The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-27
BY Defeating The Star, R.
Walton, Friday Afternoon
The Latter 4 Very Unusual
And Versatile Player
Sapp And Adams Are Playing
The SemIf Finals OF
This Afternoon

Sapp won the right to contest in
the semi.fnals this afternoon by win.
ming his match against Robert Wal.
ton yesterday afternoon by the
scores 3.6, Ga and 81.
1t was not until the last set that
Sapp was able to let down the least
bit as Walton kept him on the jump
continually.
A word might aptly be said here
concerning the fine quality of Wal
toms play. He uses four distinct
kinds of service, including the one
that Bundy perfected, and has abso.
lutte control over all of these-some
thing very unusual. His head work
In the judicious usage Of these serves
is also to be commended. In his play
he uses swift and well.placed Law
ford" to very good advantage and us.
ually scores in 1t. His back-hand
strokes are always tue to his aim
and his recovery of swift drives by
the use of this stroke irequently char.
acterized his play yes 'erday after.
noon. Yesterday he also gave good
display of pure, downright grit" and
did not yield at all until the match
was over.
And all this from boy less than
fourteen years old! He's conner
all right.
In the second match of the after.
noon, Wood defeated Prof. G. H. Win.
ans 6.2 and Ga.
! pevin then defeated Faye Strans
60 and 60. Strang is another player
who gives promise Of great things.
Mcconnell and Gotshall played well
into the night again, the latter win
ming in straight sets Ga and 6-3.
Today's play will finish up the semi.
finals in the first division and bring
the play up to the semi-finals in the
second division in the mems singles.
In the ladies' singles. everything will
be finished except the finals and the
challenge round.
The matches are improving each
day and next week will see some real
sensational playing in the singles.
The doubles and consolation singles
will be worked heavily the first Of
, next week so that the play in these
can be brought up to position cor
responding to that occupied by the
singles.
A silver pin tray, to be engraved
suitably, has been selected as thu
runner.up prize in the ladies' singles
The leather racket case for the men,
singles runner.up has arrived and Il
q very handsome article, we'll wortl
!. working for. Those who are In charg'
J. of ordering the cups report that the!
will be beauties"
Saturday, Morning
In the first match this morning
Harold Stoyle defeated Prof. J. s
Alan 6.3, 6-4.
h Adams then played two matches
winning from Dsv!n IN the first one
= 60, 60 and H. Arnold in the secon'
&c, 60. This means that Adams will
be Sapp's opponent in the semi-final
of the first division being played oi
this afternoon.
Mondays Schedule
.. m.
o:00--Arnold and Alan vs., X
Harper and Eastman.
1G:00--Consolaiion singles.
Il 11:0O-Consolatio singles.
2:00-Miss Sigler vs.. Mrs. WOols0r
3;00--Wood or Gotshall vs. Kell,
Kroner or Michael.
4:0O-Ackerman and Platt VS.. +
and H. Walton.
y 5:0O-Barnard VS.. Platt.
- AS soon as today's matches ar
:. over, the consolation singles will b
- drawn and two matches Of these wi
= be played Monday morning at 10 an
!, II o'clock as indicated in the sche'
- ule.