Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-12
MIDWEST TENNIS TOURNEY
Committees Hard at Work Flaming for
Entertaium mt o. Visit rs,
GREAT GATHERING or EAPERTs cEkTAIN
Entries Already In Assure Attend.
ance of Real Cracks md an I'm
usual Number IL Expected
for Big Classic Week.

Judging from the responses which have
been received to date by the tennis COM
mittee of the Field club, the Middle West
tennis tournament for 1906 will be the best
OF the series at the Field club since the
/, Organization of that classic. The commit.
tee has been holding meetings during the
last week to complete all arrangements for
the comfort Of the visitors at the touina-
ment, The committee on prizes. consisting
Of Young Kohn. Caldwell and Wood. TIE
committee on courts consisting OF Young,
the entertainment committee consisting OF
Martin, Collett. Hughes, Kohn and Cald-
well and the press committee consisting of
Wood. Young and Kobn have all organized
and are ready for business.
More money will be expended for this
tournament than for any yet held and an
especial effort has been made to prepare
for rain, 10 the tournament may be finished
up In q week and not be compelled to drag
as has the Kansas City tournament which
took nearly two weeks. To provide against
rain the committee has bought n tarpHulin
loo by fifty feet which will completely cover
the tournament court and shut out the
rain. This will keep the courts dry SO
play may be resumed in the morning or
Immediately after a rain The tarpaulin
is to be Of eight ounce duck and then
water PROCEED The committee has also
bought a surface heater similar to those
used by the street PAYERS. This will dry
of the courts after an ordinary shower
These extra precautions should make it
possible to play on the tournament during
the week in spite Of any ordinary rains
Prizes of Tempting value.
The prizes are of the highest standard
and some now on exhibition at the
Field club. The club will expend $500 in
real money and this insure some prizes
worth playing for. This sum is sufficient
to get prizes which win exceed in value
any yet offered in the west. The prizes
last season were OF such high grade as to
elicit the warm encomiums OF all the old
tournament players in attendance, who
said they were the best prizes of the year.
These will be surpassed by those which
are offered this summer. OF course the
value OF the prizes is not the only induce
ment to a tennis man to play In one of
these tournaments, but they go long
ways toward making him decide whether II
is worth while to give up work for week
In a effort to have a good time.
There now seems TO be no doubt the
tournament will be the largest and best
ever held In the west Twenty-three en-
tries have already been received from
QUITO town players, and more are coming
tries is taken as a good omen for here
tofore the entries have been held back
until the last minute, but the reputation
of the Field club has gone abroad in the
land and players are anxious to attend.
Entries, have already been received from
Chicago, Galesburg ST. Joseph and Kan
sas City. From Chicago will come Peters,
Gardner aud Byford. Byford is the player
who has twice this season defeated Hayes.
the present middle west champion, and
who defeated waidrier in the single finals
at Kenwood; Vernon Sheldon and Wilder
have already sent their entries from Kan
sss City, and the Sioux City crowd will
send down a good delegation.
One of Years Big Events
The tournament will be held under the
auspices of the United States National
Lawn Tennis association, and the rules of
that association will govern the play. The
committee is especially anxious that the
representatives from the tennis clubs Of
the state will be numerous. The Middle
West is recognized all over the county as
one OF the big events of the year, and the
committee would especially like to work
up more of an interest from the players OF
the state In the tournament. Some Of
these players may think they are not Of
the caliber that would have a chance to
win in the tournament against the cracks
Of the country. still there will be minor
events In which they can compete and
their entertainment will be just as good
as that OF the cracks, Here is a chance
for players OF the state to take a little
vacation and have the time OF their lives
for no pains will be spared to make their
entertainment complete for the entire week
Several towns from the state have sent
players up each year, but the committee
would like to hear from many more. The
Field club directors have laid aside a large
sum OF money to that all visitors have
good time, and the accommodations at