The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-08-19
H. WALTON
OvGrturnS All "DOpG" And
Wins Out
From His Brother Robert
Friday Afternoon
Thus Qualifying For The
Semi-FindIS

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who considered they had the proper
line on things, Harold walton defeat
ed his brother, Robert, in a sensa-
ttonal match on the Round Hill
tennis court Friday afternoon and
thus qualified himself to participate
in the semi-fnals, which are being
played off today.
Robert Walton had been picked for
the winner of this match and. prob
ably, of the tournament. He had been
touted as such all along, so the de-
feat yesterday was a bitter dreg in
the youngsters cup. However, he
took his defeat as true sportsman
should and was perfectly unselish
in his congratulations of his brother
after the match.
The match. though good in itself,
was splendid exhibition of that mod
ern day chivalry- -sportsmanship.
Both of the boys have evidently been
schooled all of their lives in this trait
and the match yesterday showed the
results. Neither was willing to take
the least advantage of the other and,
when the referee decided a doubtful
point in favor of one, that one would
Immediately and deliberately lose the
next point to his brother. All were
agreed that it was an exceedingly
gentlemanly exhibition throughout.
The first set was very, very hard
fought Both of the brothers put up
splendid exhibition of all the tennis
they knew, not confining themselves
to one single style of play, but using
combination of all styles. Law
fords" and "Renshaws" were mixed
in unsparingly with "lobs" and
chops" and hence enough variety
was dished up to suit any of the large
and interested crowd of spectators.
Each brother had his particular ad-
herents and these were about evenly
divided in number, so the applause
was very uniform. In fact, there was
applause all of the time. If one
brother would serve doubles, his broth
er's partisans would Immediately
clap loudly and cheer vociferously.
Harold captured the first set, after
it had run into deroe, by the score
of rs.
Robert gritted his teeth, became a
trife angry with himself and started
in to make short work of the second
set. He won six straight games from
his brother, making the score 60. AT
the conclusion of this set, it was
agreed that the match should be held
up a few minutes until new pair OF
tennis shoes could be got for Harold
as he had been playing in a very
heavy and bulky pair of leather shoes
During this interlude, Robert men
toned that he had an attack OF
"charley-horse" which bothered him
exceedingly.
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seemed to be very much freshened by
| his change in shoes and Immediately
| became more active. Robert, on the
other hand, though he did his best to
conceal the fact, appeared to be in
great pain all of the time, due to the
sore muscles of his leg.
| Harold won several games and ther
Robert forged ahead Harold now be
gan his best playing, forcing Robert
continuously. He would play up tc
the net and then alternate his drives
from one side of the court to the 9th
er, with the ultimate result of finding
a place where Robert couldn't react
the ball. Robert made desperate eff
forts to take the set, but Harold's
superior playing finally won out fol
him rs.
Twas one of the most interesting
and exciting matches of the tourna
ment, without any doubt, and the
crowd was loud in it's exclamations O.
enthusiasm.
R. Levering defeated Dowds, 81
60, putting himself into the semi-fin
ais.
Eastman defeated Ackerman, g.
and GA, thereby meeting Levering il
the semi-finals this afternoon.
Genres and D. Harper finally nose'
out a victory from Blair and K. Har
per by the scores GA, 2-6 and 6-S.
Chapman defeated Kelly in an eS
citing match 6-9, 81 and GA.
Morton defeated Starr 81, 60.
Platt defeated Curtis, 60, 4-6 an
6-S.
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