The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-27
GREATEST TENNIS YET
pIayers in the Tournament
Guido Themselves.
,aoles FURNISH INSPIRATION.
= the Players Drive the Ball Fast ana
Accurately Enthusiasm Grows
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rn.rs was a larger crowd than ever a.
-. olympic Tennis Clubs grounds yes
.rvdav to see the matches on the pro-
-.-rrse for the third and next to the las.
s.x NJ this most successful tournament
rrsry one vas delighted. for no guca
saving has ever before been seen in this
s,sv and though the players Of the morn
- nav have limited by their form thar
sssrs had been a ball the night before
- x,ch signs had vanished by afternoon
IA every one was in form. SO that there
rss plenty OF the iiveIscst kind of tennis
r. rea.her vas again all that could be
..ked ard the number OF pretty efr.S
-.x create than ever before. They were
= rusny and SO pretty. and SO charming
= sttirea. that the visitors could not fina
sra,qh nice things TO say OF them, but
.,ourh was said TO make all the Seattle
rsss clad that they were living. Miss An
1srson did the best playing for the ladies'
.nd Nessrs Foulkes. Peliy and Neserve
fay the gentlemen.
The first event in the morning was the
...rh In the mixed doubles. which Miss
Anderson and Mr.. Foulkes won against
~. Howell and Mr.. Edwards, taking six
q four I'm the first set and six to two IN
fbs SECOND. There was plenty of enthu-
slasm this time, in fact there was more
1nalause yesterday morning than there
vsa silence the morning before, which is
saying a great deal.
Dr. White. Ssho was defeated by
rou.kes. 81, e-2. has not been able to
s-artIce as much this year as last, 20 his
esme was rather below his standard. HIS
opoonent placed with great accuracy ana
Won without much exertion. Both players
vere often cheered for their fine strokes
The match between Pelly and Meserve
xss fast and hard. though not so hard
- II would have been probably had there
No, been so delightful ball at the Seat
lie theater the night before. which had
kept tbs players up somewhat later than
tae tine at which athletes In training
usually retire. The strokes lacked little
n the matter OF accuracy. however, and
much Of the work done was marvellous TO
she nOvsces present. In the first set IL
boxed "a though Meserge, who defeated
yesy fwo years ago. would win too easily
n the second set Ii looked rather the
ether way, and in the beginning OF the
bird very much the other way. until Me-
serve made wonderful rally, falling
dosn however. and losing in the eighth
cane BY s-2. &c. 2-5. There were a num-
Der Of exciting voiieys. which we're cheer
"a heartily and at the very end of the
last game quarter of an inch variation
IN the course OF the ball might have
changed the score. Pelly drove a ball onto
the top OF the net so that II wobbled there
and Meserye sent an undercut ball high
into the air. where it lowered uncertainty
and came down very slowly. grazing the
whole width of the net. II was close
call for deuce instead of game"
Tidmarsh and Fransioii defeated Cole
and Kelleher In two holly contested sets.
IN which all four payers took an almost
equal part. There was much clever plac-
ing hard driving and lobbing, with some
IL -
10 a high pitch OF enthusiasm. Tidmarsh
vas the star and saved the match. which
the score rs. Sc. shows was a very close
one.
Mrs. Howell who has so worthiiy rep
resented the Lake street court at the tour
nament. won merited praise from the
spectators for her pluck in trying To keep
on with the play in spite of severe at
tack of Illness. which eventually forced
her to withdraw. She insisted. against
Miss Anderson's protests that she lost
the match by default The score SO far as
the games were played was 81. 81.
Miss Anderson and Miss Keown PLAYED
well together against Miss Riley and Miss
Canaan, defeating them. 60, 4-e. e-2. In
The first set the Misses Riley and GaZzam
were too cautious, but In tho second they
played holder game. and were applaud
ed time and again for the dash and spirit
Of their work They tired themselves.
however. and were beaten again in tho
third. Miss Anderson has had so much
experience I'm tournaments that she knows
exactly what TO do and how To do 1t. and
Is cool and collected 10 such degree that
her opponents are apt 10 despair. Miss
keown made number of long drives and
cross court plays that pleased the specta-
tors greatly. and she also played several
back strokes accurately. although she
had no opportunity so good as several OF
those OF which Miss Gazzam took clever
advantage
The great match of tho day. Of course.
was the one between Peily and Foulkes.
the champion of British Columbia. which
Psiy won by Ca Ga 4-s. rs. In the first
tTo sets while the men were fresh. 10
was the best tennis ever seen In Seattle
Both men had great speed and showed
judgment in going to the net and taking
advantage OF chances. Fouikes' placing
of the halls with his backhand stroke was
wonderful Time and again he put his
hall on the line at the back of the court.
white Peily's service and overland drives
were terrific. The most striking feature
of his play. however. was his iobhing.
which was high and remarkably accu-
rate. generally coming Just Inside the
hack line, and which won the match for
him
Both PLAYERS deserve all the praise that
was given them Peily made a most
mucky fight for he was tired in the
fourth set. and Foulkes at one time had
only point TO make 10 win this set, and
50 have good chance in fifth set as
ne was comparatively fresh. Tho fatal
point was lost when the hall struck on
some loose earth and failed 10 bound. the
score being 81 and 800 in FoulkeS' favor.
Fouikes had been laid up for over n month
with q sprained ankle. and he was also
troubled with "a tennis elbow, so that
nothing but his craftsmanship brought
nm down FOR the tournament He took
MS defeat with the hest Of grace, acting
as though Il was the sort OF thing he was
particularly fond 81. The game was
model in point Of form. unless II was that
cross court play was too frequent and was
tremendously exciting. The crowd. which
was the largest vet seen on the courts.
went Mild over some OF the volleys, where
N the PLAYERS came close TO the net and
ne ball was driven hack and forth faster
'han The eve could follow II eight ten or
DOZEN times. every time return seem
taE absolutely Impossible.
ne detailed score CT this match IS as
follows: