Frederick Kemp Ward
Nickname: Fritz
Alias: Fred K. Ward
Frederick K. Ward
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| Bio | He was an American tennis player, winner of several tournaments at the end of the nineteenth century. He was the son of Levi Frederick Ward (1842–1907) and Alice Smith (1844–1913). He studied at the University of Rochester and was a member of one of the student fraternities (Psi Upsilon). Until 1909, he worked as an assistant secretary at the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and the last year of his life, he had been associated with Charles H. Stearns representing the brokerage firm of A.J. Wright & Company of Buffalo. He was active in the social and sporting life of Rochester, he belonged, among others, to the to Rochester Tennis Club, Rochester Country Club and Genesee Valley Club in Rochester. In his youth, he had some notable successes in tennis. In 1893, at the age of less than 17, he passed the qualifying round at the US Championships in Newport, and then defeated two more rivals, only to succumb to William Larned 2-6, 3-6, 3-6. Immediately after the championships, he played in the international tournament at the Queen's Royal Hotel Niagara courts, the largest tennis event in Canada at the time, where he defeated Henry Avery from Detroit in the all-comers final 6-1, 6-0, 7-5, and in the challenge round Arthur Fuller of Boston 8-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. In the opinion of observers, the title was due to a good forehand game and an effective backhand volley. Ward added a doubles championship to success in singles, teaming with WA Boys to defeat the Coldham brothers 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 in the final. In 1893, he also won a tournament in his hometown of Rochester (Rochester Lawn Tennis Club), beating RWP Matthews from Toronto in the final 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 (also doubles with his brother Levi Smith Ward) and a tournament Elmira Lawn Tennis Club, after the final against C. Wyckoff 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. In 1894, he defended his title at Niagara Falls in the challenge round to Malcolm Chace , 3-6, 1-6, 6-8. In 1896 he reached the challenge round of this tournament again , but lost to Carr Baker Neel 2-6, 3-6, 3-6. In 1895 he was again champion of Rochester. He was champion player of Western New York, and it was believed that had he devoted more time to practice he would have gained a national reputation. On January 7, 1903, he married Hortense Thomas of New York (April 24, 1878 – August 1, 1909), with whom he had two children: son Frederick Kemp Jr. (born January 20, 1904) and daughter Caroline Allen (born October 9, 1905). In 1909 he was widowed. |
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