St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-26
CHASE DEFEATS WAIDNER.
THE LITTLE CHICAGOAN KNOCKSd
UNDER TO THE OLD-TIME
CHAMPION.
STILL IN IT.
Listed in the Finals and May
Play Waidner and Mould
ing.

finals in both singles and doubles
will be played off, leaving for to-
morrow nothing but the final
matches.
The sensation Of yesterdays play
was a match between Charles Chase
and Waidner, the athletic little Chi
cagoan, which came very near head
ing off the ex-champion in his prog
ress toward the finals. Waidner was
evidently surprise to Chase, who
did not know how to handle his
Whirlw1nd style Of play. Waidner
serves after the Carr Neel style,
with running start, and plays a
net game full of dangerous smashes,
and Chase was forced to lob contin-
ually to save himself from being
passed on the side lines.
Chase opened with a love game
to his credit, then took another, but
Waidner went him one better,
smashing out four games in sue
cession and bringing the score 6-5
in his favor. Waidner's Chicago
friends were wild, and the cheering
was almost all on his side, but he
kept his head and defended the set
splendidly, only losing it after six
teen games had been played.
He took two love games to begin
the next set, and his aggressive
smashes, which he used from every
part of the court, forced Chase to
a defensive game, at which the ex-
champion was evidently not at his
best. After winning three games,
Waidner was a trifie wild for a time.
but recovered in time to take the
set, 6-3
Chase was evidently worried. He
called a halt and went to his room.
where he changed for rougher shoes
ana put on a saVage-looking blazer.
There was intense excitement around
the court when the two faced each
other for the third and decisive set
Ihere seemed to be no odds to give
eltner way, as Waidner was still fresh
ana full of confidence, and sent his
terrible left-handed drives in with the
same 1reQuence and success as at the
start. But Chase was playing a differ
ent game. He lobbed less and time
after time met Waidner at the net in
not and fast volley play. Each took
a love game, then Chase took one after
winning vantage three times. Then
Waidner tied the score After that
Waidner does not appear, from the
score, to have been in the court at
all, for Chase took the next four
straight and the match. Waidner did
not fall down, but in these last games
was clearly outplayed, point for point
by the older man.
Chase came down to Minnetonka with
the intention of playing Neel, but after
his exhibition yesterday, the talent are
by no means certain that he will. Bel
den will meet him today, in what will
be one of the greatest matches of the
week, and the local player is thought
to have a very fair chance of winning,
as his performance in the doubles does
not necessarily argue that he is in
poor trim for a match in the singles.
Terry, of Duluth, played a very close
match a little later with Moulding,
the other member of Chicago's famous
POiS SSl'hi' iSlly Ldu CuLuDcl,
through no fault of his own, to a place
in the third round, John Neeley and
Victor Elting both defaulting to him
by non-appearance. He played a
strong game, but was too strong in his
lobbing, and could not stand against
Moulding's swift and heady style of
play.
Jayne and Cook took their second vic
tory without much trouble. Griffith, of
Indianapolis, and Mundy, of Chicago,
both good individual players, could not
stand the team work of the big man
and the little man from the Flour
City, who are putting up wonderful
tennis, Mundy used his terrific serve
to advantage, and Jayne and Cook
often lost points by being forced to the
back line with no chance for lobbing
to regain ground, but play hard as
they would, the Eastern team could
only take two games out of the first
set, and one from the second. Jayne
and Cook are now listed in the finals,
where they will probably meet Waidner
and Moulding. 1t will be a close
match, with the odds in favor of the
Minneapolis team. Victor Elting ar
rived yesterday evening, too late to
save his place in the singles, but he
and Sam Chase will now get to work,
so that they will be in trim to defend
their laurels of last year.
There was some very good tennis
yesterday morning, the match giving
the greatest excitement being the one
between Wallace, of Minneapolis, and
Myers, of Chicago. Myers took the
first set easily, 6-1, and Gid it by dint
of clever and scientific playing. Wal
lace played the game of his life in the
last set, and only lost it to the tune
of IS. Belden revenged himself on
Young, of Omaha, for his defeat in
the doubles Wednesday, and took two
sets from him by good net play, 60,
6-S. Belden is the only MINNEAPOLIS
man left in the semi-finals, Myers,
Moulding and Chase being the other
three. /
Hale and Green, the Minneapolis
Milwaukee team, had to take off their
hats to Waidner and Moulding. who
won with pretty exhibition of team
work, 6-3, 6-3.
Four matches in consultations have
been played. Stratton beat Armstrong,
Ga, 10-S; Barney beat Eddy, 6-3. rs:
Farquhar won from Finch in a. close
match, 2-6, S-6 S-6, and Sanborn
from Parker, G-6, Ga. 6-1.
Austin and Young, the Nebraska cy-
clones, ran against more than they
could handle in a match with Ben
Page and Howard Elting, the third of
Chicago's teams entered in the tourna-
ment. The Nebraskans had been
picked for winners by a good many,
but they were not in such perfect form
as when they defeated Belden and
Wallace. Pages pretty serving and
accurate placing turned the scale ard
the Chicago team took the first SET
6-3.
Austin and Young made a strong
rally and brought the score to four all