CRICKET. No international games were played in 1900. Knickerbocker Athletic Club, champions of New-York. The following are the records of the Metropolitan District Cricket League for the season: METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Knickerbocker Athletic Club.. Livingston Field Club.. Montclair Athletic Club.. Manhattan Cricket Club.. New-York Cricket Club.. RECORDS. F. J. Prendergast, Manhattan. A. B. Mifflin, Montclair. F. W. T. Stiles, Knickerbocker. M. R. Cobb, Livingston.. W. Whitaker, Livingston.. C. G. Turner, Montclair. F. J. Prendergast, Manhattan.. RECORD OF THE AMERICAN LAWN TENNIS. PIONSHIP. Singles-1881, R. D. Sears; 1882, R. D. Sears; 1883, R. D. Sears; 1884, R. D. Sears; 1885, R. D. Sears; 1886, R. D. Sears; 1887, R. D. Sears; 1888, H. W. Slocum, jr.; 1889, H. W. Slocum, jr.; 1890, O. S. Campbell; 1891, O. S. Campbell; 1892, O. S. Campbell; 1893, R. D. Wrenn; 1894, R. D. Wrenn; 1895, F. H. Hovey; 1896, R. D. Wrenn; 1897, R. D. Wrenn; 1898, M. D. Whitman; 1899, M. D. Whitman; 1900, M. D. Whitman. Doubles-1881, C. M. Clark and F. W. Taylor; 1882, R. D. Sears and James Dwight; 1883, R. D. Sears and James Dwight; 1884, R. D. Sears and James Dwight; 1885, R. D. Clark; 1886, R. D. Sears and James Dwight; Sears and J. S. 1887, R. D. Sears and James Dwight; 1888, O. S. Campbell and V. G. Hall; 1889, H. W. Slocum, jr., and H. A. Taylor; 1890, V. G. Hall and C. Hobart; 1891, O. S. Campbell and R. P. Huntington, jr.; 1892, O. S. Campbell and R. P. Huntington, jr.; 1893, C. Hobart and F. H. Hovey; 1894, C. Hobart and F. H. Hovey; 1895, M. G. Chace and R. D. Wrenn; 1896, C. B. Neel and S. R. Neel; 1897, L. E. Ware and G. P. Sheldon, jr.; 1898, L. E. Ware and G. P. Sheldon, jr.; 1899, D. F. Davis and Holcombe Ward; 1900, D. F. Davis and Holcombe Ward. RECORD OF THE ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP. Singles-1877, S. W. Gore; 1878, P. F. Hadow; 1879, J. T. Hartley; 1880, J. T. Doubles-1879, L. R. Erskine and H. F. Lawford; 1880, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw; 1881, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw; 1882, J. T. Hartley and R. T. Richardson; 1883, C. W. Grinstead and C. E. Weldon; 1884, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw; 1885, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw; 1886, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw: 1887, P. B. Lyon and H. W. W. Wilberforce; 1888, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw; 1889, W. Renshaw and E. Renshaw; 1890, J. Pim and F. O. Stoker; 1891, W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley; 1892, H. S. Barlow and E. W. Lewis; 1893, J. Pim and F. O. Stoker; 1894, W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley; 1895, W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley; 1896, W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley; 1897, R. F. Doherty and H. L. Doherty; 1898, R. F. Doherty and H. L. Doherty: 1899, R. F. Doherty and H. L. Doherty; 1900, R. F. Doherty and H. L. Doherty. THE SEASON OF 1900. UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS. -Tournament held at Newport, R. I., August 14. All comers' singles, won by William A. Larned, Summit, N. J., beating George L. Wrenn, jr., Boston. Score, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Larned then challenged Fischer, New-York, who beat Malcolm D. 6-3. The winning teams met at Newport in the play off to select the challengers for the championship, and Little and Alexander won. Score, 06, 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. The latter pair then met Dwight F. Davis and Holcombe Ward, Harvard (previous holders), in the challenge round for the championship of the United States, and were beaten. Score, 6-4, 9-7, 12-10. Tournament for the women's championships held at Wissahickon Heights, near Philadelphia, beginning June 19. The all comers' singles won by Miss Myrtle McAteer. Pittsburg, Penn., who beat Miss Parker, Chicago. Score, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles won by Miss Parker and Miss Champlin, Chicago, who beat Miss Myrtle McAteer, Pittsburg, and Miss Marie Wimer, Washington, in the finals. Score, 9-7, 6-2, 6-2. Miss Hunnewell and Alfred Codman, Boston, won championship mixed doubles. ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS.-Tournament held at Wimbledon, beginning June 18. All comers' singles won by S. H. Smith, Stroud, beating A. W. Gore, London, in the finals. Score, 6-4, 4–6, 6–2, 6-1. Smith then challenged Reginald F. Doherty, London (the previous holder), and was beaten. Score, 6-8, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. Championship in doubles won by R. F. Doherty and H. L. Doherty, London, who beat H. Roper Barrett and Hugh A. Nisbet, London (challengers), in the challenge match. WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP.-Held at Kriegh Collins, of Chicago, who beat SumChicago, Ill., beginning July 7. Won by ner Hardy, California, in the finals. Score, Washington, D. C., beginning May 22. SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP.-Held at Won by J. Parmly Paret, New-York, who beat John C. Davidson, Washington (previous holder), in the challenge match. Score, 5-7, 8-10, 6-2, 6-0, 6-3. MIDDLE STATES CHAMPIONSHIP.Held at Orange, N. J., beginning July 2. Won by Malcolm D. Whitman, Harvard, who beat Dwight F. Davis, Harvard (challenger), in the challenge round. Score, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. San PACIFIO COAST CHAMPIONSHIP.Held at San Rafael, Cal., beginning June 29. Won by George F. Whitney, Francisco, Cal., who beat Sumner Hardy, Oakland, Cal. (challenger), in the challenge match. Score, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIP.Held in New-York, beginning June 25. Won by Edwin P. Fischer. New-York, who beat Beals C. Wright, Harvard (challenger), in the challenge match. Score, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8, 8-6. INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP. -Held at Philadelphia, Penn., beginning October 2. Singles won by Raymond D. Little, Princeton, who beat W. J. Clothier, Swarthmore, in the final match. Score. 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles won by Raymond D. Little and Fred B. Alexander, Princeton, who beat S. C. Thomas and S. P. Ware, Harvard, in the final match. Score, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. M. STATE CHAMPIONS.-New-York, RANKING FOR 1900. 1, M. D. Whitman; 2, W. A. Larned; 3, D. F. Davis; 4, B. C. Wright; 5, G. L. Wrenn, jr.; 6, Kriegh Collins; 7, Holcombe Ward; 8. J. A. Allen; 9, J. P. Paret; 10, H. H. Hackett; 11, Sumner Hardy; 12, R. D. Little; 13, E. P. Fischer; 14, Richard Stevens; 15, J. C. Davidson. son. Score, 9-7, 7-5, 4-6, 3–6, 6–3. Championship for women's singles won by Mrs. G. W. Hillyard, London, who beat Miss C. Cooper, London (challenger), in the challenge match. Score, 4-6, 6-4, 64. Championship in women's doubles won by Mrs. W. H. Pickering and Miss L. Robb, who beat Mrs. G. W. Hillyard and Miss L. Martin in the final match. Score, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Championship in mixed doubles won by H. L. Doherty and Miss C. Cooper, who beat C. H. L. Cazalet and Miss Robb (previous holders) in the challenge match. Score, 6-2, 6-2. CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.-Tournament held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., beginning July 10. All comers' singles won by William A. Larned, Summit, N. J., who beat Beals C. Wright, Harvard, in the finals. Score, 6-2, 7-9, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9. Larned then challenged Malcolm D. Whitman, Harvard (previous holder), and was beaten in the challenge match. Score, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Doubles won by Harold H. Hackett and Edwin P. INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. The Davis International Challenge Cup was first offered for competition in 1900 by Dwight F. Davis, of Harvard, and St. Louis, Mo., and it was officially recognized by the United States National Lawn Tennis Association and the English Lawn Tennis Association as representing the international championship of the world. An English challenge was issued for its possession, and a team of three British players was sent to America to meet a similar team of Americans. These international matches took place at Longwood, Mass., August 8, 9 and 10, resulting as follows: Singles-M. D. Whitman (America), beat A. W. Gore (Great Britain), 6-1, 6-3, 6-2; D. F. Davis (America), beat E. D. Black (Great Britain), 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. 