Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-22

son In far from his usual form. with Ray
mond heady, strong. and safe. Had he kept
that up he would have placed himself in
the semi-hnals. Sanderson seemed unable
to place the ball at all. and his brilliant
lobbing against Ashcraft was entirely alb
sent from his play in thai set, he lobbing
out constantly. Raymond took the set rs.
In the second set Raymond's old trait OF
poor control began showing up In spots.
This more than anything else caused him
to lose It As. The last set brought San
derson out greatly improved, while Ray
mood settled down into a steady streak Of
smashing them into the net or outside.
Sanderson won 81.
This was the prettiest match Of the morn
ing to watch. The men we're closely
matched. and IL was Just a case Of the first
chance. Whoever got the first opportunity
to kill the ball won the point. or lost Il by
an out or a net. 1t looked for a time as
IL Ike" would win, in which event he and
F~arnsworth, old-time rivals in singles and
partners in doubles, would probably have
met in the finals.
DR.. Sheldon was expected to beat Sam
Caldwell and he did in two straight sets,
Ga, 6-1. The Omaha man put up a game
fight, but was a little outclassed. He is
the last local player to die and deserves
considerable credit for his victories over
Holland and Croskey.
Busy Time at Doubles.
Meanwhile play in the championship dou-
bles was carried on at a great pace all day.
The first round was cleaned up, as was all
the second round but one match, and that
leaves but four contests in the doubles,
fhfo npo w.atnh In tha oannpd rotVnd than
the two in the third round for the semi
finals and lastly the finals.
Hamilton and Pritchett won from Brown
and Rogers by default, and then lost to
Holland and sanderson in the second round,
6-1, 6-1. Magee and Sheldon beat Young
and Caldwell. So, SO. and Loveland and
Shepherd beat Cary and Abbott, 81, 6-1.
Then Magee and Sheldon met Loveland and
Shepherd in the second round. winning
81, rs, Us. F~arnasworth and Raymond
beat Haskell and Clarke in the first round,
6-1, 60, and Graves and Cockerill beat
Hopkins and Towle. 60. 1911. and then
met Peters and Ashcraft in the second
round, the latter winning, So, SO.
The fierce set Of the day in doubles was
between Loveland and Shepherd and Magee
and Sheldon. The Lincoln team took the
first set Us, and the next went against
them, ST. Each set was fiercely fought,
and the third set proved the same kin Of
tennis, the M~agee-Shelden combination
finally winning, rs. The game Of the win
ners was decidedly erratic. They should
have won by a better score, but they we're
reckless and loose at times. following this
with brilliant streaks. Magee's smashing
at the net and Sheperd's fine back-court
work were features.
The match in which Ashcraft and Peters
beat Groves and Cockerill aroused consider
able interest, as 1t was thought the Chicago
men did not show sufficiently strong against
their opponents, allowing them three games
in each set. According to that showing,
Farnsworth and Raymond have the best
chance for first place although they meet
Parker and Wilder this morning.
Beautiful Exhibition Match.
To appease the desires Of many devotees
who wished to see how they would play
together, Parker and Ashcraft, the two men
who were expected to hold the tournament
easily between them, played an exhibition
Of six games. Each won three and 1t was
beautiful. 1t is still hard for the spectators
to realize how Farnsworth beat Parker and
how Sanderson put Ashcraft out, but they
saw IL done Win tnelr own eyes, ana IL
must be true. In yesterdays exhibition
Parker had his Lawford at It's best. He
drove terrific strokes from the back line,
Ashcraft playing them some times from
the net, some times from deep back him
self. The score Of the exhibition game
read:
Ashcraft ...,............. 2 4 s 8 5-2S-3
Thus the tun nnan unn nnrh nrnntIu Tia