Some early male American lawn tennis players

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Frederick C Colston - Birth Jan 1884 in Maryland. Son of  Frederick Morgan Colston
Born  1 Oct 1835 in Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, Died 19 Apr 1922 in Baltimore,  Maryland.
Married28 th october 1868 to Clara C Colston - Born  13 Jan 1847 in Mobile,  Alabama.

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S. Howard Voshell -  Samuel Howard Voshell - Born18 Sep 1888 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts and died 10 Nov 1937 in New York. Married to Alice Margaret Orr - Born September 1883 in New York.

Controlled Perry exhibitions :-  http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11124055

1920 with wife and in-laws - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJRC-GJ7

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Irving C Wright - Irving was the son of George Wright, an American baseball pioneer and one of the founders of the Wright & Ditson sporting goods firm and the brother of U.S. Championship winner and Olympic gold medalist Beals Wright. Together they won the men's doubles title at the Canadian Tennis Championship four times (1902, 1903, 1904, 1905)

Irving Christman Wright  - Birth Date: 13 May 1882 Boston
Father Name: George Wright and Mother Abbie A

Irving, wife Lillian and children appear on census 1920/30/40 (the links were playing up earlier so haven't put them on individually today)

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^^^^ Thanks, again, for the great help. Much appreciated.

Mark

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In this article in The New York Times.  August 24, 1910. E H Whitney was 19 years of age so born 1891 - first clue 

Accident saved Wright in Tennis -  Youthful E.H. Whitney Was Leading Veteran in Match When He Injured a Leg. Newport. Rhode Island -  August 23 rd 1910  -- But for an accident to his opponent, Beals C. Wright would have been eliminated from the Thirtieth All Comers National Lawn Tennis championship. tournament to-day in the semi-final round. E.H. Whitney, 19 years of age, played his famous opponent to a standstill, while a great crowd stood breathlessly amazed about the court within the picturesque Casino inclosure

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[newmark401]

Hi, Sandra,

I think I had a different Edward Whitney in mind; in fact, I might have been on the wrong track because I was really thinking of some early players from the west coast of the United States, in particular California. One of these was George F. Whitney, several times champion at the early Pacific Coast Championships; I'm quite he sure wasn't related to Edward H. Whitney, or at least wasn't his brother.

Some of the other early Pacific Coast singles champions were the following:

Thomas A. Driscoll
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Louis R. Freeman
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George C. Janes
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John Drummond MacGavin
--

William H. Taylor
--

Charles R. Yates
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As I've indicated, most of the above players were probably born in or near California. I know virtually nothing about them.

Regards

Mark

In this article in The New York Times.  August 24, 1910. E H Whitney was 19 years of age so born 1891 - first clue 

Accident saved Wright in Tennis -  Youthful E.H. Whitney Was Leading Veteran in Match When He Injured a Leg. Newport. Rhode Island -  August 23 rd 1910  -- But for an accident to his opponent, Beals C. Wright would have been eliminated from the Thirtieth All Comers National Lawn Tennis championship. tournament to-day in the semi-final round. E.H. Whitney, 19 years of age, played his famous opponent to a standstill, while a great crowd stood breathlessly amazed about the court within the picturesque Casino inclosure

Sandra
 

[newmark401]

Hi, Sandra,

I think I had a different Edward Whitney in mind; in fact, I might have been on the wrong track because I was really thinking of some early players from the west coast of the United States, in particular California. One of these was George F. Whitney, several times champion at the early Pacific Coast Championships; I'm quite he sure wasn't related to Edward H. Whitney, or at least wasn't his brother.

Some of the other early Pacific Coast singles champions were the following:

Thomas A. Driscoll
--

Louis R. Freeman
--

George C. Janes
--

John Drummond MacGavin
--

William H. Taylor
--

Charles R. Yates
-----

As I've indicated, most of the above players were probably born in or near California. Beyond their names, I know virtually nothing about them.

Regards

Mark

In this article in The New York Times.  August 24, 1910. E H Whitney was 19 years of age so born 1891 - first clue 

Accident saved Wright in Tennis -  Youthful E.H. Whitney Was Leading Veteran in Match When He Injured a Leg. Newport. Rhode Island -  August 23 rd 1910  -- But for an accident to his opponent, Beals C. Wright would have been eliminated from the Thirtieth All Comers National Lawn Tennis championship. tournament to-day in the semi-final round. E.H. Whitney, 19 years of age, played his famous opponent to a standstill, while a great crowd stood breathlessly amazed about the court within the picturesque Casino inclosure

Sandra
 

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Yes, I could see many articles about George F Whitney of San Francisco but could not match up a George F Whitney and Edward H Whitney and nothing to suggest they were brothers. 

John Drummond Macgavin  - Birth Date: 2 Dec 1882 - San Francisco, California
Death Date: 4 May 1954  San Francisco  California aged 71 years. Cremation Mountain View Cemetery. Oakland. California.
Spouse: Helen Baker Macgavin  - Father: Walter J S Macgavin of Scotland   - Mother: Kate Hinshelwood of France. -Funeral Home: N. Gray and Company
Occupation Ret Treas Epis Diocese. Resided 2828 Lyon Street. San Francisco. California.

Lots of info here:-

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0rei/


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LEWIS R Freeman -  Lewis Ransome Freeman (4 October 1878 – 6 November 1960) was an American explorer, journalist and war correspondent who wrote over twenty books chronicling his many travels, as well as numerous articles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_R._Freeman

Lewis R Freeman  Birth Date: 4 Oct 1878  Wisconsin
Death Date: 6 Nov 1960  Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Clary


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