1887.

Amateur Match for $3,000. N. Y. Racquet Club, April 15–20th.—300 points a night. Dr. G. L. Knapp, 1500—4.15—76; Alexander Morten, 1383—52.


500 or No Count. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 21st.—Game of 1000 points, $50 a side. McKenna, 1000; Wm. Burleigh, 143. Numerically, this is the largest odds ever known to have been given to one of Burleigh’s speed.


First Amateur Championship of America. May 23–28th.—N.Y. Racquet Club tournament for a silver tankard valued at $500. Five games apiece, 300 points up. Messrs. Soulé and Flannagan represented Philadelphia.

W. R. Av. G. A.
Orville Oddie, Jr. 5 183 15.79 11.03
Alex. Morten 4 58 6.25 4.59
Dr. H. D. Jennings 3 98 5.66 4.26
J. E. Soulé 3 57 6.38 4.43
C. T. Jones 1 58 5.08 3.78
L. A. Flannagan 0 39  

One general average having been withheld, it is not possible to figure out the average of tournament.


McKenna vs. Fred Eames. Bumstead Hall, Boston, December 20–21st.—Game for a purse, McKenna to make 5000 before Eames could score 500 altogether on either night. McK., 5000—416.67—2572 and 2121; E., 45—18.