. Score-7 to 1; drawn games, 6. June 2. First parliamentary team cable match between U. S. Congress and British House of Commons, ends in a draw. Score -21⁄2 each side. July 3.-Miss Rudge, England, wins international women's tournament. Final scores-Barry, 112; Bonnefin, 12%; Eschwege, 6; Fagan, 13%; Field, 12; Finn, 3%; Forbes-Sharp, 4; Fox, 10%; Gooding, 10%; Hertsch, 9%; Hook, 10; Muller-Hartung, 5: Rudge, 17; Stevenson, 1; Sidney, 10: Thomas, 11; Thorold, 14; De la Vigne, 3; Watson, 10%; Worrall, 13. September 13.-International chess tournament begins in Berlin with 20 entries. October 4.-Charousek wins first prize at Berlin. Final scores-Alapin, 11%; Albin, 3; Bardeleben, 1⁄2 Blackburn, 13; Burn, 12; Caro, 11; Charousek, 14%; Englisch, 61⁄2: Janowski, 12/1⁄2: Marco, 11%; Metger, 9; Schiffers, 10; Schlechter, 111⁄2: Suechting, 8; Teichmann, 7%; Tschigorin, 10%; Walbrodt, 14; Winawer, 8%; Zinkl, 61⁄2. OTHER CONTESTS. January 3.-Harvard wins intercollegiate tournament. Score-Harvard, 10; Princeton, 5%; Columbia, 4%; Yale, 4. February 14.-Showalter and Pillsbury begin a match for championship of United States. February 22.-Delmar wins N. Y. State championship. April 16.-Pillsbury-Showalter championship match ends. Score-10 to 8 in favor of Pillsbury; drawn games, 3. June 1. Franklin C. C., Philadelphia, beats Manhattan C. C. in a team match by 8 to 6. July 22.-Jasnogrodsky beat Roething in a match by 7 to 3; drawn games, 4. August 6.-New-York wins interstate match against Pennsylvania by 25% to 23%. The annual tournament for possession of "Staats-Zeitung" Cup remains un decided. Janowski and Walbrodt played a ninegame series at the Chess Club Centrum Berlin, in November, the former winning the match. CRICKET. The 1897 cricket season was an interesting one in many ways. In the early part of the season a team of Philadelphians played a series of matches in England, with the following results: June 7, 8.- At Oxford: Philadelphians, 163 (for seven wickets); Oxford University, 363. Drawn (rain). June 10, 11.-At Manchester: Lancashire, 149 and 64 (for three wickets); Philadelphians, 123 and 86. Lost by seven wickets. 149 June 14, 15.-At Cambridge: Cambridge University, 412; Philadelphians, and 100. Lost by an inning and 163 runs. June 17, 18.-At Brighton: Sussex, 46 and 252; Philadelphians, 216 and 83 (for two wickets). Won by eight wickets. June 21, 23.-At Lord's, London: Middlesex, 234 and 154 (for three wickets); Philadelphians, 117 and 270. Lost by seven wickets. June 24, 25, 26.-At the Oval, London: Oxford University (Past and Present), 261 and 84 (for three wickets); Philadelphians, 120 and 221. Lost by seven wickets. June 28, 30.- At Sheffield: Yorkshire, 104 (for four wickets); Philadelphians, 225. Drawn (rain). July 1, 2, 3.-At Bournemouth.-Hamp-shire, 281 and 178 (for five wickets); Philadelphians, 292 and 163. Lost by five wickets. July 8, 9, 10. At Birmingham: Warwickshire, 296 and 201; Philadelphians, 269 and 230 (for five tickets). Won by five wickets. July 12, 13, 14.-At Nottingham: Notts, 244 and 249 (for eight wickets); Philadelphians, 421. Drawn. July 15, 16, 17. At Bristol: Gloucestershire, 363; Philadelphians, 181 and 153. Lost by an inning and 29 runs. July 19, 20, 21.-At Bath: Somerset, 200; Philadelphians, 174 (for five wickets). Drawn (rain). July 22, 23, 24. At Lord's, London: M. C. C. and Ground, 278 and 280 (declared); Philadelphians, 179 and 162. Lost by 227 runs. July 26, 27, 28.-At Maidstone: Kent, 454; Philadelphians, 168 and 277. Lost by an inning and 9 runs. July 29, 30, 31.-At the Oval, London: Surrey, 273 and 372; Philadelphians, 233 and 258. Lost by 154 runs. Games played, 15; won, 2; lost, 9; drawn, 4. The following were the American team: G. S. Patterson (capt.), J. A. Lester, A. M. Wood, F. H. Bohlen, J. B. King, H. C. Thayer, C. Coates, jr., E. M. Cregar, P. H. Clark, L. Biddle, H. L. Clark, F. W. Ralston, H. P. Baily, F. H. Bates, J. H. Scattergood. In the autumn a team of English amateurs, under the captaincy of P. F. Warner, played a series of five games. The visitors won their game in New-York and one game against the "Gentlemen of Philadelphia"; they drew against the "Colts" of Philadelphia and Baltimore, and lost one game against the "Gentlemen of Philadelphia." The local championship was fought for by the Staten Island, New Jersey, Mar Two important fly-casting tournaments At the Sportsmen's were held in 1897. Exposition, New-York, March 15-20, tournament was held in a tank constructed indoors, although the records Princeton. Total score-Yale, 