The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-01
Warsaw Entrants In |. M. 1. Tennis
Tournament to be Held Here
Next Week Working
Hard.
THREE FROM WARSAW
seventy-Flve Men Will Take Part In
Annual Event Which viii be Big
sest Ever Held in Mlssis-
sIppl Valley.
IBx WIN p. Green.l

by Will P. Green.l
WARSAW, Ill, Aug. With the
start of the second annual tournament
of the I. M. !. tennis association at
Keokuk only a few days OF, Warsaw
entrants in the singles and doubles
have been putting on finishing touches
preparatory to call Of Are you
ready?" This city will be represented
by three players, who are entered as
follows: John NJ. Hungate and ]. s.
Prosser in the singles ana doubles;
John Forbes Mitchell in the singles.
Hungate is president of the l. M. l.
association.
According to the latest reports from
Secretary Musgelman, there are about
seventy-five men entered for the tourn-
ament, which is evidence of the fact
that the reputation OF the association
is favorably growing. The officers also
believe that the class of play this year
will be better than that OF the first
tournament last summer. With Crun-
den of Peoria, in the sets, and Mussel-
~
to retain the place he then won, a
great deal of lively sport should re-
suit especially when one considers
the great array Of less prominent
cracks who have sent in their entries.
Musselman and Crunden met at
Bloomington recently at the Central
Illinois association tournament Crun-
den won the finals, with Musselman
the runner-up. With the Quincy star
fighting to repeat his victory OF last
year, and opposed by man who has
defeated him this summer, it will
readily be seen that excitement is
pretty sure to break out in the neigh
borhood of the courts.
According to the latest announce
ments the following towns will be rep
resented ON the courts: Quincy,
Peoria, Keokuk. Burlington, Des
MONIES, Warsaw, Monmouth. Chicago,
Galesburg, Canton, Carrollton, La
Harpe,. Hamilton, Alexis, stronghurst,
Bushnell. and others.
President Hungate stated today that
no changes had been made in the ar
rangements for the use of courts. The
preliminary matches will be played
on the Triangle courts at Sixth and
Franklin The finals, singles and
doubles, will be played on the Joy
court, which is considered the best in
the Mississippi valley.
| P. C. Hayden of Keokuk will be the
referee. In this connection II
be said that in the last few years a
concerted movement has been going on
among tennis associations to secure
more competent officials. The writer
has attended tournaments of national
| importance, where ineficiency was
evident to the spectators, and the play
| ers were loud in their expressions Of
ldisapproval There also seems to be
| a tendency among many tennis officials
| to place themselves under such q
strain of nervous excitement that good
! Judgment is next to impossible. Nc
| doubt Mr.. Hayden will show his quail
| ifications for the better class of tennis
officials. which, as inferred before, has
! improved materially with the great
advance Of tournaments in the last
! few years.
Warsaw, like many small towns
takes rather uncertain interest In
tennis The Marsh boys used to play
the game considerably, and often went
Ito Carthage and nearby towns fol
matches. In the last two or three
| years there has been a greater lack
! of interest than ever. Hungate star
ted to revive the game this summer
and he has done a great deal toward
success. A good skinned court has
been made on the south side OF town
and here the local players have been
conditioning themselves for the tourn
/ ament at Keokuk. They hope to put
up good fight for the trophies and
cups.
| 1t would seem that if Warsaw is to
take any place in the tennis field in
the next ten years, the youngsters OF
the town should be interested in the
sport Tennis Is rather peculiar as q
game in that 1t cannot be mastered
In a year or two A boy may go to
college and take up football. In a
couple OF years he probably will be a
star half back or tackle. But he
hardly could become a tennis crack in
the same length of time AS an in
stance, Larned. If my memory serves
me correctly, began playing tennis
when he was thirteen years old, and
gradually worked up to the champion.
ship. A great many small towns may
have future tennis champs, who might