The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-28
Parks Wins Laurels From
Spiece, Straight Sets,
rs, 6-1, 6-3
GREAT DOUBLES FIGHT
Spiece and Penfold Down the
Parks Brothers in Hard
Five-Set Match
BY B. a. BRIDGEwATER.

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.cr,upiOn in 1919 annexed the Ar
b rsas Valley singles championship
I've to-day afternoon by defeating
the veteran Charles Spiece OF King
fisher in straight Gets, Us, G-i, 60.
Parks triumph in the singles
came after he and his younger
brother, Kirk, had lost ihe doubles
championship to Spieco and Hoard
p.rsald Of Kansas City in a hard
fu.ht match in the morning which
went to five sets the kingfisher-
Kansas City combination winning,
a.. ca, 81, 2-6, Sc.
when Ben Parks took Spiece's
measure I'm the singles title match
the veteran lost crown he had
worm for several years. for hc Won
trs Arkansas Valley championship
m 'hc last tournament played un-
do I's name, prior to the one ending
yesterday, back in 1914
The hard doubles match in the
morning undoubtedly made Spicce
uI..,r for PARKS in the afternoon
u,u he would have been otherwise.
VIlc Parks youth enabled him "a
game back for the singles as fresh
- .ard strong as ever Spi"ce was tlr'u
.oIt before the iirst set was tln'shcu
On 'ho singles as result or Inc ter
r.. pace required In tho fiVe-set
doubles contest.
The best gallery Of the tournament
.rrrud ont in the afternoon to wit
r,y, the Parks-Spiccc match. which
started shortly after O'Clock. For
,rf.flIy for the nppToNimatelv 600
spectators the sun retired behlhu
large and friendly CLOUD Just Dctorr
thr pay starred amd kenl OUT vi
FiA' thronEhout' rms CSrtalnIs was Vas
a ,.'Hlnda.lnS On 'Iu H"i 5d,'' a., uo'
u Hlaut "at'H'hE me III "a N'S
VI. pi'asui.t Wiz = ~, II,
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Ihrks dlsplayed the most ntlI.litnt
a.. tin-,n. ,ror' his c,,,.,,, ar1 ,',nrs
e,.lrinncsd nnnnm9rt ma vnmng.
s,,rte abiIity in cove- tho whnlo
CONT without any apparent d.ffi-
Guilty stood him in good stead. tor
Sriace frequently chased him from
llnc to line during vo,leys, but
couidu't get the ball past him. Some
o. Parks returns were remarkable,
as he sent the ball back across tho
net with amazing accuracy from
every possible position and from
hl'tndid returns ana gaming points
to corid,,, r,,,r,, - N.Y. '''i po ~ y.
I,,,,tic'I dat,.,., -" -, "1N 80 NJ
nor as thn,, ala ,i,,'c ot,nr H. W.
Va" ,'''' ~ ,''''e'
'ptt'' VINO VIII dctehd MS tue
as state champion at the state
tourney in Oklahoma city week
ana d half hence, appears to be
SOWING up somewhat. lie Is as ac-
oIra,e as ever and plays the same
.v..-' H'auS tuI'o mat mas cha!ac
H MS WoIh on Soutn"este' n
e'.'.S t'I many years hul ne chn
over tho ground as ne once
An "ppuh'hl VINO can drlVe
"' u'I on the INES "lth me reGN-
.a''! ana SufehoSS OF PARKS mas
s'''l 'uge on the veteran
IN only one department Of the
game did Splece have the better of
ms opponent, That was in the
r. .''' During the entire match
q sllr'' mad but two double faults,
NNhI" iarks lost number of points
hrongh inaccurate serving. One
reason for this however is that
~. KS serves the second bail equally
as hard as the first. while Spiece aft
..'',Hs ui'' pays IL sale anu
80. ''I''' "''. W. sc'''S'
HP'c'" H'a'7s s'rohg'
II looked like another victory for
SplrHoe whom he started the first
s'' by winning the first four games
without difficulty. Parks appeared
slightly nervous and was unable TO
control his nerve, being charged
win double faults twice, Parks
won the fifth game, but Spieco took
,Hr next and the score steed 81,
Fpi''e leading.
~ was nj this stage that Parks
started the remarkable nIayinr that
carried him to victory without an
other setback. He won the next six
yam TO taxc tho set ~ and then
hsd the second set standing 40 In
Nm favor before Spicco could win a
1auo Spicce then took his only
gam ~ the second SET Parks win
ming the noxt three and the set 81.
Sr.s,o ,,o,, .,,.o H., 90, -, ,bo
b'r. won tne ilrs, Fa''e "' IN.
thro. Spiece won the next. Parks
tho nayt and Splccc the noxt max .
ing stand "a in tayor OF Parks.
Tho saltwater lad then won tho ncxt