The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
ON THE 0]AI VALLEY COURTS Close of the Tennis Tour nam ment at Pretty
 Nordhoff.
Men From the South Make a Better Showing on the
 Last Day.
Succeed in Winning Three Matches Because of Robert whitney's
 Lack of Form
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VENTURA, April 16.-This was the second and last day of the great tennis tournament between the champions of north and south in Ojai Valley. The crowd was vastly increased over that of yesterday and the grand stand was crowded all day, trains bringing num- bers of people from Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The weather was slightly warmer than yesterday, but it was delightful for tennis, and the boys all played at their best. The play of the day before was sufficient to show that Southern Californians were out classed in almost every instance, but to-day they managed to win three matches out of five, giving them a to- tai of four matches for the tournament. Robert Whitney was the unfortunate from the north who enabled the south ern members to score in each instance. He was not up to form and it was this which accounted for his defeat. His playing was quite amusing to those who have watched him at his best
 The first match of the day was played at 9:3O between Sumner Hardy and Thatcher. This was a close match and Hardy had the hardest work of the tournament cut out for him. The match was characterized by two deuce sets and the play was most exciting In the first set the play stood at 5-5, Hardy finally winning in 7-5, and the next set resulted in the same score. The ladies in the grand stand applaud ed Thatcher to the echo on every bril- liant play.
 In the next match Samuel Hardy beat Rowan in two straights, 6-3, 6-3. Rowan played much better than yes terday, but he could not down the man from the North.
 crossed racquets with disastrous re- suits to the latter. The score was E6. 6-1, 6-3. Bumiller played his best in the first set and won it, but when Whitney put little steam on'' he soon pulled ahead.
 In the next match between Oliver Picher and Robert Whitney the Southern people had a chance to shout Whitney played wild, while Picher was as steady as clock, winning by a score of 6-2, e.
 In the afternoon the first match was between Picher and Sam Hardy and was the fastest and most brilliant o1 all matches of the tournament. The spectators went wild with excitement Picher forged ahead at the start, but Hardy's smashes proved too much fol hlm ana ne went down before score of 7-5, 6-3. Both men were badly winded at the close of the match. Bumiller and Robert Whitney played a fast match, resulting in a score o1 6-3, 64 in favor of the little fellow from Los Angeles.
 Rowan vs. Sumner Hardy was the next match, which was won by the lat. ter by a score of 6-3, 6-2.
 Thatcher defaulted in his match witt George Whitney and it was accorded to the latter.
 The match which called out the mos enthusiasm was the doubles between Hardy brothers and Thatcher and Ro- wan. The play was fast and brilliant but the northerners were easy win. ners by a score of 6-1, GA.
 Robert Whitney defaulted in the dou. ble of Whitney brothers vs. Picher anG Bumiller and the match was awarded to the south, giving them a record o1 four games during the tournament against sixteen for the northern boys
 The tournament was success 1T every way, including the financial enc of it. Great credit Is due W. L Thatcher, who labored indefatigably from the inception to the end of the event. The affair wound up with 2 dance tonight at Casa de Piedra, the famous boys school conducted by MT Thatcher in the Ojai.