Jambalaya [yearbook] 1917 . on the courts of the new CountryClub, by the Tulane Athletic Association, under the auspices of the U. S. N. L. T. the entry list at first held promise of there being several teams in the tournament,it finally narrowed down to two: Tulane and the University of Texas, which Universitywas well represented by Palmer Bradley and Sellers Thomas. The Georgia Tech andL. S. U. entries were scratched. Texas and Tulane, the latter represented by Henry Bruns and Douglas Walters,played against each other in the only match in the doubles, and, while it was Tulanefrom the
Jambalaya [yearbook] 1917 . on the courts of the new CountryClub, by the Tulane Athletic Association, under the auspices of the U. S. N. L. T. the entry list at first held promise of there being several teams in the tournament,it finally narrowed down to two: Tulane and the University of Texas, which Universitywas well represented by Palmer Bradley and Sellers Thomas. The Georgia Tech andL. S. U. entries were scratched. Texas and Tulane, the latter represented by Henry Bruns and Douglas Walters,played against each other in the only match in the doubles, and, while it was Tulanefrom the start, the match was close enough to cause a great deal of enthusiasm amongthe spectators. In the singles, Bruns and Walters fought it out in the finals, bothTexans being eliminated in the earlier matches. Walters walked away with the firsttwelve games and got a 5-2 lead on the deciding set. However, Bruns made a verydetermined stand here and evened the score at 5-all, but Walters ran out the set at 10-8. (334) «5B I ?*. Doug Walters made the rounds of several large tournaments in the East lastsummer and did very well. He started by winning the Tennessee state championship,then went to Memphis, where the Southern championship was played, and repeated hisperformance, winning the most coveted of Southern titles. Paired with Henry Bruns,they almost won the Southern doubles championship, losing only after a hard five setmatch to Emerson and Hardy of Memphis. Doug then played in the Narragensett Pier, R. I., tournament and lost in thesemifinals to Watson Washburn, after being within two points of the match. Next heentered the Rhode Island State tournament and won the singles and doubles, paired inthe latter event with H. A. MacKinney. At Newport, the next week, Doug stayeduntil the round before the semifinals, losing to the Jap. Kumagee. In the Nationaltournament he stayed again until the last eight, losing to Norris Williams after takingthe first set. Watters had, before leaving
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