Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-17
MIDWEST TENNIS TOURNEY
tart Made Under Blazing Sun on FAST
Courts.
CHAMPION PETERS Is NOT HERE

Hayes wins His First Match, as Did
Jones, and the Out
look for Good Play t.
Bright.
Under a scorohing hot sun with the
courts In the very best condition the ninth
annual Middle West tennis tournament
started at the Field club Monday morning.
With seventy-two entries and a large pro-
portion of them from out Of town the
championship Of this year will mean more
to the tennis world than 1t ever has before.
with the best players from Missouri, North
and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, I'LL
nois, Oklahoma and Nebraska here to
show their prowess the winner will have
done something worth while to get away
with the honors.
The chairman of the tennis committee,
Herbert Kohn, who is some tennis player
himself, has completed arrangements for
a tourney that will not be only the largest
but the most successful and the most en-
joyable of the long list that has been held
at the Field club. Backed by an excellent
committee, he has aroused interest over
territory wide enough TO make the name
Middle West no misnomer.
Hayes Here, Peters Not.
c.. S. Peters, last years winner, is not
entered and may not be able to get here
in time to defend his title. He is playing
in California, where the tennis game has
been remarkably successful this year. This
disappointment is somewhat overbalanced
by the fact that Walter T. Hayes, also of
Chicago and several times champion him
self, will play all the way through the
tournament, since he was beaten by Peters
last year. His first match was with l.. r.
Robinson Of Waterloo and he won. go, 6-l.
The state players are here In considerable
numbers this year and special prizes will
be offered. Ralph Weaverling Of Beatrice,
who won the state tournament at Beatrice
and who was runner up for the Metz
trophy last year, is in better form than
ever and expects to be heard from.
]. H.. Cravens, who is refereeing this
year, is a veteran with a record. He
started playing in 1883 and after eight
years Of tournament experience decided
that he was getting too old for fast com
pany and withdrew. Last year, fifteen
years since he had played a real match. he
re-entered the fray and came to Omaha
from his nome in Kansas City. This year
he was persuaded to act as final arbiter In
the big disputes and hasn't had time to
90 any playing himself.
Experts Are Numerous.
Taking 1t all together, rnere are too
many experts from the surrounding ter
ritory for the comfort Of the Omaha play
ers. One Of the best matches Of the after
noon was between Roland Hoerr Of st.
Louis and Harry Koch. Harry had won
his first match from Keysor. also of
Omaha, and took the first set away from
the southern invader rather easily in 3-6.
After that Hoerr pulled himself together
and took two sets, Ga, 60. His calibre
will soon be put to other severe tests, as
he is not far from Gilman and Cub Potter
in the list
The Potter brothers had better luck. Cub
beat Welhener Of Kansas City In the Sec
ond round. welhener took the first set
So and then went down 81, ga. Ced beat
Hosmer McKoo of Laharpe, ILL.,, in two
sets, Ga, 6-S. Sam Caldwell was worsted
by another Kansas City man, DR.. F. E.
Sheldon. This is the first time in a good
many tournaments that Sam Caldwell has
been in the consultations.
In spite of heat, thirty-seven matches
were played off the first day, which makes
a remarkable showing. The first round
will be finished up completely this morn.
ing and the second will be begun and pos,
sibly finished in the afternoon. II Peters
does not come back to defend his title
there may be no tennis at all on Friday
afternoon, as the finals will be held of
until Saturday.
Results for the Day.
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
Farrell, Omaha, beat Weber, Mitchell
Armstrong St, Paul, MINI, beat Funk
Doniphan, 60, SO.
McKOOp. Laharpe. Ills. beat DumOnt
Omaha, by default.
Ced Potter. Omaha, beat o'Keefe, Omaha
6-1, GO.
Hayes, Chicago, beat Robinson, Water
Smith, Lexington, beat H. b. Kennicott
Luverne, Mimi, 6-1, rs.
FIRST ROUND.
Jones, st. Louis, beat Driscoli, Omaha
Gardner, Chicago, beat Markley. Valley
Roberts, Lexington. beat Kull, Furke, S
Hoerr, st. Louis. beat Readinger, Omaha
Gilman. Sioux City. beat Mccullough
Funkhouser, Lincoln, beat Beard, Pella
Ia, 6-1, 60.
Vernon, Kansas City, beat Nownes
Barton, Sioux Falls, beat Burchard
Madison, Wis, 60. 60
,Welhener. Kansas City. beat Robert
Chicago, 6-1, 81.
Charles speice, Kingtisher. okl., bes.
Robinson. Waterloo, Neb., SO. So
Mercer, Little Rock, Ark, beat Byers
Grinnell. Ia, 81, 6-1.
Wartield, Chicago, beat Dining. OMAN
Bailey, Albion, Okla, beat H. B. Kennl
colt, Luverne, MINI, so, so.
Ced Potter, Omaha, beat McKoon
Laharpe, Ills. 50. ga.
". T. Hayes, Chicago, beat Gill, Min
neapolis, 81, 81.
Kohn, Omaha, beat Mulock, Des Moines
SIS. 6-4.
Cub Potter, Omaha, beat Smith, Mitchell
S, D.. by default.
Haskell, Wakefield, beat stebbins
Omaha, So, 81,
Sheldon. Kansas City, beat Caldwell
Omaha, SO. 60.
; Koch, Omaha, beat Keysor, Omaha, b,
z default.
/ Farrell, Omaha. beat Readinger, omaha
, So, SO.
Never, Peru, beat F. Potter, omaha
sweet, Des Moines, beat wesverlins
Beatrice, SO. ca.
Branson, Mitchell, s. D.. beat Dosh
Stuart, Ia, by default.
Young, Des Moines. beat Cravens, Kan
sas City. by default.
J. ]. Armstrong. ST. Paul, beat Smith
= Lexington, 6-3, SO.
i SECOND ROUND.
/, Vernon, Kansas City, beat FunkhouseT
Lincoln, SO, go.
? Sheldon. Kansas City. beat Roberts