Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-05
OvERTON IS STILL
THE CHAMPION
BUNDY MEETS DEFEAT ON THE
OCEAN PARK COURTS
VIOLET SUTTON WINS TITLE
Two Southern California Tennis Cham
plonshps Declded-5undy
Takes One Set but over
ton Is Too Strong

The Southern California tennis cham
pionships were decided on the courts
of the Ocean Park Country club yester-
day afternoon. Tom Bundy runner-up
in the mems singles, had his hard
earned opportunity to wrest the title
from Fritz Overton, but the fortunes
of war were not with the doughty Santa
Monica boy, and overton made sue
cessful and finished defense Of his
honors.
In the challenge round of the ladies'
singles Violet Sutton triumphed over
her sister Florence. losing one set 1-6
but capturing the succeeding and de-
cisive two 49, S-6, and incidentally
winning the coveted championship Of
Southern California with its accom-
panying baubles.
Tennis enthusiasts junketed from all
sections of the southern portion of the
state to witness the two big events of
the annual tournament. 1t was the
largest gallery Of the week and each
player of the four who was striving
nightly for a "title" possessed strong
partisan following who urged them on
to victory and hailed with delight every
shot which played havoc with the
enemy.
Overton and Bundy's court argument
was a three in five affair, Overton win
ming the first, Bundy the second and
Overton the remaining two. 1t was a
great battle and it will occupy place
of it's own in Southern California tennis
annals. Nearly all the games went to
deuce, vantage changing sides of the
court six times in the opening game Of
the match before Bundy finally took it
by a cross court smash and sneaking
the ball over the net while Overton was
on the base line.
Overton Wins First Set
In the second game Overton began to
place his drives with more accuracy,
which combined with Bundy's netting
of several difficult chances gave the
long end of the score to the champion.
The remaining games of the first set
were all productive of brilliant tennis
with the gods smiling upon one knight
of the court and then on the other. The
games finally went to three all. Bundy
fought desperately for the next and
pulled out a winner, but Overtons
steadiness and experience told in the
following two and he took the set.
In the second Bundy swung the
racquet with more effectiveness and
three games were all that Overton could
annex. Bundy played straight tennis
without frills, working away method
ically, deliberately and his GOODNESS and
Judgment won for him the first three
games. Overton came back in the
fourth and fifth but the sixth was also
cast among the laurels of the aspiring
runner, who has been nursing banker
ing for the championship these many
days. Overton annexed his third and
last game of the set in the seventh
having good luck with his net-scrapinG
smashes and dropping over a couple OF
deceptive cuts which Bundy couldn't
| handle.
The eighth game was replete with
stirring rallies, going to deuce five
times before Bundy managed to work
brace of we'll placed drives. The
Santa Monica boy had now his heart
upon the set and set fast pace in the
ninth. A couple of we'll placed smashes,
combined with Overtons effort to bore
a hole in the net, saved Bundy from a