The San Francisco call., 1906-07-28
How a California Girl Lost
Worlds Championship.
The reports received in this
country by telegraph concerning


at Wimbledon, in which May
Sutton, the California girl, lost the
championship, were very meager. A
remarkably clear account of the event
is contained in the London Telegraph,
which is reproduced below:
There are times when feats are per-
formed so marvellous and so senSa-
tional that powers of expression fail.
The enormous crowd at Wimbledon
yesterday could make only incoherent
noises toward the end All the con-
comitants of weather and surface were
perfect Last year Miss Douglass,
holder of the ladies' championship for
two years, and sufferer from a dam
aged wrist, lost to Miss Sutton 60,
40. On the way through Miss SUIT
ment is Miss Douglass today and the
championhip for the third time by two
sets to love COS, 90. There was
nothing in the game to report. Each
lady was at her best. Each sustained
continuous cheering through the forty
six minutes play and great ovation
at the end.
The first two games went to Miss
Douglass Miss Sutton, finding her
length, drew level Then play began
to be serious. With series of long
drives Miss Douglass would get her
opponent on the run, and for three
games most of the points ended with
a sudden short drop by the English
lady, unexpected, and out of reach.
Miss Sutton took Miss Douglass SER
vice in the eighth game with driving
that was really tremendous. With the
score at So Miss Douglass went to
4o-I5. This is the moment when the
crowd loves to see the champion.
Within a point of loss she goes the
harder for her stroke. This time she
pulled the deuce, twice won the van
tage point and twice lost it, before the
English lady with beautiful series of
placed drives took the game and the
first set in twelve minutes from the
start at 6-3.
At the opening of the second Miss
Douglass made the mistake of saving
herself too much and playing too care
fully She lost the first four games
easily, the softest game of the day.
At love-4o in the third an amusing
incident delighted the gallery. Miss
Sutton ended loEg rest with fine
drive pump on 10 SlQc line. IN the
cheering the linesman's voice was lost,
calling "Outp Miss Douglass, who
was close to the shot, never doubted
its correctness and the players
changed ends before the linesman.
properly insistent, made himself
heard. The point had to go to Miss
Douglass, who tossed up a soft SER
vice for Miss Sutton to win. But amid
roars of laughter Miss Sutton hit it
outside and Miss Douglass was re-
duced to the expedient of a double
fault in order to lose the game
With the holder at 4-love Miss
Douglass settled down She hit
harder again, keeping Miss Sutton
running mercilessly. The points went
in regular fashion, long rests of hard,
well-placed driving ending in Miss
Sutton making mistakes. At ALL
the game seemed over, with the holder
apparently quite done. But at As she
won her service Miss Douglass(made
it 6-5 with a love game and ran TO
4o-love in the next Now came the
incident which brought down the
house Miss Sutton, within a point of
losing the championship, hit grandly.
Miss Douglass was nervous. She tried
to be careful. Four times there was