Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-09


Finals in the city championship ten
mis- tournament will be played at
O'Clock this afternoon on the privat,
courts Of J. $. Cosden, Seven eentf
| ana Denver Preceding this the semi
| finals will be played with Iams, Greer
| sloan and Milam as contestants,
| Arrangements have oeen made fol
| several hundred spectators and il /.
| probable that the matches this after.
| noon will prove the most popular ten.
| mis- event ever held in the city. The
doubles matches will not be played
| until next week.
Schedule of the semifinals is Sloan
against GrCcr and lams against Mi
lam. These will play at $50 o'clock.
Winners Will meet at O'Clock for the
citN title and the Deshon loving cup.
Under the rays Of powerful electric
Hghts, Iams and Greer fought their
way into the semifinlls last night by
defeating Graham and Perkins re-
Spectively. The matches were played
at o'clock in the evening On tho
Cosden courts and probably are the
only tournament games ever played at
night In the middle west
The tournament was reopened early
in the afternoon by the Shakeley-
lams match, which Iams took with
comparative ease. Shakeley was tired
from previous doubles fray and soon
fell a slave to the brilliant offense OF
Iams.
At the same time Greer took his
match from Young by a slow, painful
process as Young put up his usual
stiff defense through the entire
match.
Both Iams and Greer returned last
night ard took the courts for two
more important settos After putting
up a sensational exhibition in the aft
ernOon Graham was being rated as a
likely contender for the title when he
took The court with Iams. Although
he rallied at times his strength was
not equal TO the power Of his adver-
sary and he went TO defeat 6-1, 81.
Greer put Perkins out of the run
ming IN the other night event with I
little more trouble. winning ga. Ga. /
Sloan and Wilson did not furnish /.
such entertainment in :he process of |
their climb to the semifinals. Sloan !
has not yet in the tourney run against /
my one who could force him TO an
timber.
Milan proved darkhorse early
n the afternoon by defeating Perry
nan and later carried out his good
tart by winning from Winn and ad- l
'ancing to the -emi-finals
only n few doubles matches was
played yesterday, this department
laving been put off until next week
tceser and Graham lost to Greer and
ans in the best event of the tourna-
nent to date. The losers took the
irst set in record shape. Graham |
tagging an exciting comeback. In the |
econd set Greer and Iams turned
he trick and the two teams settled |
D battle for the deciding set. De-
pite the beautiful net play and |
mashes of Graham, he went down |
18th his partner.
Yesterdays results were:
Greer defeated Young, GO, Ga: 1
reer defeated Perkins, GA, Ga: |
loan defeated Rhinehart. SO. 6-f: II
inns defeated Shakeley. Ga. SO;
iggins defeated Aler. by default;
oan defeated Higgins, 6-2. go:
INN defeated Rice, 60, Ga; Milan
'teated Perryman, So, Sc; Milan
sfeated Winn. 6-1, go; Graham de
ated Stiles, 4-6. 6-3 6-2: Iams de-
ated Graham, 6-1, 6-1: Perryman
I'd Cappe won from Jones and
dams by default: Perkins and Has
III won from Milan and Elliott by
fault; Thompson and Higgins de
ated Simon and Williams. 4-6. SO.
4; Graham and Roeser defeated
Ihn and Du Boise. 5-1. 6-2: Howen- II
bbler and Stiles defeated the Shall II
nberser brothers by default Greer
d Shakeley defeated Howendobbler
l. o-3; Graham and Roeser de-