Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-17

Gilman. sioux City. beat Mercer. Little
Cub Potter, Omaha, beat welhener,
Hoerr. ST Louis, beat Koch, Omaha,
Tennis Talk.
Murray. Hayes won his first match!
The palrings for the doubles will be made
today and play will probably be begun TO-
morrow.
J. ]. Armstrong Of ST. Paul and II. f.
Funk OF Doniphan started the second
match Of the morning about two minutes
after Jones and Driscoll'
Herb Kohn came nearly calling off the
first match after II was started because
Wright q Ditson balls were belns used
instead Of the Ayers ball, which wa chosen
by the committee.
The only Omaha men who won Monday
morning were Ray Terrell, who got a match
from " ebber Of Mitchell, S. y, by detauit
and and co o Potter Tno peat Leo 0N
Doc" Blatherwick, the ambidextrous OF
Rock Valley. la, who played such a heart-
breaking match with Cub Potter last year.
Is not entered. He has not been playing
as much tennis this year as usual and did
not care to come out.
Drummond Jones is telling Of a match
he played with Charley Peters in st. Louis.
Peters had him so on one set, and then
because Of a superstition he carries against
beating anybody a love set Peters let up.
Jones took the next game and then TOOK
SIX straight, winning rs.
Billy Warfield Of Chicago, who was here
iast year liked the place and brought his
younger brother, Robert Wartield, with
MIN this time. WRrfield IL In the Chicago
class, which means, Gardner. Peters and
hayes. He started out by beating Bob
Dining Of Omaha, SO, 60.
Charles T. speice, champion of Oklahoma
in doubles, comes from Kingfisher, an en-
thusiastic tennis burg, instead of from Al
bion as he was first announced. He won
me doubles Championship of oklohoma
| with Earl Mick HR MIA We hlrA wtVA Iahn
I. Bailey, champion In singles.
One Of the real Juvenile wonders is j.
j. Armstrong Of st. Paul. He is city
plays with a steadiness and lack Of con-
seriousness that might be envled by a
veteran. His first match was with H. e.
Funk Of Donlphan, whom he beat, 60, 6-2.
Sam Caldwell and Billy Wood are spend
ing all Of their time in getting ready for
that big polo match that comes Thursday
afternoon. Visitors from everywhere are
being pressed into service, whether they
claim any skill or experience with wild
horses or not, 1t promises to be a day
OF exciting adventure and terrific casu-
slties.
The gallery was large Monday, although
1t was only the opening day. Some doubt
as to the reason for the large gallery
arose, however, when one woman remarked
after she had been watching the tennis
for an hour: Aren't they going to have
a tournament OF some kind here in a week
or two? The boys are practicing for it,
1 see."
Harry Smith Of Lexington is one Of the
best of the state players. He holds the
championship among the university players
at Lincoln, the same honor that Art Scrib-
ner held several years ago. He started
out by beating H. B.. Kennicott of Luz
verne, Mimi, 6-l, rs, and then took on
Armstrong, who beat him, SO, So. This
puts him out Of the championship fight,
but he still has a chance at the Nebraska
prizes,
Caretaker Lund Is having his usual
troubles with the courts. Lund Is so proud
Of having the finest clay courts in the
world that 1t hurts him every time a
player steps on a line or scratches up a
little dust. He would be happy II he could
fix up the courts and then sit and look at
them. His solicitude results In the superb
condition of the surface that all the players
from out Of town notice when they first
get out on 1t.
The players don't suffer from the heat
half as much as the referees. These poor
unthanked officials have to sit bumped
up against the sun and try to appear In
terested when they would much rather
be up In the gallery, and they get nothing
for their pains. In fact, one came near
suffering the fate of the umpire Mon
day, when along in the heat of the after
noon he gave a close decision. The play
ers struggling with each other and the
insufferable sun were irritable and IL took
several committeeman to straighten mat
tiers out,