Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-08
SECOND ROUND IN DOUBLES
City Tournament for Pain IL Going on
Very Smoothly.
cANIIuL BuI NOI sINsAIIONM ILNMs
Competitors An Last nights Matches
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mint 81 Hard work.

-Four matches IN the tennis doubles
tournament for the championship Of Omaha
were played yesterday evening. another was
left unfinished with the score at 'set all"
and a sixth was won By default. This
narrowa the competition. and when the I'M
finished match is concluded only the semi
finals and fnai viii remain. These are
scheduled for tonight tomorrow.
Luther Kountse. who had entered with
DR.. Fred Rustin. was again unable to be
present. and ]. Hughes and DR.. Schneider.
the shriner pair. were given a walkover.
Hughes and Schneider then. rather late In
the evening. started against Hill and Col
lett. in the second round and captured the
FIRST set. the match being postponed after
Hill and Collect had evened the score.
Hughes and Schneider have the advantages
over. perhaps. every other pair in the
tournament, Of having had constant prac-
tice together during the season. On the
shriner courts on Harvey street they have
been playing side BY side night after
night and the result was clearly apparent
IN their work yesterday evening. They we're
within an ace Of defeating Hill and Collett,
and nay 10 80 yet. In the FIRST set, espe-
ciaily Hill and Collett we're pressed time
after time, Coiiett being especially weak
at the net, while veft few balls got away
from Hughes and Schneider, whose volley-
Ing and driving aiike were uniformly
strong. THIS match viii be finished this
evening and the winners will then have
to meet Battin ana Towle.
see-saw struggle.
Battin and Towle yesterday had a long
struggle with Sunderland and Dufrere, W
~tireiess players, but finally ovePcame them
nth fhr nna-naA ~r-~r - Ct - 40 "a
is singular thai Sunderland and Dufrene
won the toss and lost both the sets they
played In the court they chose. There
was q strong shadow and a stresk Of light
shot through the trees disgonaIly. across
the north court, which scanned TO seriously
interfere with calculations on that side Of
the net. Battin was in his best form, steady
ana reliable, placing his base-Iine drives
carefully down the sides of the court and
he kept his opponents constantly on the
move. He was greatly aided by having
q successful velleyer las q partner and
Towle was almost irnpassable IT the net.
He returned whatever came to him with
considerable skill, and in the Krst and last
sets made comparatively few blundera. The
game was not a fast one; all four men were
watching themselves closely throughout,
with the result that they did not hit with
the freedom that makes the NEST success
full tennis. Yet the aIertneSs and evident
eagerneas to score on the part Of every
one Of the quartet made the match one Of
the most interesting OF the evening to
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Pair WINS Two Matches.
John Brown and Herbert Rogers, who
had not sot their arst round match out Of
the way Wednesday were given the task
Of playing two matches sconsecutively. They
started in good time AGAINST n F. end G. G.
Webster, defeating them Ga. So, and fol-
lowed this up with the still, easier score Of
S-s,e 6-1, against Fred Hamilton and @.
Pritchett. Their preliminary match seemed
to put them In trim for the second one.
Hamilton and Pritchetta are both Of them
short Of practice-indpidual. as well as
team practice-and they were; beaten al
most before they had warmed up to the
game. Brown and Rogers proved them
selves a strong combination covering the
court together very successfully. and play
ing well into each others hands. This
evening they viii meet Young and Caldwell.
who had an easy time Of II yesterday
against A. Potter and q. Martin.
Summary OF the scores: :
First round,
wehstet and {: q Webstsr. 90
Keuntae and pr. Fred Rnstin, by default.
pS 6 E a BSu q. S sHs Z; q Is cs q, beat A.
Hamilton I ssd O. Gn Prisshsss SSsse5Ss 81 Si-' s's'
Sunderland and Fred Dntrens. 81. i-s, 81.
+ J. I'M and A. collett against J.
Hughes and DR.. Schneider, 81, Sc. (Un-
For this evening the entries are:
Young n Caldwell against Brown and
Rogers.
Battin and Towie against either Hsn and
Collett or Hughes and Schneider.
The two winning pairs win meet temor-
row for the championship Of the city.
Entries for the Interstate.
Entries are coming in from all sidea for
the interstate tournament championship.
which opens on August IS. While the names
Of some Of the stronger players who are ex-
pected to compete have not yet been for
mally entered. enough is now known to
make the success OF the tournament aImost
q certainty. Two men from 0alesburg. ILL.,.
r. r. sanderson and N. NJ. Holland. be-
tween whom there is said 20 be considerable
rivalry at their home. have paio their
money. w. @. Parker or Arkansas City,
kan. and Carter WildeF. the Kansas City
enthusiast, have sent in their names as
competitors. and Kansas is expected TO send
At least another pair and perhaps two or
three teams. Il.
From this state Fred Shepherd and @.
A LOveland OF lincoln and y. A. Carey
and W. @. Mooney Of North Platte have
already entered, while Norman A. Webster
Of Hastings 10 In constant practices and is
said to be only waiting 20 hnd q suitable
partner. Fullerton and other towna are
also expected to send one or two teams.
And Of course Earl FarAswofth and Isaac
Raynona will be hers.
Sioux City has promised four entries and
may send more. Minneapolis Il expected
70 be represented, although q letter from
George X. Belden brings word that he will
be unable 20 be present.
The COMMITTEES is counting on not less
than twenty-five 20 thirty entries ID the
singles and probably a dozen or more teams
in doubles.
PROFESSIONALISM CHARGED.