Longwood Bowl

Longwood Bowl
Longwood Bowl
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1891;132 years ago
Abolished	1949;74 years ago
Location	Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Venue	Longwood Cricket Club
Surface	Grass

Last updated September 24, 2023

The Longwood Bowl^[1] was a men's and women's tennis tournament first played at the Longwood Cricket Club courts at Brookline, Massachusetts, United States from 1882 to 1949.

History

In 1877 the Longwood Cricket Club was founded.^[3] In 1881 the club held its first tennis tournament.^[4] In 1882 the club held its first important tennis event the Longwood Cricket Club Tournament it was the precursor event to the Longwood Bowl also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl tournament founded in 1891.^[5] The men's event was held through till 1942 when it was discontinued, and the women's event continued on till 1949 before it was also abolished.

The tournament was played for the entire time at Brookline, Massachusetts where Longwood Cricket Club's tennis courts are located.^[6] In 1922 the club house and administrative center was moved to Newton, Massachusetts.^[7] The winners of the men's tournament retain a permanent replica of the Longwood Bowl Trophy if they win it three times.^[8]

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll included:^[9]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Longwood Tournament
Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
1882	Mr Winslow	Warren W. Smith	0–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3^[9]
1883	Joseph Sill Clark	James Dwight	6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4^[9]
1884	James Dwight	Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.	?^[9]
1885	Howard Augustus Taylor	?	?^[9]
Longwood Bowl
1891^[10]	Eddie Hall Jr.	Philip Shelton Sears	6–1, 8–6, 6–3^[9]
1892^[11]	Fred Hovey	Eddie Hall Jr.	6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2^[9]
1893^[11]	Fred Hovey (2)	Richard W. Stevens	8–6, 7–5, 8–6^[9]
1894^[12]	William Larned	Richard W. Stevens	6–2, 6–4, 6–2^[9]
1895^[12]	William Larned (2)	Fred Hovey	6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4^[13]
1897^[12]	William Larned (3)	Bob Wrenn	6–2, 9–7, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2^[9]
1898	Mal Whitman	Leo Ware	8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3^[9]
1899	Mal Whitman (2)	Dwight Filley Davis Sr.	6–1, 6–4, 7–5^[9]
1901^[12]	William Larned (4)	?	?
1902	William Jackson Clothier	William Larned	6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5^[9]
1903^[12]	William Larned (5)	William Jackson Clothier	2–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2^[9]
1904^[12]	William Larned (6)	Holcombe Ward	3–1 sets^[14]
1905^[12]	William Larned (7)	?	?
1906^[12]	William Larned (8)	Karl Howell Behr Jr.	8–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3^[9]
1907^[12]	William Larned (9)	Clarence Hobart	w.o.^[9]
1908^[12]	William Larned (10)	Raymond D. Little	?^[15]
1909^[12]	William Larned (11)	?	?
1919	Bill Johnston	Dick Williams Jr.	6–3, 6–3, 6–4^[9]
1920^[16]	Bill Johnston (2)	Nat Niles	6–4, 6–0, 6–0^[9]
1921	Bill Johnston (3)	Dick Williams Jr.	6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6^[9]
1922	Bill Tilden II	Dick Williams Jr.	6–1, 8–6, 5–7, 6–0^[9]
1923	Dick Williams Jr.	Takeichi Harada	6–2, 6–4, 6–2^[9]
1924	Fritz Mercur	Lawrence Bridges Rice	4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4^[9]
1925	Gerald Patterson	Lawrence Bridges Rice	4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4^[9]
1926	Bill Tilden II (2)	Lewis Nelson White	6–3, 6–4, 6–3^[9]
1927	John Doeg	Cranston Holman	6–8, 10–8, 8–6, 6–3^[9]
1928	Wilmer Allison Jr.	John Van Ryn	7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2^[9]
1929	John Doeg (2)	Fritz Mercur	10–8, 6–4, 8–6^[9]
1930^[17]	Cliff Sutter	Sidney Wood Jr.	5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2^[9]
1931^[18]	Ellsworth Vines	John Doeg	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3^[9]
1932	Arnold Wheeler Jones	Jack Tidball	6–3, 6–4, 6–1^[9]
1933	Richard T. Murphy	Martin Buxby	8–6, 6–4, 6–2^[9]
1934	Wilmer Allison Jr. (2)	Berkeley Bell	4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3^[9]
1935	Wilmer Moore Hines ^[19]	Norcross S. Tilney	6–1, 6–1, 6–4^[9]
1936^[20]	Frank Parker	Bobby Riggs	6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5^[9]
1937	Wilmer Allison Jr. (3)	Gilbert A. Hunt	2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4^[9]
1938	Bobby Riggs	Frank Kovacs	6–4, 6–0, 6–4^[9]
1939	Adrian Quist	Gene Mako	6–1, 6–2, 6–4^[9]
1942	Pancho Segura	Gardnar Mulloy	6–1, 8–6, 6–3^[9]

