The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-10
FINE TENNIS SEEN AT
 STATE TOURNAMENT
Tyson and Stakely Take a Feature Set from Greensboro Pair and Keal-
 hofer Has q Good Match.

The second day Of the State tenniS tournament eclipsed the opening fes- tivities both in the quality of the game exhibited in both the morning and af- ternoon matches and in the increased attendance of spectators. Automobiles. loaded with enthusiastic devotees of the sport, and vehicles of all sorts, in ssss nea tRe sourss Of tSs Club back of the low terraces and benches, where the more attentive spectators sat. The weather was again glorious, banks of heavy. gracious clouds hiding the sun from the over worked eyes of the players.
 The courts were used in mixtuve of doubles and 1t was the plan of the committee to rush things to the semi- finals in singles at least yesterday. but the games were so stubbornly fought that some slow progress was made. It only means heavy turn of matches, and 1t is regarded as certain that the third day of the big meet will offer more splendid contests than have been
 It would be diaicult to say what match coupled the chief attention of the spectators. Tyson and Stakely of Montgomery, in their first doubles mstch of the tournament. showed p1W- p Hams of Greensboro. The latter proved tower of strength at some critical stages and gave the Montgomery sets straight, S-s, s-s. In this engage ment the excellent service of both the Greensboro combination proved quite effective, while the merciless smashes strokes of stakely, wera prominent features of the play. There was but little of rough edges in the work or this match, such as might be expected of tournament play right after long NDAll Of rain.
 Second in interest at the afternoon play was possibly the rough and tum- ble between Blob of New Decatur and Kealhofer of Montgomery; In this match Bibb showed surprising ability at the service, did some effective work with the Loffutt stroke and in this fashion won the first set a,S' Tners ,srs set, which brought fatigue to both par- ticipants. Kealhofer went into the other Sets with a rush and took them both by careful place and headwork.
 Beii and Bartlett of Birmingham. in the first doubles match. met Brame and Selbels of Montgomery towards set. The Birmingham pair took the first by consistent work in the pinches and the occasional use of well-placed lobs. The score was 6-S. affd the sec ond went to the Montgomery team by pretty net work and the resoureeful play In the back court. Score: 6-4. The decisive set of this match will be play ed of today.
 seemed to center in the McCorvey- Wheeler contest. wherein Wheeler of Mobile surprised the crowd by taking the opening set from the other Gulf City crack by S-6 score. This was possibly the most gruelling singles set of the tournament so far. Wheeler showed remarkable endurance and de- fensive ability seeming to annoy his fellow Offizan hU A nagkV of Ret- ting the ball back, though not neces- sarIly safe. When McCorvey, how ever, finally measured his opponents set. the next two went handily to him (McCorvey), 6-2. 6-2.
 Harold (MontEomery) defeated Will Hams (Greensboro) two sets stnbb born by good service and passing his op- ponent at the net managed to get a lead of two games at the start or each set but weakened after that and Har- old. swept in with improved service
 Rather another surprise was the de- feat in the. morning of Lawson The latter on the second day did not show any signs of his display of strength on the first and was just about as foxy with his 260 pounds both sets by effective net drives and accurate service. Score: e-4. 6-0
 The summary follows:
 Morning Play.
 Hobbs vs. Lawson. 6-4. 6-o; McCor- vey vs. Wheeler, 6-s, 6-2, 6-2; Harold vs. Williams e-4, 6-s.
 Afternoon Play.
 Graves vs. Setbels, 5-7, 6-4, e-4; Ram dolph and Higgins (Montgomery) vs. stevenson and Levy (Montgomery), 6-2, 3-6, S-4; Tyson and stakely (Mont- gomeryl vs. Lawson and Williams (Greensboro) s-S, s-2; Kealhofer (Montgomery) vs. Bibb (New Deca- tur) 5-7, s-1. s-s; Higgins vs. Ran dolph (both Montgomeryl. e-4. 6-3; Stakely vs. Wolff (Both Montgomery). 6-2, 6-1; Bell and Bartlett (Birming- ham) vs. Brame and Seibels (Mont- gomery) s-s. 4-6. Decisive set to-
 The program for today's play In the tennis Tournament Is as follows:
 S:3O a. m. R. B. Edgar Svs. w. w. Graves tMontgomeryl;v tc,. P; stAaRoly gA6S,y eomery); H. s. Keaihofer (Montgom- ery) vs. Charles Harold (Montgomery).
 9:30 a. m. Randolph and Higgins (Montgomery) vA Mccorvey Brothers (Mobile).
 5 p. m. Bibb and steed (Nsw Deca- tur) vs. Graves and Stires (Montgom- ery); Kealhofer and Holt tMontgom- ery) vs. Pickett and and Davidson (Montgomery): Bell and Bartlett (Bir- mingham) vs. Setbels and Brame (Montgomery).