The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-25
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TIE szss seek has be@zl ore OF great IL
te-ps. % soye-s % tsaniz- TIE state eHa-n-
p.ons4s2 contests have nyw D@couus as m
Yortznt as the PaGGc Sor11west cham
pso.1sh4cs because there ara te% charges
r. the lists of players entered While IN
tsres. 81 tennis throughout IRE Easi Is
taen at etb ti6@ his year. l. has b@@n
steadily increasing IN this part o. the cou1a-
try and seifh tbs increase me general
STANDARD u play has g5ue 20 peg 4se
eonoffl0n &C affairs IL TIE East Is lot per
x&aeEt 81 airy means. as = Il due ss2%~
c.aLy 70 The absence C E05art. Paret ard
Hiss Moore IL England and Wrenn ard
Iarrsd & Cuha- VITA Taear return the n
teresG r. tle osx tournaments VII revive
lag, year MARKED TIE frst annual tour
san.snt FOR re cssszup iCT.ship .. this sta&s
j. xas he'd a. the courts OF the Seattle
Tennis Gut, commencing Juty 2 ard cl2s-
irg July Is TIE winners we're a. follows:
Meme ains.4S-eseorse A EiuId beat J.
4. Fouikes s-4- 81. @-@. SO s. hdF1
also beat Fon-k@s FOR me Carter challenge
cup u -. S. s-5
Mems doablss- FNoElxes and Parsons, 0.
Victoria. bat Hurd and kesieher, 81 Sc
sttia. -. 81. il. e-s.
Miss riley and Mss RIGGS. q Seattle.
woa the champion sh3p n. ladies' doubles
su6 Miss Ri.ey won the ladies' singles
Miss Riley ard Dir. Russell beat ~ a.
E3gss and Mr Hurd IN the mixed doubles.
The winners this year a-e as follows:
Mems angles George A HID. S~ait. o:
|ses D s;rxes Ma Kew r. - Ttcoa ''' a.
6es' doubles Misc Riley ard Miss Strive.
fenttle. mixed doubles Mss Riley and
Mr. Rsss@A, seattle; eo4sola.on. mems
singles. l. j. colmau-
II will bs seen frorn the above list given
that Seattle won more than her share of
the prses enc at the same tine the de-
fsat Of Miss riley Of Seattle IL the semi
finals ny Miss Keowu or Tacoma was
genuine surprise. Miss Riley. however.
Ia. n chance 20 turn the tables a. the big
tournament which viii be held n Tacoma
next month. As have SAID before the
match between Mixs Riley and Miss Keoxn
vas very difficult OF analysis. The play
was excellent. the rallies frequent and
long drawn out. bat Miss Ke0wn was The
s:eaGier. and perhaps a tritte more active.
Mss Keogn Won from Mrs. Bird Of IVES.
SEATTLE In the finals In three match set.
Her victory was due 20 accurate placing
and steadlneas. The most renar kable fea-
tuTe O; her game was the way SHE cover
ed the court II seemed impossible for
Mrs Bird to place the bail where Miss
heowp could not Teach it.
The c'everest work OF the tournament
was done by George A. Hurd state cham
yion. Tina; ne Is st.n the champion IS due
10 true scientific tennis combine vita
magnificent genera!ship. lie was not I'D
% his old time form, yet from techni a!
standpoint there was even more to be ad-
uiree in his pay With every step taken
during the course Of n match there Is q
corresponding waste OF energy. Hurd REQ
ognized his principle. and in every match
prscticsd strict economy. Experience and
eaneralship brought him victory over
Fransloi. % Tacoma. feel like dlverg-
Ing here 4 moment 10 speak II the exec
LEM work Of Tacorna's champion. He was
o. 49, avsT- !.
AS whole hts returns were well placed,
snc 90 attempt - tel now many times he
accepted difficult chances would require
unlimited space.
Russell had bean playing such brilliant
tennis iAas II WAS thought he had good
ehsnce % beat Hnrd n lie finals The
arsi few games showed that Hurts su-
r%rior Judgment VAS going tn De big
factor ia he match. Ihe Wind and a
sirosag Gas. too. Was 1t RassSls back. He
could not guagc II and b.s drives wen
w1d- Hufd caught the situation In mo-
mont and kept putting the ball where Rus
sci would attsinp, 10 drive hard. The re
s8it was that Russell drove out Of court
twenty-five times IL the first set The fact
tha, Hurd Scored only six passes against
LusseIpa twelve proved that Hurd was
working his younger opponent 20 beat him
self tRusSeil) Ia the SECOND Sct Russei
id Dot drive out % much. but he fell
down badly In his net game. where he is
usually very strong Hurd saw that Rus
rel Was csntlnuAlfy driving the ball into
tha net ard vas perfectly Wiling 20 let
him keep up that Kind ~ gamr. The last
SCI vas simply a repetition OF the frat;
Russell driving out II court after long
rallies, throughout the matca Hurd adop:-
ed the syz:rn o. letting very bari balls
tia; were wgH pls ced. 80. IN this way he
reserved his strength GeA"raliy speaking