UNITED STATES LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION (U.S.L.T.A.) THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY – NEWPORT - AUGUST 1889
SINGLES 2nd PRIZE - WON BY: QUINCY SHAW
WINNER: HENRY SLOCUM 6:3, 6:1, 4:6, 6:2
QUINCY ALEX SHAW WAS RANKED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE 1880s TENNIS HISTORY.
HE NEVER WON A MAJOR TITLE.
Also in the collection is the historical double folded program for the Ninth Annual U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association Tournament that was held at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island on Wednesday, August 21st, 1889 and the scored, bracketed program has been filled in with all 32 names of the participants that played. There were five rounds in the tournament and while the winning name in the last bracket is Shaw, it reads on the side above his name on the top edge that he faced Henry Warner Slocum Jr. in the final and Slocum was the winner. Slocum was the son of American politician and Union General Henry Warner Slocum. Slocum Jr. entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1955 and was president of the USTA from 1892 - 1893. All writing thoughout the entire program is in early pencil and includes the name GEORGE MORGAN MACKNIGHT 1889 across the top of the unfolded program. Here are the 32 names printed in the opening round column: C.A. Chase, F.O.S. Beade, A.L. Rives, R.B. Hale, F.W. Taylor, R.V. Beach, Q.A. Shaw, A.E. Wright, J.A. Ryerson, A.L. Williston, W.P. Knapp, M. Fielding, J. Hunt, R.C. Sands, G.R. Fearing, W.W. Reese, F.L.V. Hoppin, S.C. Fox, T.S. Tailer, F.S. Mansfield, E.W. Gould Jr., M..R. Wright, E.G. Meers, C.E. Sands, G.A. Hurd, S.T. Chase, J.S. Clark, W.R. Weeden, H.A. Taylor, R.P. Huntington, Jr., O.S. Campbell and R.S. Thompson. The folded program measures 6 1/4" tall X 4 1/2" wide and when opened it measures 12 1/2" tall X 9" wide.
