The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-22
EXCELLENT TENNIS
 AT COUNTRY CLUB Warren and Roberts Easily Defeat WingO and Malone
 in Straight Sets
By FRED RoDEKER


 Yesterdays play of the fifth annual Cot ton States tournament now being held on the clay courts of the Country club af-
 forded the large crowd of tennis followers to see all of the favorites In action. No surprises fell in the camp yesterday, and
 all of the matches worked off in fine ia shion.
 Probably the most interesting match of the day was the affair between Warren Roberts and Wingo- Malone. the former winning out in three straight sets. All though the defeated duo put up a game fight and never gave up hope until the
 last point, they were completely outplayed from the start. The veteran title holder, Carlton Smith. and his youthful pupil. McMlllan easily won their double match , from Thistle" Clay and Fred Bailey The two Atlantians had the Bessemer
 boys at their mercy, and their hard drives could not be handled by the defeated
 boys. Another good double affair that
 held much of the galerys attention was the Brooks Bartlett and Lanse-Townsend the former champions having an easy time in administering defeat to their oppo- nents Yesterdays vim and force was absent from both Lange and Townsend
 while they also lacked the excellent team
 work that made them the winners over Bell and Smith. Both Brooks and Bartlett showed excellent form and handled their rivals strokes with ease. They took the
 match in straight sets, much to the sur prise of the racquet followers.
 Single Matches Interesting The single matches were not so impor- tant as on previous days. The best match of the day was the McMilan- Blake af- fair. The youth McMillan completely out played his opponents and his terrific drives could not be returned by Blake. Blake put up a much better game Tuesday when
 he easily captured his bout with Malone,
 but his drives lacked their usual speed and hop. The veteran Brooks captured his ma tch without much trouble over Peter son. He showed exceedingly fine form and improvement over the previous days at | tempts. His serves were much better and his returns were well placed with valuable force behind them. His playing of yesterday brought him more follow l CTS who state that he will win the honors ] from the present champions.
 Todays matches will probably be the | best yet The semi-finals in both the
 singles and the doubles will be played. All l four of the favorites for the champion | ship are left in the fight and today any one that visits the courts will be sure
 to see some real tennis. The most lively match of the four in the singles will be | the Brooks and Roberts fight To elimi- l nate either will mean a hard fight. Brooks l is picked to win, but the followers of Roberts assert that he will capture the | fray. The Warren and McMilan fight 1 will also be keenN watched, as both will 1 t,a Sfr uf Kind nf hid 1 stay in the finals. To pick the winner in | this match is almost impossible, even to 1 the expert forecasters. The best double
 match will be between Warren Roberts
 and McInery- McConnell. Another swift
 battle fs promised to the gallery.
 Results Yesterday
 | The pairings for today are as fololws:
 Sngles-Cariton Smith vs Harris; Brooks vs. Roberts: Warren vs. McMillan. Bart | lett vs. Lange. Doubles-McInery-M McCon-
 nell vs. Warren-Roberts; Harris Lampkin
 vs. Hanna Sanford McIneryM
 vs Warren Roberts, winner to play
 Smith McMilan; winner of Harris-Lamp-
 kin and Hanna Sanford match to play White-Palmer.
 The results yesterday follow: Singles
 Harris defeated Long 5-7, 6-0 6-1; Roberts
 defeated Crawford by default: Brooks de-
 feated Peterson, 6-1. 6-2; MeMillan defeat
 ed Blake, 6-2 6-4: Warren defeated Smith. 6-1, 6-1 Lange defeated Benedict. Gel, so; Harris defeated Hanna. 6-0 6-3. Doubles Warren Roberts defeated Wingo-Malone, 6-2, 6-4 6-4; Sanford-Manna defeated Bene- dict Porter, 6-2. 1-6. 9-7 (best two out of ! three); Smith h-McMllan defeated Clay Bailey, 6-3 7-5 6-1; Brooks Bartlett defeat ed Lange- Townsend, 6-1, GO, 6-2; Harris 1 Lampkin defeated Adams-Spencer by de- l fault.
 | Today's matches will start about D.
 m., but most of the matches will get
 under way about o'clock. The puplic is cordially Invited to attend and no admis-