The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-29
TOURNAMENT OVER WITH
Barton and Philips Won the Cham.
pions,ip Doubles, Defeating Brazil
son and Wells

son and Wells
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock oc-
CURED the championship match in the
doubles between Barton and Phillips
of Sioux Falls and Branson and Wells
of this city. The match was watched
by a large crowd and the cheering Of
the many spectacular plays was ex-
tended to both teams. The match
was won by Barton and Phillips in
three straight sets, 60, So, GO.
The games ere of an interesting
character, and the plays consisted
mostly of lobbing and occasional
smashes when the lobs fell short of
the back end of the court. The lob
bling of the Mitchell team fell short
more frequently and Barton and
Phillips handled them to their own
advantage. The team work of Barton
and Phillips was excellent, very seld-
ON getting separated and keeping
their side of the court we'll covered.
Phillips showed up better in his work
in doubles than in singles, handling
some straight drives over the net with
fine accuracy. and placing to the side
lines. In the work of Branson and
| Wells it can be said that they did not
play as good a game in theechampion-
ship as they have with some Of the
focal teams. They made a deter
mined effort to win the match, but
the Sioux Falls men proved superior.
The winning of the match gave to
Barton aud Phillips the permanent
possession of the silver loving cup,
for which they have struggled three
years, and which they have won by
their superior skill with the racquet.
During the play of matches Friday
was the finals in the consolation
doubles, in which Hager and Blake,
of Huron, won from Rowley and Win
sor GO, 6-3. 60. In the consolation
singles Hager beat Rowley 610, 60,
and Blum, of Kimball, beat Blake of
Huron, 1-6, 6-3, 1913.
The rest of the matches in the con-
ISOLATION and novice department were
finished after the championship
doubles were pulled off, and it was
dark before the last match was
played.
Blum, of Kimball, and Winsor of
this city played out a match in the
semi-fnals of the consolation singles,
Blum winning in two sets, 6-3, Ga.
This brought Blum and Hager out
to the finals in the consolation. 1t
was the last match on the card for
the tournament, and as it was late,
the players agreed that the M who
won the first set, the other would de-
fault the other two sets. Hager was
successful in the first set by a score
of 6-3, and was declared the winner
of the consolation singles.
1t was UP to Blum and Blake, of
Huron, to play out the finals in the
novice tournament, Blum taking on
Blake Immediately after defeating
Winsor. The match went to nearly
the limit. Blum took the first set,
the second going to Blake, while the
third was fought to a hard finish,
Blum winning, and the last set Blum
took easily enough. The following is
the score of the four sets, Blum winn-
ing: GA, 4-6, 81, 81. Blum made
a fine record in the tournament and
did some mighty hard work all the
time he was playing. At the close
of the tournament he was forced to
play three matches, which were
enough to put anybody on the blink.
The Annual Meeting
III the annual meeting of the State
Association new officers were elected
for 1910 as follows: President, DR..
Ray Smith, of Mitchell; first vice
president, A. l.. Hoffman, of Parks
ton; second vice president, Tore
Tiegen, of Sioux Falls; third vice
president, Fred Blum, of Kimball;
secretary and treasurer, F. E. Phil
lips, of Sioux Falls. BY a unanimous
vote the 1910 tournament vas sent
to Sioux Falls,
Some discussion arose over the
idea of making the future tourna-
ments open affairs and permitting any
man in the country to participate in
the state tournament. When it was
to a vote it was so decided,
br6aanp no in
and in the future 1hila it w,n -. =
the nature of a state tournament 1t
will be open to the entire country.
The members Of the state associa-
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