The Helena independent., 1894-09-20
END OF THE TOURNAMENT
Final Championship Matches in Dou-
blOs and Singles We're Played
Yesterday
BotlSln Played Great Tennis and
Easily Won tho Singles
From Arnold.
nraudegss and Mattssoa Won tbs Dou-
bles From hAFker and nroohs-A
Most Sneoeasfai Meeting.

The state tspuis tournament came TO Al
end yesterday. The meeting has been .
very great success in every way. Their
WAS not qnits the reptes ntation In poiuI
OF numbers aa Was desired, yeb ths eater
prisiug delegates from ths several cities
wero enthusiastic Ia tho play and 10 then
is la goly dus the Aueeesa OF this, the nrs'
meeting Of tsnnia players In the state. IN
oui Of town tennis msn, most OF WHOM
70 turned TO their homes yesterday, lsAv
tho game hO,e on a stronger footing thar
ever before, and there is even now deter
minAtion 10 make the next tournament a
greater success ,hau the one just ended.
The hIst maloh yesterday came of In th'
forenoon aud was between teams com
posed OF BrAndeRse. of Helena, aud Matte
son. OF Great Falls. aud Brooks and bar
ker. of Butte.
Brandsgse and Mattison took the hrsi
set. SEQ G, 10 The main feature OF thi'
set was the failure Of Mossra Brooks and
Barker TO play hs team. When one wal
serving the other invariably remained al
tn net and ht one side. requiring his part
ner to eoysr more than two-thirds Of the
court.
Brooks fine Lnvford strokes. neat placing
by Bat ker and errors at critical POINTS bl
Brandegse and Matteson gave the taird seI
to BROOKS and Barker. SEQ g. Ca
| The third set went 10 BfsDdeces and
MattesOn withou, special features. Score
G-I.
Fourth set; Brooks and Barker seemed tc
realize that TO loss this SET carried tht
match with II. and gathered themselves to-
Rether aud gave the best exhibition Of ten
mia playing they had ret shosr. the pace
being hot from the start. Barker. who. by
ths way. was the only player in this toutna-
Inent who handicapped himself by holding
the handle OF his racket at the middle.
thereby losing In reach and strength
OF stroke, triod for everything. got sol me-
what nsa'er the center OF the eoGri and did
much better than heretofore. Brooks
plaTod with that coolness and stoadinsss
which hAs chhracterZsc him throughout
the Tournament He lobbed, and played
his Lawford stroke az seemed most fitting.
In the fitth game OF this set douee was
called seven times the game finally going
TO Is ooks and Barker. The fact that six
ont Of tho ten games wcrs deuce games
will give an idea Of how hard fought n bat-
tie this set developed. the set and match
finally going 10 Brandegss aud Mattsson
with a score OF Ga. aud with IL the cham
pionship In doubles for tho year. ths hono:s
10 be divided between Great Falls and Hell
ena.
Ihs contest for the state championship .
in singles was between {. NJ. A: mold anG
Alexander Botkin, which took Ilace In the
/ aftarnuon Ina matNh Uaa intafaatlno
throughout. mainly on account OF the flne
play ing bg Botkin, whose quicknsss Of eye
aud alertness OF foot seemed 10 take him
everywhere In time TO get back the most
difficult al okea. Hs Was quick 10 return
A nold's high lubs at the rear the court,
and his plny at tho net was hne. He made
many brilliant vollsys of Arnold's Lavfofd
stroke halls. Arnold's strength lies m 'iny
In this Lswfo stroke. which in base ball
vsrnacular would be called a down shoot
and IN tsuhis ID is one OF the hardest balls
10 return, az we'll as the hardest TO knock
sucosesfulIy. Arnold's playing of this
stroke was Wild in the extreme, his efforts
mainly landing the ball into tho net or Out
Of court. Botkin won the match or his
merits. Al the net IL 10 almost impossible
10 rnss him; In tho bnck OF the cou he
lobs with ease nnd accuracy. and al or near
the net ho places vollsys in q .1annor most
bu prising. He 10 able 10 Get under balls
thnt sorm hoQeltss. 10 sum 10 up. II 10 but
fair TO say that he has decided talent for
the game, and with continued practice will
do doubt yet give q much better account Of
himself.
The score in detail for the gams was as
follows:
First set-Arnold. frat third. sixth and
eighth; total, four. Botkin, second. fourth.
fifth, seventh, ninth and tenth; total, six.
Doub.e-faults Arnold, one; Botkin. one.
Second sst-Arnold, third. fifth aud sew
euth; total three. Hotkin, frat second.
fourth, sixth. eighth and ninth; total. sir.
Double-faulss. Arnold, two.
Third sot-A'nol1. second and SEVENTH;
total, two. Botkin, h'st third, fourth,
htth, SIKH aud siRhthi total, siI. Double
faults, Arnold, one.