The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-30
TENNIS TOURNEY BEGINS.
Edward Clapp, OF ST Paul, shows
I'd Well

Ideal weather and keenly contested
games opened the annual Northwestern
tennis tournament at Deephaven, Lake
Minnetonka, yesterday afternoon.
The courts We're in ship-shape order,
the ralp of yesterday morning helping
materially, together with the hard
work of the committee in charge under
the chairmanship of Ward g. Burton
The tourney was opened by James
Lawrence and Z. G. Becker, of Chicago.
Lawrence started out strong, and 1t APP
peared as though he might have things
his own way, but Becker proved a clever
opponent BY steady playing the Min
nesota boy took the first set at 60.
IN the second set each man played the
back-hand stroke, with Becker trying the
lob, without success. Lawrence
showed UP well. and was a surprise to his
friends as Well as his opponents, his
brilliant plays being often punctuated
with hearty applause. The Chicago boy
put up a hard, steady game from start
TO finish, but the set and match went to
Lawrence. The final score g. So
Edward Clapp. the st. Paul man, in his
match with Phil Brooks. had his Oppon-
ent at his mercy throughout the entire
play. Brooks continually lobbed. which
made things easy for the well known
ale hurdler, the latter allowing Brooks
but one game in the whole match
Clapp, by his clever forward stroke and
nRe net work. won, So 6-l.
Charles Baker, Of Chicago. proved too
much for Norman NewhaIl, the young
Minneapolis boy. From the start New
nan appeared nervous and lost the first
set. The second opened with the first
two games going 10 Baker. but Newhall
steadied himself and played a heady
game TO the end, taking the third and
fourth games and playing two deuce
games. Baker won by CO, 81.
Sumner Mcknight Jr. proved his SUI
periority over L. II. Northrop, a st. Paul
lad. Three sets were played. in each OK
which there We're several deuce games,
thereby prolonging the match for over an
hour. The final score stood IS. 40. g.
Chester Ffrkins. the youngest contest
ant in the tourney, won in n well play
ed match against Curtis Rolph by the
score of 80, 6-3, 6-S
Frank Newton fell down before Allan
Brooks in one of the best matches play
ed yesterday afternoon on the courts.
Brooks beautiful service and fancy plays
won him the match, 6-1 6-4.
IN match repIete with brilliant plays.
Claire Wyman, Of Minneapolis. defeated
X. G. Strickland. OF ST. Paul. The game
was interesting from the start. and each
received hearty applause from the spec
tators. Time and again WymSn per-
formed wonders, though the game was
hard, plain tennis throughout, and the
the score Of Ga. 6-2
The last match of the afternoon was
played between Ray l. Evans, Of Mime
apolts. and S. H. Lockett OF Chicago
Lockett showed he was the stronger man
from the beginning OF the game, and
Kept his opponent guessing continually
Evans lost points by his frequent drives
into the net or outside Of the court,
and failed TO score but three games in
the first set. In the second Pvans start
ed out carefully, but Lockett's fast game
won ION for him the mat. Go. 81.
Play Will be continued this morn
inS, there being eight matches yet TO be
played in the first round OF the single
tournament. The doubles will probably
not be played before Thursday Edward
Clapp. Trafford Jayne, Charles Hale and
judy Belden were on the courts to-
day In a game of doubles The three
latter appeared in their old-time form
and seem ready 70 meet the prominent
Chicago cracks, who are fresh from the
kenwood courts in that city.