The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-26
BIG TENNIS TOURNEY
Stars Of West and Middle WesI
Play at 0nwentsia July 22-25.
EIGHT TEAMS ARE ENTERED
Nat Emerson Of Cincinnati, Western
Champion, to Pair With His Able
Rival Harry Waidnsr Of Chicago
Value Of Round Rohin Meats

Champion, to Pair With His Abb
Rival Harry Waidnsr Of Chicago
Value Of Round Robin Meets.
Eight OF the leading tennis teams tC
be found In America win be seen at ar
Invitation round robin four day tour
nament to he held at the onwentsia
(near Chicagol club courts beginning
Wednesday, July -, The Lake Forest
club takes the dates abandoned by the
Wanderers Cricket and Athletic asso.
citation. which were TO have filed In
the week between the Illinois state
championship tournament at Az,ec
and the western championship tourna.
ment at the Kenwood Country club.
The announcement that the Wander
ers' open tournament had been called
OH came as big surprise to the tennis
fans and was big disappointment to
outside players. who had expected
three weeks of continuous tennis, only
10 learn that the middle week would
be one Of idleness.
The 0nwentsla club therefore came
to the rescue and filled In with the
round robin invitation affair, which
will afford entertainment for the eight
best double teams that can be paired
A complete list OF the entries Is not
ready as yet, but will probably be ms
follows.
Waidner and Emerson, Mclaughlin
and Gardner. Harvey and Paul Mac
Quiston, Peters and Hayes, John Neely
and partner, Allan c. Ross and Wal
lace Johnson, one eastern team and an
Onwentsla club team.
Champions in their various classes
believe that the round robin tourna
ment is the fairest and best way OF
getting the average OF the teams In
this way every team must meet every
other team and one defeat does not
necessarily knock team out OF fur
ther competition. as In the state and
western championship titles, where
the. matches are simmered down to
the finals and then to the challenge
round. A player might be trihe oSi
his play on one day and still win the
match by playing good tennis the bal.
ance Of the time. This was the case
few years ago when Harry Waidnet
defeated the two fastest players in n
round robin tournament. These were
the only games he won, and they were
also the only games these two men lost,
and they fought 1t out at the finish
for the high honors. Waidner would
therefore have eliminated them both
In championship matches and, deprived
them of the opportunity to compete
with any one else In the qualifying
rounds.
BY giving an all star round robin
event 1t assures an interesting contest
In every match, and as there will be
about eight matches. each day 1t VIII
give the guests at onwentsla an oppor /
tunity to see tennis the like Of which
has not been played In Chicago since
the tournaments at the old Chicago !
club were held under similar condi.
tions years ago.
L. Harry Waidner, the Chicago star.
and Nat Emerson, the tall sycamore
from Cincinnati, who is western cham
pion, will be the favorites among the
Chicagoans unless Waidner's sprained
ankle bothers him or Is turned again.
He is playing great tennis in practice
better than he ever did at this time of
The season and word comes from
Emerson that he is keying himself up
70 perfect form.
Mclaughlin and Gardner are the
California champions in doubles and
ire two Of the fastest men seen on
western courts in some years. Harvey
md Paul MacQuiston, champions Of
Mexico, will be another crack team to
watch.
Allen Ross, who won the intercol.
egiate championship at the Univer-
iity Of Chicago recently, will have as
lis partner Wallace Johnson of Phila.
lelphia, winner Of the national inter
scholastic championship this year.
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