Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-18
FORTY ENTRIES IN SINGLES
Int0rutSts Tennis Tourney Starts with Fine
List Of Players.
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DRAWINGS FOR PRELIMINARY ROUND
Eight Matches Will he Played on
This .AfternOOn to Narrow the Com
test Down to sixteen for
First Round.

anu hDTOaQ NhlLt0 NnNlOuHlN hTOuuu the
Field club Sunday afternoon for the COM
pletion Of the drawings for singles in the
interstate tournament. which commences
today. When the committee had finished
this work and the pairlings were being
,chalked up on the bulletin board, that
corner of the veranda was quickly a
solid mass Of peering faces.
At the club nothing else was talked
OF but this tournament. Promising weather
the presence Of every entry and the COM
pletion Of all arrangements for play and
for entertainment seem to predict an un-
qualified success. OF this the drawings
proved to be no small part for fortune
arranged them in most interesting Sc
quence promising critical and sensational
finishes. The list reads;
G. 8. Carey. Sioux City, a bye.
J. w. Towle. Omaha, a bye.
Carter Wider, Kansas City. a bye.
? Q. 6. Erwin, Omaha. a bye.
Q. a; Abbott, Jr:, Grand Island, a bye.
y. Middlekauf, Lexington, Neb., a bye.
G. g. Peters, Chicago, a bye.
". s. Blair, ST. Louis, a bye.
Fred Hamilton, Omaha, q bye.
c. H. Young, Omaha, a bye,
w. G. Parker, Arkansas CITY, Kan, a
W. F; Prowett. plays W. s. Gilman.
e. A. Carey. North Platte. plays John
s. Brown, Omaha.
Richie volk, Lexington, plays C. o.
Lee Van Camp, Omaha. plays Earl Farms
worth, Grand Island.
F. r; sanderson, ,Galesburs, Ill.,, plays
j. f. Webster, Omaha.
A. F. Ryan, Omaha, plays M. Hopkins,
L. p Pasewalk, Norfolk, Neb.
E. M: Ashcroft, Chicago, plays william
Michael, Sioux City.
George Howell. sioux City, a bye.
H. D. Copeland; Topeka, a bye.
j.. MCGEE, Bennington, a bye.
F. Dufrene, Omaha. a bye.
George Pritchett, Omaha, a bye.
F 70 sheldon Kansas city a bye 49,.
II. M. Holland, Galesburg. a bye.
s; s. Caldwell, Omaha, a bye.
F, j. Hill, Omaha, a bye.
Charles Crosby, Topeka, a bye.
How the List Works Out.
Those in charge found themselves with
Just forty names for singles. Fred shep-
hard and G. A. Loveland Of Lincoln hav-
ing decided not to play until the doubles,
when they will be a team. These forty
men are paired of as listed, numbers l and
2 being matched together, 3 and 4, and so
on. The total OF forty, however, necessi-
tates q preliminary round, in order to even
the number up for working down to the
semi-hnal and finals. Sixteen men, there
fore, were drawn to play this preliminary.
That would leave just eight to go in with
the other twenty-four, making thtrty-two In
all for the first round proper.
These sixteen begin with w. r. Prowett,
who is number thirteen in the list, and
end with William Mcneil Of Sioux City,
Ia, number twenty-eight on the list. Those
pairs, Prowett and Gilman, Carey and
Brown, and so on down to Ashcraft and
Mcneil. will play of the preliminaries this
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four are given a bye until Tuesday, when
reinforced by the eight winners out Of the
preliminary round they will begin the first
round.
Interesting Early Matches.
The arrangement Of the list was ex-
tremely interesting. AS the men are paired
It is easy to pick the players who will win
cut to the semi-hnals on the basis Of form,
which. Of course, is not lnfallible. In the
FIRST eight names C. S. Peters of Chicago
should come out. although Carter Wilder Of
Kansas City may give him a hard run. In
the next quarter, including the names Of
T. s. Blair. through Earl Farnsworth,
comes a beautiful fight. In the very hrst
round Conrad Young, champion Of Omaha,
is matched against w. G.. Barker Of Ar
kansas City, Ark. who. as a New England
champion. beat the great Larned some
years ago. Then down at the bottom stands
Earl Farnsworth. who will undoubtedly
play the winner OF the Yo~ung-Parker match.
The undoubted ability of all three players
makes it impossible to say anything more
definite than that one Of them will come
out of this quarter for the semi-hnals.
Even at that some say that r. S. Blair Of
st. Louis. who leads the quarter. will be
strongly IN the running.
II thu ahfrd onarfar - fo.nA ID
sanderson Of Galesburg, E. N. Ashcraft Of
Chicago. Ike Raymond Of Lincoln. George
Howell Of Sioux City and Jerome McGee
among the prominents. Ashcraft should
pull out ahead in this quarter. The last
eight names would seem to necessitate a
prediction that F. e. Sheldon OF Kansas
City would be the winner there. On that
basis Of prognostication there will be
Peters and Ashcraft of Chicago. Sheldon
and either Framework. Young or Parker for
the four men in the semi-nnals.
Visitors at the Courts.
Practically all these players were at the
Field club Sunday afternoon, and we're bus
fly sizing each other up. though none
played. All the visitors were extreme in
their praises of the Field club courts,
and say that a better place for the tour
lament could scarcely be found. The
strangers came in mostly on the morning
trains, and we're met at the stations by
Field club men. The Millard hotel. their
headquarters, presents an animated and
athletic appearance. Devotees Of golf and
baseball and bowling had little place at the
Field club Sunday, for all the talk vas ten
mis-.
This preliminary around the singles will
begin at $3.50 this afternoon. Then Tues
daY moruina nlaV baains Al 9,20. ana will
continue both morning and afternoon until
the tournament is finished. Drawings for
the doubles will not be made until tonight
or Tuesday. as there is still some doubt In
the cases OF a few ~pairings.
The entertainment eoUmltfaa plaos 80