Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-03
TENNIS HEN WELDED Ont
Well Known Players Eliminated Yes
terday from Tourney.
OMAHANS
MEET
DEFEAT
Beat Games I'm Long Time Seen Tues
day on Clay Courts of Omaha
Field Club.

series OF hot matches fit to please the
most enthusiastic tennis devotee was
pulled off at the Field club yesterday
afternoon, leaving as contestants in the
championship singles a number of play
ers whose names are Of truly national
reputation. Eight was the total number
OF Tuesdays matches, and II Is safe to
say that It will be some time before
Omaha will be able to witness such
spectacle Of flrst-olass playing in one day.
W. M. Hall Of New York came out in
his true oolors as player in winning his
first important match. that over ]. ].
Armstrong, the st. Paul player. Right
from the start the fight was for real blood
an dali through each point was CLOSELY
contested, long rallies being frequent
Han placed the ball carefully, but with
great force and really won by the steady
manner IN which he stuck to each point
Armstrong was a little weak on a high
ana correspondingly strong on a low out
ana lost many OF his points through Hall
discovering his weakness early in the
game The score ended rs. 20, 60.
UrbRnR Man Defeated.
somewhat OF surprise was sprung on
many OF the audience when John Barton
OF Siolx Falls, s. D., defeated DR.. p. B.
Hawk OF Urbana, ILL.,, in three close sets
as, 10, Ga Barton and Hawk play an
equal and singularly similar game and the
battle lasted long and hard Barton best
stood the strain and when DR.. Hawk be-
gan to weaken in the latter part of the
second set he forged ahead and took the
place.
Drummond Jones of st. Louis took the
match from L. r. simmons of Syracuse
| AFTER considerable of struggle, but Jones
steady playing finally got the honors of
the day for him. The New York player
got little nervous after the first set and
did not play UP as we'll as he has been
doing.
Roland Hoerr of st. Louis kept I'D his
good record by taking the honors from
Charles Specie of Kingfisher, OkL, but the
sets were close Speice managing to grab
the first one in To- but then Hoerr took a
brace and drink of ice water and scooped
out in 81, Ga.
| W. I. Hayes added another to his list by
a victory over AL Dickinson of Wichita in
ST. 60. Dickinson found himself In fast
company and sweating after the first game,
but kept on Directing to being walked on
right UP to the finish.
| Omahans Eliminated.
All three Of the Omahans went out under
the hammering, and, in some cases, merely
the tapping, of the outsiders. r. F. Ken
nedy put up fight against Ray Branson
of Mitchell, S. D., and finished with Bran
son taking the two in Ga, SO. Melville Ions
gave California another today by taking the
scalp Of Cuthbert oPtter In 81, Ell. al
though it can be said for Omaha's benefit
that W ~ bur A.
court at least few of the games Arthur
5cribner did his best against b. G. Ander-
son, but was kept doing marathon from
one end OF the court to the other by Ander.
sons swift strokes. He ended In SO, Ga
showing that he at least had the New Yorl
crack worried in the first set before he
got tired running.
Third Round.
| w. T. Hayes of Chicago beat AL Dickin
son OF Wichita, 6-1, So
w. M. Hall Of New York, beat J. J
Armstrong of St Paul, rs, 30. ga
Roland Hoerr of st. Louis, beat Charlie
speice Of Kingfisher okl., 50, 6-l .s-2
b. @. Anderson of Brooklyn, beat Cuth
bert Potter of Omaha, 6-1, oil
; Drummond Jones OF st. Louis, beat L
r. Simmons of Syracuse, N. Y, 60, GA.
Ray Branson Of Mitchell. s.. D.. beat I
+. Kennedy OF Omaha, g. s-6.
: J. Barton of Sioux Falls, s. D., beat d.
p. B. Hawk of Urbana, ILL.,, 4-6, To, 6-3.
Good Games in Morning.
Fast and spectacular matches marked tn
! playing of Tuesday morning. a number o
classy matches being run off in the SECOND
; round. Here the big men began to get to
gether In earnest and some close game
| were the result
Roland Hoerr of st. Louis, and ]. Canno
: OF Kansas City, did their state proud by tn
! manner in which they played off thei
-
: men played hard, watching each other yer
> carefully the entire time so not many spec
: taoular plays were the result of the match
!, Hosrr seemed to be much stronger in re
turning the ball with force than in his ser
: vice and really won the match on thi
= point.
J. John Barton Of Mitchell, s. D., and WI
Warfield of Chicago met and settled oil
/, grievances on the courts. Barton won on
S 6-3 g. turning the tables on Warfield 70
the defeat he gave him a couple OF year
= ago In Chicago. BartonB game was stead
from start To- finish, showing much prGS
t tice and development since his visit her
l. before His serving, although not yer
swift, had q good curve to II, and the aS
(, vantage OF being very steady and he hardi
|, y misplaced any OF the balls he smaShe'
d: Warfield was wild and placed many pal
y in the net, but he was fast on his feet an
m recovered himself in this way.
- Jones Beats Bailey.
Drummond Jones, the clever little playt
{ from st. Louis won the best match {
- Tuesday morning when he defeated ],
r Bailey Of Albion, Old in three sets. g.
! 40, go Hundreds Of people In the CALLER
a. watched every play Of the contest, spplau'
% ing the two men one or the other mad
s. an especially good stroke or a very Ion
n rally OF playing was finished by sudde
N cut or smash from one of them.
y Beginning with the first set at II o'cioc
, the playing continued with only coup
a. of short rests until after l in the hot ~
ic of the Field club courts. All the sets we
Is fast, both players smashing the ball hal
and placing IL carefully, many spectacul'
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