The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-27
All Records Broken in Number
Of the Contestants.
NOW HAVE AZ ENTRIES.
Hard Battle For the Champion
ship a Certainty.
Quite a Number Of Topeka Play
ers Interested. @S


Of the west has ever known started at
3 o'clock this morning on the courts OF
the Darlington Tennis club When the
entries closed last night and the draw
ing began there were forty-seyen names
on the list, just seven more than were
entered at Omaha last week ana seVerdi
over the total entry at the big Atcnlson
tournament last season. 1t mad Deeh
planned to have most Of the matches
played in the afternoon. but the. IN
usually large entry will make II neces,
sary to begin early and play late, and
at that it will require some pushing
to finish the tournament and play the
finals next Saturday afternoon. AT
emaha with less entries it required a
nuli week before the final winner OF Inc
championship cup was declared.
OF the forty-seven entries twenty
four or over half. are from out of town:
OF the Kansas City players entered al
are in to play their matches ana IL Is
expected that the number of defaults
will be comparatively small.
The opening matches will be between
Iinley, Atchison, and Hogg, Lawrence;
Williams. Kansas City, ana Maunder-
field, Kansas City: B. Williams, Kan
sas City. and DR.. Vaughn, Kansas City.
With good weather the next three
matches should also be played in the
morning and the remainder OF the pre-
liminary round should be out OF the
way by the close of the afternoons
play No doubles will be played on the
first day. but they will begin Thursday
and the first match carded should prove
one of the Drettiest of the tournament
Sheldon and Vernon play Jones and
Cravens, and as they are all hard, care
full, consistent players. a battle royal Is
assured for Thursday.
There is always more or less luck. IN
the drawing, and in this instance Or.
Frank Z. Sheldon seems to have been
the most fortunate, and while it is never
q good plan to figure on possible win
ner, Shelden's chances look very good
He begins with Marty as his opponent
and will then meet Noble. of Topeka, or
Fish, of Atchison. Both are somewhat
of an unknown quality. He will then
have either Eubank, Thomas or Butcher
to meet if he should have won his
matches up to the third round. After
that it is question as to who will be
in. Feitshans seems the most likely
one to make the semi-finals OF his sec
ton. OF the first batch Vernon. For
ney, Easton and Cravens should fight
it out for the semi-finalS, and of
the second fourth it would be hard to
make an estimate although Carter
Wilder and Prof. Hogg look good.
DR.. Sheldon is the popular choice for
the championship. and if he plays up to
his usual form the winner of the Kan
sas City championship this year and
the past champion of Kansas should
carry off the honors is the general
opinion.
But Sheldon by no means has clear
fight before him There are a number
of others to be figured with. 0. v. Yer
non, of Emporia, is a former champion
of the Sunf1ower state, and last year at
Atchison made the best showing against
the invincib1e Frank Eberhardt, having
the champion twice Al. His chances
to land in the finals are very good.
c. HI. Forney, of Abilene, is also well
liked by some. He beat Sheldon at
Atch1son last year. Professor A. Hogg,
of the Kansas university, also made a
good showing al Atchison and is a hard.
steady player. Cravens and Easton, the
st. Louis men. are we'll known locally
as hard men to beat. Rolla Feitshans,
of Lawrence, won the championship at
the Catalina islands this summer and
is said to be playing good tennis. F. E.
Banks is considered the best player in
Topeka, and Carroll Aud, of Atchison,
is always brilliant player. So while
there is no distinctive star here the alb
sence of any worldbeater will only tend
to make the tournament all the more
interesting, as hard fight to the last
set is assured.
The play this afternoon will begin at
half past one o'clock. There will be
smoker tonight in the rooms of the
Kansas City Athletic club for the enter
tainment of the visitors. But local en-
thusiasts will not be barred. The fol-
lowing out-of-town players came in yes
terday:
o. V. Vernon Atchison; W. e. Hig-
gins and A. Hogg, Lawrence; j. H
Noble and Frank Banks, Charles Cros-
key. Topeka; Carroll Aud. Roy Lind
ley, AtcnlSOn.
The following is the result Of the
drawing:
Singles:
Byes-Dennison, Kansas City; Cros-
Key Topeka A, CLANCY; Independence:
Chick Kansas City; Easton. st. Louis;
Cravens, Kansas City
Iinley. Atchison. VS.. Hogg, Lawrence
Williams. Kansas City. VS.. Maunder-
B. Williams. Kansas Civ Va. vauphn
Kansas City.
e. H. Graves. Lees Summit, VS.. Will
der, Kansas City.
Dunn, Kansas City, vs. J. Graves
Kansas CITY,
Chambers, Kansas City. VS.. Lyon.
Kansas City.
Aud, Atchison. VS.. E H. Jones, Kan
eas City.
Carter. Kansas City, VS.. Barnard.
Kansas City
Case. Abilene. VS.. H. Jones, Kansas
City.
Feitshans, Lawrence, VS.. Guthrie
Price, Atchison. VS.. Higgins, Lawrence.
Bethel, Atchison. VS.. Wolferman,
Marty. Kansas City. VS.. Sheldon. Kan
sas City. :
Noble. Topeka. VS.. Fisk, Atchison.
j.. Eubank. Independence, VS.. Thomas,
AtchiSon.
Byes-Buchen. Atchison; Banks. To-
peka Elkins. Kansas City; Frazer,
Atehison: Sharrard. Atchison; Cannon
Kansas City; Hicks, Kansas City; blair,
St. Louis A. "a. A.; Shoemaker, kansas
City. =
Doubles:
Jones and Gravens VS.. Sheldon and
Vernon. y -
Price and sharrard VS.. Higgins and
Hogg.
chaney and Eubank VS.. Bernard and
Graves. -,
bers.
Aud and Feitshans VS.. Guthrie and
Linley.
8 Vaughn and Wilder-bye.
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