6-4; D. F. Davis vs. A. W. Gore (Great Britain), 9-7, 9-9 (unfinished). The Whitman-Black game was not played on account of the rain that interrupted the Davis-Gore match. The Americans had already won the cup, and the last two matches were unnecessary. Doubles-D. F. Davis and Holcombe Ward (America), beat E. D. Black and H. R. Barrett (Great Britain), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Result-America won by 3 matches to 0 and 10 sets to 1. Two of the three English players, Gore and Black, remained in America long enough to play in the American championship tournament at Newport, R. I., beginning August 14. Black beat Sumner Hardy, California, in the first round at Newport (score, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2), and C. R. Budlong, Providence, R. I. (score, 8-6, 2-6, 6-4, 9-11, 6-2), in the second. He was then beaten by his English clubmate, Gore (score, 6-0, 7-5, 6-0. Gore beat Henry Clews, jr., NewYork, in the first round (score, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0), Holcombe Ward, Harvard (score, 6-1, 2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3), in the second, next Black (as above), and was then beaten by G. L. Wrenn, jr., Boston (score, 9-7, 1-6, 0-6, 6-2, 6-2), in the semifinal round. RACQUETS AND COURT TENNIS. THE SEASON OF 1900. January 20-International court tennis match at the Tuxedo Park Racquet and Tennis Club, between the amateur champions of England and America. Won by Eustace H. Miles (English champion), who beat Lawrence M. Stockton (American champion), by 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. February 6 to 10-Amateur tournament at racquets for the championship of the United States, at the Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass. There were seven experts entered, including the English, Canadian and United States champions. Eustace H. Miles, of Tuxedo Park, finally won by the following scores: First round-Q. A. Shaw, jr., Boston, beat F. S. Gillespie, Montreal, 15-7, 15-1, 15-6; E. H. Miles, Tuxedo, beat F. F. Rolland, Montreal, 15-8, 15-12, 15-5; Austin Potter, New-York, beat W. S. Dinsmore, SemiNew-York, 15-12, 15-11, 15-12. final round-Q. A. Shaw, jr., Boston, beat H. Payne Whitney, New-York, 15-4, 6-15, 15-6, 17-15; E. H. Miles, Tuxedo, beat Austin Potter, New-York, 15-7, 15-1, 15-6. Final round-E. H. Miles, Tuxedo, beat Q. A. Shaw, jr., Boston, 15-4, 11-15, 15-5, 15-3. March 4 to 7-Canadian amateur championship tournament at the Montreal RacTennis quet and Can. Club, Montreal, Final match won by Eustace H. Miles, Tuxedo Park, who beat F. F. Rolland, Montreal, 15-3, 15-2, 15-6. March 27 to 31-Club racquet_championship tournament of the New-York Racquet and Tennis Club. Final match won by Eustace H. Miles, Tuxedo Park, who beat J. S. Hoyt, New-York, in the final match, by 15-12, 15-7, 15-5. April 8 to 11-Amateur tournament for the court tennis championship of the United States, at the New-York Racquet and Tennis Club. Final match won by Eustace H. Miles, Tuxedo Park, who beat Lawrence M. Stockton, Boston, by 6-0, 6-2, 6-2. April 28-English amateur championship at court tennis won by Eustace H. Miles, Tuxedo Park. BASKET BALL RESULTS, 1900. The Metropolitan Championship games of the Amateur Athletic Union, April 10, 11 and 14, won by the Knickerbocker A. C., it winning every game. Knickerbocker A. C. New West S. A. C. Pastime A. C.... 17th Separate Co... Record: Games held at the Sportsmen's Show, Mechanics' Building, Boston, February 22 to March 10. The teams winning the championship in their respective series were as follows: Intercollegiate, Dartmouth College; interscholastic, Holyoke High School; Athletic Association, Cushing Academy Graduates; Y. M. C. A., Brockton. The four teams then played for the All-New-England championship. The College evening of March 9 Dartmouth played Holyoke High School. ScoreDartmouth, 21; Holyoke High School, 6. 