St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-24
THE FIRST TENNIS GAMES.
OPENING or THE TOURNAMENT AT
MINNIE T0HKA.
THE PLAY WAS EXCELLENT.

The Best Tennis Ever Seen in the
Northwest Played Mt Hotel ST.
Louis Yesterday re Games
in Particular-1he Drawings
In Doubles Chicago Players
Are Ahead.
Play in the sixth annual tournament
of the North western Tennis asssocia-
ton was began yesterday afternoon at
Hotel st. Louis, Lake Minnetonka,
where the event is being held. Unfor-
tunately the courts had been spoiled in
re-claying and only one of them was fit
for service, but good use was made of it
and four matches were played off on its
hard surface. In the games OF the af-
ternoon the Chicago cracks easily bore
off the palm, the only exception being
in the case of jackson and Matteson. of
st. Paul, both playing in excellent form
and nearly winning from the Windy
City men who we've their opponents.
This match OF Jackson and MatteSon
witnessed the best work shown. Valid
ner and Meyers were the men they
faced, but they did not seem at all
dazed by their reputed swiftness. The
first set opened up with hard, fast play
from the Chicago team, with score of
6-3'againSt the st. Paul men, but in the
next set they Dfaced, and, though they
lost, 1t was by score of Us. In the
next two sets jackson and Matteson
appeared ut their best, taking the two,
H-A ia
and his smashes very fine indeed.
Matteson's game was cocl and steady,
and his support of Jackson good.
The last set went, Al to Waid-
ner and Meyers when the
st. Paul entries took brace and made
it As. but Waidner and his partner, by
pretty playing. captured the last two
games, making the final score 6-3.
Waidner and Meyers have never played
together before. but they will make a
strong fight for the finals. Meyers is a
strong individual player, and Waidner
is the man who, with MoulsOn, won his
way into the finals in the western tour
namet. In the game yesterday their
play was hard and fast, and when hard
pushed their points were won easily.
The other double of the afternoon
was the Elting-Chase and Hetfelfnger-
Gates game, the former men winning,
GO, 6-1 and 6-3. Elting and Chase
will probably hold their way into the
finals, and their points were closely
watched by interested spectators.
Chase is playing so good game that he
no longer can be SAID to be in poor con-
ditiop, while Eltng never put up bet
ter article of tennis than he is now de-
Iiyering. Chase played later in singles
against Heffelinger, his form being
hkla fnI H.ff alf
to as good advantage as in the doubles,
as the score Go, Go. was run against
him easily.
The other game of the afternoon was
between Gates, of the Minneapolis club,
and s. Neel. of Chicago, the Minneapolis
man going down in two easily won sets.
6-2, 6-2. Neel has never before been iii
the Northwest, so that his playing was
of unknown quality. In his two sets
his playing won him many friends, and
he will find supporters who will place
him for the finals.
The drawings for doubles were held
yesterday, with the following games in
the prelimiuaries: Myers and Maidner
VS.. jackson and Matteson; Page and
Nicely VS.. Belden and Wallace; Gales
and Heffeltinger VS.. Chase and Elting:
Wren brothers VS.. Brooks and Harry
Belden; Finch and Mackey VS.. Stratton
AMI Beck Games in the first round, as
tar as they are already determined, will
be participated in by Myers and Maid
ner, Neel brothers, Chase and iElting,
Jayne and Cook. and Fraker and
Squires.
OF the games expected today prob
ably that which attracts the most inter-
est will be the doubles between Wallace.
and Belden, old-time champions of the
Northwest association, and Page and
Nicely, of Chicago. The Chicago men
are playing a hard, fast game, and
Belden and Wallace will have to work
to hold their own.s1n singles the hot
test' games in the early rounds will
come tomorrow. when Citing and Chase
will probably come together for place
In the semi-finals.
Tonight the informal hop of the week
is to be given, and a particularly jolly
time Is expected. both because OF the
crowd of tennis men and the large num-
Der of guests at the hotel. The tennis
german-an annual event of Tennis
week-will be given Thursday evening.
The scores in the games yesterday
were:
Chase VS.. Heffelfnger. 60. 60; Chase
and Elting VS.. Gates and Hetfelfinger.
6-2. 6-1, 6-3; Sam Neel VS.. Gates, so. 6-2,
and Maidner and Meyers VS.. jackson
and Matteson, 6-3, rs, 4-6, 4-6 and 6-3.
Nearly all the tennis men are now
arrived. The Neel brothers, champions
of the West, came yesterday, and u.
M. Fraker, all Oshkosh expert. The
ST. Paul delegation, Finch, Mickey, A.
w. jackson and r. q. MatteSOn, also