The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-20
WESTERN MEN LOSE
Collins and Waidner Defeated by
British in Tennis. -
DoHERTYs PLAY CAREFUL GAME
National Championship Tournament
Opens at Newport With Hard
Played Match in Doubles.

A slashing match In doubles and tuH
score Of single matches started most sue
cessfully yesterday the annual national
championship lawn tennis tournament at
Newport. It threatened to rain continual
ly, but no moisture fell until late in the
afternoon. In all, 1t was a day Of good
sport, with the doubles event between the
Doherty brothers, the champions of the
east. and Collins and Waidner of Chicago,
champions of the west, as the leading fea-
ture. The foreigners won, but 1t required
most careful play to do it.
1t was in the fourth set that the breezy
young westerners made the foreigners ex-
tend themselves to the limit to win the
set. From the start both Collins and
Waidner were on their toes, and had the
latter played with the same stead1ness
as his more experienced partner, the re-
suit might have been different
But their success in work at the net. in
tremendous smashing and in lightning
s-court strokes, which the Dohertys
found impossible to handle. appeared to
intoxicate both of them, especially Waid
ner, until the latter threw caution to the
wind. When Waidner began to drive out
OF court the Dohertys were quick to seize
on the weakness, and fed him balls con-
tinually. In the last two sets Collins and
Waidner scored only seventeen places and
piled up fortyfour errors, which gave the
Dohertys the match. -
The championship match in doubles be-
tween the winners OF yesterdays evenet
and Ward and Davis, the present cham
pions, will take place Thursday forenoon.
AS the drawings in the championship
singles brought together very few players
Of equal ability, scarcely any Of the
matches in this event went more than
three sets, and a great majority Of them
were closed UP in short order. -"
r. F. and H. L. Doherty,- champions Of the
east beat Kreigh Collins and L. H. Waidner,
champions Of the west. 2-e, as, e-s. Go.
Dunn beat 'W.vK. Brice; w. P. Knapp beat
B: NJ. Grant; H. w. Warner beat w. B.
Wright beat J. H. Ballinger; j. P. Paret beat
l.: Lyons; Richard Stevens beat W. H. Bates;
D: E Appleton beat George McFadden; J. c.
! c. F. Watson, Jr. M. D. whitman beat F. r
Smith; j. S. Seabury beat I. C. Wright; H.
| W. Mason beat A. de Navarro; H. l.. Doherty
| Talmadge; c. r. Rudlong beat w. McKibben
IL. ~; Allen beat r. G. Zaver; l.. E. Wars
First RoundI1. F. Davis beat c. F. Sands
w. j. Clothier beat T: H. Heir; R. D. Little
| beat Alfred Goldman; DR.. PIN beat Howard
A: Plummer; S. G: Whipped beat H. S. sedg-
wick; L. w. Glazebrook beat Alfred StiNman
F. R. Sanderson of Galesburg, ILL.,, Gre
ated genuine surprise in the intersta te
l
by defeating E. M. Ashcroft, the Chicago
| expert. '.
| All along it had been figured, out that,
according to form, the final contestants
in the tournament would be Ashcroft and
| W. G. Parker, former state champion of
| New York. Sanderson to-day, however
| showed magnificent foR1n, while Ashcroft
| seemed a bit nervous. Wilder and Shell
don Of Kansas City, Caldwell Of Omaha
| and C. S. Peters of Chicago, were strong
and played, in excellent form.
! Norman A. Webster, who won the last
years tournament, will not defend his
title and the singles cup will go perma-
nently to the winner of the present tour
nament.
The results in the remaining matches
of the preliminary matches:
Mr.. Gilman Of Sioux City beat Prowett
Platte, 4-6, e-2, 6-s; Hiles. Sioux city, bea
Volk, Nebraska, defauting; Ashcroft, Chi
cago, beat Mcneil, Sioux City, 6-1, Ga.
In the remaining matches: of the first rouni
the results were: Towle, Omaha, beat Carey
Sioux City, default; Wilder. Kansas City
beat Mcbride, Topeka, default; Peters, Chi
| cago, beat Mddlekauff, Lexington, Neb, de,
fault; Abbott, Grand Island, beat Erwin
| Omaha, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Clark beat Hamilton
OMAHA default .s,'~. 1- .'ro,E :: s. ....-e-'
round: Wilder, Kansas city, beat Towle
| Omaha, 6-2, 6-3; Peters, Chicago, beat Abbott
Grand Island, 60, 60; Parker Arkansas CITY
beat Clark, Omaha, so, SO; Farnsworth
Grand Island, beat Gilman, Sioux City, 2
60; sanderson, Galesburg, beat Ashcroft, Chi
Magee Nebraska, 4-6. Ga Ga: Sheldon, Kan
sas City, beat Dufreme, Omaha, 6-1, 6-1
Caldwell, Omaha, beat Crosby, Topeka, s-s
6-2. E1~ " =. =.