St. Paul daily globe., 1890-07-23
THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Rain Interferes Quite Seriously
With the Snort,

Inc great tournament Wnlcn began
yesterday at the Hotel st. Louis was
ia-Ler hampered by the unfavorable
weather, which prevailed throughout
the day. The play was to have begun
at 1880 in the morning, bnt at that time
the courts were simply a mud puddle
from the heavy rain which
ing, and the outlook was SO
discouraging that many thought it
would be impossible to play during the
day at any time. The committee, moth
ing daunted. went to work to place the
courts in good playing condition, and
by 4o'clock in the afternoon announced
one court in good condition and that the
tournament would commence. The
first of the series to be played off was
the ''preliminary round'' in the sim
giles, in which there were four
events, the first of which was the
contest between E. G. Best and w. s.
Gale, both of Minneapolis and well
known in tennis circles. No more eff
fectiye trial of skill could have been
chosen for the Introductory event in
this great tourney. Both are most
graceful players, in fact as pretty play
ers as you are likely to see placed
against each other in any tournament.
determined to viii, land although not dis
appointedin the final result, he was more
closely pressed, than was expected by
those who knew his abilities with rae
quet and his former achievements upon
the courts. Gale played remarkably
fine game throughout, and although
nervous and uncertain at first, he re-
gained his confidence and made a de-
termined effort to win, out lack OF eX-
perience against one whose every move
showed him thoroughly used to the sit
uation, were too great odds for
him to overcome. The second
event was looked forward to
with great interest, as both the
contestants abilities were unknown to
those present. 1t was the series be-
tween G. q. Sands, of Utica, n. Y, and
e. M. B. Hawley, of Minneapolis. This
was what might be justly called a
vicious combat" for both men played
made the contest truly exciting. Both
men started in to play an aggressive
game, in every sense of the word: but
the GOODNESS of Sands and his magnifi-
cent yolleys soon drove his opponent
to the rear of the court. where he
was content to play during the
balance of the first set. At the begin
ming of the second set Hawley played
with more GOODNESS and the first few
games were the most exciting of the
deries. They were replete with brilliant
plays which drew forth round after
round of applause from the spectators.
Time after time did Hawley make long
vicious drives from the back line, but
the magnificent game of Sands at the
net rendered ineffective many
strokes which would have scorfl
against less determined me- I.
Hawley was unable to break le
lead obtained by the Cornell mau and
the series was decided in TWO sets. c.
G.. Sands. whose name is we'll known in
tennis circles throughout New York
and New England, has made remark
ably fine record in Eastern tournaments
for man of his age, and has hardly
reached the acme of success. For three
years he has held the championship of
Cornell university, and i'll 1887 he
won the intercollegiate championship
of the state of New York i'll the tour
nament held at Syracuse. In 1888 he
won first honors in the Shelter Island
tournament, in which yearly compete
some of the finest tennis players in the
country. Last year ne entered the In
tercollegiate tournament at New
Haven, as the representative of Cornell.
and was defeated after close
struggle by r. P. Huntingdon, OF
New Haven, who, last week, covered
himself with glory, by defeating the
famous W. P. Knapp at the Country
club tournament at West Chester. Mr..
Sands, by his brilliant work yesterday.
became strong favorite with all who
were present, and his progress through
out the course of the tournament will
be anxiously watched. The third event
of the day was between 81. S. Muir
raw and B. S. Bull, both we'll
known in Minneapolis. Mr.. Bull sur
prisei all his friends most agreeably by
the manner in which he played, and
had he gone in with more confidence
and determination would have made a
much closer score. and possibly have
won the event. Rain set in about this
time, and the balance of the games
scheduled for the afternoon were post
poned.
The scores were as follows:
First Event-E. c. Best VS.. W. S. Gale, 4.
Ga.
Second Event-C. G. Sands VS.. G. NJ. B.
Hawley. 6-1, 6-1.
Third Event-H L. Murray VS.. B. s. Bull,
6-1, g.
To-day the tournament play will be-
gin at lU a. III. anu continue uninCer-
ruptedly throughout the day. Some
very close and exciting games are ex-
pected, especially those between Il. P.
Gates, of Minneapolis. and H. P, Rob-
inson, of st. Paul.
This evening the Steamer City of st.
Louis will carry the players and their
friends on a trip through the upper
and lower lakes.
The tennis hop last evening was, as
all such events in the past have been,
most pronounced success. The pavilion
was taxed to its utmost with the couples
of young people who had come out for
pleasant fine, and they all voted the
first effort on the part of the entertain
ment committee worthy of conmenda-
ton.