Women's singles

Incomplete roll

Notes:^[21]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Longwood Tournament
Longwood Tennis Cup
1895	Miss Mary Larned	Miss Hovey	?
Longwood Bowl Ladies Tournament
1898	Margaret Hunnewell	Miss Nichols	6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1899	Margaret Hunnewell (2)	Miss Nichols	4–6, 5–7, 12–10, 6–3, 6–2
1900	Margaret Hunnewell (3)	Myrtle McAteer	2–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1901	Eleanor Stockton	Miss Sears	4–6, 6–4, 6–6, 7–5, 6–3
1902	Eleanor Stockton (2)	Jane Stockton	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1903^[22]	Margaret Homer Nichols	?	?
1904^[23]	Margaret Homer Nichols (2)	?	?
1905^[23]	Evelyn Sears	Maud Barger-Wallach	8–6, 6–2
1906	May Sutton	Marion Fenno	6–0, 6–0
1907^[23]	Evelyn Sears (2)	Maud Barger-Wallach	8–6, 6–2
1908	Maud Barger-Wallach	Evelyn Sears	?
1909^[24]	Maud Barger-Wallach (2)	Evelyn Sears	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1910	Louise Hammond	Maud Barger-Wallach	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1911	Hazel Hotchkiss	Edith Rotch	6–2, 6–0
1912	Mary K. Browne	Eleonora Sears	13–11, 6–4
1913	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2)	Mary K. Browne	6–0, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Open
1914	Edith Rotch	Evelyn Sears	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1915	Molla Bjurstedt	Edith Rotch	6–2, 6–2
1916	Evelyn Sears	Molla Bjurstedt	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1917	Nancy Sheafe Cole	Evelyn Sears	6–2, 6–2
1918	Molla Bjurstedt (2)	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	6–1, 10–8
1919	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3)	Marion Zinderstein	?
1920^[25]	Marion Zinderstein	Eleanor Tennant	6–4, 6–3
1921	Leslie Bancroft	Catherine Gardner	6–3, 6–1
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1922	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3)	Helen Wills	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1923	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4)	Kitty Mckane	6–2, 6–1
1924	Eleanor Goss	Helen Jacobs	6–3, 6–2
1925 (Jul)	Helen Wills	Marion Zinderstein Jessup	7–5, 6–2
1925 (Aug)	Elizabeth Ryan	Joan Fryy	6–1, 6–1
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1925 (Oct)	Elizabeth Ryan (2)	Anna Townsend Godfrey	6–2, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1926 (Jul)	Elizabeth Ryan (3)	Martha Bayard	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1926 (Oct)	Elizabeth Ryan (4)	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman	6–3, 6–4
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1927	Sarah Palfrey	?	?
1928	Eleanor Goss	Elizabeth Barber Corbiere	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1929	Ethel Burkhardt	Dorothy Andrus	0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1930	Anna McCune Harper	Dorothy Weisel	7–5, 6–1
1931	Dorothy Andrus	Sarah Palfrey	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1932	Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn	Marjorie Sachs	5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1933	Alice Marble	Carolin Babcock	6–3, 6–4
1934	Sarah Palfrey (2)	Jane Sharp	6–4, 6–2
1935	Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (2)	Helen Pedersen	7–5, 6–3
1936^[26]	Alice Marble	Carolyn Roberts	6–1, 8–6
1937	Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (3)	Helen Pedersen	6–3, 6–4
1938	Helen Bernhard	Virginia Wolfenden	6–3, 6–3
1939	Helen Bernhard (2)	Kay Winthrop	6–4, 6–4
1942	Louise Brough	Margaret Osborne	6–2, 6–1
1944	Pauline Betz	Louise Brough	6–4, 6–3
1945	Pauline Betz (2)	Margaret Osborne	6–4, 8–6
1946	Louise Brough (2)	Margaret Osborne	6–3, 6–2
Longwood Invitational
1948	Magda Berescu Rurac	?	?
1949	Betty Clements Hilton	Jean Walker-Smith	6–4, 6–8, 6–2

