The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-04
JAYNE AND COOK IN THE
DOUBLES.
GAME CT nSELY CONTESTED.
THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR THE SEASON
BELDEN OUTPLAYS
MYERS,
in "a Contest for Champion-
ship HOnOrs.

Carver and Waidner VS.. Jayne and Cook,
champion doubles, 4-6, 1915, GA, 60
Belden VS.. Myers, final singles, 6-3 rs,
2-6 Ga.
Prettier exhibition of tennis was
never put up in local courts than char
acterized the closing matches of the
Northwestern tennis tournament at
Hotel Lafayette, concluding Yesterday
afternoon. That honors are even at
the end, that Chicago team holds the
championship for SO, and that a Mime
apolis player won out in the finals.
is cause for pleasant congratulations
all around. The tournament finished
yesterday with everything played to a
conclusion with a possible exception of
a consolation game 1t ended in the
happiest manner, and both the home
ana visiting players are well enough
content. That the tournament has been
very successful, has been the opinion
or all cracks, and some of the tennis
has been beyond criticism. AS things
resulted in the closing day, Carver and
Waidner, the popular Chicago team.
are champion doubles of the Northwest
until the year rolls round again. while
George K. Belden is winner of first
prize singles, and stands ready to meet
carr Neel, the present champion, any
time Neel comes up to play. The two
matches which gave these several hon
ors occupied the whole of yesterday
AFTERNOON, beginning promptly at 3
o'clock and continuing until 7:3O. The
doubles were called first and there en-
sued In time, one of the most remark
able sets Of tennis, ever played in any
tournament.
The match was finished in four sets
OF which Carver and Waidner won the
last three, while Jayne and Cook took
the first. The second set was the long
est on record In the Northwestern as
ISOLATION, and required "a games be-
fore the Chicago men finally won.
There were 60 games in the match
with total of 400 points, and required
1 hour 81 minutes to play. At the
end of the set, the doubles rested for
half an hour In the meantime the
finals In the singles were called. Four
sets were also played in this set. Belden
winning the first two, Meyers the
second, and Belden the last. Should
Neel not make an effort to meet Belden
and defend his championship the Min
neapolis player will hold the title of
champion by the others forfeit.
Yesterdays play brought the tourna-
ment to brilliant close, with the two
matches in the afternoon. "A heavy
rain in the early morning, followed by
a baking sun, put the courts in con-
dition to accept the roller, and when
play was called, were in fine shape
1t was the hottest afternoon there has
been yet. The wind that had prevailed
during the early day died away, and
left the courts and surroundings green,
exposed to the sun. Hardly a breath
of air was moving to make playing or
sitting in the sun at all comfortable.
but interest in the games, even though
the day was sizzling, could not keep
away the people, and while there was
not the same crowd as saw Saturdays
match, there were several hundred per-
sons on the edges of the court to ap-
plaud their favorites. The spectators
were rewarded with a splendid ex-
hibttion, and the chairs were not de-
serted until the very end, notwith-
standing the lateness of the hour. 1t
was fully 1880 when the last point for
Belden was scored.