The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-04

L. H. Wardner and A. c. Snow, of Chi
cage, defeated Trafford Jayne and Ed
ward Clapp yesterday morning on tho
St. Louis tennis courts, and won the
Northwestern championship in doubles.
Play was fast and exciting as well as
interesting to the large gallery present,
which showed it's appreciation through
applause.
The two teams were well matched and
each played good, hard tennis from the
start Clapp, the st. Paul man, and wei.
known intercollegiate hurdler, opened the
match on his serve by taking the first
game of 40 love" The first bali dur
ing his service was very effective, Hand
ing in the service court almost continual
ly.
His lobbing was also good and, together
with Jayne's lobbing, they made the CHI
cago team hustle for the championship
and that beautiful fob. Jayne made some
sensational plays at intervals, but was
passed quite often on the side lines, and
Wardner's smashing was quite~-efteetiVe
in Jayne's court. t-~,s.,
Wardner made but one double during
his service, and played a beautiful game
at the net his smashing being a feature,
winning many points for him. s,>s2
Snow did not play the game he does
good advantage when points were need
ed
The first set was holly contested, and
went to Wardner and Snow at GA, as did
the second at the same score The North
western team rallied at the third and
took it at 6-3, but failed to keep up their
good work, and lost the last set, winning
but one game. Final score and summary:
Clapp and jayne 1 5 43124 $50
nd Tow n A Z 0 y
Glapp and Jayne....2 2 4 3 3 2 4 "A f-29A
Wardner and Snow.4 425 541O1 430-6
Giapp and Jayne. IA 4 4 L 2 4--27-6
Mardner and Snow. / q 12444 O-1S-3
Wardner and Snow......2 44444 1850
Wardner and Snow, Ga, SO, 6-1
THE SINGLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
The match of the afternoon was tba
Snow-Clapp contest for the championship
and the silver pitcher offered to the win
ner of the single tournament. by the
Minnetonka Ice Yacht club, under whose
auspices the Northwestern tournament
was held this year.
1t was nip and tuck from the begin
nlns, Clapp setting a hot pace which
Kept the Chicagoan continually on tne
jump. Clapps work at the net, together
with his beautiful lobbng, proved very
effective. He was nervous at no stage
OF the game and played the game stead
Ter than he did ins the morning Too
much cannot be said in praise of the ST.
Paul lad, who frequently made strokes
which would have been d credit to a
veteran. He made a good fight through
the entire three sets, but appeared fresh
er in the first set than his opponent, who
took the first set, at rs, scoring "a
points against Clapp's 81.
snow played splendid game and APP
peared to better advantage than in the
morning, his occasional oh dear" NOT
being heard once during the match.
There We're many supporters of Mr. Snow
among the spectators and heavy applause
followed his frequent brilliant plays.
The game, compared with the Snow
Wardner match of Friday, was steadier.
though the plays were not so fancy as
those of Waidner, which had the tinge
OF the sensational in them
The success of the tennis tournament
this year is on par with those of 1893 and
1894 though the enthusiasm was not SO
great. NO place is more convenient for
tennis tournament than is Hotel St.
Louis, Lake Minnetonka The courts.
now in such good order, should be kept
up so that the interest now created
among tennis enthusiasts shall not die
out
THE CONSOLATION.
In the consolation match the Burton
Northrop contest was played off in the
morning, resulting in a victory for Bur-
ton, who won by the score rs, 81.
In the afternoon Becker of Chicago.
and Gillette were p:tted against each
other. Play was none too brilliant on
either side, but Gillette failed to connect
with Bocker's left hand drives anu lost
after winning the second set. Score,
So As 6-2 49,