[3] Chase was initially a top-notch baseball player at one point, catching pitches from the great Bob Caruthers, but gave it up to pursue tennis.

In 1885 at the national Intercollegiate Championships playing at his first tournament he took second place, losing the final to Wallace P. Knapp of Yale.

[3] In 1886 he won his first singles title at the Scarlet Ribbon Amateur Tournament defeating Henry Slocum in the final.

[3] His other career singles highlights include winning the Nahant Invitation two times in 1888 and 1889, the Rochester Lawn Tennis Tournament in 1888 and the Springfield Open the same season.

After practicing law in Chicago, he became a prominent banker in Superior, where he was president of the Bank of Commerce for 30 years.