Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-01
RACQUET WIELDERS.
Opening of the Tournament
at Santa Monica.
The Preliminary Round in the
All-COmers Singles.
A Gay Assemblage and Plenty of
Players.
The Entries in the Ladies' Doubles.
Several Close and Exciting Games
Expected Today.

Southern California Tennis association
began yesterday at the casino, Santa
Monica. The new courts and stands are
big improvement, and were very much
appreciated, both by the players and the
spectators. The preliminary rounds as
general thing do not attract much at
tention, but Judging by the attendance
yesterday the tournament this year
promises to be very successful. The
grounds presented a very pretty and
animated appearance. The main stand
was filled with the friends of the. partic-
ipants and the admirers of tennis from
all over Southern California. The many
charming young women attired in dainty
summer gowns lent eclat to the occa-
sion.
Among those noticed around the courts
were:
Mrs. Senator Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gorham, Judge Jones, Misses Bessie
Gorham, Lena Horne, Alice Jones,
Lieutenant Hamilton, Mrs. Lester,
Colonel Howland, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ.
Kilgariff, San Francisco; J. r. Roby,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Maxwell, /,
j. A. Pritchard, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G..
Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Woodhouse,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Machell Abbott Kin
ney, Messrs. Frank, j. S. Arthur and
Percy Schumacher, Mrs. Schumacher,
Miss Carrie Schumacher, Miss E.
Prince, Mr.. Hanford, Mrs. Major Draper,
Mrs. Patterson, Miss Campbell, Mrs.
and Miss Donaldson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Hill, Miss Addie Boehme, Miss
Walton, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Vawter,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Vawter, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. R. Moore, Judge and Mrs. Van
Dyke, Miss Van Dyke, Messrs.
Ed and Harry Van Dyke, Miss
Gilliland, Grace Gilliland, Mr..
W. Wilkinson, Troy, N. Y; Mr.. and
Mrs. R. H. Green, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
Bettner, Mr.. Baker, Mr.. Wyman, Riv-
erside; Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Osborne,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Bottsford, Ernest H /.
May, Pasadena; Mr.. and Mrs. j. Mach
ell, Mrs. Wills, Mr.. Wills, Miss Bolts
ford, Mr.. Bottsford, Bandini; Miss Max
well, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Cawston, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. L. Warning, Miss Tufts, Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Proctor. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chanslor, Miss Chanslor, Nj. and Mrs.
w. Crosby, Mr.. and Mrs. Corson,
Messrs. Corson, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodrich
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hancock Banning.
The first event on the programme was
all corners singles. There were twenty
eight entries, and all buton showed up.
Paul Arnold was an absentee, however.
This was a source of general regret
among the tennis notaries who had con-
jured up another meeting between Bu-
miller and Arnold. The latter could
not spare the time as his duties at the
University begin next Monday. The
following is the summary of the prelim-
mary rounds:
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
J. Kilgarif beat A. Stoll 81, 81.
E. q. Woodhouse beat E. Berry 60,
SO, 6-1.
Goodrich beat E. B. Miller 6-5, 6-4.
W. Cosby beat w. L. Corson 6.5, 6-2.
s. A. Guthrie beat X. Carter by de-
fault.
A. W. Bumiller beat A. A. Halsted
go, 6-5.
A. H. Halstead beat Singleton 6-3, 6-1.
H. Perry beat Roy Jones 1-6, 6-1, SO.
r. Bettner beat w. Stevens by de-
fault.
r. o. Osburn beat E. B. Tufts 6-3, 6-1.
1-6- 6-3.
H. German beat G. w. Chase 6-3, 6-1.
E. Cawston beat H. Il. Routh 5-6, SO,
G. L. Warning beat E. Ellington
go, go.
It will be noticed that Ed TUFTS suf-
fered defeat in the preliminary round.
Ed made gallant uphill fight, but vio-
lent exercise and Ed Tufts do not pull
together. In justice to Mr.. Tufts it
should be stated that he made model
umpire and looked very charming sit
ting up in the elevated stand with the
gentle zephyrs playing havoc with his
dainty locks.
The first round was not concluded yes
terdaY. The game between Halsted, of
Riverside, and Bumiller attracted the
most attention. The latter, as was gem
orally expected, came out victorious. At
times, Halsted played brilliant game,
but on the whole he was trlfe wild.
T. Coulter triumphed over Mr.. Kill
gariff, the San Francisco player.
The game between Cawston and Ger
main was one of the most exciting OF the
| afternoon. Germain played dashing
game, while his opponent exhibited ex-
treme caution. Germain won the first
set by a score of to A, and looked
all over the winner in the second set,
but Cawston put up gilt-edged game
and snatched the set out of the fire. The
decisive set will be played this morning.
The following is the summary of the
first round as far as played:
First Woodhouse beat Good
rich 6-3, 81; Cosby beat Guthrie by de-
fault; Bumiller beat Halstead 6-1, 6-5;
I. Coulter beat Kilgariff so, 6.5.
The ladies' doubles begin this after
noon at 3 O'Clock. The following are
the entries:
Miss Gilliland and Miss Waring, Miss
Shoemaker and Miss Tufts, Mrs. Wood
house and Miss Donaldson.
The entries in the gentlemen doubles
are as follows:
Kilgariff and Singleton, Goodrich and
Manning, Woodhouse and Cawston,
Lester and Corson, Perry and Lilling-
ston, Cosby and German, Bumiller and
Coulter, Chase and Manning, Gilmore
and Baery.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
L. Lichtenberger thinks that tennis is
peculiar game.
At the tournament Of the Palomar
club at San Diego, Melville Klauber won
the singles. The ladies' single was cap