The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-02
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BY Chuck Rattle

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BY Chuck Rattle
On the Courts-Rain halted the
44-entry tennis tournament Sunday
almost before the opening matches
got under way. The tourney is by
the way the largest tennis entry in
q good many years, and reflects
the growing interest in the game.
Looming as the best matches in
the tourney thus far was the Bry-
an1R. McCracken match and the
Bryan-Otto semi-finals match in
the heavy bracket. Bryan, employ
ing a rallying game for man out
of practice, turned in some nice
tennis. He went over McCracken
in two stirring sets as the boys
stroked it out. Then as Otto elm
mated Blycker, Bryan met Otto in
the finals Of the bracket, the only
foursome to complete their play
Sunday. It was touch and go with
these two boys as they served,
lobbed, and rallied trying
to out general the other fellow. In
the first set it was Bryan who
went over the Carleton collegian,
but Otto came back to take the
next two.
This interest shown In this
tournament has been q long
time In coming. And it's by no
accident that the enthusiasm
has mounted. In the first in
stance the school Is RESPONSE
BILE. They have maintained the
library court offering free ten
mis- to younger players. Now
Supt. Kohl tells me the school
Is planning another court for
the playground which will give
two downtown courts. In the
meantime the second court at
the Country Club Il being fix
ed, new back stops will be
erected, and one court will be
lighted for night play. And
that issue has drawn out hid
den talent from the ranks of
older ones like Bill Bryan,
Lloyd Blycker, Phil Steiner,
Vic Sieben and Others who
used to play but who had for
salken the game for golf. Make
no mistake the arrangements
for the above improvements
have been made, and they will
60 through.
But as usual when such improve
ments are privately promoted by
those interested in the game, 1t
takes a certain amount OF money.
And some opposition has been en-
countered on that score. Surpris-
ingly the opposition to pay for
such improvements has come from
tennis players. It must be under
stood that stable donations have
been received from men, not In
terested in the game of tennis at
all. Some have given labor, others
materials. Here are some Of the ex-
amples: the North American
have donated enough
pipe to put up new back stops. It
was coil pipe left in their old plant,
so L. w. Garfield cut 1t out with
out cost of labor. Ben Simonton
has offered to thread the pipe for
the pipe not to be used. Doc Cole
will wire the courts, and there are
others. Now 1t seems that the ten
mis- players themselves, who are go
ing to be benefited directly by
these improvements, ought to be
willing to pay the sum asked-one
dollar. An explanation might clear
things up. No one Is trying to
whangle money out and out from
these players. On the other hand
considerable expense has been in
volved, and a handful Of four or
five fellows who have given OF
their time and work, are not to be
expected to bear the entire finan-
cial burden. This money you pay
in now is to go entirely for cost OF
necessary equipment. Cost Of light
ing, additional expense, will have
to be borne solely by those who use
the courts. Lighting is estimated as
costing about ten cents an hour.
Play will be charged by the hour,
that's the arrangements now. so
that those who play most will act
ually pay for the lights used. The
burden for the lighting costs will
be born by only those who use the
lights. But the cost Of such equip
ment, making it possible for every
tennis player, to have this lighting
advantage will be borne by the
group as whole.
It was the Rotary club who
came through in a big way when
they underworld the project-to
give a credit face to the sponsors.
And many thanks.
Personally I feel that the
project Is worth putting thru,
and It requires the immediate
attention Of everyone who
swings q racket. Some there
arc who are going away soon,
hut they'll come back and want