The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-23
Tennis match
Between Walton And Harper
A Feature Yesterday
The Second Set Was Carried
To A 1913 Score

In the nrSt match OF the Knox cOun.
ty tennis tournament yesterday af.
ternoon, Sapp defeated Pete" Lever.
ing SO and rs.
Levering lid not play to his usual
standard at all and surprised his
friends very greatly who expected
that he would make things hotter for
Sapp than was the case. In the first
set, his play was weak and most Of
his shots went wild. He recovered
partially in the second set, however,
and displayed more of mis- true form.
The feature match of the afternoon
came as real surprise to all as It
was supposed that the participants,
Fl. Walton and X. Harper, would
make nothing more than a young.
sters' match of 1t. Each displayed
perfect form in his play and put to
shame many older players contest.
ing in the tournament
Walton was slightly handicapped
In the first set by playing with a
strange racket. He overcame this
difficulty and won GA. It was realized
then by the spectators that this match
was trille out of the ordinary and
all eyes were inten. on the court
when the second set was started.
Harper took The lead IN this set and
maintained y until Walton started
in to play driving game, thereby
creeping mp and tying the score into a
deuce" set.
Then the battle started. For s.
straight games, each player won his
serve and 1t looked for while as If the
rest of the afternoon would have to
be devoted to the playing.off of the
match. Walton, however, with the
score at S.S took decided brace and
captured the next two games, there.
by winning the set 1913 and the
match. This was by far the best
match of the afternoon and each boy
deserves credit for his excellent play.
Shireman, handicapped by not hav.
ing had racket in his hand for
three years, was then defeated by d.
Harper In straight sets; ,s-1'and ,6ii.
The match between F. Devin and
Strang had to be postponed because
the latter failed to put in an appear
ance.
The matches being played this af.
ternoon are as follows: Devin VS..
Strang. Alan VS.. Stoyle, Curtis VS..
Platt and Mcconnell VS.. Gotshall.
An odd circumstance arose when
the committee started out to get balls
for the tournament, those ordered not
having arrived. All the stores in Mt.
Vernon were visited and no balls
were obtained. Then hurry call was
sent to Columbus and back came the
answer that all of the merchants
there had been cleaned out on ac-
count of their city tennis tourney this
week. A message to one of the large
wholesale houses in Cincinnati receiv.
ed the same answer! There seems to
be tennis ball famine or else some
body has the market cornered (?).
At the present rate of progress, the
play in the local tournament will be
carried up to the semi-finals In both
the mems and ladies' singles by the
end OF this week. This will give an
opportunity to start Off tine doubles
AMI the consolation singles the first
of next week.
Thursday Morning
In the first match of the morning,
Miss X. Russell defeated Miss Ruth
Colville 6-1 and 81.
Ralph Ward was defeated by the
second of the Walton brothers OF
Gambler 60, 6-l.
Miss Isabel Cooper defeated Miss
Besse Patterson 6.l, SO.
The concluding match of the morn.
ing was played between Kenneth
Adams and Fletcher Devin. The lat.
ter played very we'll against his more
experienced opponent but was forced
to yield SO. 90.