Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26
SANTA MONICA.
The Tennis Games-The Sw i'm ming
Match and sword COntekt.
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Match and sword Contest.
The advertised attractions had the ex.
pected result OF drawing large crowd
to Santa Monica today and the railroad
companies. the hotel and restaurant
keepers, and in fact all interested in q
good days business are iubilant this
evening after counting the each receipts.
There was plenty to entertain the throng
that poured down necessarily from the
hour of the arrival of the first train to
the time when the last train of coaches
from town deposited it's load of merry
makers within sight of the sea.
Bathing was naturally the order OF
things and although extra dressing
rooms have been added to all the estab-
lishments there was still such rush
that it was hard to find accommodations
for all. The first genuine excitement of
the day was the swimming contest for
the championship between Charles Wal
ler, of South Beach, and AL. Ca
rillo, the protector of the pres
,ige of North Beach. II will
be remembered that on Sunday last the
two men met in two-mile contest, and
that Waller was worsted by some $50
yards, he unfortunately crampiog when
out some half mile from shore. He was
consequently dissatisfied with the result
and challenged GARLIC for a return
match, who, nothing loath, accepted /.
There was consequently considerable in
terest evinced when, a few minutes after
o'clock, the two men plunged into the
water and commenced their mile and q
half journey in the sea. The betting was
a good deal in favor of GARLIC in conse-
quence of his having already carried oil
the honors, but his hackers were doomed
to disappointment. On the outward
journey he swan strong and we'll and
passed the turning point ten seconds
ahead of his opponent. His strength
had, however, apparently sped, for on
the home run Waller not only made up
his loss but drew away at rapid rate
and finally finished twelve seconds
ahead of his opponent, in the excellent
time of thirty. one minutes and four sec.
onds. Professor George Young acted as
time keeper and Messrs. II. S. Clemens
and Theodore Metzler acted as umpires
and referees.
The event of the day, however
was the mounted sword contest
between Captain La Roche and Sergeant
Henry Roos, of the Second Uhlan Regi-
ment. 1t was just about 8 o'clock when
the crowd began to assemble at the
roped-in space which had been selected
on North Beach for the contest they be-
ing attracted there by the horses and the
display of armor that was to be used IN
the exhibition. AS an Introductory to
the fight, Senior Merinzo and his troupe
gave some athletic exercises, and the
combat begun. Mr.. M. B. Waller was
selected as master of ceremonies; Mr..
Greenwood was appointed second Tor
La Roche and Senior Romero for
Roos, while Mr.. Theodore Metz
Ter offered his services as UNI
pire. 1t was understood that the
fight was to be to finish, but the at
tacks proved to be 30 hot that 1t was
found necessary to call it draw. Al
the call of the bugle the men advanced
on each other sAd charged furiously
Capt. LaRoche obtaining the first hon
ors. From this time on it was give
and take encounter and resulted in Ser
geant Roos receiving bad wound in the
hand, whilst LaRoche got cut which
pierced through the pad and reached hif
shoulder. Under these circumstances
the referee considered it advisable to cal
the engagement a draw, and with THU
understanding the match terminated.
THE TENNIS CONTESTS.
The continuation of the tennis tourna
ment at the Casino yesterday drew al
usual large crowd, especially so in th'
afternoon, when the championship o