The age-herald., 1899-08-27
BIRMINGHAM WINS
 TENNIS CONTEST Ward and Brown Will Play Sin gle Finals Tomorrow.
ALSO IN FINAL DOUBLES
Ward Did Brilliant Work Defeating Seibles and Chamberlain-Brown Defeats Scott and Rodgers
 After Hard Fight

1 me tennis CnamplOnSnlp or tue SOulH, now being contested for In the Atlanta | tournament, will be won by a Birmingham man-either Coleman Ward or c. A. Brown. Of all the twenty-three contestants who entered the tournament, these two athletes played steadily for four days, and yester- | day morning succeeded in vanquishing all l of their opponents. They were to have played against each other yesterday after noon for the trophy, but the heavy rain made it necessary to postpone the contest 1 until tomorrow afternoon.
 Not only have Mir Brown and MT. Ward won all the singles so far, but have also | won all the double contests except the final match. which will be played tomorrow | with the Thornton brothers of Atlanta. The Birmingham players have an excellent opportunity for winning this contest, and in that case the Birmingham Athletic club will have won both of the trophy cups. Yesterdays Contest l The following is from the Atlanta Jour- | nal of yesterday, and gives a full account of the games yesterday morning;
 The matches this morning was by far the most interesting of the tournament. be- cause of the fact that in the preceding con- tests the poorer players had been weeded | out.
 The biggest surprise of the morning was the manner in which W. T. Seibels, of Montgomery was defeated by Coleman Ward, of Birmingham. It has been pre- dicted that this match would be the worm- est of the entire tournament and Seibels had been regarded as a winner.
 The surprise of the spectators may be imagined when Ward beat his opponent two straight sets. allowing him to win only two games in the whole match. The Bir- mingham player had a walkoyer and at no stage after the contest was did Sci bels have the slightest chance of winning.
 The continued set between H. M. Ashe, of Atlanta, and H. S. Chamberlin, of Chat tanooga, was played this morning. the lat ter winning by score of to 2. Ashe played a very good game, however consid- ering that he was up against of the very best players in the tournament.
 Cowan Rodgers. of Knoxville, met defeat at the hands of c. A. Brown, of Birming- ham. The match was a fairly good one, 1t looking at one stage as if the Knox william might win out. Brown won the first and third sets, while Rogers is credited with the second.
 After defeating Rodgers. Brown took short rest. He then entered match against L. D. Scott, a local and had more trouble in vanquishing him than he had had with Rodgers. Scott played very good game towards the last, seeming to get more nerve as the match grew older.
 By far the most exciting single tourna- ment was played this morning between H. S. Chamberln and Coleman Ward. It was won by the latter. after an extremely hard fight, in which the sun played very im- portant pant
 1 A Warm Contest
 The two men commenced playing just before 12 o'clock, when the heat was ter- rife. It was so hot that every time 1t be- came necessary for the player on the north court to raise his eyes from the ground he was blinded by the sun, the point nearly every time being made by his opponent Ward had the south court at the begin- ming of the contest. He won easily the score being to ?. On the change Ward went to the north court and the loser came to the south, and the score for the set was simply reversed, Chamberlin winning
 With one set apiece to their credit, there 1 was much speculation as to who would win | the final. Every one was under the impress sion that Ward would have the best of the I being his time to take the south court. Chamberliu claimed that according to the l rules of the game, that in final set a player had right to demand that position be changed at the end of every three | games. He was supported by the Wright and Ditson rule book, and Referee Haynes l decided that the claim of Chamberlin should be allowed. This changed the | aspect of this a great deal, many believ- l ing that with an equal showing Chamberiin xxrtr R,,a1 -Io 4Is | were wrong, for Ward won out by a score | of to 8.
 Both players were warmly congratulated l by their friends on the great game they | had played.
 Only one double was played this morn- ing. The Thornton brothers met the Cham- | berlin brothers, of Chattanooga The re- l suit was an easy victory for the local players, but nevertheless both teams put up l a very pretty game.
 | Both Henry and Chancellor Thornton did good individual work, did their oppo- l nents. The match was won by the Thorn tons through their extremely fine team l work, both playing together like clock.
 Score of morning games was as follows: | Doubles-Thornton brothers vs. Chamber l lin brothers; first set, Thornton brothers l 6, Chamberlin brothers 2; second set | Thornton brothers 6. Chamberlin broth l CTS f.
 singies-Ward vs Seibels; first set. Ward l 6, Seibels 1; second set Ward 6. Seibels 1. l Ashe vs. H. s. Chamberlin (continued from l Thursday); third set, Chamberdn G. Ashe 1 g. Rodgers vs. Brown: first set. Brown 6. l Rodgers 1; second set, Rodgers 6, Brown 4; l third set, Brown 6, Rodgers 2. Scott vs. l Brown; first set, Brown 6. Scott 3; second set Brown T. Scott 5. Chamberin vs. | Ward; first set, Ward G. Chamberlin 2; sec- | ond set, Chamberlin 6. Ward ?; third set, l Ward 6, Chamberlin g.
 l SAME and many new and taste