Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-30
Princeton Athlete Bests Gardner in
Western Amateur Tourney on
Detroit Course.
YALE ATHLETE PLAYS FINE GAME
Former Champion is in Good Form
Except for Topping Drives.
PRINCETON MAN IS BRILLIANT
Shows Championship Caliber in Every
Department Of Game.
NEW INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPION
seckeI was Already Best OF Coli~gs
Golfers and By Defenting Former
National Champion Puts
Himself at TOP

NATIONAL champion run
Himself Mt TOP
TO Omaha" is the slogan OF the tennis
men of the country this wees-to Omaha
to the second national clay court cham
pionship OF the United States. Ear greater
than the first clay court tournament. the
event this year, scheduled TO begin at the
Omaha Field club Saturday morning Will
have men from practically every section Of
the country, including players who rank
among the first ten OF the United States.
The tennis men OF the Omaha Field cluD
have been conducting a most complete
campaign of the tennis centers OF the
country, and from every association OF any
size in the United States there is at least
one player entered-in many cases either
the winner of the tournament OF that sec
ton or the runner-up. The representation
Of crack men from the east will be large.
Monday and Tuesday OF this week the
local men will know for certain whether
some OF the men who are now playing In
the western tournament and the prelimin-
airy national grass court tournament In
Chicago will be able to come to Omaha
Last year in the national clay court
there were men from California, New York
and from the central states, but the repre-
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fraternity Of the south consisted chiefly
OF John T. Bailey Of Oklahoma and two
OF three players whom he brought with
him. Ali. however, became boosters for
Omaha after their weeks stay here and
in the second national clay court the
southern clubs are more than ably rep
resented.
VIII Defend Title.
Defending the title OF national clay
court champion will be Melville W. Long
OF California. the youth who went through
the national 30 easily last year. r. @.
Anderson OF New York and Walter Hayes
Of Chicago are the doubles champions.
When the championship round n called
on the last day OF the tournament Il viii
be a battle royal between experts. for there
will be many more men OF high class
present this year than In the 1910 tourney.
In the doubles there are men coming. who
playing together for years. have won many
hard tournaments. Here Anderson and
Hayes will find their lack of experience.
as a team counting against them. for the
two men never played a match together
before last season. From the manner IN
which Hayes has been playing the game
in the western he has improved much
since last season and will come near to
winning the singles in the clay court this
year II he keeps IL up.
Entry List LarRe.
The entry list OF the national this year
viii be far larger in mere number than
last year. There were Just a few more
than 100 entered in the first national clay
court tournament and its promoters con-
sidered it a most successful event, and
Justly. The fame OF the 1910 tourney has
gone out and this year an entry list OF
between LIS and 100 is expected.
Two OF the big tournaments Of the middle
west and the western in Lake Forest win
have Omaha men present this week, boost
ing for the national. A. c. Potter and
Arthur Scribner are In Chicago and out
to the Ontwentsia club at Lake Forest
each day. Harry Koch and Mckay. the
former Indianapolis champion. leave for
Sioux City tonight. where they will attend
the tri-state tournament. Branson and
Barton. holders OF the South Dakota
doubles championship, are loyal boosters
for Omaha, having attended tournaments
here for years. In Kansas City, where the
Missouri valley tournament starts this
week, will be Ralph RaIney and Lyman
Mcconnell. Drummond Jones and Roland
Hoerr, vino were both in the national last
year. are to be In Kansas City and they
will come TO Omaha afterward, bringing
1ohlc u Tie hl16ourl Ndl4Gy contestants
George Wright Coming.
George Wright. head OF the national
committee and head of the com
nittee On the Davis cup challenge. and
probably the most widely known tennis
nan OF the country. viii be in Omaha at
least a part OF the week OF the national
.lay court championship tournament.
In his position as head OF the ranking
Mr.. Wright states in a letter
hat he believes that he should see az
cast two or three days OF the clay court
tournament The Omaha men declarae that
Z nc stays that long for duty's sake they
viii make IL 50 pleasant for him ne will
itay the remainder OF the week.
While some of the Omaha men are doing
missionary work in other cities 10 boost
he entry list and bring the big men here
.or the tournament. their brethren at home
are working equally hard to prepare en-
ertainment for the visitors and see that
hey are well taken care Of during their
Itay.
'ided something Cor each night. Ak-sar-
Ben Den Monday night. indoor tennis az
field club Tuesday dances Wednesday.
Happy Hollow club entertainment Thurs
lay. Friday a smoker with live pro-
ram Of entertainment by Frank Blish,
md Saturday night a dance. A locker
will take care OF the players
n that regard, and all the automobiles
'btainable VIII be pushed into service for
he use OF the players
Many from the state.
Word from the tennis centers OF Ne
,raska Indicates that there vii be a num-
'er OF the state experts in for the tourney.
I is proposed 10 play off a state t0urna-
nent. representatives from the four parts
4 the state entering. making four men in
he singles and eight IN the doubles. II.
Anderson OF Newman Grove. c. H. VIII
ams Of Alliance. c. l. Meyer OF Peru and
theirs OF the Nebraska players will be
ere.
The men Of Omaha will enter By the
core. but many Of them viii be unable