St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-25
into The SECOND ROUND.
PROGRESS Of PLAY IN NOR THKES T.
ERN TOURNAMENT.
GOOD TENNIS FOR TO-DAY.

The Programme TO Include Some
Crack Events-Play Yesterday
Very Fise-Some of the Games
In Detail = The Big Contest
Quite a Society Event-A Hop
at the Hotel.
In the second days play of the North
western tennis tournament at Hotel st.
Louis, MinnetOnSa, yesterday all of the
singles in the preliminaries were fin
ished and good progress MADE in the
doubles. The morning play was not
very exciting, as i'll many cases the
matches were one-sided, per instance
the Elting- Morrison contest. with its
score of Go, Go, but the afternoons
programme brought out some battles
royal. aud tennis enthusiasts had
chance to witness numerous fine exhi-
billions. Large numbers of spectators
from the lake shores, as we'll as Mime
apolis and st. Paul, were attracted to
the scene of the tourney by the after
moons matches, and the courts sur
rounded by the sloping and shaded hill
sides and crowded with interested on
lockers presented very picturesque
sight.
OF the playing of the day the finest
was seen in the doubles between the
Neel brothers and Myers and Waidner,
all of them from Chicago. Myers and
Waidner met and defeated Jackson and
Matteson in the preijminaries and their
play with the NetlS was to determine
who should 20 against Belden and Wal
lace, the winners from Page and Nicely
in their preliminary. Against the
Neels Waidner and Myers made a hard
fight. but they could not down the
champions, and SO they had to accept
defeat in three straight sets, 6-1, Ga
and 7-5. Their opening play did not
say much for them, but they braced in
the second and their hard. fast game for
time distanced the men across the
net from them. In the second set
they had the game 4-3. then the
Neels made it all. and with series OF
brilliant plays finally took it by Winning
the next two games amid rounds of
hearty applause called out by the bril-
liant play of both sides. In the third
and last set a rush, particularly char
acterized by the fine smashes of Waid-
ner and the steady support of his part
uer, Myers, brought the score to 8 all,
then all, and finally all, but a rally
by the Neels saved it with a deuce score
of rs. The Neels played in champion
ship form aud as scientific game as
the West has ever seen. Carr Neel.
especially, is student of the game, and
the fact is largely explanatory of his
success. In the morning he appeared
i'll singles against Fraker. the Oshkosh
man, winning in two straight sets, 6-3,
6-3. Fraker'S game was clean and
pretty, but Neel was too fast for him
and he had to drop the match.
Fine playing in the afternoon was
also seen In the Neely-Page and Belden-
Wallace doubles. The first set went to
the Minneapolis hen. 6-3, and the sec.
Ond also to them, Ga. LII the third
the two Chicago men made hard fight,
and at one time had the last game with
in single point of deuce match, but
their skill failed them and they lost
their chance for place in the finals.
or the Chicago representatives Nicely
did the most work, though no fault
could be found with the form of Page,
his partner. Belden and Wallace were
Iii good form, though their work was
not as fast as that seen i'll the doubles
between the Neels and Waidner and
Myers. Their chances are good for the
Semi-fihalS, at which time they will meet
the Neels, and, if they defeat them,
play in the finals for the championship.
In the singles in the morning Moulton
and E. Wrenu were first Oh the courts.
MOulton proving an easy mark in two
love sets. Finch, of st. Paul, and
George Wrenn followed. Finch made a
plucky fight, but the two sets went to
his opponent. 6.3. .64. Waidner and
Sanford also tried conclusions in singles,
10 the disaster of the latter, his tale of
woe being two sets, 60 and Ga. A
feature of the morning was the appear
ance of Victor Citing i'll single with
Morrison. Morrison was easily defeated
in two love sets, not. however, without
giving Elting opportunity to show to
advantage some very clean, pretty
work. The Neel-Fraker single, also
played before noon, was the prettiest of
the whole day.
In the afternoon doubles the match
between Jayne and Cook and Fraker
and SQuireS was taken in by the first
named in three successive sets, 6-3. 81,
rs. Squires also played single, in
which he made good showing against
Myers, the Chicago crack. The first set
went to Myers, but Squires took the
second. The third Myers won, making
set and match with score of 6-2, 3-6
and 6-2. Both men played back-line
game. Myers frequently using strong
LawfOrd stroke In his returns.
Other score of games wereBelden and
Beck. 81. 6-3; Cook and Stratton, 6-2,
Ga: Wallace and Finch, "a, 90; Lee
and Page, to Page by default; Mitchell
and Jayne, to Jayne by default; Mum
dy and Jackson, to Jackson by default.
Today will see some good tennis, as
matches Will be on between Wallace
and Carr, Neel, jackson and Cook,
Wrenn and Chase, and Elting and Ward
ner. Crack doubles will be Chase and
Eting VS.. Wrenn brothers, and the
Neel brothers against Belden and Wall
ace.
Last evening at the hotel a very pleas
ant informal hop was given, the attend
ance being very large. Tomorrow night
Manager Hall will extend the courtesies
of his house in tennis german, given
to tennis inch and their friends.
KiICHLI FOR MAYOR.