Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-23
THE TENNIS COURT.
Play Commenced for the All.
Corners, Cup.

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day by day, and the seating capacity o
the Casino is taxed to its utmost at tn
times when the most interesting contest
are being played. Ladies are in the ma
iority, and all is fun and gaiety
as they champion their friends in the
courts without. There is no doubt bu
that lawn tennis is gradually establishing
itself as one of the chief pastimes of the
country, aud the enterprise of the com.
pany that has given the residents Of
Santa Monica and vicinity such excel
lent opportunities for playing cannot be
too highly commended. Yesterday g
play opened with the second round of
the gentlemen's doubles in which the
Messrs. Carter proved victorious, easily
defeating their opponents, Messrs. Kin
ney and Wilberforce. The ladies' singles
brought out some good, play and the
easy victory of Miss Gilliland over Miss
Carter was quite unexpected, as the
last mentioned young lady brought
quite a formidable tennis record with
her from over the water. Some very
fine playing occurred in the mixed
doubles, Miss Shoemaker doing some ad-
mirable work as did also some of the
other ladies, Miss Gilliland, Mrs. War
ing and Miss Carter. 1t was finally won
by Mr.. Kenneth Carter and his sister,
and it seems as if all the honors are to
60 to the Carter family, for they
have carried off every event 30 far.
Late in the afternoon the chiet match of
the tournament was commemorative
all-comers' contest for the silver cham
pionship cup. Mr.. Tobin, of San Fran
cisco, was lucky enough to draw bye,
and this Carries him safely into the Sec
ond round. Mr.. r. P. Carter is favorite
in the betting, though Mr.. Tobin has a
large number of warm and enthusiastic
hackers. The following is the official
score Of yesterdays play:
GENTLEMEN's DOUBLES.
Second Round.
F. Carter and r. P. Carter neat Saun-
ders and Wood, GA; 81.
Wilberforce and Kinney beat Bowring
and Bettner, SO; rs.
Third and Final.
F. Carter and r. p. Carter beat Will
berforce and Kinney, 6.3; 81; rs.
LADIES' SINGLES.
First Round.
Miss Carter beat Miss Shoemaker,
|6.2; 60.
Miss Gilliland, bye.
Second and Final.
Miss Gilliland beat Miss Carter, 6.2
leo.
MIXED DOUBLES.
First Round.
Miss Carter and R. P. Carter beat Miss
&. Gilliland and Mr.. Waring, so; so.
Miss Shoemaker and Mr.. w ilberfore
beat Miss Gilliland and Mr.. Bettner,
81; rs.
Miss Carter and R. P. Carter beat Mrs.
Warning and F. Carter, 6.1 6.2.
Second and Final.
Miss Carter and R. P. Carter beat Miss
Shoemaker and Mr.. Wilberforce, 90;
60.
ALL-CoMERs' CUP.
First Round.
R. Garter beat Wood, 6.4; SO.
f. Carter beat A. Kinney, so; 81.
Waring beat Lindsay, 63; 6;6.4.
WilberfoIce beat Claiming, ST.; 6.4;
6.2.
Tooin, bye.
NOTES.
A pleasant hop was given at the Ar
cadia last night.
Miss May Seamans, of this city, was
an onlooker at the games yesterday.
Mr.. j. B. Stone, the colossal ostrich
king, will play in the all-comers contest
to-day.
Captain Tomkinson is always to be
found about the place when the games
are going on.
Lord Wilberforce is suffering from sun
burnt arms. He wore a silver bracelet
throughout yesterdays play.
Mr.. Barrett Eastman, who is reporting
the games for the Tribune, is becoming
quite an authority on the game.
The costumes of the ladies who partici
pated in Yesterdays games were very
much admired by the onlookers.
A dance will take place at Mrs. Cor
sons residence this evening. Most of
the tennis players will be present.
Vast preparations are being made for
the grand ball at the Casino tomorrow
night. 1t promises to be most elegant
affair.
The Carriers are carrying everything
before them. Mr.. r. p. Carter is with
out doubt one of the best players on the
Pacific Coast.
Mr.. R. Lindsay, Of Garvanza, is very
graceful player. He is rather out OF
practice at present, or else he would be a
hard man to beat.
Mr.. G. w. Saunders, the Secretary of
the tournament, is indefatigable in his
efforts to keep everything running
smoothly. So far he has succeeded ad-
mirably.