The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-03
FOR TENNIS CUP!
Big Match at Country Club
Courts Monday Afternoon.
Local Players in Form to De-
feat X. C.. A. C. Men,
(By SAM

(By SAM
Interest among tennis players in To.
peka is now conferred on the coming
| tournament between tine Topeka
Country club and the Kansas City
Athletic club members. The dual meet
will be held on the Country club
courts on the legal holiday, next Mon
| day.
| Both aggregations have been work
| ing hard for the contest. 1t will be
the first of a series of three games
| for a trophy offered by the tennis
players of the Kansas City associa-
ton. A cup offered by the local play.
erS three years ago was won by the
Missouri men after taking two out OF
three Journeys.
The lineup of the Topeka players il
as follows:
Shoemaker, strong on terrific
drives; has a puzzling service; large
| amount of endurance.
| Collinson. a heady player: excep-
tionally good in placing the ball; use:
4-hand drive.
! Bishop, a great lawford man; plays
a fine net game.
Cole. young player who has de-
veloped rapidly this spring; has a loi
of endurance and some speed.
Opposing them will be:
Poteet, an unusually good all.
around player and ranked as one OF
+, the four best in Kansas City; plays
steady. persistent game; is fast on the
court.
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on the backhand and overhead re.
turn.
/ Leming. plays a steady. consistent
game, tinged with brilliancy.
/ Howard. a steady player with en-.
durance.
! These eight players, the cream o,
the two cities, will probably have some
warm sets Monday. All of them will
Cole and Collinson will play together
and Bishop and Shoemaker. Bishop
takes Trobert's place. the latter being
unable to play. No word has reached
f Topeka of the double selections of the
The tourney will begin in the morn.
ing and will continue throughout the
day. Both tennis teams are in great
shape and the white spheroid viii
probably be shot across the net with
all the steam that can be mustered. II
will be the first big event in that lin'
here this season.
The Y. w. c. A. girls are taking up
tennis with a great deal of enthusi-
asm. There are 4G of them enrolled
for playing on the courts. which are
located in the rear of the executive
mansion between Buchanan and Lin.
coin streets on West Eighth avenue
Twenty-six of these girls take instruc-
ton in the game. instruction is Civ
en- by a competent teacher SNe cry Tues
day afternoon between 4:3O and 6:2(
o'clock; Thursdays between $50 and
1880 p. m, and every Friday morning
between and o'clock.
Submitted by one who knows: a
chic costume for the woman of the
tennis court is of white linen, with
short, full skirt, above white canvaa
shoes The blouse is in sailor style
with broad color, often of blue OF
red or of a color to match the stripe
in the fashionable new tennis coat
This coat is a short, loose Jacket. in
with tasselled cord. The hair il
dressed to suit the close tennis caps
that are white, and sometimes con-.
! bined with d color that matches thai
of the jacket.
The crack tennis player will aIway1
say that the person who has a lot Of
steam, coupled with endurance ane
sureness, is bound to put up game
battle against any one. However
there are plenty of expert players IL
Topeka who are minus the steam
Some of them use cut ball altogeth.
popular serve which can be highly de.
veloped is the hard, straight ball, JUS
over the net. which does not bounce
This is fruit for some players. buf
puzzles a good many. The oack-hanC
cut service is effectively used by
many high class players. Bob Shoe
maker. the Country club man who viii
be in Mondays tourney. has a cork.
screw that took years to get int the
condition that it now is in An entirs
book could be written on the many
forms of service and it is just as var
led in regard 20 net and return tennis