0 games. 2270380 STATEN ISLAND LACROSSE CLUB. GOLF. 1 Amateur championship-Garden City, L. I. As in previous years, medal and match play were combined; that is, the qualifying round was at 36 hole medal play, and the best thirty-two players became eligible for the succeeding rounds at 36 hole match play. The tournament began on July 2 and continued through July 7. In the qualifying round Walter J. Travis made the best score, 168. The final round was between Walter J. Travis, Garden City, and Findlay S. Douglas, Fairfield County Golf Club. Travis won by 2 up, and will W. G. Mortland, captain. Won, 1; lost, hold the championship title and cup until 2; drawn, 1. Where 1 6 G'ls by Where G'ls by 7 Date. Opponents. played. Goals. opp'ts. HOBART COLLEGE. 1 3 5 1 J. G. Coleman, captain. Won, 0; lost, 7. 11 6 2 2 1 6 the summer of 1901. National open championship-Chicago Golf Club, Wheaton, Ill., October 4 and 5; 72 holes, medal play, 36 holes each day. The presence of Harry Vardon, ex-champion of England, and J. H. Taylor, champion of England, did much to add interest to the play. On the first day Vardon led, with a total of 157. Taylor was second, with 158, and David Bell, Midlothian, third, at 161. Championship was won by Vardon, with a total of 313. Women's national championship-Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, L. I., August 29 to September 1. The qualifying round was at 18 holes, medal play, and each successive round at 18 holes, match play. For the fifth successive year Miss Beatrix Hoyt, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, made the best score in the qualifying round, won Championship by Miss Frances Griscom, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia. 94. Women's Metropolitan (New-York) DisGolf trict championship-Morris County Club, Morristown, N. J., June 11 to 15, inclusive. at 18 holes, Qualifying round May 19-Indians, Geneva... medal play, in which the best sixteen became eligible for the subsequent rounds at COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW-match play, also at 18 holes. In the openYORK. ing round the best score was made by Miss Maude K. Wetmore, Morris County Golf Club, who did 102. Final round between Miss Genevieve Hecker and Miss Ruth Underhill. Miss Hecker won by 9 up and 7 to play, and will hold the championship title unil the spring of 1901. Metropolitan (New-York) District championship-Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, L. I., May 24 to 26, inclusive. The tournament began with a qualifying round at 436 holes, medal play, in which fifty-five players took part. The first thirty-two qualified, the best score being made by Findlay S. Douglas, Fairfield County Golf Club, who did 162. Travis won, with 3 up and 2 to play. Intercollegiate team match tournamentLaurence Harbor Country Club, Morton, N. J., May 12. Yale, Princeton and Columbia entered teams of four men each. Yale won, with a total score of 754; Princeton, second, 763, and Columbia, last, with 820. New-York Stock Exchange HandicapKnollwood Country Club, at Elmsford, N. Y., June 16. There were forty-four competitors. Benson B. Sloan made the best handicap score, 94-20-74. Alfred L. Norris made the best gross score, 79. VARDON'S CHIEF MATCHES AND Harry Vardon, the then holder of the open golf championship of Great Britain, made his first public appearance in this country February 12, 1900, at the Laurence Harbor Country Club, of Morton, N. J. He played a thirty-six hole match, eighteen against the best ball of Mortimer M. Singer and John M. Ward and eighteen against M. M. Singer and H. C. Villepigue. Vardon won, 12 up, making a new thirty-six hole record of 172. Vardon vs. "Willie" Smith, American open champion, St. Augustine, Fla., February 17-Vardon won in a thirty-six hole match by 2 up and 1 to play. Medal scores: Vardon, 153; Smith, 156. Vardon vs. Bernard Nicholls, professional of the Philadelphia Country Club, Ormond, Fla., February 20-Nicholls won in a thirty-six hole match by 5 up and 4 to play. Medal scores: Nicholls, 114; Vardon, 114. Vardon vs. Alexander Findley, golferin-chief, Florida East Coast Golf