Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-22
SCRIBNER PICKED TO WIN
Looms Up Now a. Next Champion in City
Tennis CourtL
CON YOUNG WILL NOT DEFEND TILE
Much Interest centers in Games In
Championship Tournament In
Progress at the Field
Club.

Many games were played in the city ten
mis- championship tournament at the Field
club Saturday afternoon and some were
filed with interest. The consultations were
started and the doubles as we'll as these
will be played OF as fast as possible next
week. so the directors expect to get down
to the finals in doubles by the middle OF
the week. Rain has interfered with the
considerably and very few
games have been played during the week
although the championship in singles has
reached the semi-fnals.
All interest seemed TO center in the match
between the old foemen, scribner and Cald-
in tournament, with scribner coming out
winner of late, as he did yesterday. Csld-
well won the first set, SO, with the points
"a to Is. Caldwell played at the net all
the time but scribner equalised this by
splendid back-hand drives.
scribner took the aggressive In the second
set and passed Caldwell quite frequently.
winning the set, SO. the scores being 81
and 20. The third set proved a long one
and looked at first to be Scribner's, but
when the score was ~ Caldwell braced
and took the next two. The seventh game
was long one, requiring "A points, and
was won by Scribner. On the ninth game.
with the score So Scr1bner was twice
within one point Of the game and match,
but Caldwell braced and by calm playing
made two beautiful passes TO duece and
the game. Caldwell took. the next two
games, with the loss Of but one point, max
ing the score e-5.
Game See-sawa Amid Cheers.
The game see-sawed, with the large gal
lery cheering every point won and lost,
and some magnificent tennis was played.
Scrbner finally won the, nineteenth and
twentieth games. making the score 11-s. The
total points for the last set were 75-76.
The Collett-Hughes match was also inter
esting and looked for, a time as II the
end would be different than Il was. Collett
had Hughes So in the first set, and when
the game was So, with Ccllett within one
point of the game, Hughes braced and
finally won out.
The deciding game Of the Potter-scribner
match was also we'll contested, and Potter,
who has had little chance TO practice this
spring, surprised all with his superb game.
He passes quickly and makes clean strokes
at the net and with practice would make
one Of the most formidable applicants for
city championship honors.
The wise ones who sit and watch the
game from the gallery and porch OF the
Field club are now picking scribner as
winner OF the tournament, which will give
him the title of city champion, as Conrad
Young. holder of the title at present, will
not defend.
Details of Score.
City Championship Singles-Third round:
Kohn beat Martin, SO, "a
Hughes beat Koch, SO, 81
Scribner beat Caldwell, 3-6, SO. 11-9.
Schneider beat Love, 60, 60.
Consolation Singles-Preliminary round:
Hills beat Hamilton, default.
Heyn beat Foster, default
Redick beat Reed, 6-1, 60. p.
Richards beat wilkins, 6-2 sd, So.
f. Potter beat Wood, ell, So
Newell beat Burnett, go. 81. s-
West beat Wilson, default. &C..
Hunt beat Cornwall, so, SO.
Cooley beat Harris, default.
First round:
Pritchett beat Headley, SO, Ga
Newell beat West, 7-5 So
Hunt beat Cooley so, 81.
City Championship Doubles:
Heyn and Heyn beat Dufrene and Ras-
mussen, S-12, 60, 90.
Heyn and Heyn beat Cornwall and Rich.
ardson, 6-3, 60.