The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-04
TENNIS CHAMP
IS AUT0CRATIC
Will Not Play in Deephaven
Singles Until After the
Finals.

In the singles played yesterday after
noon on the tennis courts at Deephaven, |
Ward Burton was the only player to re-
tain honors for the home men. Every
thing else was taken away by Hunt, the !
California champion, Larned of Lake For
est, Ill, and Carter of Chicago. This was
no Giscredit to any of the local players, !
as all Of them are younger men who were
pitted against men of experience and skill. |
The result carried out the general suppo-
fsition as. regarded the pairings. Ford
Carter Of Chicago defeated R. B. Shepard
by defa ult, and as Garrett of Chicago was
unable to play Louis Northrop in the
singles, Northrop was up against Garter.
1t must be said that Northrop made a
splendid attempt to hold his own but
could not hold out against Ford Carter,
who played a swift and heady game, al
ways keeping his opponent on the defense
Carter rushed into the game with strong
shcts and placed swift balls, winning four
games in succession from Northrop. The
second game was a prolonged deuce game
in which Northrop proved himself a skill
full player, accurate and swift. In the
fifth Carter won out with a love game.
Nortnrop gathered more strength and beat
Carter in two successive games. Carter
defeated him with a score of 6-2 in the
first set. Northrop defeat ted Carter in the
second game, but played out and. slipped
continually, losing some good points, and
Lie i've SdluGS WE'LL u. r.SdItSi, SCOI0,
6-1. Carter made much of his best work
with a fine steady backhand stroke and
swift drives.
Ward Burton and A. e. McMasters
played in the second round rather tedi-
Gus game, with two deuce sets. The first
set was won by Burton, 7-5, and in the
second set McMaSters defeated Burton.
Several long deuce games were played.
burton never losing his nerve, played a
strong net game and served swift balls
which were often driven out Of the court
by McMasters on the return. Burton
played the side lines we'll and kept Nc,
! Masters on a steady Jump. McMasters
Eleft for Toronto in the evening, as his part
| In the tournament was finished.
/ j. p. Kicker and Charles S. Hale played
off a pretty match in the afternoon. Kicker.
won one of the games in the first set by
This accurate play, and gained consider
Eably in the second, making four against
IIale's six. Hale. was not In his best form,
having played hardly any. tennis this sea-
son. Norman Newhall made a strong eff
fort to tax e the match from William Will
l1ins. one of the Chicago players. In the
first set he played an excellent game and
! took the set easily from Wilkins, with
I2-6 score. In the second Wilkins did some
Ehard work and defeated Newhal1, and in
the third set he downed the plucky Min
Ineapolis player with his careful placing
and accurate play. The score was GA.
l10 1$ISS-zVY eIlleI l1UllI sIldCCu Was a
disappointment, inasmuch as fast play was
lexpected.s Werner was not in his usually
fgood form, and the California champion
had to use but little exertion to win out.
Late. in the afternoon the first sets In
4 the doubles were played. The Belden
brothers played Claire Wyman and Julian
Eaton an easy game, defeating them in
L three sets. Werner and aNorthrop of Min
[neapolis, playing the Chicago men, Wilkins
and Kicker. had the odds against them,
as the Chicago players are swifter be-
, hind the net and more accurate. It is