Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-07
TENNIS MEN TO FLOCK HERE
Indications Are They Will Come from
All Sections of the Country.
CONTESTS BETWEEN THE CITIEs
Five Missouri River Towns May EN-
ter squads OF -Four Men Each In
Series of Matches on
the Courts.

Tennis games between five cities-Omaha,
Sioux City, St. Joseph, Des Moines and
Lincoln-are being planned by the tennis
committee Of the Omaha Field club An
swers from the tennis experts of these and
other cities of the middle. west indicate
that Omaha will probably be host to a
number of cracks from each locality some
In the coming summer.
Four men from each city is the plan as
outlined by S. S. Caldwell, head of the
tennis committee Of the club. They would
come to meet a team of four OF the tennis
sharks of this city for q nice prize list
While here Caldwell and other Field club
tennis men intend to impress It on
their minds what a nice tennis town
Omaha Is, and what a delightful time a
bunch from each town could have in
Omaha's National tournament week in
August.
Other tennis preparation for the big
nationally important event here are COM
ing along in good shape. Beals Wright is
now out on the Pacific coast, dropping a
good word for Omaha wherever he stops
on his trips among the tennis fans of the
west. The Pacific Coast association is
sending to the east this year Bundy, Nc
Laughlin. Summer. Hardy and Miss Hotch-
kiss and Melville Long. Melville Long
will assuredly play here to defend his title
and as the other men will be in Chicago
the week preceding the Clay Court, they
may come here. Joe Tyler will also come
and may bring some Oregon and Washing
ton players.
Bailey a Booster.
John T. Bailey from Oklahoma win be in
the south a great part OF the coming sum
mer, and in the letter just received here
telling OF his coming. he promised to bring
some of the southerners with him. Harvey
McQuiston of Texas, one of the best
known tennis players Of the south, will
bring some of his Dixie cracks with him.
George Wright, editor of the Wright
and Disson guide has made one of the pic
lures Of the Omaha tourney of last year
the prominent picture in, the book.
Proof of the esteem in which Omaha as
a tennis center is held in the middle states
of the country was received from the
sporting editor of the St. Joseph New
Press. recently. Following are his re-
marks on tennis in this city and the status
of Omaha as a center of the sport in the
west.
Tennis fans at Omaha are plugEers from
NhO NOAN 50. nc OA ln6 OTndnd
Field club, under whose auspices the Ma
tional clay courts Championships in tennis
will be held again this year already com
menced preparing for the tournament,
which will be held from August to u
inclusive. Some 5000 has already been
raised as prize money and the officials of
the Field club firmly believe that the af-
fair this summer will be the biggest sue
cess in It's history. Local tennis cracks
had their first taste OF real match play
at the courts Of the st. Joseph Lawn Ten
mis- association. a week ago. Saturday aft
ernoon. The grounds are in fine shape for
the beginning of strenuous season and
those who capered behind the nets. in
many instances. showed surprising form
for this early in the season. The local
club is. making ready to entertain the in
ter-state tournament this summer. 1t is
altogether probable that a number of local
will enter the clay courts
at Omaha.