Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-03
MIXED DOUBLES
SURPRISE TALENT
MRS. FARoUAR AND BUMILLER
WIN AT OCEAN PARK
CLOSE STRUGGLE ON COURTS
Third Day Of Championship Tourney
Results In High Glass Tennis.
NobIs and Keeney Ambitious.
The Winners

Tennis Of the kind which May Sutton
and Lew Freeman have exhibited in
Southern California championship
struggles was not absent from the sets
played yesterday on the courts Of the
Ocean Park Country club.
The event of the day was without
doubt the match of Miss Eleanor Per-
alta and Gowan against Mrs. Farquar
and Art Bumiller. The fact that Bu-
miller, who was champion nine years
ago, has been absent from the last eight
tournaments had caused his name to
be forgotten by many lovers Of the
sport, and the match was conceded to
Miss Peralta and Gowan. The first
game of the match, however, showed
that 1t was not to be one-sided.
with Miss Peralta at the net return
ing every ball that came within reach
and many that did not, Mrs. Far
quar- and Bumiller gave as good as
they got from the back line. -Four or
the games of the first set went to
deuce five times, and 1t was only
Gowan's double fault after net ball
with vantage against him that gave
the set to Mrs. Farquar and Bumiller.
closely contested, save in one instance
when Gowan and Miss Peralta won a
love game on Miss Peralta's serve.
Gowan Not Up to Form
In style of play, Mrs. Farquar held
to the back line and depended almost
entirely upon placing her drives in the
i"difficult" corners of the court, allow
ing Bumiller undisputed possession of
the net, while Miss Peralta, on the other
hand, played a beautiful net game.
Her serve was accurate and swift and
from the back line her forehand drives
were low and hard, allowing the ball
to rise but a few inches from the
ground after striking the court. Gowan S
work was not the equal of Bumiller's S
nor was his serve as accurate, and this
alone was the cause of the final score,
ga, 6-3 being in Mrs. Farquar's and
Bumiller's favor. AS a match, this
was the most closely contested play
of the day.
Hart and overton Triumph
In the first round of the mems doubles
Noble and Keeney sprung a surprise
on Hart and Overton by winning the
first set in the preliminaries, rs. The
youngsters put up a conservative,
steady style of plays that completely
paff1ed their older opponents. No
sooner would Hart come up to the net
in preparation for a smashing game
than the ball would be lobed over his
head for Overton to chase at the back
line. Then, when the positions were re-
versed, short cuts were dropped over
the net Just out of reach of Overton's
racquet. In the second set, however,
Hart and Overton, struck their gait and
won handily 6-2a 6-3. The main point
of interest in the latter half of the
match was Overton's lobs and Hart's
smashes at the net, for in this years
tournament neither style of play has
been previously used to advantage.
In the mems singles Bundy beat An
gier in a hotly contested match, 7-5,
S-6, 7-5. The play of each man was
exceptionally steady. No point was an
easy one. Angler has come up wonder
fully within the last year and proved
as much of surprise to Bundy as did
Nat Browne in the preliminaries.
:, Other results of the singles were Ris-
IA g's defeat of Young 60, 6-2; Sinsa-
baugh beat Keeney, 6-2, GA, and Var
fers victory over Way, 6-3, 6-2.
In the ladies' doubles Mrs. Seymour
and Miss Ryan defeated the Scott sis
ters in a we'll contested match, Ga, 3-6,
! GA. and Miss Seymour and Violet
Sutton defeated the Taney sisters, 6-1,
6-1, while Mrs. Bruce and Miss Dob
bins won from Mrs. Hendrick and
Madge Conger, 6-2, rs.
In the ladies' singles Miss Dobbins
beat Miss Peralta, 6-2, 60, and Florence
Sutton defeated her sister, Mrs. Bruce.
in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.
In the mems doubles Variel and Sim
sabaugh beat Jones and Whitney, 6-2.
6-3; Chase and Osburn defaulted to
Judson and Galusha; Bundy and Ris-
ing defeated Townsend and Nebeker
60, 6-2; Bell and Way beat Henry and
Cogswell, 6-1, 6-2, and Gorham and
Gowan beat Angler and Lawrence. 6-2,