Massachusetts State Championships 1897


General 1897-06-17 - 1897-06-00
Amateur / Challenge
Grass
6
Boston, Massachusets, Longwood Cricket Club
United States of America

Source Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual 1898 pages 52 & 53


Info Draw: 40



Media


Winner Holcombe Ward


Players
C.W. Bates
A. La F. Brown
Merriam Bruce
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Richard Hugh Carleton
T.S. Chapman
John Henry Chase
Alfred Codman jr
Richard Davenport Coe
Charles Cummings
Wallace D. Dexter
Dr George Franklin Eames
Y.M. Edwards
Herbert Lewis Ewer
D.T. Farrington
Rufus Gardner (Big Rufe) Fessenden
Joseph D. Forbes
C.S. Foster
George Lawson Wrenn jr
R.S. Goodrich
Arthur Powell Hawes
Holcombe Ward
H.B. Hollings
Kenneth Horton
George S. Keyes
George Winthrop Lee
S. McGuy Pierce
E.B. Miles
C.F. Moore
G.A. Noyes
William Dana Orcutt
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Palmer Ellis Presbrey
G.T. Putnam
Joseph S. Seabury
E.H. Slack
Holcombe Ward
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
Storer Preble Ware
A.J. Wellington
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
Beals Coleman Wright


Challenge round
Holcombe Ward*
George Lawson Wrenn jr
w.o.


Rounds
Round 1

The remaining players had a bye.

Palmer Ellis Presbrey*
C.S. Foster
6-1 6-3
Godfrey Lowell Cabot*
Richard Davenport Coe
1-6 6-3 6-2
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Joseph D. Forbes
6-0 6-1
Y.M. Edwards*
Charles Cummings
6-2 1-6 6-3
G.A. Noyes*
E.B. Miles
w.o.
John Henry Chase*
Herbert Lewis Ewer
6-0 6-5
D.T. Farrington*
T.S. Chapman
6-3 6-3
Storer Preble Ware*
Merriam Bruce
6-4 4-6 6-3

Round 2
C.W. Bates*
C.F. Moore
6-1 6-2
Richard Hugh Carleton*
Alfred Codman jr
4-6 6-4 6-4
Wallace D. Dexter*
Dr George Franklin Eames
3-6 6-4 6-4
Arthur Stanwood Pier*
Arthur Powell Hawes
6-2 6-5
George S. Keyes*
Kenneth Horton
w.o.
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
George Winthrop Lee
6-3 6-3
Palmer Ellis Presbrey*
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
6-4 6-1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Y.M. Edwards
6-2 6-0
John Henry Chase*
G.A. Noyes
6-1 6-2
D.T. Farrington*
Storer Preble Ware
6-4 6-1
E.H. Slack*
Joseph S. Seabury
6-0 4-6 6-1
A.J. Wellington*
G.T. Putnam
6-3 6-4
Beals Wright*
S. McGuy Pierce
6-5 6-5
William Dana Orcutt*
A. La F. Brown
6-0 6-0
R.S. Goodrich*
Rufus Gardner (Big Rufe) Fessenden
w.o.
Holcombe Ward*
H.B. Hollings
6-2 6-2

Round 3
Richard Hugh Carleton*
C.W. Bates
6-0 6-1
Arthur Stanwood Pier*
Wallace D. Dexter
6-4 6-1
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
George S. Keyes
w.o.
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Palmer Ellis Presbrey
6-1 6-4
D.T. Farrington*
John Henry Chase
6-2 1-6 6-4
E.H. Slack*
A.J. Wellington
6-4 6-4
Beals Wright*
William Dana Orcutt
6-2 6-2
Holcombe Ward*
R.S. Goodrich
w.o.

Quarterfinals
Richard Hugh Carleton*
Arthur Stanwood Pier
6-4 6-2
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
6-4 6-3
D.T. Farrington*
E.H. Slack
w.o.
Holcombe Ward*
Beals Wright
6-4 6-3

Semifinals
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Richard Hugh Carleton
2-6 6-1 6-4
Holcombe Ward*
D.T. Farrington
6-4 6-3

Final
Holcombe Ward*
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware
6-3 6-2 4-6 8-6


Tournament
Round 1
D.T. Farrington*
T.S. Chapman
Storer Preble Ware*
Merriam Bruce
John Henry Chase*
Herbert Lewis Ewer
G.A. Noyes*
E.B. Miles
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Joseph D. Forbes
Y.M. Edwards*
Charles Cummings
Palmer Ellis Presbrey*
C.S. Foster
Godfrey Lowell Cabot*
Richard Davenport Coe
Round 2
Holcombe Ward*
H.B. Hollings
R.S. Goodrich*
Rufus Gardner (Big Rufe) Fessenden
Beals Wright*
S. McGuy Pierce
William Dana Orcutt*
A. La F. Brown
D.T. Farrington*
Storer Preble Ware
John Henry Chase*
G.A. Noyes
E.H. Slack*
Joseph S. Seabury
A.J. Wellington*
G.T. Putnam
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
George Winthrop Lee
George S. Keyes*
Kenneth Horton
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Y.M. Edwards
Palmer Ellis Presbrey*
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Richard Hugh Carleton*
Alfred Codman jr
C.W. Bates*
C.F. Moore
Arthur Stanwood Pier*
Arthur Powell Hawes
Wallace D. Dexter*
Dr George Franklin Eames
Round 3
Holcombe Ward*
R.S. Goodrich
Beals Wright*
William Dana Orcutt
D.T. Farrington*
John Henry Chase
E.H. Slack*
A.J. Wellington
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
George S. Keyes
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman*
Palmer Ellis Presbrey
Richard Hugh Carleton*
C.W. Bates
Arthur Stanwood Pier*
Wallace D. Dexter
Quarterfinals
Holcombe Ward*
Beals Wright
D.T. Farrington*
E.H. Slack
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
Richard Hugh Carleton*
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Semifinals
Holcombe Ward*
D.T. Farrington
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware*
Richard Hugh Carleton
Final
Holcombe Ward*
Leonard Everett (Leo) Ware