Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-26

Roy Farrell Has
Tennis HonorS in
r. and @. Club
Defeats Hugo Weisin in Final Round
by Decisive Soore--Bait Cast
ing Contest.

Roy Farrell, on Sunday afternoon at the
club courts declsively demonstrated that
he is the best tennis man OF the year at
the Rod and Gun club when he defeated
Hugo Weisin In the final round by the de-
clsive score, Go 6-2, 60. Farrell has yet to
meet Don G. Gould, last years champion,
TO decide the supremacy. but those who
have seen the two men work this year pre-
dict Farrell Victory, Many matches re-
NAMED to be played In the tournament
when sunday dawned, and the fact that
they were ali disposed of gives some idea
OF the busy condition of the courts all day.
The days results follow:
SINGLES-FIRST ROUND
Mccullough beat Meyers, 6-1, Ga
Jones beat Bertrand, so, SO
Blerman beat Clark ga, ga.
Adams beat Voice, Ga, 6-l.
Munro beat Gorham, Ca, So
Bierman beat Gardner, So 4-6, 81.
SlNGLES-SECOND ROUND.
Mccullough beat Jones, So 81.
Farrell beat Herman, 60 so.
Thompson beat Whittemore, 2-6, 1913, rs.
Abbott beat Harberg, Go, 6-1.
Blerman beat Melcher. SO. 6-l
SINGLES-THIRD ROUND.
Farrell beat Mccullough 6-2, 6-1.
Hatch beat Thompson, 60, 6-S
Adams beat Abbott, So 60
Weisen beat Bierman, 6-1, 10.
EMI-FlNALS.
Farrell beat Hatch 60, o-6, s-S
Weisen beat Adams, SO, 49, 7-5
FINALS.
Farrell beat Weisen, 60, go, 60
Two Of the second round matches in
doubles were also played, each OF the con-
testing teams having drawn a bye in the
first round. The results:
Gardner and Mccullough beat Abbott and
Thompson, 6-1, ga.
Bierman and Shepherd beat Adams and
Wharton, SO, 7y5, 6-2.
But despite the important place which
tennis held on Sundays card it did not
monopollze the attention of the extraordi.
narlly large number OF members who were
at the club grounds yesterday. The second
of the series of sailboat races for the pos
session of the Albert Edholm cup was wor
by Catherine. This result leaves Gather
Inc and Manawa tied for the trophy, will
125 per cent apiece. Omaha stands third
with 100 per cent.
The womens rowboat race was won by
Mrs. Maude Martin, who received as 9
trophy handbag donated by the Hayder
store.
The wind was so strong as to make 4
impossible to pull off the fly-castlng con-
test which had been announced, but there
were a large number of entries in the bait
casting contest. Albert Edholm carried Of
JHe trophy lot accuracy ana Instance WITT
q dry line. scoring 30 per cent. In the lone
distance dry-line test, r, Jones was winner
with cast of 1l2k feet. The contest foi
accuracy with the wet line also went tc
Mr.. Jones.
,Devotees of the gun had their inning Sun.
day, too. In the morning George Maxwell
the celebrated one-armed shot, gave an ex-
hibltlon shoot, getting twenty-three out OF
a possible twenty-five birds In the after
noon a trap shoot was held, DR.. II, B. Har-
ris winning the trophy with a score OF
forty out of fifty birds Bert LeBron and
Chris Olson tied for second, LeBron win
ming on the shootoff, and for third Mahsf,
fey and w. f. Maloney were tied. Maloney
proving himself the better on the shootoff
The fact that the sun shone full in the
faces of the marksmen account largely for
the low scores made.
Next Sunday promises to be a gala day,
for on that day three of the fastest boats
will meet in contest to determine which
of them shall race the pick of the Lake
Manawa boats the following Sunday,
DRAWINGS FOR CoNsoLATIoNs-
SINGLES.
F. Meyer plays j. Bertrand.
r. Mccullough plays j. Clark
NJ. Wallerstedt plays r, Kelly,
E. Bedford plays @. Hamilton.
r. Adams plays L. Vorce.
O. Nelson plays r, Negley
j. Gorham plays M Weber.
c. Gardner plays o. Drefold
DRAWINGS FOR DOUBLES;