Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-21
RACKET AND BALL.
Opening of the Lawn Tennis Tour.
nament,

Opening of the Lawn Tennis Tour.
nament.
The Southern California Lawn Tennis
tournament opened yesterday morning
very successfully at the Casino at Santa
Monica. Quite throng betook them.
selves to that building at II o'clock, the
hour when it was announced play would
be called, and they did not have to wait
long for everything was in readiness for
the sport. The first on the programme
was the Gentlemen's Association Singles,
for which eighteen entries had been
received.
The first players called were Mr.. w.
Bowring, of Los Angeles, and Mr.. A.
Kinney, of Lamanda Park, and Mr..
Bowring failing to appear the contest
was awarded to Mr.. Kinney by default.
Messrs. G. w. Saunders, of Pasadena,
and Kenneth Carter, of Santa Monica,
were the next opponents, and the first
set proved to be very interesting, result
ing after hard fight in favor of Carter,
who also won the second set-to and the
game. The next match was "a walk-over
for Mr.. r. Bettner, of Riverside, who
defeated his opponent, Mr.. Birdsall, of
Santa Monica, without giving him a
chance to score. The two champions
met in the next round, when Mr.. r. P.
Carter, of Santa Monica, and MIR. R.
Tobin, of San Francisco, faced each
other. Mr.. Carter was limping slightly
from a bad foot, but it was evident from
the start that he was the better player.
His opponent fought hard, however,
and succeeded in scoring four to
six in each of the sets.
Mr.. Barry, OF Santa Monica, and Mr..
VIM. Wood, of Pasadena, next tried
their prowess, and the last named gentle
man won rather easily. Messrs. II. G.
Wiltshire, of Los Angeles, went through
on byes, and interest was again aroused
when Messrs. A. Wilberforce, of Los An
geles, and R. Lindsay, of Garvanza, ap-
peared. Mr., Lindsay did all he could,
but was considerably outmatched and re-
tired beaten in two consecutive sets.
Messrs. G. L. Waring, of Riverside, and
Sharff, of Santa Monica, both played
we'll, the contest being ultimately decid.
ed in favor of the Riverside man. The
round was finished by a contest between
Messrs. j. Patrick, of Los Angeles, and
Charming, of Santa Monica, which was
won by the Angeleno after hard battle.
IN THE SECOND ROUND
Messrs. X. Carter and F. Carter were
matched, the former proving the victor.
Mr.. Kinney defeated Wiltshire, and Mr.,
B. Carter played better than Mr.. Bett-
ner. It being impossible to finish the
event by evening and the advertised
hour for concluding having arrived ad-
journment was then taken until this
at A. M. The following is the
official score of the proceedings 80 far:
GentIemen's singles.
FIRST ROUND.
Kinney beat Bowring, by default.
K. Garter beat Saunders, 6, 4; 6, 0.
Bettner beat Birdsall, 6, O; 6, 0.
r: P. Carter beat Tobin, 6, a; 6, 4.
Wood beat Barry, 6, 1; g.
Wiltshire, bye.
f. Carter, bye.
Waring beat Sharff, 6, 3; Q, 6; o., l.
Wilberforce beat Lindsey, 6.3; 60.
Patrick beat Charming, 6.5; 4 6; 81.
SECOND ROUND.
X. Carter beat F. Carter, 6.3; 6.3.
Kinney beat Wiltshire, 6 A; 4.6; go.
r. Carter beat Bettner, 1.6; 63; 6.5.
Wood. Waring, Wilberforce and Pat
rick to play.
The game will be played to finish
after which the mixed doubles will be
aiken up and the other contests followed
strictly according to programme. The
most exciting issue will be the fight for
he all-comers' championship cup
which will probably commence
IN Thursday. The courts are ad-
nirably adapted to the play
Ind give satisfaction to all concerned.
Within the building ice-cream and lun-
;heon is served after noon, and is said |
o be very good by those who have par
icipated. A dance is to be given on |
evening at Mrs. Carson's resi-
lence, and judging by former experi-
,nces, will be very pleasant affair. The
rand hop in the Casino is announced
or Friday.