The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-26
GALAXY OF STARS
Noted Tennis Players In Northwest
ern Tournament Next Week.

ern Iournament NeKt week.
CHAMPIONS AND Ex-CHAMPIoNs
/ Play In Singles and Doubles Will
Begin at Deephaven Monday
Afternoon.
Tennis experts from east, west, north
and south will gather at Deephaven Mon
i day afternoon, when the annual north
| western tournament begins on the courts
| Of the Minnetonka club.
/ The gathering that will be seen next
week will be the most notable ever wit
messed in the northwest. It will include
| the western, tri-state and southern cham
pion; the gulf statess champion, and the
eastern inter collegiate champion, besides
nearly all the other best known men OF
the Inidle west, and the flower of the
local talent. =. ,4-,
I Best known, probably, among the st ars
who have entered for the contest, is R.
! D. Little OF Orange, N. j. He has just
successfully defended his title of tri-state
champion at Cincinnati against that brill
liant and aggressive young Chicago player,
| hr01Sl COluQS.. Lllll0 Is also the SOuLu-
ern@ champion, and at the time of writing
is still the western champion. He will
defend this last. title at the Kenwood
courts, Chicago, Monday afternoon,
against the winner of to-day's Waidner-
| Collins match. -
( Scarcely less noted is F. B. Alexander
of Princeton, the inter- collegiate cham
pion in singles. Alexander and Little
hold the western championship in doubles.
| R. G.. Hunt, who has contested in the
tri-state and west ern tournaments during
the past two weeks, Is the gulf states
champion: Hunt comes from Alemada,
tCal, and is recognized as far and away
the most clever player on, the Pacific
| coast. .. .;-' 81. g
| Strong Players From Kenwood.
| Kreigh Collins Of the Kenwood club of
Chicago, is another player who will be a
favorite in the singles. Collins was west
ern champion for three years, and won
the tournament at Cincinnati, only to lose
to Little in the championship round. l..
H. Waidner, E. N. Ashcraft, J. A. Roche
and, A. C. Snow, the present northwest
ern champion, all Of Of the Kenwood club,
will also take part in the tournament at
Deephaven. . ..'. ~ > +
Roy Miller and j. Diehl of Cincinnati,
Henry Hemlholz of Milwaukee, F. G..
Smith of Fort Thomas, Ky, and DR.. James
Fleming of Cloquet, Mimi, are among the
other noted out of town players who have
ent creditor the northwestern contests.
w. G. Graves, r. G.. Strickland and A.
H. Stem of the White Bear Yacht club,
three crack st. Paul players, are entered
also. The local entries include the best
Minneapolis, players, and among them are
men who have proven themselves the
| equal of any of the western players. r.
Harry BeIden a Favorite.
Harry Belden is expected to win the
honors for the lMinnetonka club. rBelden
won the championship four years ago, de-
feating such players as Bond, Meyers,
! Charles Hale, George :Belden and Trafford
Jayne. This year he has been playing in
better form than ever, and at Cincinnati
although playing on clay courts, to swhich
he is not accustomed, he was defeated by
Kretgh Collins only after hard struggle,
Collins winning only two more games
than Beldene in the three sets. .. p
| Ralph Gillette, who with Be1den repre-
sented the Minnetonka club at Cincinnati,
| is another Of the best Of, the younger
players. Claire Wyman, James Lawrence,
Charles Hale, George Belden, ]. M. Camp
bell, Paul Marshall; Color Campbell and
Ward G. Burton complete the list of the
| Mnnetonka entries. n 81, *>'z.... @..,
S. r. Mcknight, Jr.,a John sMacLane, and
r. K. Thompson Will represent the La
| fayette club Of 'Minnetonka. :. The other
| local entries UP to date include G.<,N
aid Trafford Jayne, formerly joint holder
with Roy Cook Of the northwestern cham
| pionshfp in doub1es.o1 n"7 i 4 r..
| The entries for the tournament Will
close at noon on Monday, and play In both
singles and doubles. will begin Monday
afternoon at 2:3O The Deephaven courts
have been put in the finest possible con-
a hi {rto 70 so1 ~
of high class sport. Entries should be
sent at once to Ward e: Burton, Deep
haven, Minnetonka. ''f> - ~
| r. F. and H. L. Doherty, the English
| tennis champions who landed at New
| York to-day from the steamer Lucania,
will meet all corners. in the American
championships at the Crescent Athletic
! club at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. =,
| The Americans who will play against
| the DcEertys for the Davis international
challenge trophy on the Gensnet courts on
Aug. 6, and will be M. D. Whitman,
William A. Larned, D. F. Davis and Hol-
combe Ward. Whitman and Larned will
play singles and Ward and Davis doubles.
| This team has been selected by the
committee of the United States Lawn Ten
mis- association. The Dohertys are accom-
panied by w. H. Collins, president Of the
| English Lawn Tennis association. The
English team. will remain for the national
| championship games at Newport, begin
ming on Aug. is. ,E,,t ss,i.5&%.. 49, #
The park board has made new ruling
| in regard to Hhe public tennis courts in
| Loring park. Some players have been
| under the impression that by leaving their
nets up they could retain the court in
| definitely. Several disputes have arisen
and Superintendent Berry rules that a
court can only be held when in actual use.
The finals in the western tennis cham
pionship in bith doGbles and singles we're
postponed at Chicago yesterday owing to
wet courts. Both matches were played
to-day. =
YACHTING