Word: newport
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Joseph S. Clark; vice-president. H. W. Slocum, Jr.; secretary, V. G. Hall; treasurer, Howard A. Taylor. The Wright and Ditson ball was again adopted for championship matches. It was voted that the championship match in singles shall be played at Newport, and the doubles at Staten Island. The rule which provided that upon appeal to the referee in the final set of a match the players might change courts each game, was changed to read that upon appeal to the referee the players should change courts after the first, third, fifth...
...evening with the first presentation on any stage of Steele Mackaye's new comedy, "Colonel Tom." The play is purely American, abounding in realistic scenes and incidents. The scenery by Charles Witham, was painted directly from photographs taken of the scene of the play in Charleston, S. C. and Newport, R. I. Mr. Goodwin considers that he has a great chance in this comedy and that the role is exactly to his liking. Next week Russell's Comedians appear in "The City Directory," the best farcical comedy on the stage...