St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-31

namely ''loye" Love evidently is
| potent factor in the winning element
and its magic influence. has as wide a
sway in lawn tennis as it has in society's
! domain.
| The Minnesota Lawn Tennis clul
celebrated Decoration day with tourna
| ment on the club grounds at Hamline
| The grounds presented very attractive
! aspect, with the smooth, hard-packed
| courts neatly marked off, the trim little
| club house and the pavilion, decorated
with flags, where the spectators enjoyed
the cool and refreshing breeze while
| sheltered from the sun, Capt.
Smith devoted himself to the duties OF
host to the visitors, while attending to
the details and arrangements of the
game. and under his guidance every
thing passed off smoothly and everybody
enjoyed the occasion to the fullest.
During the past two weeks the mem
bers of the club prepared for the event
by drawing for positions and by test
games. These resulted as follows;
SENIORS.
2. Shepard, Won by Halbert, GA, 6-2.
a. Bunker, Won by ordway. SO, 6-4.
6. Lightner. Won by Lightner, 6-5, 60.
DOUBLES
1. Lightner and McClurg. Won by Lightner
2. Halbert and Shepard, & McClurg, 6-2, 6-2
3. 0rdway and Bunker, Won by Clark and
4. Clark and Jackson. Jackson, Ga, %.
JUNIOR SINGLES.
2. Jackson, Won by Jackson. 60. go.
f. Smith Won by Bum, 81, 1-6, 60.
Then i'll the play-off by the victors in
the above the score was:
Ordway won the senior singles and
Jackson and Bum won the Juniors.
This narrowed the strife for the tourna-
ment of yesterday to the finals, to Ord
way VS.. Lightner in the senior singles,
jackson VS.. Bum in the junior singles,
and Lightner and McClurg VS.. Bunker
and jackson. Bunker played in Clark 5
place. The score resulted:
L,r6Snsr LTeqTSy- Lightner won, 6-S, GA, 6-3. e..
Mr. Ordway met with mishap early
in the contest, Spraining his ankle,
which seriously handicapped him.
Lghtner and McClurg-l Lighner and Me
Bunker and jackson. Clurg on, ,6-2, 4-6 6-2.
TagmSon- Bnnn Jackson won. so, 6-1.
The playing of A. Jackson in the
junior single was quite surprise to his
colleagues. His style of handling his
racquet reminded one of Mr.. Thorne's
play, and he seemed equally at home in
either under or overland cuts, yolley-
ing or acknowledging, and his facility
enabled him to place the ball apparently
wherever he wished. Jackson was a
prime favOrite with the ladies. Youth
ful, 1.-THE and graceful, he was the object
OF their admiration, and they showered
applause upon him layishly.
The senior single, between MeSSrS.
I iml nrH
1t was a splendid exhibition of skill and
of the game. They are remarkably
evenly matched and they parried each
others telling strokes in manner that
aroused the spectators to eXclamations
of surprise. One play in particular
created a sensation. A ball returned by
Lightner struck the edge of the net and
barely landed over it, making what is
considered by all tennis players an
almost impossible ball to retrieve. But,
by supreme effort. Ordway caught and
returned it, and in so doing the ball
again caught Oh the top Of the net and
simply rolled over into Mr.. Lightner's
court, scoring point for .OrdWay to the
delight of the spectators who applauded
heartily.
The double was very interesting. All
the players showed fine work, although
Bunker and jackson played under the
disadvantage OF not having played to-
gether before.
The attendance was not very large,
and was about evenly divided between
the fair sex and their sterner chaper-
ones. Among the ladies in attendance
were Mrs. Kirby Barnum, Miss Gilfllan,
Mrs. John M. Gilman, Mrs. Ordway,
Mrs. Lightner. Miss Bunker, Miss Dean
and Mrs. Van WedelStaedt.