6; Princeton, 0. Time PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 20. Hare.. were not recognized as official because of the lack of wind and other outdoor conditions unfavorable to the caster. The longest cast in this event was 110 feet 9% inches, by Thomas Mills, of New-York, but these figures were not allowed because the fly went beyond the end of the tank, and, catching in some draperies, was detached when the judges went to measure the cast. The previous record of 102 feet 6 inches, therefore, held good until the tournament in Chicago in August, when W. D. Mansfield, of San Francisco, broke all records with a cast of 111 feet 3 inches, thus making the world's record. FOOTBALL. Left guard. .. Bouve Doucette Right guard.. Haskell, Boal Right end.. Mills .....Moulton Qua'rb'k. Gar's'n, Cochran Left halfback. Dibblee Right halfback. Parker, Sawin Fullback. Haughton Referee-J. W. Beacham, Cornell. UmGoals from pire-Clinton R. Wyckoff, Cornell. Touchdowns-Minds, Hare, Parker. touchdowns-Minds, Haughton. Place kick vania, 15; Harvard, 6. Time-35-minute from field-Minds. Total score-Pennsylhalves. GOLF. Meadow Brook Hunt Club tournament, May 12-15, won by J. A. Tyng. Knollwood Country Club tournament, May 19-22, won by A. H. Fenn. The football season of '97 was interesting. While some attention was paid to the big the Association games, the contests of the large colleges attracted crowds of the year. At Cambridge 25,000 people saw the game between Yale and Harvard, while 20,000 witnessed the contest at Philadelphia between the Univer-5, won by James A. Tyng, Morris County sity of Pennsylvania and Harvard. The tracted 15,000 people, the weather being tant games of the year resulted as fol- Hazen CAMBRIDGE, NOVEMBER 13. Doucette. Centre Haskell, Shaw. Right guard. Donald, Mills.. Right tackle. Moulton. Garrison. Dibblee .Right end. Left halfback. Warren, Parl er. Right halfback. Haughton.... .. Fullback Baltasrol Golf Club tournament, May 2729, won by L. P. Bayard, jr., Baltusrol; S. B. Bowers, Otsego G. C., second. Seabright Golf Club tournament, July 1 Shinnecock Hills Golf Club tournament, G. C. S. D. Bowers, Otsego G. C., second. ris County G. C.; Foxhall P. Keene, RockJuly 27-31, won by James A. Tyng, Moraway Hunt Club, second. Norwood Park Golf Club tournament, Aug. 19-21, won by Walter J. Travis, Oakland G. C.; W. G. Stewart, Seabright G. C., second. Women's National Championship, held at Rodgers Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., Aug. 24-28, won by Miss Beatrix Hoyt, Shinnecock G. C.; Miss N. C. Sargent, Essex County G. C., second. Chadwick .De Saulles .Corwin .Benjamin Lehigh. Umpire- Referee-McClung, Dashiel, A. Goodrich. Total score-Draw. Time-35- NEW-HAVEN, NOVEMBER 20. Yale (6). Hazen... Positions. Princeton (0). ..Craig ........... Igers....... Left tackle............ Holt adwick......Left guard.........Crowdis Westbrook Golf Club tournament, Islip, Long Island, Sept. 10, 11, 12, won by W. J. Travis, Oakland G. C.; W. Bayard Cutting, jr., Westbrook G. C., second. Men's National Championship, held at Wheaton, Ill., Sept. 13-18-Amateur championhip won by H. J. Whigham, Ontwentsia G. C.; W. R. Betts, Shinnecock G. C., second. Open championship won by Joseph Lloyd, Essex County Club; William Anderson, Misquamicut G. C., second. Amateur driving contest won by H. M. Harriman, Knollwood Country Club; W. R. Betts, Shinnecock Hills G. C., second. Professional driving contest won by J. Harrison, Ridgefield G. C.; H. J. Rawlins, Utica G. C., second. Tuxedo Golf Club tournament, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., Sept. 22-25, won by Foxhall P. Keene, Rockaway Hunt Club: R. P. Huntington, Tuxedo G. C., second. Meadow Brook Hunt Club tournament, Westbury. Long Island, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, won by Quincy A. Shaw, Myopia Hunt Gub; James A. Tyng, Morris County G. C., second. St. Andrews Golf Club tournament, Mt. Hope, N. Y., won by F. S. Douglas, Fairfield County G. C.; F. W. Menzies, St. Andrews G. C., second. Oakland Golf Club tournament, Bayside, Long Island, Oct. 11-13, won by W. J. Travis, Oakland G. C.; M. R. Wright, Philadelphia Cricket Club, second. Queens County Golf Club tournament, Glen Cove, Long Island, Oct. 14-16, won by W. G. Stewart, Seabright G. C.; W. J. Travis, Oakland G. C., second. LAWN TENNIS. THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. The National championship lawn tennis tournament for 1897 began at Newport, R. I., August 18. It was made unusually important by the