Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-18
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES.

FIRST ROUND.
Bradley pes Moines, beat Madden
sRarrard, Atchison, beat Kennedy,
scribneT'. Omaha, beat Lynde. Des Moines,
Wood, omaha. beat Taylor, Dallas, S. D.,
Scudder, Doniphan. beat H. G. Boyer,
Grlnnell, Ia, by default.
sherman, Kansas city, beat Ranken'
SECOND ROUND
Gardner, Chicago, beat Haskell, Wake
Armstrong, st. Paul, beat Farrell,
Bailey, Albion, okl, beat Young, Des
Moincs, St, So.
Warfield, chicago. beat Barton, Sioux
hanson, Mitchell. S. D., beat Wood,
Omaha, 6-1, So.
Bradley, Des Moines, beat Madden
HAYES, Chicago, beat Ced Potter, Omaha,
scgdder DOniphan. beat Kohn, omaha,
Sweet. Des Molnes beat spiece. King
fisher, Okl., 81 6-3.
Jones of St. Louis beat Sherman Of Kan
scribner of Omaha beat Myer of Peru,
6-2, 6-1.
THIRD ROUND.
Jones, st. Louis, beat Bradley, Des
Moines, 6-2, SO.
Gardner. Chicago, beat Sheldon, Kansas
city, 6-4, 81.
Armstrong, St. Paul, beat Hoerr, st.
Louis. 6-1, 1t, Ga.
Hayes, Chicago, beat Bailey, Albion. Okl.,
Gilman. sioux City, beat scudder. Don
iphan, Neb., 81, 6-l, 6-A.
w. Warfield, Chicago, beat Vernon, Kan
sas City, GA, 60.
Cub Potter, Omaha, beat Sweet, Des
MOines, Ga, SO, 6-1.
Branson, Mitchell, S. d, beat scribner,
Omaha, GA, 0-6 S-4.
CONSOLATION SINGLES.
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
Young, Des Moines, beat, X. d. Kenni-
colt, Luverne, Mimi, CO. 60.
Funk, Doniphan, Neb., beat j. A. Kenni-
colt, Luverne, MINI, 14-12, Ga.
Gill Minneapolis, beat Robinson. Water
loo, 60, 60.
The following matches were defaulted:
f. Potter, Omaha, to Driscoll. Omaha.
Stebbins, Omaha, to Kull, Burke, S. ID.
Caldwell, Omaha, to Koch, Omaha.
Readinger, Omaha, to Smyth, Omaha.
O'Keete, Omaha, to McKoon, Laharpe,
III.
Mccullough, Omaha, to Wilson, Lincoln.
Dining, Omaha, to Burchard, Omaha.
Beatrice.
FIRST ROUND.
Weaverling, Beatrice, beat r. j. War
field, Chicago, 6-l, 90.
Tennis Talk.
Billy Wood was another Omaha man who
under. Ray Branson Of South Da-
kota abused him with a score OF 81, SO.
Or. F. E.. Sheldon of Kansas City could
hardly play Tuesday morning, so impressed
was he with memories Of a night at the
Den.
There was a notable lack in the enthu-
siasm of some of the players after the an
nouncement was made from the club
house that 1t was election day. 1t was not
interest, however, that made the
difference. 1t was section 25, chapter 90 OF
the statutes of Nebraska.
Only two men have been found SO far
who will serve the second ball as hard as
the first. They are Harry Koch anil EeG
Either 0he Of Ihe n will make Just
as much of an effort to get the second
serve over in as dangerous a way as he
does for the first, and they seldom serve
doubles.
Jones had a bad fall in his match with
Bradley, going down flat on his face in
the dust. Nothing suffered from the jolt
except his knee, and it will probably not
with his playing,
In the consultations the little dispute be-
tween II. f.. Funk of Doniphan and J. A,
of Luverne, MINI, was a record
breaker for games. There were two sets,
j-4. Funk finally pulled out ahead.
The courtesies of their club houses have
been offered the visiting tennis players by
the Country club and the Racquet club.
This is what one girl in the gallery said
'Oh, yes, that's Drummer Jones of st.
Louis. He's married, isn't he? Why, yes,
I'm sure he is. He's no spring chlcken,
III tell you; he doesn't get around like one.
gets the balls without covering any
more ground than he has to-"