Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-09
POOREST PLAYERS
ARE welded OUT.
Eliminating Process Brings Better
Games 10 Tennis Tourla.
ment Today,
HUNT LOOKS LIKE A WINNER
Has Developed Return Smash That
Can't be Caught and Wins Its
Points Right Alosg.

VIC third day Of the tennis play IL on
n, Fort Douglas and the men and women
are at work beneath mercful sky that
promises freedom from the customary
torture. Just why the worst heat spell
Of tho season had TO come on the same
dav as the opening OF the intermountain
tennis tournament, and turn pleasure into
duty is hard to conceive Now that the
prelminaries arc partly over, and the
hard games preceding the finals and
semi FINALS are on interest is growing
deeper. and the crowds about the courts
larger
But then d tennis tournament is not a
thing for spectators. II runs unendngly
from set to set and player to player go
that one who would View IL with any
pleasure must choose his set and Quit
teresting game yet was that the Salisbury
brothers yesterday which required three
sets, and postponement after the Soc
ond from noon I'LL 3 o'clock to allow tho
brothers some rest The Salisbury broth.
crs are both top notchers, but the draw
ings brought them together In the frat
round, which meant that one OF them
must stop there instead OF az the finals
or semi finals, For that reason a. spec
tacular game was put up I'm which each
did all that was In him.
When the game opened In the morning
Walker went afiHr his brother and cap
tured the FIRST set. but not till after II
had run over the usual score. and nearly
wore both players out. In the next set
Jimmy did better, as his conservative
playlng began 10 tell over Walkers more
brilliant but exhausung efforts 10 to II
was the score in this case. In the after
noon set. Jimmy took everything In good
clean style He produced a delivery that
had some sort OF a drop to It and
fooled his brother almost every time,
beating him by the score Of 6 Co J. II was
nearly dark when the set was finished
OF the crack men from outside the state
MYERS and Hunt took on games yestcr-
day both justifying the claim of being
adopts at the racquet Sam Neel did
not play but merely held DOM a seat
who comes from California passed
terrible series of returns yesterday and
took points on almost all OF them. II Is
conceded that he has place coming up
IN the semi finals for the singles cham
plonshlp,. and a chance al the finals
Myers from Wyoming took his singles
over G. Badger In the one two order
LIAMs-HUMPHREY
The championship for the womens
doubles was decided yesterday morning
IN favor OF Misses Williams and Humph-
rey they having secured the title by de-
featlng Miss Miller and Miss Lyons,
The results yesterday were as follows;
MEMS SINGLES. PRELIMINARY
ROUND
Raymond beat Dnwooaey, 6-S, 6-2
MYERS beat q. Badger 6-3. 6.3
Whitney beat Ash, 64 1910.
MEMS SINGLES, FIRST ROUND.
D C. Roberts beat Mcleod CT, SO.
j. Salisbury beat w Salisbury, j-I
Garnctt beat Raymond, SO, So,
MEMS DOUBLES, PRELIMINARY
ROUND
Badger and partner forfeited by com
mittee, as they were entered as Hunt and
partner In another place, to Brown and
Neel
RAYMOND and Ely beat Boyd and My
Hunt and Badger beat satterlee and
Niles 6-l oil
Hemphlll and skinner, beat Pembroke
and MeGregor, 6-S, rs.
Roberts brothers beat oglesby and
salisbury brothers beat Ash and Davis,
30 &C.
Garnett and Armstrong beat Taylor and
Goodwin, 10, So
Whitney and q Badger beat Conrad
WoMEN's SINGLES. FIRST RouND.
Miss NJ Miller defaulted to Miss c,
Marshall
Miss Williams beat Miss NJ Marshall
so 60.
WOMENS DOUBLES, FINALS.
Miss Williams and Miss Humphrey
beat Miss NJ Miller and Miss Lyons
So So
ToDAY's PROGRAM
Today an interesting program IL being
played through, the feature Of which Is i
oclock contest between Neel and
Brown, and Garnett aud Armstrong (,
be followed by singles between Brown
and Probably Hunt which should prov,
spectacular.
The schedule:
a. m-Men's singles: Hunt vs. Bad
ger Women's Singles Mrs. Davis VI
Miss Humphrey.
$50 q. m.-Women's singles; Miss Ly
ons vs. Miss Lewis. Mems singles, con
ISOLATION. Satterlee VS. Pembroke.
loD a. m Consolation; Hemphill VI
Ely Women's singles: Miss McGrath VI