The Portland daily press., 1894-06-11
TENNIS TOURNAMENT FINISHED.
Haywood of the State College Won Second
Place and the Southland Cup-It Was the
First Prize Won by His College. w ~

| The finals for second place in singles for
! the Southland cup We're played Saturday
| morning by Pettigrew of Bates and Hey-
wood of Maine State College. Both men
went in to win. Haywood was looked upon
| as a sure winner, but Pettigrew put up the
best game he had played during the week,
and took the first set, rs. The second set
showed Haywood at his best, and he took an
easy set 6-1. The Bates man played we'll in
the decisive set, and took what looked like
a winning lead, SO. But the Maine State
College boy was steadier and by hard, quick
drives took two games and tied the score.
Then by careful play, aided by a double
fault of Pettigrew's, he took the last two
games and match rs. By this victory Mr..
Haywood wins the Southland cup for his
college. The Bowdoin men have already had
it twice. = So. %
The three winning men are all we'll known
here. L. W. Dana, winner of two first this
year, took first in singles last year, and
second in singles the year before. Besides
this, with his partner, he was champion of
the state in doubles for several years. He
is undoubtedly, at present, the best all
round player in the state. f. W. Pickard,
who with Dana wins the doubles this year,
was the originator of the present association
three years ago, and has taken the
championship in doubles every year Mr.
John Pierce of this city, Bowdoin, '93, was
Mr.. Pickard's partner in the first two
tournaments. Mr.. Haywood is New York
man, and was first seen in Portland in the
intercollegiate last spring. He played
strong tennis then and this year has at
tracted much attention by his beautiful
strokes. The cup which he wins is the first
won by his college,
The association wishes to extend its most
sincere thanks to the Athletic club and its
management for the use of the groun is and
| club house. and for their hearty cooperation
and interest in the success of the tourna-
ment.
The fine racket given by Owen, Moore &
Co., of this city, was awarded to f, W.
Dana.
PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL LOST THE
VICTORY THROUGH A MISTAKE =.
Therefore Bangor High School Had the
Most Points-Ten Records Smashed at
Fairfield Saturday.
Waterville, June ga big crowd witnessed
the games of the Maine Intersch olastic
Athletic Association, at the Fairfield Trot-
ing park. The Bangor High school won with
35 points to its credit, Portland scored 80
points, Thornton Academy of Saco, Is, Gar
diner High school and Cony High School,
Augusta, g. Waterville and Brunswick l.
Portland would have won, but for an acct
dent, Hand and Sullivan mistaking the finish
line in the 220 yards dash and allowing
Bangor to make five points. Ten records
were smashed. The best individual score
was made by Wakefield of Thornton
Acamedy.. Eugene Buckley of the Boston
Athletic Association, acted as referee, and
L. S. Dewey of Bowdoin was starter. The
records made by Portland boys were as fol-
lows:
One hundred yards dash-Hand, first;
Sullivan. second. Time, 10 rs seconds
One mile bicycle race-Turner, first. Time,
2.37 4-5.
One hundred and twenty yards hurdle
race-Gould, first. Time, 40 seconds, l9
One-half mile wa1k-Dyer, second
Two hundred and twenty yards hurdle
Sullivan, first; Goold, second. Time, 80
seconds.
Mile run-Sinkinson, first. Time, 4.59 3-5.
minutes, ID seconds.
Quarter mile run-Hand, first. Time, So
So seconds.
Running broad jump-Somers, first. Di
lance, 20 feet 1-2 inch.