Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-02
SOME SURPRISES IN TENNIS
Third Round Of City Tournament is Full
SfeingsT.
suSOERLANO's UNEXPECTED STRENGTH
One of Younger Players Earns VIE
Right 10 Meet Veteran Con
Young I'm s~emi-FinsIs
this Afternoon. .

~ the result OF yesterday evenings con-
tests the title Of city tennis champion Of
Omaha for the coming year rests between
H. Young, r. r. Sunderland, F. j. Hill
and C. q. Sherwood. these four having won
their respective ties. Today, at 8 o'clock,
they will pair of in the semi-hnsls as fol-
Young against Sunderland and Hill
against Sherwood. At 6 the winners in
these two matches will meet in the nnal.
Yesterday was a day Of surprises and dis
appointments. Caldwell had developed a
severe cold and could not meet Sherwood.
who was consequently allowed a walkover
into the semi-nnals. This robbed the even
ing Of one OF the most interesting OF the
four contests scheduled and takes out OF
the tournament one Of the two or three who
had been picked as winners.
Another disappointment was H. Martins
stand against +. J. Hill. Hill is in a higher
class than Martin and there was never any
reason to expect that the latter could get
the victory, But his record in the tourna-
ment had made II appear as II he should be
able to put UP a fair sort Of a night and
possibly carry OF a set. Instead Of this he
only took three games, and never pressed
hard on his opponent. Hill seemed to have
won the match before Martin had begun to
play for II.
Sunderland n Genuine Surprise.
A surprise OF another kind was sunder-
lands victory over Potter. Sunderland Is
only In his second years tennis and no one
would have wondered IL he had been put out
In the hrst round Of the tournament. In
stead OF this he has landed in the semi-hnal
and earned the right to play Con Young for
q place in the final. The secret Of "R. =.
s." success lies In his activity. AS some
one expressed II, he scores while his op-
ponent sleeps. He h all there all the time.
II IL nett to impossible to get a ball past
him without putting II out OF court, and II
he does not always return 1t to the best ad-
vantage he gets 1t back and leaves it to the
other fellow to lose the rally. Potter's sue
cess against Pollard on Thursday had made
him an easy favorite against Sunderland,
and he made a good fight for his reputation.
But he was playing rather In Ill luck. He
had a badly bllstered hand and about the
end Of the hrst set he broke his racket with
q hard drive IND had to borrow a weapon
which he was not acquainted with. Never.
theless Sunderland won on his merits. with
sixteen anne out Of the twenty-eight.
best Tennis of the week.
u hnSoL NGuuAo ~ tue MOCh was oGtu
when Young and Mcintyre met. Young
took the first set by 6 to Q without great
di1aeulty, but allowed Mcintyre to gel
ahead OF him in the second and for 6
while It looked as II the score was goinl
to be "set-all." There we're some ex.
ceedinsly pretty returns in this second
set. When he was able to play forward
Young's placing was very deadly, except
when the net got In the way of hIi
smashes. but Mcintyre frequently sue
ceedsd In driving him back to the bas'
line, and then the struggle was a verl
even one. Many q long and brilliant rail-!
resulted. Mc1ntyre'a iobs were we'll Judged
and Young was several times forced t
turn his back to the net and run afte
the ball and return II over his head. Witt
these plays. which always take the fancy o
the spectators, he was very successful
The driving on both sides was fast an
accurate, Young especially exeelling witt
some Of his cross-court strokes, whicl
are at times almost impossible balls L
return. 1t took twelve games to decid
the set, and the points as well as tn
games were all vigorously contested, max
ing the match even closer and more pro
longed than the score of e-s,. rs woul
Indicate.
The summary OF the days results /
shown below:
G.. H. Young beat George C. Mcintyre
K. e. Sunderland beat A. Potter, s-s. -
+ ]. HII beat H. Martin, go. SO.
C. L. Sherwood beat 5. 8. Caldwell by de
fault.
Prospects for the Finals.
It Is safe to say that everyone mo-
expects Young and Hill to meet in tn
nnaI. round. Sunderland can hardly ex
pact to have any chance against YOUNG
n although Sherwood Is hitting the ball
about in q mastery manner, he woul
surprise himself II he outplayed Hill. tt
contest between Hill and Young. howevel
will be a keen one. Neither Of the tw
is playing as accurate a game as the
doubtless would II the season had bee
better adapted for regular practice, bu
Hill is q hard man to pass, and when !
Is we'll onto his stroke he can put
some telling shots. Young's vigorous pa
is better known to Oman enthusiast
and Il remains to be seen which OF II
two will capture the trophy.
An effort is being made to arrange
local tournament In doubles to follow In
mediatdy after the singles tournanaen
} 1t Is thought that a little team practi'
will develop some pairs who viii be alb
to do something for the credit OF Omal
In the interstate tournament on the 1et