St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-13
LAST OF THE TENNIS.
The Tournament at Minnetonka
Was a Great Event. and Is Over.

The Tournament at Minnetonka
Was Great Event. and Is Over.
The tennis tournament is over. The
prizes have been awarded, and the play
ers have departed from Hotel st. Louis
tired, sunburned. and happy. Three
days did it last, one more than was an
ticipated, and it has been great sue
cess, thanks to Manager Wait and the
Chequamagon club, of Minneapolis.
The attendance. both OF spectators and
players, far exceeded expectations, the
playing was of remarkably high order
of excellence, and the weather was per-
feet. Take 1t all in all, it was the most
successful tournament ever held in the
Northwest, and it has demt n8trated
that smiling Mr.. Jayne is the best
player in this section of the country.
The winners of the tournament are as
follows:
SINGLES.
First prize, silver handkerchief box,
valued at S25, Trafford n. Jayne, Min
neapoliS.
Second prize. Slocum special racquet.
George K. Belden, Minneapolis.
Third prize, leather teams shoes. Paul
McCurdy, Manchester.
DOUBLES.
First prize, silk umbrellas, Trafford
n. JAYNE, Z. G.. Best, Minneapolis.
Second prize, SlOcum racquetS, +. IL.
G.. Pakenham and u. K. Belden, Mime
apols.
Third prize, T. F. Wallace. Mime
apolis, and Mr.. Dunn, st. Paul.
There was some very interesting
playing yesterday. In the morning
Rublee and Pakenham played a very
hard and very close game. The Mil.
waukee man was in splendid form, and
his tremendous drives were too much
for the scientific Englishman. The
score was "a, SO, 6-2. Then Rublee
Immediately began to play Belden, who
in the meantime had defeated McCurdy
80 and 6-3. the final for second prize.
Rublee was very tired, but he had to
catch train. He put up great game
the first set, which Belden won with
difficulty. the score being rs. The next
set he was exhausted and Belden won
easily, 81.
The final double was played in the
afternoon. E. c. Best. who played with
Jayne, was i'll, but he pluckily de-
termined to play, and the pair managed
to win first place, defeating Pakenham
and Belden. 1t was a short contest,
but not particularly brilliant one.
Best would not run after the ball, so
Jayne did the greater part of the work.
Fortunately for them neither Paken-
ham nor Belden were playing in form.
The first set Jayne and Best won with
ease. The next was great struggle.
Nearly every one of the fourteen games
in the set was deuce game. Jayne'S
placing and BeSt'S ''slamming' finally
Lord nnt NTrnC
The score was, 81, 6-S, e-3. This gave
JAYNE and Best the first place in the
doubles.
Smiling Mr.. Jayne won the single
Saturday. To-day's play gave Belden
the second single, while McCurdy got
the third single by default, Rubber hav-
ing departed.
The first double. of course, went to
Jayne and Best. Belden and Packen-
ham got the second, and Wallace and
Dunn the third, the former by forfeit,
the latter by default.
After the regular tournament games
were over Jayne met W. V. s. Thorne,
who holds the championship of Mime
sofa. Last June Jayne won the champ
| ionsbip of Michigan, as the beautiful
Sears racket with which he plays testi-
| hes. The men had never met on a
| court, DuV tOCll hlOn lllC OlilOl Wy
utation very we'll, so there was
a great deal of interest in the game.
Thorne won the toss and took service.
He plays very scientific game, and
has almost perfect control of the ball.
He won three games almost before
JAYNE knew he was playing. Then the
latter pulled himself together, and his
| remarkable playing got him three
games. By this time each had pretty
| fair idea of the others game, and it be-
| gan to be battle. 1t was a See-Saw for
game after game, and there were no
end of beautiful plays. A remarkable
return on one side would be met with
one equally good on the other. The
| score was run up to seven all,
| and there was no end OF excite
ment. Smiling Mr.. Jayne took two
games and won the set 1t was
| evident that Thorne was not in form.
He did not play his game, but neither
did Jayne play as well as he has during
| the tournament. The next game was
| one-sided. Thorne would send the balls
| WhizZing about two inches above the
| net, but he could not get them by Jayne.
| Some of the latter's returns were phe-
| nomenal Then Thorne began to lob
the balls, but he had hard work, and
| Jayne won. 6-3.
1t has been smiling Mr.. Jayne's
tournament. He has won everything
he could. He has lost but three sets in
the whole tournament. Jayne is twenty
years old. and has been at Ann Arbor
| for three years He never held racquet
in his hand until he went to college.
His home was III Winona until he
came to Minneapolis. He is fine
ball player and sprint runner,
as we'll as tennis player. At
tennis he always plays net game. He
seldom returns ball hard when he is
back from the net. His remarkable
agility enables him to cover a great deal
ofground. Heh wonderful Judgment
and seems to know by intuition which
way ball is coming. He places ball
with great accuracy. He usually holds
! his racquet stiff and the ball shoots off
| one side or the other. He seldom sends
ball into the net or outside the court.
| The tennis festivities at Hotel st.
Louis closed last night with very
successful hop, at which the prizes
we're presented.