St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-29
HEEL Was The WINNER.
He BEATS jayne IN A PRETTY con-
TEST
NOW HE MUST MEET CHASE
Yesterdays Work showed Carr
Neel to Be Wonderfully Fine
Player After His Match With
Chase He Must Battle With
Belden for the Championship
The Yacht Race,


Belden for the Championship
The Yacht Race.
Tomorrow the finals in singles in the
Northwestern tennis tournament at
Hotel ST. LOUIS, Lake Minnetonka, will
be played. Chase and Carr Neel are
the two cracks who will meet in the
event. and brilliant play may be eX-
pected; i'll fact, the match ought to
show the finest tennis of the whole
tourney thus far. What adds especial
interest to the play Is the fact that in
the Western tournament at Chicago
Chase beat Neel, and the latter is now
studying chance TO even up. Neel
has little the advantage on a clay
court, and he has further been watch
ing Chase's game very closely, so that
the odds are considered i'll his
favor by his many admirers, but those
who pick Chase as the winner think
that these points are not worth consid-
Grafton. On all sides, however, it is ad-
mltted that the match is mighty even
thing" and that naming the man is
feat not to be performed with ease.
Tuesday the winner of this Chase-Neel
single will play George X. Belden, the
present champion of the Northwest,
and the match will decide the holder of
that title for the coming year.
NeePs chance to meet Chase was de-
cided by his match with Jayne yester-
day afternoon, in which he won, best
two-Out OF three sets. 1t had been eX-
pected that the last plays of the tourna-
ment would be made yesterday, and so
large crowd was present in the ex.
|spectation Of seeing some good tennis.
The finals were not brought off. but
some fine work was seen nevertheless,
and tennis enthusiasts were given
plenty of chance for applause. The
scores in the Neel-Jayne match for the
three sets were Ga, 81 and Go, the
play of Neel in the last being Iemarka-
bly, fine.
The Neel-Jayne match opened with
tie latter scoring and an even thing On
the first two games. The play was
principally lobs and smashes at the net,
Jayne showing to good advantage. OF
the games necessary to complete the set
after two had been won by Jayne.
Neel captured most of them by his
generaishlp, his head work being far
| superior to his opponents. In the Sec
ond set Jayne started out with swift
service. and rushing the play made the
| games 80 and then Al. Magni ficent
net work by Neel won him 3, bat Jayne
regained his lead with score of 5.4 by
smashing and good placing on the side
| lines. Neel deuced the set, but swift
| service gave two successive games to
| Jayne and he took the set.
Play was resumed after short inter-
mission, and then the spectators were
| given chance TO see some tennis ''as
was tennis" Neei played faultless
| game, and Jayne did not get game in
the wheel set. Neel's form was perfect,
ana his game, said by those who saw
him play to be equal to his best. His
play was without a fault and his strokes
| magnificent. Against such an opponent
Jayne could do nothing. and the set
went against him by love score.
Other play of the day was in consola-
tions and in exhibition matches In the
afternoon. In consolation doubles Page
| and Nicely won the finals in four sets.
| Score: 81. 6-3, Ga and Ga. Other games
were Morrison VS.. Hefflefnger, by de-
fault; Gates VS.. Finch. So, PC and Ga.
and jackson beat Mckay, 60 and Ga.
THE YACHT RACE
| in the afternoon was one OF the finest
| events held by the. club this season. A
| stiff reefing breeze was blowing when
| the start was made, and most OF the
yachts got away under reefs, but later,
as the wind eased up. these were shaken
out and the finish made under full sail.
The chief features of the race were the
number of boats, over twenty crossing
the finish line, the victory of the Thistle.
a new Tirstsclass twenty-three-footer,
| and the remarkable performance of the
| Psyche, in which she beat out the whole
| fleet on her corrected time, though her
class is that of the twenty-foot sloops.
The start was made in the freshest
| kind of fresh breeze, and the boats
crossed the starting line closely reefed,
| and i'll the case OF sloopS carrying storm
! jibs. AS each crossed she stood as
| closely hauled as she dared for the first
| buoy, the course being a beat dead to
windward. The race down was a
lively one and crews and shippers
| had all the excitement they
| deserved, The waves ran high and
broke in sprays over many OF the boats,
| wetting the crews TO the skin. AT the
buoy the Thistle led all the big sloOps,
with the Argo, Kite, c. l.. c., Lorelei
| ii, the order named. On the free run
on the second leg the feet made
! swift time. and almost as fast with the
wind on their quarter in the third.
| At the beginning OF the second
| round The Pinafore led, dashIng through
the great waves as though pursued by
demons. At this point the Kite pushed
herself forward with good gain, which
she increased on the second leg. While
running free she had beautiful race
with The Alpha, but the latter could not
hold her own, and the Kite showed
her clear pair of heels, though
she made desperate fight. All
this while the Thistle held her lead,
with the Lorelei second. On the last
leg the Psyche passed the Pinafore, and
the Kite picked up two of her leading
rivals, though Sue could not catch either
the Lorelei or the Thistle. The first
boats crossing the line were the Psyche,
Pinafore. Thistle and Bird.
Winners in the classes on corrected
time were First class sloops, Thistle,
1:41:30: first class cats, Pinafore
l:44:09; second class sloops. 1:41:19
second class cats, Oswa, 1:53:32, ano
special Kid, 2:l5:2l.
The next event will be the annual
cruise, to start next Saturday morning
on sail to the upper lake. A race
will be held on the way up for which
prize will be offered. The race yester
day was cup event, but not for
championship.
At tie Hotel st. Louis a largely at
tended tennis hop was held. In ad
dition to the tennis men and lake
dwellerS there were many out frOn
Minneapolis and st. Paul, and very
enjoyable programme was danced. The
prizes in the tournament will probably
be presented at the Informal tennis hol
to be neld next Tuesday evening.