St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-24
THE GRIFFITH-CHASE MATCH
WAS THE EVENT OF THE DAY
THE FORMER won IN A
HOT FIGHT.
COOK DEFEATS II. ELTING.
Only One Match Finished in the
DOub1es-Warn Contests Ex-
pected Today.

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was more enthusiastic Duck trou-
sers We're almost doubled in num-
bers, fair spectators with fluffy curls
increased in proportion, and the
older people began to come out in
little groups to see the home players
hold up the reputation Of their city
against corners from all four quar-
tiers of the compass. It was another
good day for tennis, though the sun
was a trifie too bright for part Of
the afternoon, and there was more
to be enthusiastic over than on the
opening day. In the first place.
Charles Chase, the trim little man
whose endurance and unerring play
held the Western championship for
him for six years, would again come
before tennis audience TO win new
1aurels, and his antagonist in the
first round, Griffith, of Indianapolis,
was q Yale man with Eastern train
ing and long success in the game.
Then Cook, a local favorite, was
booked to meet the young ger Of the
Fittings, and several other good
matches were assured.
Two good ones were settled in
the morning. Young, of Omaha, de-
feated Green, the Milwaukee cham
pion, 60, rs, and Moulding, of Chi
cago, put Stratton, a =3oeal=cracl1, on
the consolation bench after two
weIl-contested sets, 6-3, So. Both
matches We're pretty tennis, but
there was 4 small morning crowd
to witness them.
The afternoon brought with it the
desired audience. The cosy mar
quee was filed, several phaetons and
carriages full We're lined along the
backstops, and the tennis crowd set
tied themselves along the southern
backstop in a lsprawling, many-col-
ored group.
COOK BEATS H. FLTING.
Play opened at 3 o'clock with a
very pretty match between Howard
Elting and Roy J. Cook, Of Mime
apolis. The home player rather sur
prised his friends with some brilliant
and well sustained plays which won
ing was evidently not in good form,
as his returns We're wild. but he
played stiff game, taking three
games out of each set. Only once did
he have q lead, when in the second
set he took three straight games.
and the score was three TO two in
his favor. Cook then took a splendid
brace, and Won the next four, the
last a long and hotly contested
deuce game.
Meanwhile Austin, of Omaha, had
met Beck. of MINNEAPOLIS. on the
second court, and disposed of him
in '-veni vidi vici7 fashion with two
love sets.
The crack match Of the day was
between Griffith, the sinewy young
expert from Indianapolis, and -Chas.
Chase, the ex-champion, who has
come down this year TO renew his
title. It was hard road mapped out
for Griffith but he showed himself.
as the English would put it "a good
plucked 'un," and put up a strong
defense up to the last minute of the
match. Chase started out at very
easy gait on the first game. and not
till Griffith had him 40-15 did he get
down TO his old-tfne playing. But
his Johnny johnson finish did not
work for once. After he had brought
the game to deuce Griffith claimed
vantage, and bad plays alternately
brought deuce to vantage, and back
again, till deuce had been called
nine tines, seven vantages for Crit
fifth and two for Chase Griffith at
last fought out a victory and thereby
saved himself from a love set. for
Chase took the next SIX. His stvIe of
play showed to beautiful ADVANTAGE
in this set. He worked the Lawford
stroke with infinite variations. and
made frequent use of his old-tme
underhand serve. driving even pick
ups out Of his opponents reach.
Three of the six games were love
games.
The next set brought the sun in
Chase's eyes, and this hadicap brought
them on more even terms. The score
see-sawed until each had four. and six
OF the eight had been played to deuce.
the last one eight times Griffith was
lighting hard for that with a fair pros
pect Of getting II. but Chase now beg
10 let out his reserve energies and the
last two games. though not close. Were
the prettiest tennis of all. the hall
crossing the net not less than twenty
times on one play. Chase took both
games and the match, 6-1. Cd All 9th
er play was suspended during this
4 match, and Carr Neel, @. Belden and
| other strong bows watched it with
considerable interest Belden and
/ Chase will probably. meet in the semi.
! finals, and then a great match is looked
! for.
The senior Belden had plain sailing
! yesterday. His opponent in the frs
/ round, Cpham, of St. Paul. forfeited
! by non-appearance, and as no one elst
| was ready he played his second sched.
ule game with Mundy, the young Chi.
cagoan, who defeated Farouhar al
| Iowa, on Monday Tuesday was cyl.
| IDENTIFY not the gsntleman's day to win
and he secured only one game ont o.
| the two sets. Belden's Judgment wa:
good, and his lobbing fooled Mundv re-
peatedly, number going high in tht
air and falling like a plumb lead OF
the chalk of the base line.
| While Belden and Mundy were dis
cussing issues the two Chicago team.
were unlimbering for the doubles in III,
adjoining court. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| and Neel-Myers are two teams tina
viii give the Windy City a high pfae.
in the contest and their fast and head7
/ play was closely watched by the ho1ni
asptrants for Championship honors.
1 Three or four entries in doubles hav,
been made since the first drawing ant
this neoessitated a. new schedule and
! new drawing Monday evening. Af1e,
the available singles had been played
yesterday afternoon, Jayne and Cool
played thefrschedule game with Barnet
and Harry BeIden, one in the preIim
mary round. Both are Minneapolis
teams, and every one knew how i
would come out, as Barney and tn
younger Belden are not only younge
players, but they have hardly practices
together as team. They did moi con