The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-04

Three pretty and interesting matches
marked the closing of the northwestern
tennis tournament at Deephaven Saturday
afternoon. The results were not sur
prise, save possibly in the victory OF
Peters of Chicago over Jayne Of Mime
apolis in the finals of the consolation sln-
giles.
The victories of Little over Hunt in the
singles ard Little and Waidner over
jayne and Harry Belden in doubles had
been conceded in advance. Scarcely was
either match started when 1t became ap-
parent that the favorites would win de-
cisively and the one-sided character OF
the matches robbed them of a good deal
of the interest which usually attaches to
the championship round. =
Little defeated Hunt handily in three
straight sets, and Little and Waidner
had quite as easy a time In dlsposlng
Of Jayne and Belden. "A curious coinci-
dence was the similarity of the scores in
these two matches, the total number of
games. taken by the losers amounting
in each case to nine.
Little Declared Champion.
No word having been received from A.
c. Snow of Chicago, who won the cham
pionship last year, Little was declared
champion by default. 1t was limited among
the knowing ones that Snow had whole
ferred default to defeat.
It will fbe noticed that all the honors
vent to visiting players, a fact not sur
prising, in view Of the lack of practice
of the local men. The Minneapolis and
st. Paul entries included a number of
promising young players, but none of
these had had experience sufficient to
make him match for the visitors. New
hall made the best showing of the tyros,
getting into the semifnals, and making
q better showing against Hunt, the Pacific
coast champion, than either Harry Belden
or Ward Burton. #. K. Thompson and
N. Werner also showed up we'll, and as
both are youngsters, they give promise
Of ranking with the best players within
few years. 80.
OF the veterans, Jayne and the two
Beldens, little was expected, save in the
case of Harry Belden. Jayne had had
but five hours practice this season before
meeting Ashcraft of Chicago In his first
match, and the latter, who is one Of the
best of the younger western players, put
the veteran out of the running. George
Belden was on an equal footing with
Jayne in the matter of practice, and
was besides in poor physical condition.
Nevertheless he handily defe:4ted Farms
worth, the clever young Nebraska player,
and in his match with W5.idner, which
proved the most interesting of the whole
tournament, the local man outplayed the
Chicago crack until the latter's superior
physical condition began to tell Inas-
much as Waidner showed better form next
to Little, than any other man In the
tournament, Belden's showing, under the
circumstances, was most ercditable. AT
one time Belden was within five points OF
winning the match. -
Harry Belden suffered an overwhelming
defeat at the hands of Hunt, The latter
played in top notch form, while Belder
had an off day and his placing was yer,
uncertain. In the opinion of experts, Bel
are in normal form. This theory is sup
ported by the brilliant game played b!
Belden against Kreigh Collins, the pres
ent western champion, at Cincinnati II
the tri-state tournament, Belden taking
a total Of sixteen games to Collins
eighteen in the three sets. Belden, how
ever, while he was in better practice thai
George Belden or Jayne, has not playe'
enough this year to maintain his bes
form consistently through a weeks play
Wind Bothers the Players.
Saturdays match between Little an
Hunt, while -one-sided, was very prett
exhibition of tennis. A high wind both
cred both players considerably, and pre-
vented accurate placing so far as heigh
and distance of the drives was concerned
Save for this the game was characterize
by remarkably accurate play, both me
putting their shots within a few inches 0
the side lines in almost every instance
The breeze, however, resulted in goo
many drives into the net or outside tn
court.
Hunts game was the same he playe
throughout the tournament. 1t was care
full, steady, heady and at times brilliant
but not aggressive enough to win fro1
Little in the form the latter displayed
Hunt har6 ha
championship tennis. The Californi
mans drives lack force and speed to max
his placing effective against such acttv
men as Little or Waidner. -. '-t t--
Little played the same style of game a
Hunt but played it much faster. Hi
placing was quite as accurate, and ri
shots had so per cent more steam benin
them than the Californian's. Often Hun
essayed to play the net, but was passe
by Little so often that he abandoned thi
game almost entirely. '7s-,-,- :. { W. -
Hunt opened the match we'll, taking
love game and running the second to 40
before Little made a point Then the lat
ter braced, ran the score to deuce, an
pulled out the game. He followed tn
O., by taking the next two games, making tf
score 81. Hunt took the fifth game, bl
Little easily captured the sixth, sevent
and eighth, winning the first set g.
The champions play, while not show
was fast and accurate. Hunt was kel
upon the defensive all through the me-
two SETS and although he ran the secor
to three all, and the third to four al
Little took both sets and with them tt
championship. 1g. -
Little and Waidner outclassed Jay1
and Belden in the doubles. The .loc
men played good net game, and handle
short lobs prettily, but both were Vi
steady Waidner's play was fast but e
ratio, especially in his smashes of sho
Iobs which he almost invariably dro