The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-28
MISS MAY SUTTON
IS APPRECIATED
JUST HOW FORMER WORLDS
TENNIS CHAMPION is REGARD
ED on ENGLISH SOIL.

been very frank in their criticism of
/ the former worlds champion women s
singles tennis player Miss Sutton
was beaten by Miss d. *. Douglass,
/ the English woman champion.
The English tennis critics find many
| Westernisms about the clever Califor-
MIA girl, and tell what they see plainly.
The Daily Mail, of London, prints un-
der the heading of THE New Miss SUIT
ton" the following:
Judging from the remarks. whisper
ed and otherwise that greeted her app
pearance at the Wimbledon tournament
Miss May Sutton, the California girl,
who last year wrested the ladies lawn
/ tennis championship from Miss Dou-
glass, was responsible for the presence
of nine out of every ten of the 1000
spectators who lined the ropes and pro-
menaded the courts.
Everybody was talking about Miss
/ Sutton, particularly the ladies-those
who had seen her last year anxious to
renew their vivid impressions, those
who had not, stirred to great cur.os ty
/ by the stories of her proves and m
/ divduality.
Miss Sutton, however, is scarcely
the Miss Sutton of twelve months ago.
She looks a year older, quite, and less
of the romp For one thing, she has
put her hair up. Last year she wore it
| in school girls plat, tied with blue
ribbon, and as she leaped over the
court welding her whirlwind racquet
[ like a tomahawk her swaying braids
contrasted strangely with the smooth
ly gathered tresses of her English OBJ
pOnents. Now. save for a few merry
curls that dance over her brow. her
combed couture is a model of sedate-
ness. Her white pique frock is also a
trine longer and her department gen
orally suggests a maturer frame of
mind.
she still dsdains the corset, which
English girls perhaps mistakenly. con-
slider Indispensable, and her shoes, like
ballet dancers are innocent of heels,
giving to her walk a masculine firm
ness of tread in keeping with the re-
soluteness Of her general bearing.
Since her last visit to these shores
however, she has developed a funny
little shake with her left leg while
serving, that one young lady on Sat
urday described as quite too fascinat-
ing At the moment of striking she
is poised on her right foot, with the
other extended in the air at almost
right angles, and this, as the ball flies
from her racquet, INDUCES in a little
conVulsive tWitch, which sporting on
locker very neatly likened to a touch
of springhalt'
For all her peculiarities. Miss May
Sutton plays glorious game of lawn
tennis, and everybody on Saturday was
painting to see her perform
IF anything, Miss Sutton was more
self-possessed than ever. When a
young male admirer shyly approached
her and craved her signature in his
birthday book she promptly borrowed
the umpire's pencil and indited her
name in bold, girlisn nand. Arm
in arm with some English girl ex-
ponent she strOlled through the CAV
crowd on the tea lawn, laughing and
chatting for all the world as if she |
were at picnic. Her fair curls shook !
themselves freely over her forehead, |
and the dimples i'm her cheeks acted as !
lndlces to her sunny temperament
when the American lady partnered |
G. w. Hillyard against Steward and |
Miss Pinckney, the comprehensiveness !
of her art on the court was made |
strikingly apparent. Hitherto Miss |
Sutton had been chiefly known as the /
fierce and dauntless hitter from the !
back of the court; on SATURDAY. she ,
shone as a volleyer, She showed be- !
yond dispute that she can Volley al |
most as well as she can drive.
so safe was she in all departments .
that her partner played second fiddle /
throughout, even appearing to run /
away from the ball i'm order that Miss I
Sutton might have her filing and /
score the winning ace which so delight
ed the crowd. Once the little Califor-
mia maiden nearly knocked Stoddard
over by an electric return, and on
many occasions she shot the ball down
the side lines with the velocity of a
bullet Small wonder that her side
romped home 6-S, 6-1.
The editor of the womans page Of /
the Daily Mail draws these Lawn Ten
mis- Lessons From Lady Champions"
THE separate arts of the game Anne
rican and English, are shown in APP
parent perfection by Miss D. X. Dou-
glas and Miss May Sutton who won the !
championship last year without the |
loss of a set, Miss Douglas, whom she |
defeated in the final, was not throughly |
recovered from an accident, A few !
hints on how best to learn from seeing |
the champions play will be useful. You
ask me at once how I would, if in your
place, go about to get the best value |
from my proposed Wimbledon lesson.
IF 1 were tall I should copy Miss |
Douglass. Watch the long clean sweep |
of the racquet with which she makes |
a drive off the ground. How she, or
indeed any great player, moves easily |
over tho ground a1Waye az noggih1a |