The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-04
SPORTS.
SIX SCHOOLS ENTER
Great Interest Shown in Interschol-
astic Tennis Tournament at
Deephaven Tomorrow;
Team Cup and individual Prizes Are
Offered by the Mime
to1lka Club. 8.

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Play in the .interscholastic tennis tour
nannent at Deephayen. Minnetonka, will /
begin tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, I
and will continue Saturday. Great inter-
est has been shown by all the high schools
of the twin cities, and six teams will be
represented when play In the first round
begins Tomorrow afternoon.
The tournament has been arranged by
the Minnetonkas club. with the idea of ]
stimulating interest In this sport among |
the younger players and developing men
who eventually will take the place Of the
veterans who have made Minneapolis IA
nous In tennis turnout the country.
The tournament is for team cup, and
for individual prizes. Play will be on the
regular tournament or freeze out system, |
and the winner of the tournament will be |
declared interscholastic champion. The
champion and the runner-up will receive
special individual prizes. The school
matches will be awarded the team cup,
upon which the name of the school shall
be inscribed. The school which succeeds
In winning the cup three times will be-
come its permanent possessor
The pairings will be so arranged that
representatives of the same school shall
not meet in the first or second rounds. In
figuring the result Of the play for the team
cup, the winning Of a match in the first
round will count as much as a, victory In
the second round, semi-f1nais or finals.
Thus the. winner of the individual prize,
having Of necessity won four matches,
will count four points for his school, The
runner-up will credit his school with three
points, etc. tT;-E
4 Central. North Side and East Side High
schools of this city will each enter four,
representatives, while South Side will
send two men. st. Paul Central will send
one representative, while Mechanic Arts
will fxxyo = t. -
great confidence in its men, and expects
them to go thru to the semi finals, and
possibly the finals, in which case, the
school will take the cup. The entries so
far as sent in to the sports committee Of
| the Minnetonka club follow:
Central Observation-Disclosures Greer
Samuel Thompson, Telford Thompson,
Harry Legg. -
South High Minneapolis Arthur and
Jacob ,Lampert.
ST. Paul Central Dean Brill !,
Mechanic Arts-William Rhodes, .Jr.;
Charles Larkin.
North and East highs had not sent in
their entries up to noon to-day, the con-
test for places on the teams having been
very close The Minnetonka club makes
t the following announcement in regard to
accommodations:
The privileges of the Minnetonka club
and grounds will be extended to all play
ers entered in this tournament
Meals are regularly served at the club
at the following rates: Breakfast, so cents;
lunch, so cents; dinner. ST. s5s ~,
The club locker building - now III
process Of completion-is located at the
courts.
The courts will be at the disposal of
the players Friday morning until Ii
o'clock.
Drawings will be posted at the locker
buildings Friday morning.
/ The committee recommends but does
not insist, that all players wear spiked
shoes.