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1 VOL. XV, NO. 10 SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1912 FIVE CENTS A TOURNAMENT OF CLASS Second Annual Midwinter Tennis Cham pionship Takes Front Rank Final Rounds .Brilliant Climax to Full Week of Fine Play r America' Leading- Amateurs "IT IS NO exaggeration to say," writes S.W.Mer rihew, editor of Ameri can Lawn Tennis and America's authority on the game, "that no win ter tournament, outside of California which has featured the sport for many years, has ever been held in this country to equal the second annual Mid winter Tournament at Pinehurst in the class of its competitors. As a cli max of a week of splendid play came the final matches with their brilliant features, all in all a record of which Pinehurst may well feel proud for such an accom plishment is by no means an easy task and is a significant prophesy for the future. "Fine form prevailed throughout the week. Raymond D. Little, who has for years been in the very front rank, and has to his credit a long list of notable victories over the cracks of this country and Europe, was the most successful per former, winning every event in which he competed. In the men's singles he de feated Richard Bishop of Boston in a five set match that seemed hopelessly against him and was snatched from impending defeat only by a recovery of the kind that is a characteristic of the winner's game. Partnered with his sister, Miss Elsie R. Little, he won the mixed doubles event with a considerable margin to spare ; and with Bishop as his team mate, he won the men's doubles from the Can adian team, Hall and Goldstein, with even greater ease. "The women's events attracted great attention and proved the most in teresting, owing to the high rank of the players and their knowledge of each other's games. Mrs. Marshall McLean a former national champion, equal led expectations by winning the wo men's singles, but Miss Edna Wil dey of Plainfield played her a surpris ingly close match in the final, win ning one set and making a splendid fight for the last. The big surprise came in the final of the women's doubles, when Miss Little and Miss Wildey defeated Mrs. McLean and Mrs. A. G. Miles in a 3 set match that was anyone's until the very end. "The draw divided the favorites very well. In the women's singles the im portant match was between Mrs. George Chapman who had been given a bad scare by Miss Barnett, losing the first set and just escaping defeat in the second, after which her superior ex perience enabled her to pull the match out of the fire. Mrs. McLean started badly, losing the first three games, but after that she was clearly the superior. In the lower half Miss Wildey and Mrs. Miles clashed and although the latter fought pluckily, she was no match for her agile Plainfield opponent. In the final, Miss Wildey jumped into the lead at once and won the first set with very little trouble. Mrs. McLean was erratic and lacked control. She rallied, how ever, in the second set, and strok ing beautifully and with vigor and certainty, quickly evened the score. Be ginning the final set she advanced to 5 2 and the match seemed won, but Miss Wildey was only spurred on to greater effort. Hitting harder and covering court with remarkable quickness, she made 'gets' of seemingly impossible balls, while Mrs. McLean strove to place them beyond her reach. With the score 5 i it seemed as if it would go to deuce, with all the chances favoring Miss Wildey in that event ; but the latter was not quite equal to the task and Mrs. McLean finally won. "The final round of the women's doubles also furnished plenty of excitement. On form Mrs. McLean and Mrs. Miles should have won from Miss Little and Miss Wil dey. The latter pair started well, how ever, and quickly took the first set, only to lose the second by a decided reversal. At 3 all in the third 'set the crisis came. The lion's share of the work was being done by Mrs. Miles and Miss Wildey, the latter being eager to take anything and the former being played persistently by her opponents. The strain told on her and she made error after error on well judged lobs that she could not handle properly. Mrs. McLean seldom had a chance to hit the ball and the game fin ally went to the younger players. The ultimate losers got one more game, but that was all, Miss Wildey and Miss Little winning a stubbornly contested match and one in which determination and dog ged persistence triumphed over better team work and individual play. "The feature of the mixed doubles event was the defeat of Mr. Durant and Mrs. McLean by Mr. James and Mrs. Chapman. Starting badly and losing the first set. the latter pair won the second and then went after the rubber. Mr. James used his chop stroke with marked success, following it up with hard drives and agressive net work. Mrs. Chapman was, as always, heady and resourceful, coming to the net with great persistence and success. Under their fierce attack Mr. Durant's game fell off slightly, and although Mrs. McLean strove pluckily she was unable to stem the tide of defeat, the set going to Mr. James and Mrs. Chapman, 86. In the final round the Littles won from Mr. Bishop and Miss Wildey; Mr. James' enforced departure rendering it necessary to register a de fault against Mr. James and Mrs. Chap man. The aggressive play of Mr. Lit tle was well supported by his sister and they won the first and third sets easily. The second also seemed to be theirs, but Mr. Bishop and Miss Wildey came from the rear just in time and won a deuce set. The losing pair were steady and dependable, but they could not cope with the tremendous smashes and drives of Mr. Little. "In the men's singles Little and Bishop met after the latter had been given a good fight by James. Both men were er ( Concluded on page two) ROUND ROBIN GOLF PLAY Sixteen Prizes Awarded in Novel Tin Whistle Tonrnament Qualifying- In Seven Divisions of Four Facta, Ever j Participant Plajed Fvery Other Contentant 11 78 ROUND ROBIN golf provided the most inter esting of the season's tournaments for the Tin Whistles, the prizes gold medals for best net and gross scores and first and second prizes in seven divisions of four each. The results are clearly shown in the following summary, showing quali fication scores and match play results : T. S. Robeson, Gold medal, best gross 38 44 82 Geo. Robeson, Gold medal, best net 45 44 89 FIRST GROSS FOUR Robeson, I. S. 38 44 82 Dean 41 43 84 Hunter 41 45 86 Fownes 42 44 86 Fownes, first, won three matches. Dean, second, won two matches. SECOND GROSS FOUR Dutton 45 44 89 Robeson, G. 45 44 89 Collier 45 45 90 Becker 50 42 92 Dutton, first, won three matches. Becker, second, won two matches. FIRST NET FOUR 48 47 46 46 46 52 46 52 Truesdell, first, won three matches. Hudson, second, won two matches. SECOND FOUR Towle 49 50 99 13 ( Concluded on page three) Rathbone Truesdell Hudson Waters 95 92 98 98 14 7 13 13 81 85 85 85 8G
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