Interscholastic Tournament Begun

The seventeenth annual interscholastic tennis tournament was begun on Jarvis Field yesterday afternoon, and will continue daily until finished. Nine schools entered the tournament, and at the close of the play yesterday, their standing was as follows: Volkmann, 7; Newton High School, 4; Andover, 4; Boston Latin School, 3; Dedham High School, 3; Browne and Nichols', 2; Exeter, 1; Wellesley High School, 1; Brookline High School, 1.

The first round of matches, which was played yesterday, resulted as follows:

Park (E.) defeated Kyle (B. H. S.), 6-0, 6-2; McGuire (B. & N.) defeated Hodgdon (D. H. S.), 6-0, 6-0; Sweetser (B. L. S.) defeated Eaton (N. H. S.), 6-2, 6-1; Parker (V.) defeated Bennett (B. & N.), by default; Pratt (D. H. S.) defeated Simpson (B. L. S.), 6-0, 6-1; Whitney (W. H. S.) defeated Smith (D. H. S.), 6-0, 6-3; Talbott (A.) defeated Crosbie (B. L. S.), 6-1, 6-3; Burrison (N. H. S.) defeated Gifford (D. H. S.), 6-2, 6-2; Crane (B. L. S.) defeated Doten (V.), 6-4, 6-3; Day (N. H. S.) defeated S. Williams (V.), by default; Bray (V.) defeated Murray (B. L. S.), by default; Wise (N. H. S.) defeated Steinert (V.), 6-0, 6-3; Doten (V.) defeated Baldwin (V.), 6-0, 6-1; McNeil (V.) defeated Hall (N. H. S.), 6-0, 6-4; Daly (B. L. S.) defeated Foster (V.) by default; Williams (D. H. S.) defeated K. Young (B. H. S.), 7-5, 6-3; Kayser (V.) defeated Foster (A.), 6-0, 6-1; Shrigley (V.) defeated F. Young (B. H. S.), 6-2, 6-0; Warren (D. H. S.) defeated R. Williams (V.), by default; Buell (B. & N.) defeated Treadwell (B. H. S.), 6-2, 6-3; Caldwell (A.) defeated Mixter (V.), 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; Woods (N. H. S.) defeated Whitter (B. H. S.), 6-0, 6-1; Hincks (A.) defeated Hutchins (V.), 6-3, 6-0; Niles (B. H. S.) defeated Suckley (E.), 6-1, 6-2; Thurston (A.) defeated Parker (V.), 6-1, 6-0. In the first match of the second round Kayser (V.) defeated Shrigley (V.), 6-2, 6-2.