| Show i SAM NEEL IS NEW HEW I TENNIS CHAMPION i Wins Vins Title in Singles from Brown With Sprained Foot Sam Neel today won the tennis championship cham championship of Utah by defeating Brown 61 1 IH 60 63 In an uneven match of which the sole Bole spectacular feature was the last set In which Neel sprained his ankle and finished victor on one good leg The match opened with Neel having his serves and strokes well in hand and Brown playing carefully but listlessly without speed or judgment ju Neel won the first four games without one of them going to deuce Brown was beaten when he came on the field and seldom played his game That he won the firth fifth game In the first set was due principally to his opponents taking long chances on line Une i balls i iThe The second set was easy although Brown began to use the net and some show of speed In the last set he began to play his real game and his cross crosscutting crosscutting cutting put him almost In the class with his adversary Several of his plays brought enthusiastic applause from the audience who awoke when they began to see something like an even match The Increased speed and better headwork on Browns part ran him within reaching distance of his opponent When the score In the last set was 43 and deuce game Brown served and met Neels return with a low Lawford to his right outer court line Neel returned weakly right Into Brown who proceeded to send the same stroke barely over oyer the thenet thenet net and this time to his left It was pret pretty pretty ty work In but Neel turned quickly and almost got It As he swung he twisted his right ankle so bad badly I that the game was stopped for several min minutes minutes utes A doctor was handy and after an examination protested against the plucky player continuing the match Brown gave a fine exhibition of sportsmanship In of offering offering fering to give Neel the match on the two sets he had already won Neel refused and amid vigorous applause after hob hobbling hobbling bling about a little continued the game He won the game and set but not with without without out a struggle quite as much because Brown had swung Into his game as be because because cause of the injured ankle The final score by sets was 61 IH 60 63 match and championship of Utah Sam Neel at one time was one of the foremost players In doubles s In this coun country tt try and has lately been developing his single game In good shape With his brother C S Neel for a teammate the team won the championship In doubles of the United States In 1896 1696 at Newport A S Brown who lost the match today todar for the championship of was at one time the state champion of Wisconsin Salis SalisbUry Salisbury bUry the present champion of Utah will not challenge Neel |
