Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-18
MAKING A CHAMPION.
A Very Exciting Time at the Tennis
Tournament Yesterday.
MAGNIFICENT PLAYING, SHOWN.
The Doubles We're Closely Contested and
Interesting.
OF EVENTS FOR TODAY

| Yesterday was an exciting time at tn
grounds of the Pittsburg Tennis Club. oil
Craig street. There were quite number o
things to cause excitement. and not the
least among them was the small burst Of
rain, which greatly dampened the enthu'
siasm of quite number of the devotees o.
tennis. At 4 o'clock dark clouds gathered
and sent copious shower over the little
park. driving the crowd hurry scurry to the
club house among the trees, $50 yards dis
tant. Talking of sprinting, that race
eclipses everything In the go-as-you-please line
| that has been seen In shis vicinity for some
time. Most excellent time was made, but as
| everybody was in the race, there were no tlme-
keepers or referee to be found.
Notwithstanding this little side show attacn-
ment to the tournament yesterday, 1t proved 10
be even more interesting than the day Delore.
The losers are gradually thinning out 60 tnaI IL
was case Of Greek meet Greek an9 tne
matches yesterday were hotly contested De-
tween the best men entered.
MATCH OF THE DAY.
The second round was finished by the play
between Messrs. Reed and Fay which had
been postponed over from Wednesday. Reeds
GOODNESS again showed itself, and after hard
struggle Fay was compelled to acknowledge
himself beaten.
Inc maICn oil the Qay came IN tH0
round. Morehead and Coster are two equally
matched men. and it was very difncult TO
judge between them. Morehead proved him;
self the better general. and after some OF the
most magnificent tennis of the day. he came
out winner. In the first set he easily de-
feated Coster. the score being 80. However,
Coster warmed up to the night IN tne
second set and the result was the hardest
of the match. Morehead could not stop the
hard serving and fine returns of his plucky OPP
ponent. and the score came off S-6 in favor OF
Coster. Morehead's staying qualities won the
final set "a
THE DOUBLES.
In the doubles Messrs. Fay and Buch, of Al
toona, covered themselves with glory, and won
the applause of the assembly by defeating
what was formerly called the best team at
doubles in this part of the State. In the first
round Cristy and Brooks, of Sewickley, de-
feated G. D. and o. M. Edwards without great
difficulty. Cristy's work showed him to be truly
a good player, and there is no doubt but that
he has greatly improved over his last years
form. Fay and Buch also defeated Miller and
Osborne in the first round.
The real fight came in the second round
when Fay and Buch met Cristy and Brooks.
These men play tennis truly wonderful, and it
was long g-drawn-out battle; The Altoona
men won the first set rs. The second set
went against them 49, The third and deciding
set put the players on their mettle, and IL was
bravely won by the Altoona team after hard
play. the score being 81.
Following are the summaries Of yesterdays
matches:
SECOND DAYS SUMMARIES.
Singles-Second round. match postponed
from Wednesday-Reed defeated Fay 81,
l6, 81
Third dround-Morehead defeated Coster go,
6-s. "a; Reed defeated Ewing 6S, and the sec--
ond set stood AZ when play was called on ac-
count of darkness.
For the consolation prize-First round-Gor-
man defeated w. H. Coster 81, 80: Scott de-
feated Annesley 81, 80; Whelen defeated Rob
rs; j. N. Kinkaid defeated w. Kinkead rs, 6-2;
Barr defeated Osborn 6-3 49, 81.
Second round-Whelen defeated Barr 60, 60;
Scott defeated German 81, 2-6 Ga
Doubles-First round-Ewing and Barr de-
feated Nevin and Warden 6S. 6-s SO; Fay and
Buch defeated Miller and Osborne 81. so;
Christy and Brooks defeated g. d. and o. NJ.
Edwards "a 63; Underhill and Williams de-
Whelen and W. Kinkeac defeated NJ. K Cos
ter and Vail 81, sc. 6-3
Second round-Fay and Buch defeated
Cristy and Brooks rs, 3-6. 81.
To-DAY's EVENTS.
The programme for to-day is: In the singles
Reed and Ewing finish, and the winner plays
Nevin IN the semi-inals. Buch and Morehead
play the semi.fnals, and the winners of these
TWO matches meet in the finals to decide the
winner of the tournament and the challenger
of Marshall Cristy, present holder of the
Grogan cup.
In the consolation contests w. Kinkead PLAYS
Scott, and the winner plays Whelen for the
prize.
In the doubles ]. M. Kinkaid and German
play Reed and Morehead in the first round.
The winners play Underhill and Williams in
the second round. Ewing and Barr also play
Sproul and Ray in this round and the winners
play Fay and Buch.