Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22
Raymond Branson Makes Gallant
Fight, Though, to Win.
GARDNER AND HAYES IN DOUBLES
Two Windy City Men, Barton and
Branson in These.
CUB POTTER OF OMAHA GETS IN
He and william warfield Win Con-
ISOLATION DOubles-Ninth Annual
Tournament at Field Club
t. Best Yet Held.
CHAMPIONS ron 1908.

CHAMPIONS ron 1909
sinRlss-walter T. Hayes, Chicago.
Fourth time.
Doubles-Paul Gardner and walter T.
Hayes, Chicago.
Updike-Cavers Cup-John Barton, Sioux
Falls.
Consolation Singles - Charles Lynds,
Des AGoines.
Consolation Doubles - william war
field, Chicago, and Cub Potter, Omaha.
Walter T. Hayes Of Chicago by beating
Raymond Branson Of Mitchell, 5. D., in
the final round, is middle west tennis
champion for the fourth time His team
mate, c. S Peters, debated him last year,
but was unable to get here to play
challenge round and Hayes gets the title.
Hayes won the same events in 1905 1906
and 1907 and took the cup away with him.
The new cup must be won three times In
succession and Hayes and Peters each has
name on II once By beating Branson
and Barton of South Dakota, Hayes and
his partner Paul Gardner, also Of Chi
cago, get their names on the new cups as
the first winners Peters and Hayes took
the old cups last year after winning them
twice. Hayes and Gardner must play to-
gether again to make this years victory
count for possession Of the cups, the
same team must win them twice.
best Tourney Yet.
The ninth annual tournament was the
most successful In the history OF tennis
in Omaha and wider interest aroused
throughout the west than ever before.
Players came from all over the territory
and out of seventy entries only twenty-one
were Omaha men. Omaha was put out in
the person of Cub Potter in the semi
finals of the singles when Cub was beaten
by Hayes himself and in the doubles Art
Scribner, who was playing with Drum
mond Jones of st. Louis, was put out in
semi-flnals by Barton and Branson, the
runners UP.
But the fun of the tournament has all
be en- enjoyed by the Field club and its
guests and the success of the arrange
ments have been due to the efforts Of
Herbert Kohn and his committee except
for the part played by T. H. Cravens OF
Kansas City, who acted as official referee.
The members OF the committee for this
year were Herbert c. Kohn, Frank NJ.
Blish VIII NJ. Wood S. S. Caldwell. Cedric
Potter Harry Koch, Robert ]. Dining,
Cuthbert Potter and Arthur Scribner.
Branson Fights Hard.
Branson fought a good fight against
Hayes In the singles championship, but
he was up against a better man. Both
were tired, having played against each
| other in a long stubborn battle in the
doubles Saturday morning, but after the
! first few games the tennis was well worth
| seeing up to the last set. Both men have
| played more brilliant games, Branson lost
his chance in the third set. Hayes took
! the first after sending 1t to deuce twice
in SO, and Branson came back and took
! the second 4-6. The gallery was with
| Branson from then for 1t looked as IL
the invincible Gravy was meeting his fin
! sh. But Hayes showed the same wonder
! ful steadying power that pulled him
through two matches in doubles this year
after they had been lost once and he kept
up hard pounding game until Branson
was worn out.
! 1t seemed to be largely a contest IN
endurance and Hayes is tireless. Dr. Shell
den of Kansas City was referee. The gal
! lery was crowded.
The points went as follows;
First set. -
Hayes ...................4 S2425
S5 2 It's
i6S I 2 ~ SIS
| Second set:
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| Third set;
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! Fourth set:
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Totals: Hayes, IA; Branson. i2l Score;
S-6, 4-6, 6-3 6-2.
Both I'm Great Form.
The championship round in doubles be-
tween Branson and Barton of South Da-
kota and Hayes and Gardner Of Chicago
was the only attraction at the Field club
in the morning. Hayes and Gardner
were both in great form after the first few
games although Gardner was still erratic.
A bad wind blew across the court, giving
a decided advantage 20 the north side.
The first set went 6-4. for the Chicago
pair. The second was a long drawn out
uncertain contest and nearly every game
went to the deuce Branson and Barton
finally took it-i2-lO-sfter they had thrown
away a dozen chances by getting wild at
bad places. Gardners serve was useful. as
we're also his swift Iawfords, but he fire.
quently drove out OF the court Branson
has two serves which he uses alternately
but he served frequent doubles and was
not able TO frighten Gravy or Gardner
with his speed.
All the way through speota cular, brill
liant game was displayed by the Chica-
goans, but their opponents were steady
and kept playing, Gardner consistently
hoping 10 gain by his wildness, In this
they were wise, for Gardners defensive
play Is not nearly strong his service
playing Hayes and Gardner won, ga
1912 C-3, Ga.
In tie afternoon the finals in the Up
dike-Cavers cup contest IN the consolation
doubles, and the championship in singles
between Hayes and Biarson we're on the
program.
Lynde Wins Consolation singles
The consolation singles prize goes 10
Lyude OF Des Moines, who has been play