The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-29
DRAWING TO A CLOSE

The Matches in the Lawn Tennis
Tournament are Drawing to a
Close-Finish Tomorrow
There was not much accomplished
in singles of the lawn tennis tourna-
ment Wednesday the matches being
delayed to give the teams in the
doubles, consolation singles and no.
vice tournament a chance to close up
IA little faster. There are something
like % entries in the novice tourna-
ment, consisting of men who have
never before played in a state tourna-
the play. SoAmany entries were due
Ito the fact that a large number of
Mitchell players were eligible in this
class. They have been having some
great sport among themselves, and
some hard fought matches have re-
sulted. Blum, of Kimball, and Drake,
of Hu.an, are the only outside men in
this Ia CHI, and very likely the match
will be played out between them and
Joe Michels, of this city, who stands
a splendid show to win In the finals.
Al Hoffman, of Parkston, a former
champion, is not showing the same
good form that he used to possess,
and when his handling of the racket
was feared by the best of them. He
was put out by Scalin in the first
round of the championship singles,
and when he went into the consola-
Ition singles he was defeated there by
Hager of Huron Hoffman is a good
steady and heady player, and when
in form there are few who can best
him on the court.
In the afternoon there was not a
livery large crowd out to see the
matches, and the playing was done
under difficult circumstances. The
wind blew hard, and toward the close
of the afternoon it increased in We
locity and swept the dust into the
eyes of the players.
In the evening, after supper, sev
eral matches we're played, among
them a double match between Bran
son and Wells and Downey and Seal
lin, the former winning by q score Of
60, 6.3. There was a large crowd to
witness the match, and there was
much excitement as a result of the
plays.
Branson and Drake played the only
match of singles during the day and
which Branson won by a score of GO,
6-1.
In the doubles, first round, Frey
berg and Bately beat Flynn and Pull
len GO, 20 6-3; Hoffman and Mich
els, beat WEIGH and Hobson 60, 81;
IWebber and Drake beat L. Smith and
wallace So, 6-2; Blum and Tournier
beat Kimball and Porter 81, Ga;
IDowney and Scallin beat Lamme and
leone, 60, 60; Smith and Nolt beat
Rowley and Winsor 81, GO. In the
second round Branson and Wells beat
Downsy and Scallin GO, 6--3.
In the consolation singles Freyberg
beat Lombard CO, 60; Rowley beat
Isweet 60, 60; Hager beat Hoffman
6-3, 60; Winsor beat Cone 81, GA.
In the novice matches, first round,
Blake beat Weber Sc, 60; Flynn
beat Wallace 81, Sd; Pullen beat
Freyberg go, ga; Kimball beat
ISweet 60, 6-3; Michels beat Lamme
60, 6-1; Blum beat Drake CO, 3-6,
6-3.s Second round, l.. Smith beat
lombard 6-1, 60; Blum beat Porter
81, 60; Welch beat Bately, 81, rs;
Tournier beat Winsor 2-6. GA, Ga.
Play was resumed in the tennis
tournament Thursday a. M, two inn
portant matches being played of
when Nolt and Phillips played in the
semi-fnal round, the match being
won by Phillips 81, Us, Nolt giving
the Sioux Falls man a hard struggle
in the second set. The other big
match was between Branson and
Wells and Smith and Nolt, which was
concluded shortly after the noon
hour. The first set vas fought to
the finish, and ended by Branson and
Wells winning 1T Us. The second
set went to Branson and Wells easy,
by a score Of 60.
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