Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
WOMEN PLAY FAST GAME
Clever Work Shown in Annual
Tennis Tournament.
HARD FIGHTING IN DOUBLES
lfisses HeldreEe and Chnse Win from
Probable winners of the
Doubles Cup.

Miss Cermelita Chase and Miss Susan
Holdredge playing against Mrs. Dick Stew
art and Mrs. c. T. Kountze Tuesday after
noon, won the most skillfully played and
hardest fought match held so far In the
womens tennis tournament at the Omaha
Field club. This places Miss Chase and
Miss Holdredge as the probable winners in
the, doubles, as they outclass any of the
other partners whom they may be pitted
against.
The match brought four OF the best Of
the women players of the city together on
the courts and gallery full of tennis play
ers and women spectators centered their
attention on the game. Ali four of the
women played in better form than in last
years matches and every game was
closely contested each side winning It's
own serve in most instances.
Second Set Hardest Fought.
Miss Chase and Miss Holdredge won the
first set. rs, Miss Chase's forceful drives
being an item to their advantage. In the
second set Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Kountze
won in the closest of the match, the score
being 10 to s. Mrs. Stewart played safe
clever game, with clever serving and good
ground strokes This set wore on the play
ers and physical endurance we'll as good
Miss Holdredge, Ga
The nip and tuck contest in the singles
was played between Miss Helen Buck and
Miss McCreary, who literally wore each
other out. and after winning fourteen
games apiece we're obliged to stop without
finishing the first set
Miss Hortense Clarke handled her OPP
ponent, Miss Marjorie Smith. without much
difficulty. winning the match by ca, Ga
Miss Clarke will meet the winner of the
Buck McCreary match in the semi-finals
Wednesday and Mrs Stewart will meet
the winner OF the match between Miss
Holdrege and Miss Zimmerman.
Thirteen Sets Cause Trouble.
The arranging of the schedule for the
doubles caused no little CONSERVATION to
the young women in charge of the tourna-
ment since there were thirteen sets of
partners. One young woman frankly threw
up her hands In dispair with the exclama-
ton, IT'S Greek to me-" The problem
was finally solved by arranging two sets
OF byes, and Con Young says that 1t will
come out all right.
The women were thrown into a furry
Tuesday by three ambitious newspaper
photographers. who marched out conf
IDENTIFY onto the courts to take snap shots
of the PLAYERS. Miss Susan HoldFege,
speaking for many OF the other players,
as we'll as herself declared that the pres
ence OF the men on the courts disturbed
the PLAYERS. and succeeded in banishing
the camera men.
Singles.
THIRD ROUND.
Mrs. Stewart beat Miss FNelers. 6-1. 63.
! Miss Clarke beat Miss Smith 6-2. 6-2.
Doubles.
FIRST ROUND.
Mrs. Stewart and Mrs, Sountze beat Miss
| Zimmerman and Miss Fellers, 6-s, s-6, go.
| Miss Holdrege and Miss Chase beat Miss
Kinaler and Miss Rousseau, 6-3, ga.
| SECOND ROUND.
| Miss Holdrege and Miss Chase beat Mrs.
! Stewart and Miss KountEe, 10, $40, ga
| Miss Hammer and Miss Butler beat Miss
Hayes and Miss Williamson, 80. 9-i.
| Cancellations.
Miss Woodworth beat Miss Reed, go, 90,
| Misc Kinsler beat Miss Creighton, Ell, 0-B.