Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-01
TOURNEY BEGINS
At OCEAN PARK
PLAY FOR TITLES IN TENNIS
MATCHES
FIRST DAYS GAMES ARE GOOD
Enthusiasts From All Sections oi
Southern California Gather at
Country Club for Annual
Tournament


The annual tournament of the South
orn California Lawn Tennis associa
tion began yesterday on the courts o.
the Ocean Park Country club. All the
stars OF former years were on the
courts with the exception of May Sut.
ton and Lewis Freeman, who are
abroad. Play will continue until Sat
urday, on which date 1t is expected
to play off the finals in both the single
and double tournaments. Prizes to the
winners will be awarded on Saturday
night at the tennis dance to be given
by members Of the organization to
their guests.
Yesterdays play cleared UP the first
round of the mems singles save the
match to be played between Arthur
Cawston and Harlow Frink. Victor
Morgan defaulted to r. A. Rowan;
George Townsend won from A. S.
Thompson, go, 6-1; William Sheldon
defeated z. NJ Taylor, 6-2, GA, in a
hard fought game. The work of S. M.
Sinsabaugh could not be Judged close
ly in yesterdays play, for the match
between him and E. G, Galusha, 6-2
81, was rather too one-sided to be in
teresting.
Bundy Winner
What were probably the most in
teresting sets of the day took place
between Nat B. Browne and Thomas
Bundy. Bundy won the match in hard
fought sets of 8-6, 1913. While Bundy's
work is the more steady, Browne is the
more brilliant player of the two. Time
and again Bundy fought his games up
to deuce only to lose them by Brownies
brilliant returns.
1t was exceedingly unfortunate that
the drawings in the tournament forced
these two men to meet in the first
round, for each is worthy of the semi
finals at least. The attitude of the
players to the tournament is well IL
lustrated by the fact that near the last
OF the second set, with the score such
that Browne lacked only one point of
CURED. From the sidelines it seemed
that the decision should have been in
Brownies favor, but he gave up the
point quietly and a moment later lost
both set and match
Gowan Beats Jones
In the second round of the mems
e C 30
in a match which was more closely
contested than the score shows. Most
of the games went to deuce before the
necessary points for victory were
gained and some of Jones' rallies at the
net were fine exhibitions of tennis.
Lawrence won from Cogswell in easy
sets, 6-1, 6-2, and Gorham had no diff
ficulty in beating K. Mace, Co. 6-2. w.
B. Judson put up a stiff game for Ger
aid Young in his first set and lost it
only with the respectable score of 7-5
During the second set, however, he
seemed to go to pieces and forgot the
position of the back line almost en-
tirely losing the set 6-2. Charles An
gier, the champion of Georgia, bids fair
to figure in the finals, for he had no
difficulty at all in winning from Frank
Buttolph, 60, 60. Angler plays a con-
sistent game, a little after the fashion
of Freeman, and has a good overhead
drive which he seems to have no diff
ficulty in placing.
In the first round of the junior sin
giles there were only three contestants
Wilfred Mace lost to Parrish Barker in
hard-fought brilliant sets, 4-6, So, 7-5
AS in the sets between Bundy and
Browne, Barker was the steady player,
while Mace gave an exhibition of
brilliant playing, interspersed with just
enough unpardonable faults to cause
him TO lose the match. Charles Nebe-
ker lost one set to Huntington Barker.
ga. then defaulted the second.
Townsend won from Merrill in the
second round of the junior singles 6-2.
6-3. while Thomas Henry won from
Buttolph. As, GA, 6-2, and in the third
round, Immediately after his battle
with Buttolph, defeated Townsend, 6-3
60.
Ladies' Singles
Only two matches were played in the
ladies' singles. Gabrielle Dobbins de-
feated Mrs. J. w. Seymour, 6-1, 6-1.
while Elizabeth Ryan, a girl who looks
and plays like May Sutton, won from
Madge Conger in straight, though busi-
nesslike sets of 6-S, Ga.
In the games called for today, Miss
Eleanor Peralta will meet Miss inertia
Seymour. Florence Sutton will play
Miss Halstead, Mrs. B. r. Bruce will
meet Mrs. F. H. Halstead. and
Miss Dobbins will play Miss Ryan in