The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-16

uAfrTAL PLAY m THE FIRST
r1Hs AT SANTA MONICA
WINNERS OF MEMS SINGLES
1ieher Given Good Game by sinsa-
baugh--ons Brilliant Set De-
tween Brady and Dagget9

the Southern California Lawn Tennis a.
sooia tom opened yesterday. The day was
fan. the attendance was pretty fair. the
ladies', Of course, were passing fair. and
ev6a, the tennia was more than fair-4t
We fine
II Is seldom indeed that the first day Of
q tournament develops such good play az
VIA seen at the Casino courts yesterday
Tho. public has learned to think that IN q
Tournament a day or so is required for .
process of filtration; and like other guesses
Of the dear public in which its dear pocket
hook is concerned. 1t Is pretty shrewd. But
Il was q mistake this time. and 1t Is the
public's loss that only tennis enthusiasts
ana their friends were present. The man
VINO only knows of "lobs" In the salad.
as,ds the young woman who discovers for
tina first time that "love" means nothing
were audibly absent. They will be on
hand by Thursday. Still there was quite
a4ksy audience present. Picher and Sinsa-
bnueh crossed racquets in the first match
Of the afternoon.
The whole sixteen matches Of the first
round were played Off by o'clock. with
only three defaults, which speaks much
for the management. There were no bitches
and not a question of a decision, which
Gays more for the players.
This morning the second round will be
played. beginning with Overton vs.. Hem
bricks and B. Rowan VS.. Cosby. at $50
The management will try to run off all thu
rest of this round In the morning and the
gentlemenss doubles will begin in the at
ternoon, The small semi-fnals will be
played Wednesday morning and the finals
In the afternoon. The winner will play
Freeman Thursday afternoon.
me first round was also unusual In CIV
ing an insight into the form of the play
err There seems TO be quite a strong
consensus Of opinion among the players
t6at freeman and Picher form class by
themselves; but the next class is too close
on their heels to allow such rating. Bell.
Hrnlysaud Bruce Rowan, who will all prob
ably come through to the semI-finals, are
trained to the hour and fft to play the
name OF their lives. Any one of them II
able to make close pull for the honor to
challenge the champion. Bumiller will
also get through to the semi-f1nals, partly
from the luck OF the drawing. but there he
Mi, nrobablv he an easy prey for Pitcher.
owinri to his ill-health and lack of prac.
tice.
RraIv and Rowan will have battle royal
and the winner will take on Bell, who, BY
the form he has shown this year. should be
the one TO make the Stanford champion
bu.t,e to hold his Ieurel. II will he a f,ne
match. with the probabilities that Picher
viii win ont This il all prophesy though.
and anv one who wants q soft thing in the
nronhet,c line had bstter take M the
veather or the end of the world. or some
thing else easy. and NOT get tangled I'D
Nth Tournament speculation.
The games were called Yesterday at 10
q. M wav beat South. mostly on his
better condition. and condition. more than
ANYTHING else. il a factor in this tourna-
ment with the thermometer at a hum
dred at least. training tells and tells
quickly. At the same time on the lower
court Hask,ns was beating Wilson In q
veil pIaved hack court game.
Then Acker had some fun with Fowler.
Az .,e-0 and n Rowan let w. Manning
aov1r easv "a Al though hs might cas-
ilv have drawn Il tighter.
Tyandrtcks von a. he pleased from Cor
orrav-pucr IN al
rhs sInax.t sat u,ps one in which there was
really : match and .at the same time high
o,ass tarr1s when ps,l heat Chanmon
Bell won the f,rst set. fighting all the way.
but then II looked as though he would drop
the second Chapman has a serve like a