The Summer's Tennis.

The results of the tennis tournaments during the past season show that Harvard has been well represented among the colleges. M. D. Whitman '99 now holds the international championship, the championship of the United States, of Canada, and of the Middle States. D. F. Davis '00 and H. Ward '00 now hold both the international and the American championships in doubles, In the various important tournaments of the season, the only defeat suffered by Harvard men occurred in the Eastern championship in doubles at Longwood where Hackett and Allen of Yale defeated Whitman and Wright of Harvard.

The most important event of the season was the international tournament at Longwood early in August, between the English and the American associations for the Davis challenge cup. This was the first international match officially recognized. The conditions of the tournament provided that the cup should go to the team winning three out of five matches, one of which should be in doubles. The tournament resulted in a complete victory for the American team in three straight matches. In the singles Whitman defeated Gore in consecutive sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2, and Davis defeated Black, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. In the doubles Davis and Ward defeated Black and Barrett, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. In general, the English team found it impossible to handle the American service. The reversing twist adopted in serving by the American team, and the consequent erratic bound of the balls was a puzzle for the English team entirely unlooked for. The English team was under a slight disadvantage from the unaceustomed quickness of the American style of ball, but was on the whole fairly outplayed.

In the All Comers at Newport during the week of August 13, Gore of the English team defeated Ward in the second round of the tournament but was defeated by G. L. Wrenn Jr. in the semi-finals. B. C. Wright '03 maintained his position until the semi-final round, having defeated H. Foster, L. E. Ware, Kreigh Collins, the western champion, and D. F. Davis, but was finally defeated by W. A. Larned. In the finals Larned defeated Wrenn, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, but was in turn defeated by Whitman, the holder of the championship, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. In the doubles, Little and Alexander, the western champions, defeated Hackett and Allen, the eastern champions, but were defeated in the challenge round by Davis and Ward, the holders, 6-4, 9-7, 12-10.

The challenge rounds in the principal remaining tournaments are given below.

New Jersey State Championship--E. L. Hall (challenger) defeated R. Stevens (holder), 6-4, 6-3, 6-8, 6-2.

Massachusetts State Championship-- D. F. Davis (challenger) defeated M. D. Whitman (holder) 10-8, 6-3, 6-3.

Middle State Championship--M. D. Whitman (holder) defeated D. F. Davis (challenger) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Western Championship--Kreigh Collins (challenger) defeated C. B. Neil (holder) by default.

Pacific State Championship--G. F. Whitney (holder) deieated S. Hardy (challenger) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.

Magnolia Tournament--D. F. Davis (holder) defeated S. Hardy (challenger) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Longwood Tournament--M. D. Whitman (holder) defeated D. F. Davis (challenger,) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Eastern Championship Doubles: Hackett and Allen defeated Whitman and Wright, 5-7, 6-2, 6-8, 8-6, 6-4.