Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-04
.DUNDY MAY Be
NEXT CHAMPION
DEFEATS VARIEL IN WELL CON-
TESTED MATCH
WILL MEET 0vERT0N TODAY
Santa Monica Boy to Face Title Holder
on Ocean Park Courts This
Afternoon-The Days
Play
WILL MEET ovERToN TODAY


racquet wielder of Santa Monica town,
has won his right to face Fritz Overton
over the net for the singles champion
ship of Southern California Bundy
and Bob variel fought 1t out between
them yesterday afternoon on the Ocean
Park courts and while Variel started
off by winning three straight games,
the first one of them love affair, he
couldn't maintain the pace and Bundy
came right back and won the succeed
ing six games and the set in rather
handy fashion with variel fighting des-
perately but against hopeless odds.
variel took the serve in the opening
game of the match and put the first
three balls over the net, Bundy being
unable to scrape any of them off the
courts. The fourth ball was netted and
Variel eased the next one. 1t was a
rather ordinary chance but Variel's
three opening serves had evidently got
on Bundy's nerves and he slapped the
ball into the net. Variel maintained
this rather auspicious start in both the
second and third games but after that
it was all Bundy. Perfect placing by
Variel characterized the second game,
his slashing cross court strokes caus-
ing distress among the Bundy support
ers. In the third the Santa Monica boy
began to find himself but Variel con-
tinued his squirt and managed to make
it three straight.
The fourth game went to deuce but
after vantage had scurried back and
forth a couple of times Bundy's effec-
tive placing of brace of hard, low
drives gave him his first game of the
set. The fifth and sixth also went to
the Santa Monica boy and in the sew
enth Variel began to tire while Bundy's
game was showing marked improve
ment. 1t was give and take in the
eighth and ninth but Bundy was well
able to meet the demands of the day
and hammered the ball around the
court for safe margin in each.
Bundy Forges Ahead
In the opening game of the second
set Bundy played all around Variel but
Bob was far from giving up the ship.
Bundy annexed the second, variel con-
Hnually netting the easiest of chances
In the third, however, Bundy's erratic
playing opponent braced and captured
his first game in eight. The fourth and
fifth games were also numbered among
the Santa Monica boys laurels. After
several fierce rallies in the sixth Variel
managed to extract his second and last
of the set. The seventh, eighth and
ninth all went to Bundy through steady
and careful playing.
Variel was apparently exhausted and
discouraged when he went on the courts
for the third set, the match being three
in five. He made but little effort to
hold Bundy after losing the first two
games and it would have been a love
set but for Bundy resting on his lau-
rels in the final game.
The three sets were watched by a
large and enthusiastic gallery and the
clever work of the two young knights
of the court was roundly applauded
At O'Clock this afternoon Overton,
the present holder of the singles title
Of Southern California, will defend it
against Variers conqueror and IL Fritz
isn't right there with his best game
there may be another champion for the
season of 1906
In the mixed doubles the two "ex-
champs" Mrs. Farquhar and "Art"
Bumiller, succumbed before the accur-
ate and practiced strokes of Florence
Sutton and Hal Gorham. Mrs. Far
quhar played gritty game but the
youthful combination on the other side
Of the court was just a trifie too much
for her and Bumiller to overcome. The
first set went to Miss Sutton and Cor
ham, 6-2; but they had to work for
every point. Mrs. Farquhar and her
clever partner began to find themselves
in the second set and put up a great
struggle before Gorham and Miss SUIT
ton triumphed, TO. Mrs. Farquhar
held to the back court in this set and
her net scraping drives combined with
Bumiller's neat placing had much to
do with prolonging the court battle.
Two games were all that went to Mrs.
Farquhar and Bumiller in the third and
final set. Gorham's smashes improved
continually and Miss Sutton played her
usual game in the back court.
Florence Sutton's two set argument
with Gabrielle Dobbins was productive
of one Of the best contested matches of
the tournament. although Miss Sutton
annexed the first set, 6-1.
Miss Sutton had to play her best
tennis throughout. Miss Dobbins' Wild
ness in driving the balls out OF the
courts contributing much to her de-
feat. After ten games of intensely in
teresting play in the second set Miss
Sutton took the match, GA. The sec
ond was particularly notable for the
many brilliant rallies. going to deuce
seven times before it was finally Sc
cured by Miss Sutton. The other games