Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-17
TENNIS COURTS WAKING UP
Field Club Grounds Will he Busy fol
Quitsl spsll,
MIDDLE WEST TOURNEY STARTS MONDAY
City Doubles Championship Will BE
Played Saturday In order 20
clear the way for the
Big Event.

The postponed challenge tennis match be-
tween Conrad Young and Sam Caldwell
against Sherman Smith and Matteson for
the championship in doubles of Omaha will
be played Saturday. August 10, at O'Clock
at the Field club Smith and Matteson de-
feated Scribner and Kohn in the recent
city tournament and the challenge match
was left unplayed, owing to the fact that
Mr.. Smith was suddenly called out of town
on business. A great deal of interest is
being taken in this match and 1t promises
to be a very close and exciting game.
Although Caldwell has not been playing
much this season he has been practicing
daily of late and is rapidly regaining his
old time form. Smith and Matteson are
both Dartmouth players and although they
never won much while at college have dis
played championship form throughout the
city tournament and It is safe to say they
will give the ''old timers" run for their
money.
Middle west Entries.
The entries in the Middle West have been
growing daily and it looks now as IL every
town in the states of Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska where the game is played will
have one or two players entered. Three
very good entries were received yesterday
from Chicago. One Of them is Arthur c.
Snow, winner of the western championship
In 1903, also winner of the northwestern
in 1901, and besides being holder of many
city championships in Chicago he is ranked
as one of the fastest players in the country.
With him in doubles is Charles c. Peters
who also has a number of championships
to his credit. He made a very good show
ing this year in the Western at Chicago
last July and came within one Of winning
the tOUrOa yyay
From Kansas City will come Vernon and
Sheldon, the recent winners OF the Mis-
souri, state championship. Lincoln will
send very fast team in Ike" and Donald
Raymond. w. P. Hayes, recent winner
of the Iowa state tourney, and j. c. Mon
net, his partner. will be in attendance
From the far west will come c. e. Fem
nisy, DR.. Graham and his brother, ]. w
Graham, all of Denver c. P. Dodge one
time holder Of the eastern doubles, who
is now located at Colorado Springs, is
talking of entering. as is also Samuel b.
Neel of Encampment, who was in 1896
with his brother, Carr B. Neel the western
champions.
Iowa and south Dakota.
Earnest Baker and w. s. Gilman, a
very strong team from Sioux City, entered
some time ago and will bring with them
most of the players of the Tristate tourna-
ment now in progress at Sioux City.
w. E. Blatherwick who made such a
good showing at the Worlds Fair tourna-
ment last year will head large bunch
from his section Of the country and South
Dakota Never in the history of tennis In
the west has there been such a gathering
of brilliant tennis players as this years
meet will bring together
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over these early entries and with towns
like st. Joseph. Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
st. Louis and other large towns yet to
hear from the lists will reach the record
breaking mark of seventy-fv most of
which will be outBide sentries.