The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-03
THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
briliianf Termination OF the Three
DAYS Contest.


Yesterday was the last day in the tennis tour
nanent, and consequently brought ont large
audience, in which the fair sex was prominent.
zine weather, the courts In perfect condition,
Large audience % spur the contestants 70 their
oest, and nothing more could be desired TO
make the closing of what has been most sue
csssiul tournament q brilliant affair.
The contestants, realizing the importance OF
the occasion, mustered together all their reserve
energy, used all their knowledge concerning the
fine points possible 70 be made and were only
too eager 20 take advantage Of any weakness
which their adversary might show during play.
Every point was contested 70 q minute detail In
all that tends TO careful and skillful play.
Strokes not ordinarily attempted were used at
critical points when defeat or victory was i'm
minent There was such an unusual exhibition
OF truly scientific play that il would battle an
expert TO do all the players justice, even in sde-
tailed mention OF their individual accomplish
ments.
Mr.. Abram Barker had no trouble in winning
al sets in which he took part The most closely
contested and brilliant exposition of the posi-
biltttes Of the game was given BY Nj. Barker
and Mr.. Meserve. Although Ny. Barker won,
be may well feel proud Of his victory over 50
skillful player as Mr.. Aeserye. Mr.. keiieher
and Mr.. Quirk were both in excellent form, the
latter improving more than any other IN the
tournament. His success Is due in a great part
TO the close attention and earrestness with
which he plays Mr.. Hill dropped out OF the
tournament owing TO sprained ankle received
during play on Wednesday.
Among those present were: Miss Piper, Mrs.
Charles F. Whittlesey, Mrs. Brainerd. Mrs. A P
Hill, Miss Clark, Mrs. Joseph Mcknight, Miss
Smith, Mrs z. A Strout, Miss Noyes, Mrs. r. s.
De Wolfe, Miss Graves, Miss Towle, Miss Noble,
Miss Charlotte Whittlesey, Miss Riley, Miss Nc
Lellan, Miss Carter, Miss Agnes Carter, Mrs. W.
incline Hodge, Miss Collins. Mrs Hayden, Miss
Hayden, Miss Nevins, Miss Efinger, Miss Furth,
Mr. Barry, Mr. Frank Burns, ir., Mr.. W. R. Max
well, Mr.. Folsom, Mr.. Wilson Barrett, jr., and
others.
Following are the scores:
Barker beat skiIlings 81, Barker beat Meservs
~, Barker beat Wilmington so
Keleher tied Meserve 3D.
Came beat Wilson AZ, Came beat Emory SO,
Came beat Wilmington 90, Came beat Van
Tuvl 81.
wilson lost 10 Came -, Wilson lost to Meserve
"a, Wilson lost to Quirk Is, Wilson lost 70
Stewart 0-6.
skillings lost 70 Barker Is, skillings lost 70
Messrve o6, SkilIingx lost TO Pelly Is
Meserve beat Wilson -, Meserve beat skill
Hngs 60. Meserve beat Palmer 81, Meserve beat
Pelly 81, Aeserve beat Emory SO, Meserve beat
stewart 60, Meserve tied Kelleher S3, Meserve
lost TO Barker -
Palmer lost 70 Meserve Is.
PeIiy beat skillings 81, Pelly Beat whiting
Emory beat Wilmington A. Emory lost TO
Came 0-6, Emory lost to Aeserve o6, Emory
lost 10 Quirk "A. Emory lost 70 stewart %:
Wilmington lost TO Barker 06, Wilmington
Lost 70 Came o-6, Wilmington lost 10 Pelly "a,
Wilmington lost 10 Emory "a, Wilmington lost
to Van Tuyl l-5 Wilmington lost TO stewart o-6.
Quirk beat Wilson 81. Quirk beat Emory a.,
Qnirk lost 70 Stewart Is.
Van Tuyl beat Whittington 81, Van Tuyl lost
TO Came Is.
stewart beat Wilson go, Stewart beat Emory
60, stewart beat Wilmington so. Stewart beat
Quirk 81, Stewart tied Kelleher 3-3
Below is given in tabulated form the contest
ants, with complete record of sets played, games
won and games lost As will be readily seen,
Mr. Barker won first place, Mr.. Meserve second,
and Mr.. Kelleher third. The first prize, which goes
20 Mr.. Barker, is q Slocum racket, while Mr..
Meserve receives the second prize, consisting of
. dozen tennis balls, presented by the Gordon
Hardware Company. The success OF the tourns-
ment viii no doubt bring about 6 contest be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma experts