The Portland daily press., 1894-06-08
THE SECOND DAY.
Fine Tennis and Lots of it Yester-
day.

The Results Were that Dana of Bowdoin,
and Pettigrew of Bates Play the Finals
Today in Single -Bowdoin and the
State College Will Settle the Double.
Yesterday was the second day of the In
tercollegiate Tennis Tournament on the
Athletic club grounds. 1t was the most i'm
| portant day as it determined who should
play in the finals today. The first event
was between Berry of Colby and Gibbs of NJ.
| S. G. Three sets were necessary. They
| were all holly contested and were all
deuce sets. Gibbs had chance to win
the event but lost by costly mistakes on
easy balls. He played more brilliantly at
| times than his opponent, but the latter's
play was steadier throughout. The result
excluded the State College from the
| championship. Following is the score:
First Set.
G effbbbbs' . ] | Z ! ! : Is Is
Second Set.
sse eSes. ! % 7 I ! ! JIG JIG
Third Set.
Gibbs, ! Q @ 9 Q 0-6
The second event was betwet Pettigrew
the champion of Bates and Foss of Colby.
The first set was the longest of the tourna-
ment thus far. 1t was finally won by Petit
grew. He also won the second set and the
event. Following is the score:
Pettigrew,0 00lll1 000110011 lilo
Foss, 1O1 l00O0l l 90 u o. s
Second Set.
Pettigrew. Q Q / | 10
FOss, 0 ! D D 0 ~
In the afternoon the events in doubles be-
gan. P. Dana aud Fogg of Bowdon won
from Foss and Berry of Colby in two SETS
The score was to in both.
The next event was long contest be-
tween Gibbs and Haywood of the State
College and Hilton and Boothby of Bates
The state College men were very strong at
first and took the first set to 0. Gibbs
serving is one Of the features Of the tourn-
ament. 1t is a straight overhead drive that
is seldom returned safely and he is able to
get it pretty often. The Bates men won the
second set, and the large audience that had
assembled by that time (the largest of any
tournament here) exhibited the intense in
terest that prevails at close ball games.
There were many fine plays and much APP
plause, especially when the State College
men finally won. Following is the score:
First Set.
Gibbs and Haywood, Ill 1-6
Hilton and Boothby, 0 DO
Second set.
Gibbs & Haywood, 011100 0l0O o.
Hilton and Boothby, l o o o l-6
Third Set.
Hilton and Bo9thby. 0 . 0--5
Berry of Colby and Pettigrew of Bates,
winners in previous singles. were matched.
The result determined who should be the
opponent today of Champion Dana of Bow
doin: for the championship of the state.
Pettigrew proved himself superior and will
fight for the championship today with Dana.
Following is the score:
First Set.
B BssfE: J 3 . 2 I 9 SlSl il i
Second Set.
P BsFEiE. 1odddd J. 9GG : %
Third Set.
Berry, 0 0 o O-3
Pettigrew, ! 0 0 1-8
The last event of the day was anticipated
with great interest. The previous playing
of the day was good tennis, but was not of
the first class order wherein every stroke is
an aggressive bid for victory, and wherein
there is little clumsiness or inexousable
mistakes. But this last event was to be
contested by the four best men in Bowdoin,
which is certainly ahead of the other
colleges in the general quality of its tennis
playing. $3flf
Daan, '9i and Packard, '94, both Seniors
and championship last year were matched
against P. Dana, '96 and Fogg, '96, who had
demonstrated they were worthy antagonists.
1t was dog eat dog from beginning to end
to be more expressive than elegant. Per-
haps it would be better to say that it was
fraternal strife and all the more closely
contested because the same good blood and
breeding was on both sides of the set.
There were very few real errors, SO to
speak. 1t was mostly base hit after base
hit and earned score after earned score on
both sides. Dana, '94, was never quicker
stronger or cooler. His winging overhead
smashes, which no one else in the tourna-
ments attempts, and his swinging under
hand Lawford, that no one else can control
were never more effective. Pickard's Quick
sure placing, and long drives to the back
line were never more deceptive, yet the two |
Sophomores were almost too much for them.
Fogg is a very cool player. He doesn't seem
even to get warm physically or breathe, ex-
cept in normal way. Consequently he
is always in the right place doing the right |
thing. His companion, Dana, '96, is a |
brilliant player and hard worker. His |
staight downward drives from almost any
part of the the court were perhaps more
skilfu1 than anything else of the kind in the |
tournament. 1t is stroke that only too |
often lands the ball in the net or outside |
the court. But Dana, '96, controls it in a |
way that is really splendid to lovers of |
tennis. After winning set apiece the |
third set was watched with bated breath, |
played with repeated volleying back and |
forth,and with continual applause.
Althou h the event was not finished till |
ten minutes of seven, at least half of the |
spectators waited. regardless of supper. The |
entire time occupied was one hour and ten |
minutes. The last set, was succession of |
alternate victories of games up to six each, |
when Dana and Packard won two straight |
and the total victory-8-6. Never was better |
tennis played in Portland. The following |
is the score:
First Set.
Dana and Pickard, 10011 l If |
Dana and Fogg, 01lU0U 011O-4 |
Second Set.
Dana and Fogg, o / / / i 0 Is |