The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
SPORTS
EAST VERSUS WEST
Hunt and Little Will Fight for
Tennis Championship. t.
BEAT NEWHALL AND wA1DNER
Waidner Are i'm Finals in
the Doubles.

East and west will battle for the ten
mis- Championship Of the northwest this
afternoon when r. D. Little Of New Jer-
sey meets R. G. Hunt Of California In
the finals of this years tournament on
the Deephaven courts Of the Minnetonka
club.
Yesterday afternoon both men got
through the semi-fnal easily, Little de-
feating L. H. Waidner Of Chicago, while
Hunt disposed Of {Newhall, the young
Minneapolis player.
Little and Waidner will also meet
Harry Belden and Trafford Jayne in the
finals Of the doubles, while Jayne Will
be pitted against G. s. Peters OF Chicago
In the finals Of the consolation singles.
The Little-Waidner match, the star
event on the schedule yesterday. was dis
appointing from the standpoint of good
tennis. Neither man played In his best
form, and Waidner especially showed
nervousness. The match was by no means
as interesting as the Waidner-Belden
contest Of the day before. Little easily
took the first set. So, both men playing
raggedy. Waidner did not play his usual
aggressive game, nor did Little do much
smashing, but although the strokes OF
both men lacked force. they continually
drove out of the court or into the net on
easy returns. On the whole the per-
formance was a very listless one.
Then Waidner braeed suddenly and
forced the fighting in the second set,
sending in some vicious drives. He
placed his balls neatly in the back court
and kept Little on the go continually.
The Princeton man was still playing far
below his form. Waidner took the set
hands down, So.
In the third set Little, for the first
time, showed his real ability, and his
play more closely approached champion
ship standard. He sent terrific drives
int ha hac
almost exactly on the line. Waidner at
tempted to take the net on several oc-
casions but almost invariably lost the
point when he did so, Little never failing
to pass him. Waidner got in some pretty
cross court shots, however, and got the
applause from the crowd, which was
evidently on the side OF the Chicagoan
although Little was also given generous
recognition at times.
The match between Hunt and New
hall was regarded as a foregone conclu-
sion, but Newhall made a remarkably
good showing against the Californian,
winning five games in the two sets. Hunt
plays careful game, using his heao
well, and placing his balls beautifully.
His side-1ine drives were beautifully
accurate, and he covered the court with
great activity. Newhall plays much the
same style of game as Hunt, but does
not play it so well.
Had Busy Day.
Little and Waidner had their work cut
out for them yesterday, for after their
hard match in singles they successfully
defeated Garnett and Peters Of Chicago.
and George Belden and Wyman Of Min
neapolis In doubles. Garnett and Peters
played a fast and clever, but unreliable
game. They showed remarkable accuracy
ir lobbing, Garnett especially winning
commenda tion for this feature Of his, play.
In the second set the younger team got
four games to love on their opponents,
but Little and Waidner braced and did
not allow them another game IN the set.
The older men easily took three straight
G-3, 6-4, 6-2
The match with Belden and Wyman also
was a walkaway for the visiting team.
Belden's play was almost as brilliant and
quite as erratic 1t has always been
Little and Waidner had the match well
in hand at all times and played a care
full game without overexerting themselves
The match in doubles between Harr!
Belden and Jayne, and Hunt and Ash.
craft was the most interesting in this
contest In the first set, Jayne was un-
steady. and his shots lacked force. fre-
queptly going into the net on easy re-
turns. Both teams resorted to- lobbine
in the second set, and the Minneapolis
men proved themselves masters at this
game Both in lobbing and in returning
lobs they proved superior to their oppo'
nents Jayne especially was death OF
short lobs, returning them accurately ant
with great force.
Minneapolis Men Win Out.
The Minneap polls men made more thar
half their points on balls which their Op
ponents never touched with their rae
quets. The second set went to Beldel
and Jayne. 75, and as Ashcraft and Hun
and wen the first So, the third set wa
played in the deepening twilight.the mattel
having been limited to two out of thre
sets by mutual agrement. Hunt tire
rapidly in the third set. while the Min
neapols men seemed to grow better a
the match progressed. and they had lit
tie difficulty in taking the deciding SET
6-2
In the consultations Jayne and Peter
got into the f1rals by defeating Ward Bur
ton and Ralph Gillette respectively.
The finals in championship singles
championship doubles, and consolatio
singles we're scheduled for this after