Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-30
TOURNEY ENDS At
SANTA BARBARA
TENNIS PLAYERS SPRING
SURPRISES
BraIy Proves star Performer Of the
Meet, Easily Defeating spauIding.
Miss Hutton's Work a
Revelation

The Santa Barbara tennis tourna-
ment came to successful close with
the conclusion of the mems doubles
event, Sinsabaugh and Braly scoring a
decisive victory over Gowan and AS
sell in the finals.
Braly proved to be the star performer
of the meet, defeating Spaulding easily
in the challenge match. He will take
back three handsome cups, the Santa
Barbara cup the Keeney cup for win
ming the mems single tournament prop
er, and one of the mems doubles cups.
Play in the morning was taken up
with few scattered matches that re-
mained to bring the play up to the
final rounds in several of the events.
The first match played was that be-
tween Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Hutton and
Miss Day and Early In the mixed
doubles, the former team winning 6-3,
60. Cassell and Gowan then met
Spaulding and Edwards In the semi
finals of the mems doubles The former
team won after an exceedingly close
match, thereby qualifying to meet Sim
sabaugh and Braly in the finals in the
afternoon. In the last set the losers
led at 6-5 and 40-15 and only careful
lobbing saved the set for their oppo-
nents
Ladies' Handicap Finals
The finals of the ladies' handicap
singles took place late in the morning,
with Florence Sutton pitted against her
sister, Mrs. Bruce. The latter went to
the front at the start and ran the first
| set out with the loss of only one game
| The younger sister came to her own
in the second set, winning out 6-3, and
when the deciding set commenced she
was playing the same strong game.
The last set ended with only one game
to the credit of Mrs. Bruce. Florence
Sutton allowed her small handicap
but it hardly figured in the result. Miss
Sutton will receive the handsome silver
cup that May Sutton won in the Santa
Barbara tournament two years ago.
| AS was confidently expected, Sinsa-
baugh and Florence Sutton outdis-
tanced all of their opponents in the
mixed doubles. The finals were played
at noon and the champions defeated
Mrs. Bruce and Horace Donnell by the
score of GA, 6-3
The finals were replete with brilliant
play and few mixed doubles matches
are seen in the game where the ladies
on both sides of the net did so large
and effective a part of the work. Miss
Sutton and Sinsabaugh will receive
handsome silver trophies.
spauIding Springs Surprise
The challenge match in the mems
singles was started at p. m. before a
large and enthusiastic crowd. From
the showing that Braly made in the
early rounds it was expected that he
would win the match without effort.
When Spaulding won the first three
games of the match and finally landed
the first set by score of 6-3, the Santa
Barbara contingent went wild with de-
light. Spaulding was Unexpectedly
strong in his overhead work, and the
way he handled some of Braly's
famous chop strokes was revelation.
His service was straight, but possessed
great speed.
Spaulding's supporters also took cour-
age when the Santa Barbara player
started the second set with a rush,
getting the first two games and still
maintaining a powerful lead at Az.
Here their hopes ended. however. Braly
woke up at this point, annexing four
straight games and the set. From this
point on Braly played wonderful ten
mis-, and although Spaulding's game
did not apparently drop, the Los An
geles player took fifteen straight
games, an altogether remarkable feat.
Not until the score stood 80 against
him in the final set could Spaulding
score. when he managed to pull one
game.