The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-07
SEATTLE MEN WIN.
uurd and Meserve Defeat
Combe and Coward.
J. NE VICTORIA TOURNAMENT.
- weather for the Tennis Play
Hurd Bests sfiIier-Ihe
Finals.

A.esher perfect day. ard good rnanags-
X - ~ the part Of the grounds commit
= - rhe Victoria TAwn Tennis Club. has
& s.x.srea tffr CONTESTANTS very materially
.ssar. bur has ad9es greatly 30 the inter-
- s,st Will BE- taken IL the tourna ment
& 80 congng days. as & is almost ceT-
s-s~sv now that either Seattle or Tacoma
- b left al least in the seu7l-nnal
: .sradg CT both the singles and doubles 20
( esusyese against the strongest Victoria
s5xTsrF 80, =.
- we're between Hgr8 ard Miller ard
r-snzsoIl. OF Tacoma. and RaTkley. Miller
ss.ssa ar exceedingly careful game Ia the
80 sci PLAYING his balls with good dis
800 making very few mistakes. and
s~sfi~ won out SIS. Hgrd. on securing
- better side In the second SGT. started
i xsth a rush. hitting the bali freely and
ss.rsug weii. He easily won, 80
r. the third get Miller made hard fight,
Al Hsrd had the set vel Ia hand through
tss and finally won, 81
rrsBzioIfs set With Rarkley was won BY
gssszioi!. but only after hard uphill
rasne Barkley secured the first get, G-5.
- led handily on the next, bat Fran
al al this posnt seemed 70 gain more
rssndence. and ~ more pace and good
rsacGng Won the set. e-s. The last set was
a lnienseiy exciting one. FFanzsoii only
seuring the set after fsVe-all had been
aslss. by the hardest sort Of fizht.
GoEard easily defeated carssens Of Sc
wtlf. Ia the morning. CT. go The match
Vss much closer than Tie score would IN
t.rzss, bu, Coward. who Is ranked anon
a. four best players In Victoria. PLAYED
II good form throughout. and was too
Sod and accurate for the Seattle man.
TIE match Of the day was the double
bxResn Hurd ard Sfeserve. and Combe
sna GowaTd. The latter pair are consid-
ssst. next 10 Fouikes and Cuppaes. the
tronxeAt Victoria team. so the Seattle
s.ayers knew that they had their hands
NIL The pavilion and grand stand were
crowded as the players came or the court
Il s:ss TO begin the match. The Seattle
seAn won the toss and chose The court
With the sun behind them. Starting In
hg, and strong. they won the first set
css quickly by a score OF 6-l. losing only
he third game on changing sides for the
ser. set the light seemed 70 trouble them.
sBt the Victoria pair ran the games 10
81 ia their favor. Combe's drives being
stry severe. AT this point the Seattle
pair rallied. and by a hard squirt brought
he games 70 Ball. and even had 40-is on
he eleventh game, but the set went 10
tlstf RIFo-tftiA1s P-Pa = A1 &1@t2AAE N&A NttH
most siubboruiy fought throughout. The
games aiternated TO Fall, when the Seattle
tlayers took two In succession. Victoria
responded hy taking the next three bring
tx the score to "a IN their favor. A love
game for the Seattle pair pulled them up
10 5 games all. and though Combe AMI
Coward won the first vantage game. they
Ultimately lost the set. 3 games TO 7. The
es&ttle players were not yet at home on
fgff but gained many points by quick
10; play, being much faster IN crossing
ever and killing slow returns than their
asstfszFles were.