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↑ Baltzell, E. Digby (2013). Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Piscataway, New Jersey, United States: Transaction Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4128-5180-0.
↑ Times, Special to The New York (July 25, 1899). "LONGWOOD CONTEST OPENS.; Tennis Expert to Play for Championship and Challenge Bowl – Davis Beats Huntington in Singles". The New York Times. New York. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ "Field of the Year: Historic Longwood Cricket Club wins new STMA Award" (PDF). sturf.lib.msu.edu. Michigan State University. April 2009. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ Michigan State University
↑ Danzig, Allison; Schwed, Peter (1972). The Fireside Book of Tennis. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-671-21128-8.
↑ Hardwicke, Greer; Reed, Roger (1998). "11: Chestnut Hill". Brookline. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7385-4974-3.
↑ Hardwicke, Greer; Reed, Roger (1998)
↑ "Sport: At Longwood". Time. Time USA LLC. July 27, 1931. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Longwood Bowl. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
↑ Harper's Weekly. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1893. p. 753.
1 2 Harper's Weekly
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "William A. Larned has a remarkable record". Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles, California, United States: California Digital Newspaper Collection. July 25, 1910. p. 7. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ Bonner, John; Curtis, George William; Alden, Henry Mills; Conant, Samuel Stillman; Schuyler, Montgomery; Foord, John; Davis, Richard Harding; Schurz, Carl; Nelson, Henry Loomis; Bangs, John Kendrick; Harvey, George Brinton McClellan; Hapgood, Norman (1895). Harper's Weekly. New York: Harper's Magazine Company. p. 740.
↑ "FOURTEENTH ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (LONGWOOD CRICKET CLUB) 1904 DRAWSHEET/PROGRAMME- WON BY WILLIAM LARNED: (1904) | Sportspages". www.abebooks.com. AbeBooks Inc. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ "LITTLE DEFEATS WRIGHT.; New Yorker Wins from Bostonian In Longwood Singles". The New York Times. New York. August 4, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ Times, Special to The New York (July 20, 1920). "W.F. JOHNSON WINS AT LONGWOOD NETS; Philadelphian Takes Two Matches in Early Rounds of Famous Tennis Tourney". The New York Times. New York. p. 15. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ Baltzell, E. Digby (2013). Sporting Gentlemen: Mens Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Piscataway, New Jersey, United States: Transaction Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4128-5180-0.
↑ Time USA LLC
↑ "Wilmer Hines: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ Danzig, Allison (July 26, 1936). "Unfaltering Play Earns Decision for Parker in Longwood Bowl Tennis Final; PARKER TOPS RIGGS FOR 2D TIME IN ROW Scores by 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in Adding Name to List of Longwood Bowl Winners. MISS MARBLE HALTS BID Crowns Return to Play With a 6–1, 8–6 Victory Over Miss Roberts in Final". The New York Times. New York. p. 10. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ The women's tournament featured three events in 1925 two summer editions and one fall (autumn) edition, and in 1926 there was one summer and one fall edition of the women's event.
↑ The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: New York World Telegram. 1908. p. 463.
1 2 3 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: New York World Telegram. 1908. p. 463.
↑ "MRS. WALLACH WINS MATCH.; Champion of Longwood Defends Title Against Miss Sears". The New York Times. New York. October 3, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
↑ The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston, MASS.: Wright & Ditson. 1921. p. 83.
↑ Danzig, Allison (July 26, 1936). "Unfaltering Play Earns Decision for Parker in Longwood Bowl Tennis Final; PARKER TOPS RIGGS FOR 2D TIME IN ROW Scores by 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in Adding Name to List of Longwood Bowl Winners. MISS MARBLE HALTS BID Crowns Return to Play With a 6–1, 8–6 Victory Over Miss Roberts in Final". The New York Times. p. 10. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

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[1] Baltzell, E. Digby (2013). Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Piscataway, New Jersey, United States: Transaction Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4128-5180-0.

