The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-25

Eight fas, matches. some OF them
phenomenal for Youngsters marked the
second days playing IN ihe Wheeling
District Junior Teants championship
tournament. being staged by The l7te.a-
renc.r on tho Is.anl Fairgrounds. Tho
second round OF tho tourney Is now
completed. and today the four matches
In tho tribunals viii Re played. bring
the ,er!-nnals and ma match 20 20
morrow afternoon.
Yesterday. playing vas before the
la-Res, gallery % n" week. more than
$50 men ard women being sa;aered
around tho court. watching the young
sters n act.cn. They were not dis
appointed tor some o, the matches
wore f,re exh.h billions. better than some
STAGED In the mems city championship
tournev. Not A person was d!ssats-
ned with yesterdays card.
Through the kind ctte- ~ Wright
Hurus. president Of the Wheeling Ten
mis- club an eX-S;a:s CHAMPION the
ser,-nnals and NAL matches scheduled
for tomorrow viii be played on the
Wheeling Tennis clubs courts ~ EdG-
wood. The Edgw"od courts are he beat
In N. wheeling district. and the oner
~ m. club shows tho interest oe:nE
taken In the tournament.
All PLAYERS who will DO IN tho semi
finals and any others wishing 20 60.
ara invited 20 NEE, at the lnse'likencer
office isn5 Market street. ana go 70
the courts IN a group. Those living IN
the ou.-,he- 7ike s~r;toH viii e direc;
70 tho courts. while others rom tA:s
e!;y ard Martins Ferry may meet IN
group.
me FIRST match
thriller, Beat,ie GurdNnS. - the
Y.,nad. who defeated Harry Baker In
the a-s, round. met and defeated Ed
ward Perry. who drew a bye In the open
ing round. o-5, s-2. So
Ferry took the n-st set easily. ga.
and !, looked az .houSh Gundl'aS woa!T
b elm mated rom further playing.
When re S>ors stood ;wo-iove IN ~
second est, Gurdllrr started rea' play
ing. and he took the neat six games
IN succession. taking The set. In ina
third set he continued hts splendid
work. and won tho rnal set and tho
match.
Gundurx showed professional form
after getting started and Ne Is now e1-
pec.ed ~ Win NJ. Way Int" the semi
FINALS and possibly IN" erals.
Tho Second Match.
The second match was an easy a:ta'-
for William Mctrei'apd ~ m" nut n"
pike district. who defeated Abe.
CASHIER. In two love sets. CASHIER could
not show thing against McCI:'Iand.
who played easy all the way through.
The third set was a repetition 81 ~
second. Charles wells q The island and
no, or Martins Ferry as published yes
terday. defeating Lawrence W"i7Stc!Ur.
also ~ the Island In rwo love ectS.
Wells showed reai class throughout: his
match. playing steady. headH. cautious
game. ard will prove himself worthy
opponent: o. friedrich Seihy N che :r!-
hnal today.
The Fourth Match
George T.,,!cord. ot The nut ;hs pike
district. showed himself out o: rorm
yesterday akalns: friedrich S.lhy. VIII"
won the match So. Sd. eettIcord was
Jar ofr color when ne entered tho
match and only In IN" last set ola hs
show tn" FORM he showed Tuesday when
ne defeated his opponent easily.
The Best Match.
Tho hest match OF the cay was the
Nth. WHEN Dallas Heli'ns defeated
Sydney FettIcord. ia and 60 Ro.A
boys showed remarkable FORM n ;his
match. and 20 choose a winner would
have h~"n difficult task
Opening up Hell!nS to"n three games.
and then Petticord tooh one Ee.'inc
took another. making tho standing SO.
and then Fettleord started real playing.
He took the next FOUR games and the
lead. Eellirs took w" games n1h HI"
lead. and from then on :; ~us 'ieu"e
until tn-n. The nlntN"'th ga. started
strong for HelllnE. hu' retti"oEd pay
hard and made :, deuce. II went 10
deuce three times. and then HeilinK
Won IN twu clover n.'!~.
The second set $40 noih boys :ired.
but Srll eager - ""utluu" n" fray.
but H.lltns vas hSn'rnx hard and won.
So
Howard Smith d-.-,,.1 Ju.l"r H.
lrr IN tho sixth set 81 !. Both hos q
plaved clayc-ly. b.: Smiths experience
showed ,;>"l!. a-t h" oU;playcd ths
Martins Fer E"y
Gerard iurd!"g and BERNARD Maur'
staged 7r.;ty ha:t,. IN the sey"n'h
na:ca. hut GundiiHs rlay"d much Xix"
n!S brother. aud ""n easily 81. ST.
although several 90 the games 7er: -
deuce before beng decided.
The seventh va an "I1y victor" 20;
p F. A-h" Il" IN over Melvin
Stobhs. an eleven >ear old boy. N two
love s.'s and .roer:"u"ed u" difficulty
whatever N getting away nith any
kinh OF shots S'"haS - Just beginner
At tho carrt anG "'i'd in nothing
Today's Card
On ,oday'S ra-d :h.r" aEe f"Hr match.
O.. .he ,r!-huL;S ard III" w:"U"r' e
Yesterdays matches ar" eagerly looking
forward "a the playing Ire ne" Eos
settled doan h"'wc"" ':!;ht hoy = 'fr""
from thr island. '~n from Martins
Ferry. and thrr" from the "u' tn" .|h"
district.