Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-13
The RedOndO Tournament in
Full Blast.
The Los Angeles Players Show.
ing Up Brilliantly.
Paul Arnold Playing in Excellent
Form.
who VIII Be Runner Up?-The Singles
to Be Finished Today-The La
dies Singles This After
noon.

The second annual tournament al
Redon6o began yesterday, and from
first appearances bids we'll to eclipse the
first one, and in fact any other evel
held in this part OF the state. A veal
ago the Redondo company built the
courts upon which the present tourna.
ment is being held, and opened them by
a tournament at which many of the
crack players appeared. The meet was
very successful, lasting over week, and
since that time every player who was
there, whether vanquisher or van
quished, has been enthusiastic over the
Redondo courts, and very properly, too
for without doubt they are the best in
Southern California, if not west of the
Rockies. For the benefit of those wht
have not seen these courts, perhaps s
brief description will not be ou
of place. They are situated about Isl
yards east of the hotel. Probably
many passers by have wondered what
the high board fence situated here con
cealed. Had they gone to the western
side sign, tennis Court" would have
silenced their wondering.
THE TENNIS COURTS.
Entering the gate and turning to the
right we come to the ladies' dressing
room. These are finished and furnished
very completely, having all the conven
fences that the fair players could de
sire. On the left of the gate, are the
commodious than the ladies' and are
models of convenience. There are
shower baths, closets, lockers, etc., all
finished as neatly and completely as
unstinted expenditure can furnish. Di.
rectly in front of these are the courts
themselves.
At first sight of these the tennis play.
er utters some exclamation of delight.
There are three: two double and one
single. They were carefully constructed
of the best asphalt and are as smooth
and level as dancing floor. On three
sides of the court are the seats
for spectators built in amphithea-
ter form and capable of seating COM
fortably 1900 people. These are
sheltered by gay colored canopies, which
add greatly to the general appearance OF
the grounds. In short, the courts are
complete in every detail and arranged
for the convenience not only of the ten
mis- votaries but the spectators as well.
1t is no wonder then that many OF
the members of the Southern California
Lawn Tennis association hoped that the
championship games would be held this
year at Redondo.
Since the announcement of the Re-
dondo tournament every club and pri-
vate court in the country has been in
almost daily use, not even excepting
the hot spell. The entries have been
pouring in the past week until the suc-
cess OF the tournament was assured !;
and although the winners will not be
able to claim the titles of champions,
who could dispute their right to such I?
For with the possible exception of
one or two, all the cracks of Southern
California are to play. More than that,
there will be representatives from. San
Francisco and San Diego, who would be
barred from the association events.
THE OPEN SINGLES.
The first number on the programme
was gentlemen's singles. There were
twenty-eight entries in this event, and
as there were very few absentees at the
appointed hour for beginning, 10 80, the
last set will hardly be played before
Thursday noon. The unexpected en-
trance of Paul Arnold has put different
complexion on the outcome of the
singles. 1t was understood be would
not appear, and full half dozen players
considered themselves Gin it" until his
name appeared. AT any rate the finish
ing matches will be quite close enough
to be interesting.
The drawing for places being over,
the playing off of the preliminary round
began, Messrs. Arthur Halsted, ofRiver-
side, Cawston, Stevens Halsted, of AL
hambra, and Miller, drew byes. Jones
and Woodhouse, two Santa Monica
players, faced each other. This match
was very quickly decided, Woodhouse
winning by the score of 80, 81.
Quite crowd watched the match
between Arnold and Stephens as manv
were anxious to see if Arnold was in
good form. He appeared to be in splen-
did condition and won handily bv q
score of 6-I, 81. Stephens made e very
creditable fight and was heartily an.
plauded.
OOAAhoiA WCh bWO SeUS IRON
Guthrie, 81, So.
Lester jumped to the first round by
Longley, defaulting to him.
Cochran, of Los Angeles, and Gilmore
of Pasadena, played stubborn match
Both players placed each ball very care
fully, but Cochran succeeded in winning
by clean score of ga, rs. Playing was
then stopped for luncheon.
THE AFTERNOONS PLAY.
In the afternoon the attendance was
much larger which seemed to inspire
the players to do their best. The crowd
was an appreciative one, not letting one
brilliant play go by unnoticed.
Considerable interest was evinced ir
the match between Kilgariff of Sar
Francisco and Routh of Los Angeles
The talent thought that the older playe,
would have a walkover, but the Los
Angeles boy won the match in two
straight sets by the score of 6.3, 6.3
Mr.. Kilgarif played under difficulties