presence of three expert British players, who competed in both singles and doubles. Robert D. Wrenn, champion for 1896, won the championship, defeating Dr. W. V. Eaves, of London, England. Score: 4-6, 8-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. In the "all-comers" Larned lost to Nisbet after five sets in the semi-finals, and Nisbet lost to Eaves the next day in the finals by three straight sets. Larned's defeat was accomplished by the Englishman only after a most sensational match, in which the American was twice within a single stroke of winning in three straight sets. Score: 3-6, 2-6, 9-7, 6-4, 6-4. The championship in doubles was contested for in two sections again, as in 1896, the tournament being played simultaneously in Chicago and Boston for the Western and Eastern championships. Leo E. Ware and George P. Sheldon, jr., won the Western championship at Chicago, and H. S. Mahony and H. A. Nisbet, British players, won the Eastern championship at Boston. These two teams met at Newport for the National championship in doubles. and the American pair won. Score: 11-13, 6-2,9-7, 1-6, 6-1. Owing to the default of the Neel brothers, the 1896 National champions in doubles, Ware and Sheldon took the title. In the National championship tournament for women, held at Philadelphia, beginning June 15, Miss Juliette Atkinson. of Brooklyn, who held the championship in 1895, won from Miss Bessie Moore, of Ridgewood, N. J.. the 1896 holder. With her sister, Miss Kathleen Atkinson, she also won the championship in women's doubles, while Miss Laura Henson and D. L. Magruder, of Philadelphia, won championship in mixed doubles. the tained the English championship in women's singles, beating Miss C. Cooper two sets to one in the challenge round. The Irish championship meeting, held at Dublin in May, was won by Dr. W. V. Eaves, against R. F. Doherty, taking three sets to one in the finals, and beating W. Baddeley, ex-champion of England, three sets to two, in the challenge round. The Baddeley brothers won the doubles, and Mrs. G. W. Hillyard won the championship in women's singles. THE BRITISH PLAYERS IN AMERICA. The United States National Lawn Tennis Association challenged the English Lawn Tennis Association to an international match in America, but the latter declined the challenge for financial reasons. A team of three British experts, however, was made up to play in American tournaments, and Dr. W. V. Eaves, H. S. Mahony and H. A. Nisbet came over late in July. They played in four tournaments, being opposed by Wrenn and Larned in sixteen matches, of which the visitors won three and lost thirteen. The score in sets was 39 to 16 in favor of the American players. At Longwood Larned beat Mahony and Eaves. In the Hoboken international event Eaves beat R. D. Wrenn in five close sets, though Larned beat all three of the visitors and Wrenn beat the other two. In the Chicago international tournament both of the Americans beat Eaves and Mahony. but Nisbet beat Wrenn, and the tournament resulted in a three-handed tie, as Larned beat Nisbet and Wrenn beat Larned. The visitors did better at Newport in the finals of the "allcomers" singles. Mahony was beaten by Whitman in one of the earlier rounds, but Nisbet beat Larned in the semi-finals, and was then beaten by Eaves in the finals. Eaves was then beaten by Wrenn. result of the season was an overwhelming victory for the American players. Mahony did not win a match from a first-class American player; Eaves beat Wrenn once, and Nisbet beat Wrenn and Larned each once. RANKING, 1897. The The leading American tennis players for the season of 1897 (including the three British visitors) are ranked in the following order: First, R. D. Wrenn; second, W. A. Larned; third, W. V. Eaves; fourth, H. A. Nisbet; fifth, H. S. Mahony; sixth, G. L. Wrenn, jr.; seventh, M. D. Whitman; eighth, K. Collins; ninth. E. P. Fischer; tenth, W. S. Bond; eleventh. J. D. Forbes; twelfth, L. E. Ware; thirteenth. J. P. Paret; fourteenth, C. R. Budlong: fifteenth, G. P. Sheldon, jr.: sixteenth, Everts Wrenn; seventeenth, Holcomb Ward; eighteenth, C. P. Dodge; nineteenth, G. W. Lee; twentieth, M. D. Smith. TOURNAMENT WINNERS FOR 1897. Men's sirgles-Championships: United States, R. D. Wrenn; England, R. F. Doherty; Ireland, Dr. W. V. Eaves; Canada, L. E. Ware; International (Germany), R. F. Doherty; International (Canada), W. S. Bond; Western, Kreigh Collins; Middle States, W. A. Larned: Intercollegiate, S. G. Thompson (Princeton); Interscholastic, Reginald Fincke; Pacific Coast, R. F. |