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Show OPENING ROUND AT LAKE FOREST PLAYED ! LAKE FOREST, 111., Aus. 5. Only ! three out-of-town players competed in the opening round of the western lawn tennis championship tournament, which 1 was opened here today on the courts of the Onwentsia club, Chicago men playing most of the preliminary contests. Two of the visitors In today's play were W. E. Graves of St. Louis, losing- to James ' Weber of Chicago. 6-2, 6-3, and Craig Culhertson of Louisville, succumbing to 1 L. E. "Williams. Evans ton, 6-2, 6-2. F. W. Willcit of the Longwood club, Boston, was the only stranger of the trio plnyintr to win, poincr through his sets vvlth A. G. Razzett of Chicago by 6-0 1 '6-n. ; Walter T. Hayes, Chicago, Illinois chntnpion, easily won his opening maich from W. J. Hoppe, Chicago, 6-0 6-1 H. C. lieste. ShorLhills, N. J., ' and Ward Dawson, San Francisco, partner of Maurice E. McLaughlin in holding the Pacific coast ilouhles title, arrived late., in the day, but did not play. |