The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-18
VISITING PLAYERS MASTERED BY
 LOCAL "A VORITES IN THE FINALS
BROOKS AND BARTLETT SUC- CESSFUL IN BOTH OF FINALS. CHALLENGE ROUNDS TAKE PLACE TODAY
By ASA RoUNTREE, JR.


 Final honors in the Cotton States tennis tournament, that has been going on at the Country club since Monday, went to local entries in the concluding matches played yesterday morning and afternoon Lee Allen Brooks and William Bartlett representing the Country club easily won their finals in doubles during the morn ing, and in the afternoon Bartlett also won the right to meet Carleton Smith of Atlanta in the challenge round by dis posing of his opponent in comparative ly easy manner.
 All three of the opponents of Brooks and Bartlett were out-of-town players. In the doubles John Mcconnell and Hugh McEniry of Bessemer sought access to the challenge round and in singles young Vernon McMillan of Atlanta was the final contestant Bartlett had to contend with Brooks and Bartlett won from Me Eniry and McConnell 6-1, 6-s 6-1 and 6-1, being forced to go four sets by the Bessemer players. After losing the first set Mcconnell and McEniry became more aggressive and finally won the second contest in a 14-game struggle. However, this setback did not affect the playing of Brooks and Bartlett and they came back and won the following two sets with little trouble.
 Bartlett Masters McMillan
 The experience and steady playing of Bartlett in the finals for singles was too much for Vernon McMillan and he was defeated in straight sets. 6-3, e-S and 6-2
 This morning at 10 o'clock the challenge round in singles will be contested on the Country club courts, with Carleton Smith, the titleholder, and William Bartlett, the challenger. as contestants. At o'clock in the afternoon Brooks and Bartlett will take on Smith and Mansfield in an effort to gain the silver loving cup of the Cotton States tournament
 Carleton Smith arrived in Birmingham early yesterday morning and throughout the greater part of the day practiced on the club courts. During the morning Car roll Blake, referee of the tournament, worked with him, while in the afternoon, with McMilan as a partner, he went up against Mathews of Atlanta and Lee All len Brooks
 Although his play showed lack of suffi- cient practice, Smith gave an exhibi- tion in playing that opened wide the eyes
 
 Of the court were almost perfect and well nigh unreturnable. He moved fast on his feet and showed to advantage in back , hand recoveries. His strokes had plenty of smoke behind them and Brooks and Bartlett will have their hands full today On account of high business pressure Mansfield did not accompany Smith to Birmingham when he learned that the challenge round in doubles would not take place until this afternoon and he will reach the city during the early part of the morning. Public Cordially Invited To the challenge rounds both in the morning and afternoon the public is cor l dfally invited by officials of the Country club and ample arrangements are being made to take care of large gallery.
 Following the contesting of the ehal- lerge round for doubles in the afternoon special exhibition match will be staged for the benefit of the gallery. Should the players participating in this match 3 show unexpected form the match will prove the stellar attraction of the tourna- ment, but at any rate will be worth going n far to see even if it assumes the shape \ of farcial tragedy. All four are tourn- ament winners. although they will not n dfvulge the names of those from which i they have emerged successfully O1 Mcconnell and McEniry played a very n creditable game yesterday morning though , outclassed. The two Bessemer players did i ot become discouraged over repeated re- Q verses and were full of fight until the very end. The local favorites easily an- E neXed the opening set, taking all but the second game. But in the second McCon- nell and McEniry played stubbornly and gleaned enough games from their oppo- i nents to acquire the set With the score n standing all, Mcconnell and McEniry ' by determined playing, won the last two n games, the thirteenth and fourteenth, giv- n ing them the set, S-6
 T In both the third and fourth struggles 1, the Bessemer pair won the first games n played and then suffered defeat in the fol- ~ | lowing six.
 Eleven deuce games were fought in the 4 first two sets and in these Brooks and
 Bartlett were the more successful. The 9 Country club team won two deuce games . end lost one on it's serves, while the Besse- mer combination won four and lost four | on its serves.
 . 1n spite of the fact that McMillan played a consistent game, Billie Bartlett had lit 1, tie trouble in winning out, his experience " more than counterbaiancing the deter. . mined assaults of the visitor. McMillan's
 fatal weakness was his inability to drive
 his ball with any great speed He placed - his balls neatly but frequently they were !, so slow that Bartlett had plenty of time :. to recover. When McMillan did send his balls shooting into the corners Bartlett found them hard to return. . Bartlett opened the match by taking tn, o first two games. McMillan promptly tieC o the count by winaing two in succession 0 but fell in the rear again when Bartlet o won three straight. After losing thu o eighth game Bartlett won the set by cor o ialiDg the ninth.
 The second set was also a seesaw af l fair. Bartlett won three and then al 0 lowed McMil1an to even the score. Th = advantage proved of short duration. fo 2 Bartlett won another trio of contest an, the set.
 l McMillan played determinedly in tn 0 third set winning the first two. However Bartlett swept forward with a rush an, 0 won the set and match by taking si, Q straight games
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