[2] Times, Special to The New York (July 25, 1899). "LONGWOOD CONTEST OPENS.; Tennis Expert to Play for Championship and Challenge Bowl – Davis Beats Huntington in Singles". The New York Times. New York. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[3] "Field of the Year: Historic Longwood Cricket Club wins new STMA Award" (PDF). sturf.lib.msu.edu. Michigan State University. April 2009. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[4] Michigan State University

[5] Danzig, Allison; Schwed, Peter (1972). The Fireside Book of Tennis. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-671-21128-8.

[6] Hardwicke, Greer; Reed, Roger (1998). "11: Chestnut Hill". Brookline. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-7385-4974-3.

[7] Hardwicke, Greer; Reed, Roger (1998)

[8] "Sport: At Longwood". Time. Time USA LLC. July 27, 1931. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

[auto-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Longwood Bowl. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.

[10] Harper's Weekly. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1893. p. 753.

[Harper's_Weekly-11] 1 2 Harper's Weekly

[lah-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "William A. Larned has a remarkable record". Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles, California, United States: California Digital Newspaper Collection. July 25, 1910. p. 7. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[13] Bonner, John; Curtis, George William; Alden, Henry Mills; Conant, Samuel Stillman; Schuyler, Montgomery; Foord, John; Davis, Richard Harding; Schurz, Carl; Nelson, Henry Loomis; Bangs, John Kendrick; Harvey, George Brinton McClellan; Hapgood, Norman (1895). Harper's Weekly. New York: Harper's Magazine Company. p. 740.

[14] "FOURTEENTH ANNUAL LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (LONGWOOD CRICKET CLUB) 1904 DRAWSHEET/PROGRAMME- WON BY WILLIAM LARNED: (1904) | Sportspages". www.abebooks.com. AbeBooks Inc. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[15] "LITTLE DEFEATS WRIGHT.; New Yorker Wins from Bostonian In Longwood Singles". The New York Times. New York. August 4, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[16] Times, Special to The New York (July 20, 1920). "W.F. JOHNSON WINS AT LONGWOOD NETS; Philadelphian Takes Two Matches in Early Rounds of Famous Tennis Tourney". The New York Times. New York. p. 15. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[17] Baltzell, E. Digby (2013). Sporting Gentlemen: Mens Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Piscataway, New Jersey, United States: Transaction Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4128-5180-0.

[18] Time USA LLC

[19] "Wilmer Hines: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[20] Danzig, Allison (July 26, 1936). "Unfaltering Play Earns Decision for Parker in Longwood Bowl Tennis Final; PARKER TOPS RIGGS FOR 2D TIME IN ROW Scores by 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in Adding Name to List of Longwood Bowl Winners. MISS MARBLE HALTS BID Crowns Return to Play With a 6–1, 8–6 Victory Over Miss Roberts in Final". The New York Times. New York. p. 10. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[21] The women's tournament featured three events in 1925 two summer editions and one fall (autumn) edition, and in 1926 there was one summer and one fall edition of the women's event.

[22] The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: New York World Telegram. 1908. p. 463.

[Facts._New_York_1908._p._463-23] 1 2 3 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: New York World Telegram. 1908. p. 463.

[24] "MRS. WALLACH WINS MATCH.; Champion of Longwood Defends Title Against Miss Sears". The New York Times. New York. October 3, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

[25] The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston, MASS.: Wright & Ditson. 1921. p. 83.

[26] Danzig, Allison (July 26, 1936). "Unfaltering Play Earns Decision for Parker in Longwood Bowl Tennis Final; PARKER TOPS RIGGS FOR 2D TIME IN ROW Scores by 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 in Adding Name to List of Longwood Bowl Winners. MISS MARBLE HALTS BID Crowns Return to Play With a 6–1, 8–6 Victory Over Miss Roberts in Final". The New York Times. p. 10. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

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Longwood Bowl
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1891;132 years ago (1891)
Abolished	1949;74 years ago (1949)
Location	Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Venue	Longwood Cricket Club
Surface	Grass