C. W. BEGGS, JUN.,
Winner of the Princeton Interscholastic Tennis Tournament.
Ingalls of Hartford High seems to have a pretty sure thing of it in the hammer and shot. At the Hartford H.-S. games a week ago Saturday he threw the 16-pound hammer 113 ft. 6½ in., and put the same weight shot 36 ft. 1 in. At these games Luce took the 100-yard in .10-2/5. If he can repeat this performance Saturday he ought to take that event.
The Princeton Interscholastic Tennis Tournament was won again this year by Lawrenceville. The victor was C. W. Beggs, Jun., who won the Chicago Interscholastic Tennis Tournament last year. He has been doing a good deal of track-athletic work this spring, and it had hardly been hoped by Lawrenceville that he could pull out first honors in tennis; nevertheless, he went in strongly at Princeton a week ago Saturday, and earned the privilege of representing that association at Newport in August. The runner-up, H. Little, as well as the winners of third and fourth places, H. Richards, Jun., and J. P. Kellogg, are Lawrenceville men.
Although forty or fifty schools had been invited to the Princeton tournament, not more than six were represented on the courts. Next year, however, it is probable that there will be a much larger representation. In the preliminary round McMillan of the Princeton Preparatory School defaulted to Richards, Lawrenceville, who defeated King, New York Military Academy, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round. Kellogg, Lawrenceville, beat Musselman, N.Y.M.A., 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Beggs beat Cook, Hackettstown Institute, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; and Little, Lawrenceville, beat Trump, Kiskiminetas School, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, making a clean sweep for Lawrenceville in the first round.
In the semi-finals Beggs beat Richards, 6-4, 6-0; and Little beat Kellogg, 8-6, 6-3. In the finals Beggs won from Little, 7-5, 6-1, the third set being defaulted. Outside of the Lawrenceville players, Cook of Hackettstown Institute was decidedly the best man, and shows considerable promise. Beggs won handily over the other Lawrenceville men, and is probably the best tennis-player Lawrenceville has ever had. The fact that there are thirty tennis-courts on the school grounds, and that there exists a regulation for compulsory play, brings out every year some very fair material, and serves also to develop good men like this year's champion, who may come to Lawrenceville from other schools.
PRINCETON INTERSCHOLASTIC TENNIS CUP.
Won by Lawrenceville.
The silver cup, of which a picture is given herewith, is now the property of Lawrenceville School, having been won for three successive years—in 1893, by J. H. Smith; in 1894, by S. G. Thomson, now one of Princeton's best tennis men; and in 1895, by M. G. Beaman, now at Harvard. This cup was offered by the Princeton Lawn-Tennis Association. The cup now being competed for has been offered by Mr. T. E. McVitty, of Bryn-Mawr, a graduate of Lawrenceville. The conditions under which it is offered for competition are the same as those of the previous cup, but this trophy is far handsomer than the first.
The Inter-Academic League's Tennis Tournament was held in Philadelphia, on the Belmont Cricket Club grounds. J. K. Willing, of De Lancey, was the winner, defeating S. H. McVitty, also of De Lancey, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3, in the finals. Willing will probably go to Newport in August to represent the Inter-Academic League. This will be the first time that the Philadelphia schools have sent a representative to the national tournament.