The Portland daily press., 1894-09-06
THE SECOND DAY.
Splendid Tennis and Several Long
Struggles.
In This Tournament--An but One Has.
Won-Attractiye Programme for Today

The Danas Win as Usual-There Are Four
In This Tournament-AII but One Has.
Won-Attractive Programme for Today
The second days tennis in the State
tournament was, of course superior to- the
frst's, and it was also splendid exhibition
of the game. The first match was between
Fox, who won from Chamberlain, the day
before. and Perry, who won from Harold
Dana. it will be remembered that Perry is
the l5-year-old player, who plays like a
veteran. Of course, he had little chance OF
winning from Fox, but nevertheless, made
good deal of ia contest and ia respectable
score, which was as follows:
Fox, 10 l-6
Perry. 0 / 0 O O. % o.
Fox, Q ! nel Ill Is
Perry. / 0 0 l 0 0 O-3
The first set of the match between O'Brien
and Cook was the best contest thus far in
the tournament. 1t ..wass~a veritable fight
from beginning to end. At the first of it
O'Brien was steadier and won the first four
games. By that time Cook had acquired
better control of the swift Lawford, in fact
better than his friends ever saw before. He
wonsthe next two games, and after O'Brien
had gained his fifth game, won three more
in succession, tieing the score. Then the
fight grew fercer. Both men became very
hot and tired before the match was finally
finished with the games 1l-9 in favor of
O'Brien. The latter won by superior steadi-
ness. Cooks work included more brilliant
plays and more bad mistakes. He had
forced himself up into a higher plane of
skill and energy to keep up with his more
experienced opponent, and the next set
showed it. o'Brien winning easily. The
score:
Cook, O0o01lOl110ll010l000- 10 o
ooef. oesEisn' ! ! ! : 81 ID ! J 6'G : d-s 1-s
F. W. Dana and Pickard played the last
match in the forenoon. 1t was the usual ex
hibition of irst-class tennis between these
two leaders of tennis at Bowdoin, and
throughout the state. sPickard's work was
full of fine plays as usual but also inferior
to Dana's, as usual, the latter's superior
activity and certainty carrying him ahead
irres1stably.
The first match In the afternoon, between
Phil Dana of Westbrook, Bowdoin '97. and
O'Brien of Portland, Dartmouth '97, was
expected to be a close contest and SO it
proved. g a-
forenoon. O'Brion played with remarkabls
snap but after the first set that required Is
games and was finally won by Dana, 1O-s, he
was very much fatigued, as was to be ex-
pected, having passed through a similar
long struggle in the forenoon. But Prof.
Lee took him in charge and rubbed him
down to such good purpose that when he
came out he felt like q new man and won
the next set quite easily, 6-2.
The third set was short fierce struggle
but Dana's superior steadiness prevailed
and he won the set and match. 1t was n
splendid exhibition of scientific tennis and
the 200 spectators had occasion Tor
frequent applause C'Brien excelled in the
use of his swift Lawford but Dana placed
the ball better and made fewer mistakes.
The score:
o'Brien, osdi ooiYfi / 81 I o-s o-lS
6'brlsn, tAB Rnaa' 6Ga 5.Y- { - Z e e
Phil Dana, oil q IA
OBrien, 0 c / o o / 0 "a
a set of doubles came next, between Jonn
Danasand Ives and Perry and Boyd, all
these men were young and novices in such
a tournament. yet they afforded the specta-
tors some exciting sport and contest that |
WAS uoIly playeu. Ilana and Ives had the |
advantage of size and long reach, but thew
also played better tennis and won both sets. 4
The score:
). Dana & Ives, lO.IOl1 1~0.11-e
Perry Boyd, UlO1O,O / o 0.-3 |
J. Dana & Ives. al3DlllllO1-e
Perry & Boyd, O1O0OO O-2
The third and last event of the afternoon
was the least interesting. Phil Dana and |
Pickard were altogether too strong for |
Littlefield and Randlette. and won the first
two sets. though the latter made a good
fight in the last and did some lively work.
The score:
P.Dana & Pickard, ll110ol,-e
Littlefeld & Randlette, 90 M IN rs
P. Dana & ickard l-l0Ilnno11-e
Llttlefield Randlette. 0'o100ll-l 0 0-4
Today the playing will begin at 10 o'clock
a. m. The matches will be-. Frank Dana vs.
Fuller; P. H. Dana VS.. Fox; Fox and Dana
VS.. O'Brien and Whitehouse; F. W. Dana
and Woodman VS.. P. H. Dan and Pickard:
John Dana and Ives VS.. the winner of the
first match in doubles.