St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-29
THEY WILL PLAY FOR THE
NORTHWESTERN CHAMPION
SHIP TODAY.
NEEL PICKED AS A WINNER
IN THE SINGLES AND MESSRS.
JAYNE AND COOK IN THE
DOUBLES.
The Tournament the Most Sue
cessfuI Ever Held in the
Northwest.

Hotel Lafayette was still crowded
with tennis men yesterday, who are
staying over to witness the cham
pionShip matches this afternoon. It
is thought that each will be a royal
battle, and speculation was rife yes
terday over the results.
The singles will be played first.
George K. Belden, the winner of
the tournament, will contest the
Northwestern championship with
Carr Neel, of Chicago, the present
holder of the title. There is no con-
cealing the fact that Neel is the
favorite, and tennis cracks regard
the match as already his, though he
will have to work for it, and Belden
is expected to win one, perhaps two,
of the sets. Belden is in good trim !;
he is playing a careful game this
year, and if he will only bring him
self to fight hard for every point,
instead of wasting easy ones, as he
often does, he will at least make the
score a close one.
But Neel has made Belden's play
study. That is no news to tennis
men. Neel is above all else a stu
dent, and studies tennis as he does
the sciences. He will be senior in
the University Of Chicago next year,
and he takes tennis in very fire.
quent doses as a tonic for students
ills. Probably no one in the West
is better informed on the game than
is Carr Neel. During all of the
best matches last week, Neel sat by
| the court with pencil and paper and
| kept a detailed score of every game
| by points, showing how and by whom
every point was made. In this way
he has every players style an
| alyZed, and knows his weak points
| better than the man does himself
His head play at the net is prov
| four plays in advance and antici-
pates his opponents play with won.
| derful certainty.
NEIL A DANGEROUS MAN.
These qualities make him a dan.
| gerous man for any one to meet, and
his splendid record Of the past year
| and of the past few weeks, shows
| that he is in splendid form for cham
| pionship play. Charles Chase, the
! eX-champion, in speaking of hin
| yesterday, said: 'Neel is in my opin.
ion the best man in the country or
the dirt court. Several of the East.
ern men can down him on the turf
| court, but were they to meet hin
on a clay or gravel court he would
have no trouble in beating them"
For the doubles Minneapolis meI
are more hopeful. Jayne and Cool
have surprised every one, even th4
Minneapolis players, by their strons
and sure game. Some of the Chicago
men, be it said, are Directing t.
their style Of game. Jayne and Cool
play in the back court, and sent
their returns high and all over theil
| opponents court till the ball goe.
out or into the net. The critics poin
to the fact that the match Of Satur
day with Waidner and Moulding last
ed two hours and a half, and tina
in the five sets, by actual count
Jayne and Cook accepted only sew
enteen chances at the net. 1t is Ger
tainly a tedious style of game, ant
very exasperating to the other side
but it has won matches, and that il
the first thing to be considered. 1
either Chase or Elting is successful
in killing" their high balls, the!
will force Jayne and Cook to {;
sharper game, in which quicknes
Of hand and eye will win.
9TH ACE IN RAD SOPNT