Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-11
MAKE A DATE.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE
TENNIS ASSOCIATION?
Why Not Hold the Tournament at Re-
dondo Beach-Gossip About the Prob
able Contestanls-An English Contest.

The directors of the Southern Califor-
MIA have not yet announced dates for
the annual tournament. Why is this?
Surely it is not for lack OF grounds. If
there is any uncertainty about the
grounds at Santa Monica, why not hold
the tournament at Redondo Beach? At
all events. it is to be hoped that arrange
ments will be concluded in the very
near future one way or the other, as the
tennis enthusiasts are showing slight
signs OF ennui at the dilatory methods
OF those in charge. The prospects for
close and exciting matches are very fair.
Arnold has the call in popular estima-
ton for the championship singles. He
is very promising player, and has
made wonderful progress in mastering
the intricacies OF the game in the past
year. There are several young players
who are coming very fast. They will,
at least, make it very interesting for the
University players. The ladies' singles
will be we'll contested this year. Miss
Carter, the champion of 1890, is now in
England. The most prominent candi-
dates for championship honors are Miss
Shoemaker OF Pasadena, Miss Eva Tufts
of Los Angeles, Miss Gilliland of River
side and Miss Halsted of Alhambra.
The latter player is in very good form
Just at present, and the young lady who
beats her will come pretty nearly winning
the championship. The ladies' doubles
promise to be very exciting. The AL
hambra club will unfortunately not be
represented. Miss Halsted and
Miss Green would make an
undeniably strong team, but
the latter young lady will be in San
Francisco tournament week. Miss
Green is quite promising young player,
and would have quite a good show in
the ladies' singles.
At this writing there is some uncer-
tainty about the teams which will repre-
sent the different clubs in the mixed
doubles. Pasadena will send Miss
Shoemaker and Mr.. Gilmore. Mr.. Hal
stead and Miss Halstead will probably
do battle for Alhambra. Miss Tufts and
Mr.. Arnold will in all probability uphold
the prestige Of the Los Angeles club.
Riverside will doubtless be represented
by Miss Gilliland, and the best gentle
man player in the club, while Mr.. and
Mrs. Waring will do battle for the Santa
Monica club.
The gentlemen's doubles will result
in lively contest. The best Los An
geies tennis club team should about
capture the prize. In fact the Los An
geles tennis club will be big element
in deciding all the coming champion
ship contests. The members of this
club have improved wonderfully since
the organization of the club about two
years since.
A special dispatch from England says:
The Sportsman, commenting on the de-
feat OF E. Renshaw, the ex-champion
tennis player, says that he served at
lightning pace, and often gave his OPP
ponents tremendous work. But Badde-
ley was equal to the occasion, exhibit
ing wonderful activity and retaliating
with such marked effect that he fairly
wore his opponent down in three sets.
Renshaw won only two games. At
times Renshaw beat Baddeley by some
splendid returns, but the younger player
invariably defeated him by his activity
and placed him in difficulty at the net.