Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-24
SANTA MONICA.
Latest Happenings At the
City-by-the-Sea.
THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
A Grand Ball To Be Given At the
Casino To-Night-FashiOn-
able Gatherings.

able gatherings.
The season at Santa Monica is in full
wing now. The weather is pleasant,
he water has been SO tempered by the
Iun's rays that it is continually warm,
he hotels and boarding-houses are we'll
illed with guests, and everything pre-
,ents q holiday appearance. Twice a
lay the beach becomes a fashionable
and those who delight to
sport in the embraces OF Neptune find
ample accommodations in the mauy bath
ing houses ranged on either side of the
pier. A number of novelty shows have
put in an appearance, and refreshment
booths and lunch stands spread their
wares invitingly at the places where the
crowds most do congregate. In addition
to the number of people who have estab-
lished their residences at Santa Monica
for the summer season a host of those
who cannot spare the time for perman-
ent vacation travel to and fro by the
daily trains over the Southern Pacific.
Fishing and boating is INDUCED
in to very limited extent
inasmuch as with the exception of one
or two old craft no boats can be had, and
although the disciples of Isaak Walton
stand perseveringly with rod and line
dangling from the pier, the piscatorial
tribe are not so prone to bite as at some
other points along the coast. The weather
yesterday was scarcely as favorable as is
~rc, n NI.4 a. G,.I l.
surrounded by thick and heavy mist
through which even his glittering shafts
could not penetrate and it was long past
the hour of noon ere the victory was
gained. As natural consequence, the
weather throughout the morning was
what is known as muggy, for although
after 8 o'clock there was no actual fog,
yet there was that damp, dreary condi-
tion of things which is not calculated to
elevate the animal spirits very much. 1t
did not, however, deter the regular
bathers from taking their customary dip
and number found amusement in push
ing into shore the ties thrown overheard
from the steamer on Monday afternoon
for the County Railroad. Children with
their clothes tucked up so that they
could not be invaded by the wash of the
tide, played up and down the beach, and
ever and anon as some venturesome dam
sci who had attained the dignity of long
skirts was caught by the waters, quite an
amusing incident would result, as boots
would be filed with water or
dainty lingerie dampened by contact
with the waves. Gentlemen of leisure
read themselves to sleep in cosy corners
and doting mothers watching their
children at play, knitted or sewed, for a
woman, especially mother, thinks it
the most dreary of all tasks to be abso-
lutely idle.
THE TENNIS MATCH.
At the Casino grounds large number
of persons assembled to witness the con-
tinuation of the tennis tournament and
both the upper gallery and the lower
stand was comfortably filled as the day
wore on. The contest for the all-comers
silver championship cup was good one
from the first, and the admirable playing
of Mr.. Bettner, who was confronted with
the invincible Mr.. r. P. Carter in the
last round, cannot be too highly lauded.
Mr.. Lindsay made hard fight with Mr..
Waring in the first round, but practice
will tell, and the gentleman from Pasa-
dena carried off the honors. Mr..
Wilberforce had walk-over with
Mr.. ]. R. Stone, who was certainly
not up to the form he has shown on other
occasions. Although Mr.. Tobin of San
Francisco had the good fortune to draw
q bye in the first round he was as singul-
arly unsuccessful on the second listing,
for he was booked to play with Mr.. r. P.
Carter, who defeated him rather easily,
much to the discontinue of the San
Francisco mans hackers. Mr.. Bow
ring was another instance of a good
player out of practice, and he was
quickly disposed of by Mr.. F. Carter,
while MIR. Bettrer carried off the honors
from Pasadena by defeating Mr.. Waring
after well-played game. Mr.. Wilber-
force was badly handicapped when he
stood up to face Mr.. Kenneth Carter, as
he has been on the sick list for couple
of days, and showed considerable courage
in playing it all. In spite of his ailments
he did some good playing, and was only
retired after long and stubborn fight,
The excitement of the day was aroused
when Mr.. Bettner faced Mr.. R. P. Garter
to play off the final. 1t proved to be un-
interesting, however, for Mr.. Bettner's
hand was SO badly blistered by his hard
playing in the early part of the day, that
after the first set he had to give up ard
the game went to Mr.. Carter by default,
The trophy, a handsome silver cham
pionship cup, has not yet arrived
from San Francisco and it is
to be won three consecutive
years by the same individual before it
becomes his absolute property. The
first round of the allcomers' doubles was
the next called, but very little PLAYING
was done as the hour for disseminating
the days play soon arrived. The follow.
ing are the official results of the days
proceedings:
ALLCoMERs' CUP.
First Round.
R. Carter beat Wood, GA; 6.2.
F. Carter beat A. Kinney, So; 81.
Waring beat Lindsay, 6.3; 26; GA.
Bowring beat Charming, 46; ga; go.
Bettner beat Saunders, 1913; 81.
Wilberforce beat Stone, 60; 60.
Tobin, bye.
X. Carter, bye.
Second Round.
r. Carter beat Tobin, 6.3; 60.
F. Carter beat Bowring, 6.1; 6.1.
Bettner beat WariDg, SO; 6.3.
X. Carter beat Wilberforce, GA; 2.6; !;
6.2.
Third Round.
r. Carter beat F. Carter, 60; 6.2.
Il Rottuor boot X Garfar O. q 9. q