The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
THREE BIG EVENTS
Western Tennis Contests Open July
II With Cincinnati Meet.
M1NNEsoTANs WILL BE THERE
v to Play at Both Chicago
~. rr and Cincinnati. ---s

| Three big tennis tournaments will be
held in the west this month, beginning
with the Cincinnati open contest for the
| tri-state championship of Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky, which opens July r.
The western championship contest will
open a week later, July 10, on the courts
of the KenWood Country club of Chicago,
continuing through the following week.
July 28 the mort hwestern tournament will
open on the Deephaven courts at Lake
Minnetonka, under the auspices of the
Minnetonka club. o.,
These three tournaments will all. be
attended by the crack players of the
middle west, and local men are looking
forward eagerly to the opening of the
northwestern tournament. The Chicago
experts, who generally carry off the hon
ors, will swing all around the circuit, and
a few of the best Minnesota players will
be represented at both Cincinnati and
Chicago.
The Cincinnati cont ests will include
mems singles and doubles, women's sin
giles and doubles, and mixed doubles. The
winner of the mems singles will be called
upon to play the tri-state champion, Ray
mond D.. Little, who woin "leg" on the
present challenge cup last year, when it
was offered for the first time.
This trophy, known as the Governors
BOWL - will be awarded to the player who
wins the. championship three times, not
necessarily in succession. All the matches
in the Cincinnati tournament will be
best two out. of three sets, except the
mems singles and doubles, which will be
best three out of five SETS vantage"
games will be played in all matches. The
| rules of the National Lawn Tennis asso-
| citation will govern the play. Entries
must be- made on or before Friday, July
II, to Ralph Holterhoff, 2O4 Pike building;
Cincinnati. - ~
The Minnetonka club will send a team
to represent it in both singles and
doubles at the Cincinnati and Chicago
contests. The team will be selected upon
| the basis of the play in the Ward Burton
cup contest and other matches played be-
fore July H. -.
First, second and consolation prizes will
be given in both singles and doubles in
| the west ern tournament at Chicago The
winners of first place in doubles will be
the western champions and will be called
upon to play the winners of the eastern
doubles at Newport On Aug. 19, and the
| winners OF the latter event will play at
Newport for the championship of the
United States. - .~..&.
All matches in singles at Chicago will
| be best two in three sets, except the finals
| and championship round, which will all
Edouble matches will be best three in five
called upon to play Raymond D. Little,
the present holder, of the western cham
pionship.S Entries for this tournament
should be. made to l.. H. Waidner, 11o
| Quincy street, Chicago. ..
First second and consolation prizes
will be given in both singles and doubles
at the northwestern tournament at Min
netenka. The winner Of the singles will
be called upon to play A. C. Snow of Chi
| ho oh
All matches in singles will be best ewo in
three except the final and championship
rounds, which, with all matches in
doubles, will be best three in five, advan-
tage sets. The rules Of the National
Lawn Tennis association will govern all
play George K. Belden will be the ref
cree of all final Matches Entries should
be made to Ward &c. Burton, Deephaven.
Minnesota -
The matches will be played upon the
turf courts at 'Deephaven, which are now
in fine condition.