Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-06
HUNDRED AND TWENTY ENTRIES
Tourney to Start in Full Force on
Monday Morning.
CRACKS TO ARRIVE TODAY
Will Practice During the Day on the
Field Club Courts.
INDICATIONS FOR BIG MEET
Attendance to BE Much Larger ThsS
Last Year, with Many States Of
Union Represented-Intere p
f. quite Keen.

The second national clay court champion
ship OF the United States opened yesterday
at the Omaha Field club with 40 players
from all over the country entered. Only
fourteen matches were played Saturday
afternoon, but several OF them were speedy
and indicated the class OF fine tennis that
Omaha is to see when the clay courters
really get into the tourney this week,
John T. Bailey, official referee of the
tournament called the first match OF the
national at 2:3O o'clock, Drummond Jones
of St. Louis and Lyman Mcconnell OF
Omaha contrasting in the opening match.
A good gallery was present to witness
that start of Omaha's second national ten
mis- event As each good stroke was made
by one or the other OF the contestants APP
plause would quickly follow. showing the
interest of Omaha in good tennis.
One Fast Match.
The match between Drummond Jones,
the ST. Louis expert, and l.. s. Mcconnell
of Omaha was one of the Interesting fights
OF the afternoon. Jones started off with
rush, playing his game far back in thu
court and cutting the ball close over tho
net His shots were swift. although a
trife wild, and he steadily gained points
on the Omaha man. 2
Mcconnell fought well the first set, loss
ing 1t, 6-s. but in the second set the St.
Louis crack got his stride and allowed Me-
Connell but one game.
Paul McQuiston of New Orleans, the gulf
states champion, was matched against
Lawrence Bushman, the Creighton college
boy and a novice compared with the south!
erner. McQuiston had II all his way. but
in spite of the fact that he was loafing It
was pretty tennis.
Harvey McQuston.l his brother, put on
an exhibition game with Arthur Scribner,
the former Omaha champion, and the two
fought merrily for a long series OF games,
although no score was kept. Later the
two McQuiston brothers played practice
game with Drummond Jones and Roland
| Hoerr, making a very pretty match.
Alarge majority OF the matches Saturday
were between Omaha men an dtheir part,
| ners because many OF the out-of-town
players entered had not arrived as yet
from attending other tournaments. Mon
day, Referee Bailey has d0creed that all
the first and preliminary rounds must be
played so that the consultations may be
started Tuesday and the doubles Wednes,
| day. ~,
Melville Long, present holder Of the clay
| court championship title, will not be in
attendance at the second national clay
court tournament. He is at present in the
east attending tennis tournaments and
sent word to Omaha Saturday that. he
would be unable to come to this city for
the championship round and would forfeit
| his title. Longs reasons for not coming
| are partly his engagements and partly be-
cause there are so few men entered in the
national clay court tournament that are of
the same class of player that he Is that
| he gets little credit for winning the event.
He was dissatisfied last year because Of the
ranking he received.
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
| Ray Farrell. Omaha. beat l.. H. Taylor.
| Dallas s. D., 6-1, Ga y
Drummond Jones. St Louis. beat Lyman
| Mcconnell. Omaha Ga 6-1.
l. A. Higgi1s.. Omaha. beat M. Buck.
Lawrence Bushmsn. 60. ell
j. Madden. Omaha, beat A. N. Newell,
Joe. Adams. Omaha. beat C. II. Young,
Omaha, by default.
II: Kohn. Omaha. beat r. Harmon,
Cedric Potter. Omaha beat r. L. earns.
Omaha. Ga 6-1,
Dick Stewart Omaha, by default.
Harold Mckinney. Lincoln. beat George
herman, Omaha, go rs.
r. M Newell. Omaha. beat George Riley,
Omaha. 6-1. 6-2
FIRST ROUND.
! II. j. Rendell. Irwin Pa beat Geor0a
| Falter. Plattsmouth. So 81
Percy siyerd. Pittsburg, beat NJ. Cole.