Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-16
EWING THE VICTOR.
He Defeats Moorhead in the Sing les
Final After a Hard Fight.
BUCH HIS NEXT COMPETITOR
In the Battle Royal for the Championship
of Western Pennsylvania.
THE RESULT OF THE DOUBLES FINAL

The result of the final round of the sin
giles at the tennis tournament yesterday wa
somewhat of surprise, not only to the au'
dience but to many of the players. Before
Messrs. Moorhead and Ewing faced each
other over the net the odds if there had
been bets were in favor of Moorhead, and
when he took the first set from Ewing by O
score of 6-3, his stock rose above par, as
the saying goes.
However, Ewing changed the aspect Of
the round materially by winning the second
and third sets, outplaying Moorhead in
nearly every game. The fourth set was
| very exciting. If Ewing won, it meant
that he was the victor, and if Moorhead
won then there remained the fifth set
Moorhead braced up, made several fine re-
turns, placing the ball safely out of Ew-
ing's reach, and captured the set after a
close shave by TO
The Set That Won the Round.
Then came the final ser, the set that
should have proven the most exciting OF
the entire tournament up to date In
reality, it was not nearly so interesting as
the set preceding, for Moorhead captured
but one game out of the seven. He seemed
unable to find the ball, and while number
of the games reached love and jumped for
ward and backward from advantage out to
deuce, Ewing won, and was declared the
winner.
1t would be difficult matter to analyze
the play of both parties during the entire
round, but it was fine exhibition through
out, and Ewing had to play for every point
he made. 1t is true that Moorhead made
two double faults at the net, but at the
same time the games reached deuce" 16
times, and one or two of them were quite
protracted by the efforts of both to win the
two points in succession necessary to bring
the game to conclusion.
Played a Cautious Gama.
Both stuck to the base line closely during
the majority of the games, especially early
in the round but toward the end and espe-
cially in the fourth and fifth sets Moorhead
came up to the net quite frequently, and
Ewing as frequently used the lob stroke, in
which he was most successful. Both made
some very pretty strokes, and both volleyed
successfully. It was, to say the least, as
good a round as might be seen in any tour
nament, and if Ewing plays the same
Judgment in placing his volleys and drives,
Buch will have an extremely hard task in
keeping the cup.
The game between Ewing and Buch for
the championship cup will commence
promptly at 3 o'clock this afternoon, at
which time it is expected there will Be
couple thousand people on the grounds
Doubles and Conso Iations.
In the doubles Buch and Fay played Cos
ter and Barr in the morning, winning by
scores of 6-1, 81. In the afternoon Buch
and Fay worked their way into the finals
by winning from Christy and Byrnes by
scores of 6-3, 6-1. After the singles final
the doubles final was played between
Messrs. Moorhead and Reed and Buch and
Fay. The former won the first set, Ga, but
Buch and Fav took the next three sets, GA,
Ga and 81. This round was very interest
ing but both Moorhead and Reed had
played great deal during the day, and
their opponents were fresh, so that the re-
suit was not so surprising.
The only consolation singles played were
between Tibby and B. Reed, Tibby winning
Ga, GA. Reed and Byrnes commenced
their round at the singles, Byrnes beating
Reed 7-5 in the first set, and the games
standing 5-5 when they quit to allow Reed
to play in the doubles final. Yesterdays
score credited Vandegrift as winning from
Wendt, when it should have read Wendt.
In the consolation doubles, Wendt and
Hopes beat Kelly and libby 81, 6-3, and
Barr and Coster beat Reed and Treadway
6-3, 6-3.