The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-11
MISS DOD.
MISS MARTIN.
MRS. HILLYARD.

MRS. HILLYARD. MISS MARTIN.
He begins to wish that ball were playful,
naughty little boy, who had done something
very wicked He knows he could catch Il
then, and punish it severely.
And so the game goes on; he grows hotter
and hotter and his face grows redder and
redder. If he strikes the ball too lightly, or
not squarely, or with the edge of his racquet,
it either goes, not far enough, or sidewise or
backwards; if he strikes it with any force at
all it goes out of sight After an hours
sport" he desistS. His enemy, who has
counted, has been roaring about vantage"
and ''love," and has won a dozen games
while the novice hasn't won one. What
''loven has to do with it he can't understand.
"Hate" would be a much better word. He
goes home and takes bath. The next day
every muscle feels as if it had been twisted
out of shape.
as TO z. c. MEERs.
Now, If Mr.. E. G. Meers, the celebrated
English tennis player, were to confess what
occurred the first time he took up racquet
doubtless the above would express it pretty
nearly. But Mr.. Meers has become so ex-
pert that perhaps fair player in his hands
would feel something like the novice de-
scribed. Mr.. Meers has been playing little
in America this year and doubtless finds no
pleasure in playing with any one but an ex-
pert, though he is not a first class but
second class player. His English friends think
well of him, and some say that his earlier
play in the season in America was only for
practice.
ENGLISH WOMEN PLAYERS.
There have been and are now a number of
English women to whom the game of lawn
tennis has brought laurels. They play coun-
ty tournaments in England, and there is usu-
ally favorite among the ladies Of the coun-
ty who lays all others on the shade. But
Englishmen take to these feminine tennis
players too kindly for the good of the game.
No sooner does a girl distinguish herself than
some man marries her, and this, for a time
at least, usually withdraws her from tennis
circles.
Mrs. Hillyard, formerly Miss Bingley, is
such a one. Before marriage she played in
the first ladies' championship, in 1884, and
won the first set off Miss Maud Watson when
they met on the field. The following year
Miss Bingley won the championship off Miss
Watson, who was then prime favorite
There is an Irish girl who is an expert ten
mis- player in England, Miss L. Martin She
deals tremendous service and her volleying
is said to be superior to most men players.
Miss Martin first became prominent in the
Irish championship in 1885, when she beat
Miss Langrishe and won set from Miss
Maud Watson.
Miss L. bod has come on the field since the
ladies before mentioned. While they were
wrangling for first place Miss bod was prac-
ticing at home. She is only Is years old, but
when she was IA she played Miss Watson
very closely Miss bod is magnifcently
built, her figure being perfect, and has most
excellent health.
AMERICAN lady PLAYERS.
In America each summer has some young
lady who is especially proficient in lawn ten
mis-. In Asbury Park, on the coast near
Long Branch, Miss Susie Cora Brooke repre-
sents New jersey. Miss Brooke is a tall,
stately girl and is well known as a local
champion. Last summer she took several
trophies at Sea Cliff, L. l.
At Bay Head, N. J., Miss Ellen Krone, Of
New York, is chief; at Spring Lake, Miss
Claude Robbins, of New York; at Point
Pleasant, Miss Edith Van der Veer; at Red
Bank, Miss Rittie Fields; at Brielle, Miss
Natalie Somers. of Trenton. At Cape May,
Miss Lillian Huidekooper, of Baltimore, only
ID years old, is prime fayorite: She IS the