League, Palm Beach, Fla., February 22-Vardon won in a thirty-six hole match by 1 up. Medal scores: Vardon, 153; Findley, 155. Miami, Fla., February 26-Vardon made a new record of the Royal Palm links of 76, reducing the previous record by 3 strokes. Pinehurst, N. C., March 10-Vardon made a new record of the links of 71, reducing the previous record 10 strokes. Atlantic City, N. J., April 2-Vardon made a new record of 76, reducing the previous record by 5 strokes. The following day Vardon beat the best ball of H. M. Harriman, Garden City Golf Club, and Findlay S. Douglas, Fairfield County Golf Club, 9 up and 8 to play. New-Haven, Conn., April 7-Vardon made a new record of the New-Haven Country Club course of 71, reducing the previous record 4 strokes. Hartsdale, N. Y., April 10-Vardon defeated "Willie" Dunn, ex-open champion, 17 up, making a new eighteen hole record of 81 and a new thirty-six hole record of 160. Bayside, L. I., April 24-Vardon defeated the best ball of Walter J. Travis and James Douglas (professional) at the Oakland Golf Club by 6 up. Dyker Meadow Golf Club, Brooklyn, N. Y., May 2-Vardon defeated George Low, professional, in a thirty-six hole match by 12 up. Providence, R. I., May 3-Vardon was beaten by the best ball of W. D. Brownell, Wannamoisett Golf Club, and C. L. Bremer, Wollaston Golf Club, 2 up and 1 to play. Chicago, July 10-Vardon was beaten in a thirty-six hole match by the best ball of Harry Turpie and David Bell, professionals, at Midlothian Country Club, 6 up and 5 to play. Cleveland, July 28-Vardon defeated the best ball of Joseph Mitchell and Sterling Beckwith, in a thirty-six hole match at the Glenville Golf Club by 4 up, reducing the nine hole record to 33, two strokes better than the previous record. Seabright, N. J., Sept. 8-Vardon was beaten by the best ball of "Willie" Norton and F. W. Menzies, Seabright Golf Club, by 1 up. Richmond County Country Club, Staten Island, Sept. 15-Vardon defeated the best ball of Douglas Bonner and C. T. Stout in the forenoon by 5 up, reducing the eighteen hole record to 71; and J. R. Chadwick and A. E. Paterson in the afternoon by 7 up. Morristown, N. J., Sept. 20-Vardon was beaten in a thirty-six hole match on the Morris County links by the best ball of "Tom" Hutchinson, professional, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, and George Low, professional, Dyker Meadow Golf Club, by a score of 7 up and 6 to play. Montreal, Sept. 25-Vardon was beaten in a thirty-six hole match on the Royal Montreal links by the best ball of Smith, professional, and Cumming, professional, by 1 up. Newton, Mass., Oct. 13-Vardon was beaten in a thirty-six hole match at the Brae Burn Golf Club by Bernard Nicholls, professional, by 2 up. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 24-Vardon defeated Alexander Findley, professional, in a thirty-six hole match at the Vesper Country Club by 13 up and 12 to play. Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y., Nov. 17Vardon defeated the best ball of William Freeland and "Val" Flood, professional, in the morning by 7 up, and the best ball of Flood and F. W. C. Morrill in the afternoon by 5 up. LEADING OPEN TOURNAMENTS. Atlantic City Golf Club-Open tournament, April 3-7-Won by Walter J. Travis, Garden City Golf Club, who defeated Findlay S. Douglas, Fairfield County Golf Club, in final round, 4 up, 2 to play. Golf Club of Lakewood-Open tournament, April 19-21-Won by R. C. Watson, jr., Westbrook Golf Club, who defeated C. M. Hamilton, Baltusrol Golf Club, in final round by 1 up in nineteen holes. Gross score medal in qualifying round won by C. M. Hamilton, at 171. Baltusrol Golf Club, Short Hills, N. J. -Open tournament, June 6-9-Won by R. C. Watson, jr., Westbrook Golf Club, who defeated James A. Tyng, Morris County Golf Club, 7 up and 5 to play. score medal in qualifying round won by A. G. Lockwood, Boston, at 167. Gross Oakland Golf Club, Bayside, L. I.-Open tournament, June 14-16-Won by Walter J. Travis, Oakland Golf Club, who defeated W. G. Barnwell, Oakland Golf Club, 8 up and 6 to play. Gross score medal in qualifying round won by W. J. Travis, at 76. Knollwood Country Club, Elmsford, N. |