The Saint Paul globe., 1896-07-31
CONTEST IN THE SINGLES HAS
NARROWED DOWN TO TWO
PAIRS.
CHICAGO VS.. MINNEAPOLIS,
WITH AN EVEN CHANCE FOR
EITHER CITY TO WIN INTO
FINALS.
NE HoTLY FOUGHT CONTEST.
Three Hours REQUIRED by Carver
and Waidner to Defeat Bel
den and Hale.
Games n,aved the third daav were,

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Carver VS.. Myers, 6-3, 6-l.
| Myers VS.. Waidner, rs, 6-1.
Carver and Waidner VS.. Belden and Hale,
! rs, 3-6, 6-3, 1913.
Elting and Elting VS.. Gates acd H. Bel
! den, rs, GA, 6-2.
Gates VS.. Wyman, consolation, 1-6 6-3, ga.
! Burton VS.. Merrill, consolation GA 6-1
! McCesky VS.. Eddy, consolation. 3-6, SO, 6-2.
The third day of the Northwestern
tennis tournament at Hotel Lafayette
dawned clear and cool and gave prom
ise of being as beautiful as any of its
predecessors, only possibly not quite as
warm. The promise was not made in.
good faith, for the middle of the day
was as unbearable on clay courts and
under marquee as any time yet. The
usual afternoon breeze came in from
! the back bay, however, and no COM
plants were uttered The courts were
surrounded in the afternoon, and every
hour brought new arrivals to witness
| the games. The attendance was the
largest of the week. and seats in the
shade were at a premium early. Not
as many matches were played yester-
day as on previous days, but they
were decidedly interesting Only five
doubles. The tournament has rapidly
thinned out the weak men, and only
those remain in the list who may be
depended upon to give a good exhibit
tion of tennis. The ethird round in
singles is completed, and the score
stands ready for semi-finals. The men
remaining are G. K.s Belden against
Jayne, and Carver against Myers. The
results of yesterdays games dropped
out Charles Hale and l.. H. Waidner
! This leaves two Minneapolis men and
| two Chicagoans with AN even chance
to win into finals. Today's play will
! probably settle the question as to who
will meet Carr Neel tomorrow.
| One match in semi-final doubles was
| played in the afternoon. by Carver and
Waidner against G. Belden and Hale.
! This was a hard fought and interesting
event, requiring three hours to reach
the finish. Doubles leading to semi
| finals were also played by Elting and
Elting against Gates land H. Belden.
These two were the only important
matches of the afternoon. No doubles
were played in the morning, but some
very good singles were called off, when
Carver met Charles Hale and Myers
met Waidner. Progress was made on
| the consolation matches. Small atten-
ton is paid to these, however as they
| are what, in the selection of fruit would
be termed Seconds One cannot al
ways tell the sort of play to be seen
| in consolation game, and frequently
! there are surprisingly interesting
matches.
TTIE EXCtTrrTNcx EVENT
of the day was the Waidner- Carver
| Belden-Hale match. The winning
| score was against the Minneapolis
team, but they worked hard and valli-
! antly to defeat their opponents, and
! no score of slowness can be laid to
their door, that they did not come out
! ahead. This match was called shortly
| after o'clock, and the courts were
well surrounded with expectant spec
tators, when Mr.. S1ocum, of Chicago,
! took his seat on the box to officiate as
scorer. The four players made an in
| terest1ng group as they came down
| in the court and lined-up on either
! side the net. The men were well
matched in quality of endurance, as
| well as skill of play and the result of
| their meeting was anticipated with
| degree of curiosity. Being semi-finals.
best three out Of five sets were to de-
termine the winners. Both teams were
| on their mettle to, do their best and
win into finals if they could OF the
| four, Belden was the only fresh man.
having rested since his match with
Armstrong the night before All four
| played pretty tennis, Notwithstanding,
| and their efforts in the court were re-
| ce1ved with enthusiastic interest. Be
| fore the match had proceeded far the
spectators ground was pretty well oc-
| cupied. 1t was evidently a Minneap-
OILS crowd, and the home players did
not lack for encoura cement. Not a
| good play was permitted to pass un-
noticed, and the hand applause was
| mingled with shouts and cries. pretty
play, shouted the. enthusiast on one
SIDE, and his cry was answered by
ON, good" shrieked in shrill feminine
tones on the other. There was wide
spread disappointment at the conclu-
sion, when the local team jumped over
| the net to shake hands with the visi-
tors, but it had beenga splendid match.
ana victory had been dearly pur-
chased, requiring nearly. three hours
70 nnlsh. Four sets were played. Bel
den and Hale winning the first. Waid-
her and Carver the. succeeding three.
Inc total number of games played was
forty-eight; total number of points
MADE on both sides, 326, of which the
Winners HidQe Iof, TO 10y for Belden
ana Hale. Not one of the four sets
went easy, and through the fourth set
1t looked several times as if the Minne-
apolis boys would win, thus necessitat
ing fifth set. The set was almost lost
Tor the Chicago players three or four
times. The endurance of the men
was remarkable. No rests were taken
IN spite Of the powerful heat Of the
sun, and instead of showing WEAKNESS
IN the last set, each man was PLAYING
better tennis than at any time earlier
in the match.
The larger part Of the work on either
SIDE the net was done by Waidner and
Belden Carver, in spite of his repl1ta-
tlon Tor line play, persisting in putting
i palis into the net or sending them ont
OF court. He picked up however, as the
match progressed, rand in one game
made the longest rally Of the score.
taxing every ball. Hale played a quiet
defensive game with a. brilliant stroke.
now and then that rarely failed to win
ms point. Deuce games were frequent
ana TWO deuce sets appeared in the
score, the last finishing at 1913. after
| Is games had been played, and "deuce''
had been called five TIMES. The first set
was deuce set, won by Belden and
Hale at RS. They took the first game in
the next set, but only won two Others.
before the set was captured by Waid-
ner and Carver at 6a3 The Chicago
team took the next set also at 6-3 The
fourth set was long played and hotly
contested TO the very end Tho AHir1a.