The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-30
STAR TENNIS DAY
SOME BRILLIANT EVENTS WE'RE
WITNESSED IN THE 'TONKA
TOURNEY YESTERDAY
JAYNE VICTOR OVER ELTING.
A PRETTY CONTEST OVER THE
SEMI-FINALs is ALREADY
FORESHADOWED.
1T WAS NOT ST. PAUL's DAY,
Though Armstrong Showed Up Well
in Number of the
Matches.
IT WAS NOT ST. PAUL's DAY,

Games played the third day were:
Armstrong VS.. Wyman, GO, TO.
| Carver VS.. Belden, GA. 6-2.
! Myers VS.. Cook, 60, 81.
Nj. Citing and Elting VS.. Patterson and
! Parker, 60, 81 GA.
Jayne VS.. V. Eltng, GA, 80, GO.
Belden vs. Armstrong, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
G. Beleen and Hale Finch and Arm
strong, CO. 6-1 60
Myers and Slocum VS.. Neeley and Day, 6-3,
/ 6-1 8-6.
Carver and Waidner vs. Wyman and Eddy,
! 60, 60 6-1.
Eddy VS.. Parker 60, 6-3.
Pretty girls in blue, pink, lavender,
white, fluttered around the Lafayette
/ tennis courts yesterday, with an at
tendance of gallants to hold parasoIs,
keep score, and otherwise make them
selves useful as participants in the So
! ciety side of the tournament. The day
was a success from any poine CT view.
AS to attendance, it W as larger than
on any previous day. AS TO playing,
| there were several matches that We're
above par. AS to enthusiasm, what
! existed was of The rieht sort The
! first half of the tournament is over
! Ten matches wer concluded yesterday,
which finished the second round in sin
| giles, started in on the third, and made
beginning at consultations. A jayne
/ Citing match of he fternoon was one
| Of the star events of the day. -Four
! doubles were completed, in which there
was some hot play. nc made it no
easy matter to pick the winners from
the start. The prospects for good ten
mis- today are inviting. - second
half of the tournarn mt is 1evjtahly
interesting, and when such good men
are left as Waidner, Myers, Carver,
Jayne, Hale, Belden, II is diffic.l,t to
choose the men VINO will meet in semi
finals, as lead toward the concluding
match, in which Carr iJeel VIII def nd
his championship againso the Lest man
out. The third day was hot, and the
clay courts sizZled in the July sun,
which gained fervor as it declined If
it had not been for hreeze that came
In off the lake, tennis might have gene
begging for spectators. As I was,
there was a goodly array, including the
genuine tennis enthu ,iast who never
permits point to pass unnoticed, as
well as the fair fashiona5les III charm
ing array.
Waidner and Myers will meet this
morning, and some of the best play
of the week may be expected from the
meeting. Carver will play Hale, ard
the winner Of this match will meet the
winner of the Myers Waidner niatcn.
A feature of the train service which
has not met with approval this year
has been the arrival from town of a
4:30 train in the afternoon, a conven-
lent hour for bringing late Corners to
| witness the late games.
The first match of the afternoon was
played in consolation singles by Idly
and Parker. Eddy won at Go, 6-3.
G.. Belden and Hale against Finch
and Armstrong put up g:Lme shortly
after play was GALE in the afternoon.
The ST. Paul boys tri-.7 * yin but the
Minneapolis team vas too strong tor
them, though Be1den and Hale are not
| accounted as strong a running team as
the old Belden-Wallace combination.
The winning score was 60, G-1, Go in
favor of Beldan and Hale
The next match was in doubles,
| played by Carver and Waidner against
Wyman and Eddy. The Chicago team
did up the local players easily. winning
| out with a score of SO.
! When a match in doubles between
Myers and Slocum against Neeley and
Day was called, there was an express
sion of interest While it was antici-
! there was curiosity to see how the
steadiness of Medley would offset the
erratic genius of Day. The first two
sets went to Myers and Slocum handily
at 6-3, 81. Then they struck a snag.
The opposing team was determined to
die game, and it took fourteen bouts to
| decide the question of winner of the
last set The games advanced to
CT Ill ~,
in favor Of Neeley-Day, and the finish
promised excitement. The two sue
ceeding games went to Myers and Slo-
cum, and they had the set and match
at So.
The finest exhibition of tennis dur
! ing the day, a great game" as the
| enthuiast put 1t, came off late in the
afternoon, with Jayne pitted against
Victor Elting. The Chicago man had
finished a set earlier in the day, but
he was full of grit, and met Jayne more
than half way.
The interesting feature Of the match
was the see-saw fashion in which
| but the score does not indicate the
struggle which was fought to finish,
nor the brilliant plays on both Sides
| Jayne took the first heat
Jayne took the first set, winning six
games to Fittings four. The second
set was hard fought. Jayne led off
with game; then Citing plucked two,
and two more before Jayne had an
| other chance to show his mettle
| Jayne took heart of grace and pulled
out a game; Elting responded in kind
Jayne returned the pretty compliment
| Citing then went him one better, and
| by winning two games took the set at
6-3. The players rested before start
ing in on the third set. They changed
| courts when they began again, and
started in with vigor. Jayne took the
first game. When Elting won the Sec
ond and Jayne the third, it looked
very much as if there was to be a.
repetition of the old struggle, but
Jayne took a firmer grip of his racket.