The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-12
BIT GAM HARDLY BE COMPLETED
BEFORE TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Brilliant Matches Featured Yesterdays
Play-Mixed Doubles Will Be
Started This Morning.

While good progress was made yes,
,"rday. the second day or INC annual
open tournament Of the Wheeling Ion-
mis- club. the indicati ions last night were
thai tho event could not be finished To-
day. |, Is believed. however. that the
finals will he reached by evening.
Matches in mems singles were played
up to the semi-fnnl round. In mon
doubles. started yesterday morning s. tnG
first round matches were played. and
Two matches in the second round were
finished.
Play in mixed doubles VIII be started
this morning. it was announced ny
President Bowie yesterday afternoon.
Several interesting matches are expect
ed. This is m innovation III 'he nrH -
inr Clubs tournament. and is tending 10
increase interest. especially on Inc part
of young women.
Gonsnia ton singles we're started yes
tcrtlay. but only few matches were
played These probably will DC COM
pieted today.
! Brilliant Tennis Playing.
brilliant tennis playing was witness
cd bv n large gallery at the cdgcdale
courts. yesterday. Many beautliut
matrhcs we're staged. some of which
were 80 closely contested that they last
cI several minutes. One of the stellar
matches of the day was That IN Wh'Ch
IN. IT, Morgan, of Washington, ~
member uf the Harvard team e'll,'llu.nu
u up McI,1IIl, III ] llbH'N' 80
srts The young college star had Il
somewhat asy time In the first set. WIN
ming 60. but the veteran IittSburehGr
came back strong in he scconu, n!'"ty
losing II. S-l". McLain mad an Pu. snG
sci point three times. but was passed
by Morgan The thirteenth game was
tirrcrlv contested. and WIS sent 10
JorIrr about twenty times. Morgan serF-
ing. ,h,, IN
l."
STAR. defeated ~ w. Swayne. Of phlia-
dclrha. This went three sets. 3D. So
and ct. ,,, =; tho
considerable interest was taken IN Tue
and Thomas R"atiic ~ this city and IT,. In
and Leland Morris. of l'hrkcrSnurg. LIZ
local hnys wnn. G-i. 6-4.. Known an"
C;cnrcr Ransnm. the E3cavcr fhIls' r. ~,
lnds, won their match cASlIE: anu io,' ~
I'ummirs Of this city. and S~aync; Oh
r%iI,drInhia urc going fine in doubles
md urc rluving together like veteran
.uIHying pair.
'"' " Today's Matches. ,,,,,,
In the semI,iinalst ~ E knrsh,rr WHO
'.n.!crI,v defeated c. l.. bradford, or
~. Ts rksh'irr, viii play Walter Knox OF
Pittsburgh. and Thomas Cummins' , one
local lad who was the rnnnercu sS.
year. will play ID. -. A"TE"'' va
II Is expected that large gallery VIII
viiness today's play. Many were pres
ont Yesterday. but interest IS Incrc '.;1l
ing. and today's audience propapis wiz
h,. The largest nf tho tourney.
y" yos,crday:s rlav resulted as follows:
THIRD Round.
g /, bradford. of ClarksburG. dctea'-
rd Henry SrottG Wheeling. 81. 6-3.
Walter kn"X; ,d pmtspu His s. a. '''|0
y y, Morgan. of WASHINGTON. D. c.
dcrcatcd ! + McLain, Pittsburgh gu.
Arthur Ehbcrt. Wheeling. defeat r.
F.. MrAdnms, Clarks burg. ~ d ioS %,%
1,rk cnIburn, F'afrInont. 80. by default
Tribunals.
Ioc Shrewsbury. ParkersburE del cateo
G L. bradford, Clarkshurg' 81, 10; -
Walter Knox. Pittsburgn' ae,r"'e "a ~
:rhonas Nick. Cummins. WhcclinG: nc
rca,nd Thomas neattle. WheelihH'
60. so. ,,-, r do
fcatrd Arthur Ehbort. Whce'nE' NO. w.
play In mons doubles resulted MS lol-
lows: a
IIurbcs and Rcattic, both OF Nn'ci-
,nr defeated Windsor and FilsocK' ooth
Of Pittsburgh. Ga, So. por,or.
Morris and Morris. both OF ParkHrS-
hurr. defeated \. Bowie and IaElor'
both of Wheeling. Ga. If. 6-4.
Cummins. of Wheeling. and swami .ni
Of philadelphia. defeated ,, Bradf tI s nno
r r. Rowic and y. W. Ctubolefle'a:
both Of Wheeling. defeated Purint"n' OF
Nnrgantown. and Blankcnsop' OIL
Moundsvillr. 60. ca:
Arthur Ebbert Wheeling. ann ~; -,
Horcnn washington, y. C.. defeated W.
r FL Burt Il nt'' and WIN. Abbott both Of Wheel
Ransom and Ransom, both Of Beaver r
rnIIa Pm. defeated Armhruster. OF
yhncIinr and Shrewsbury, of Parkers-
burg, az, Ga.
~ Second Round.
Hugus and Beattie. Of wheeling DE-
reatcd Morris and Morris VI faFAers-
burg. Ga. Ga.
Cnmmins, Of Wheeling. and Swayne;
of Philadelphia defeated lowe anu
Siubblcflcld of Wheeling, GO. So