St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-25
MEL AND MYERS BEATEN.
THE CHICAGO CRACKS DOWNED
In THE DOUBLES BY JAYNE
AND COOK.
BIG SURPRISE NUMBER TWO
Was the Rout of BeIden and Wal
lace by the Nebraska
boys.


cite. Dark horses won in almost ev-
cry match. In the morning Young, of
Omaha, laid Roy Cook, of Mime
apolis, while Wallace, of Minneapo
lis, took revenge by beating Austin,
Young's partner. But in the after
noon the Nebraska team pulled to-
gether and surprised everybody by
beating Belden and Wallace, the
Minneapolis cracks. And no one was
more surprised than the Omaha boys
themselves.
But the surprise of all was to come.
Neel and Myers, a combination sup
posed invincible by any one but last
years champions, had to play Jayne
and Cook, Of Minneapolis, in the first
round Of the doubles. Minneapolis
had had hard luck, Cook and Hale
had fallen in singles, Belden and
Wallace in doubles, and there was
but faint ray of hope, it seemed,
in the coming match. Carr Neel
stepped on to the court, looking Sc
we're and formidable with his eye
glasses and bandaged head, and took
the back line to serve. Myers, his tall
and swarthy partner, walked down
to the net with smile of easy con-
fidence, and Messrs. Jayne and Cook,
from the opposite base line, an
nounced that they were ready.
The Chicago team took the open
ing game with apparent ease, but
returns were coming from the other
la al
next game the Minneapolis team be-
gan on the play which won the
match, cool and steady, with fire.
quent lobbing to keep Neel from the
net. They took all chances, Cook
once making a scoring play from the
grass near the marquee, and their
rallies were good from the start.
Their three years work as a team
showed to their advantage at every
turn, for their rivals are unquestion-
ably better men on the single court,
but many times left a gap which
meant drive through the center
and another point for the Mime
apolis crowd to cheer about. JAYNE
and Cook made the next three games
straight, then lost one, then took a
love game, and after that see-sewed
to victory in the first set, ga. T.
The crowd which now surrounded
the court cheered Justify the final
point, then settled down for the sec
ond set, with nerves strung to a
high tension. There were plenty OF
Chicago people on hand, too, with
confidence in
friends of the local favorites hardly
dared hope that they would win.
And When the Chicago men took a.
love game to begin with, it looked
dubious. But the next game was a
rafting exhibition of cross col1rt
play, and it went to Jayne and Cook.
so the play See-Sawed till each had
three, Jayne and Cook taking a love
game to tie The score. Then they
took the lead, and the MINNEAPOLIS
crowd went wild. There were plenty
OF coacherS in the crowd. calling to
them, Steady now, and you'll Winp'
put Tor some reason or other it did
not rattle them a bit. They worked
the side lines for all they were worth.
On the next game, which they won.
making them five, every point was
won by brilliant play. Cook and
Jayne both made almost impossible
recoVeries, and twice smashed the
ball at their antagonists after a
dozen or more hot exchanges. But
Neel and Myers, on the very edge
OF defeat, got down to work. The
smile was gone, and they fought for
every point desperately. The next
three games were theirs. and il
stood 6-5 in their favor. Now it was
the nome team that took a brace.
Twice they tied the score, bringing
1t II, then took another. What
proved to be the last game was Der-
haps the most brilliant of all. Three
hard-fought points made it 3O-I5 in
favor of Jayne and Cook. On the
next play Cook returned a low drive
with a beautiful lob. Myers chased
1t back, expecting to see it fall out
side. He allowed it to drop. and
amid cheers the linesman called
Good and Myers went back shak-
ing his head. The winning point fol-
lowed quickly with drive through
the center, and all in an uproar, the
crowd rushed down to shake hands
With the winners. ''The best tennis
yet was the universal verdict. The
chicago men took their defeat grace
fully, and spoke in high terms of the
team work of Jayne and Cook. and
OF their splendid rallies, which were
a large feature of the game. mo
one needs to say anything against
that man Cooks article of tennis
after that match" said Carr Meet
20 group Of sympathizers; -.ehe
took points today that he had no
right to make"
The game of Belden-WaIlace
against Austin-Young, the Omaha
team, was a fiasco as far as the
home team were concerned. Their
antagonists started in with no hope
of winning, but Belden and wal
lace failed to hang together. and
only by occasional brilliant plays
saved themselves from an ignomini-
Gus defeat. Wallace played almost
up to his usual form, but BeIden
sent the ball into the net at almost
every opportunity, or else drove
high ones back nearly to the back
stop. Young and Austin had only
to play a steady game, and the err
rors of the other side won the match
for them. They took the first set,
Ga, and lost the next one by the
same score. Belden was getting dis
gusted, and his playing was worse
and worse. The last set went to the
Nebraska team in a walk, 60.
Another well contested double was