Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-13
WESTERN TENNIS CHAMPIONS TO
MEET SOON
DEL MONTE HOTEL COURTS ARE
LOCATION CHOSEN
Local Racquet WIelders Intend Taking
a Chance at Championships.
Will Finish Tournament
Admission Day

nual playing of the Pacific states cham
pionships, which will be held on the Del
Monte hotel courts beginning August
81. Those in charge are expecting that
the open tournament will be concluded
by the following Saturday and that the
championships can be played on Admis-
sion day, September 9, which falls on
Monday.
Changing the location of the play to
Del Monte is an innovation of this year.
as nineteen other Journeys have been held
and San Rafael was usually the chosen
spot. The Monterey county resort is but
little farther from San Francisco than
San Rafael and is also much closer to
Los Angeles.
Six events will be contested, and medals
and cups will be presented to the win
ners. Mems singles and doubles women's
singles and doubles, mixed doubles and
Junior singles will all be played. and the
entry list is expected to be the largest
ever. The affair will be given under the
auspices of the United States Lawn Ten
mis- association and will be directed by
the Pacific States Lawn Tennis associa-
ton.
Southern California is not represented
on the tournament committee. Fritz w.
Guerin is chairman of the body and he
will be assisted by Carl Gardner and
Harry Rolfe. These three will appoint
Everything that can be done to insure
the success of the tournament is being
looked after. The management of the
Hotel Del Monte has offered a special rate
of 81 a day to those entering, and the
Southern Pacific railroad will allow
rate over its lines to and from Del
Monte of one fare for the round trip.
Those who wish to take advantage of this
offer should communicate with H. r.
Warner at the Del Monte hotel and Sc
cure from him an order on the Southern
Pacific ticket agent.
Conditions of Play
The conditions governing play are as
follows:
Any amateur player may enter the tour
nament.
Entries must be made with Fritz w.
Guerin, chairman of the tournament
committee. Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte,
CAL
The entrance fees in the mems and
women's singles will be 50; in the mems
and womens doubles, $3.50 for each
player: in the mixed doubles and Junior
singles, 81 for each player.
All matches in which women take part
will be decided by the best two out of
three sets. All other matches will be
decided by the best two out of three sets
except the final and championship
IQdICneS, WHICH Will De the DeSI three out
of five sets.
Play will begin each day at 10 a. M,
continuing thereafter as the tournaments
committee may direct. Contestants who
do not appear WHEN the match is called
will be defaulted promptly. Wright &
Dixon balls will be used. The rules of
the United States National Lawn Tennis
association will govern the play.
Mems singles-Entries must be received
hpfOra n m Saturday 81
and play will begin on Monday, Septem-
Der 2. The winner will be called on to
play Melville H. Long of San Francisco,
the holder of the championship.
Women's singles-Entries must be re-
ceived before p. m. on Friday, August
80. and play will begin on Saturday, Au
gust 81. The winner will be called on to
play Miss Hazel Hotchkiss of Berkeley,
CAL, the holder of the championship, for
the title.
Mems doubles-Entries must be received
before 6 p. m. on Tuesday, September 3.
and play will begin on Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 4. The winners will be called on
to play Messrs. Fred Adams and Charles
Foley, the holders of the championship.
for the title.
Women's doubles-Entries must be re-
ceived before p m. on Friday, August
3d. and play will begin on Saturday, Au-
gust 81. The present champions are
Misses Hazel HotchlSiss and Ethel Rat
cliff of Berkeley Cal
Mixed doubles-Entries must be received
before p. m. on Monday, September 2.
and play will begein on Tuesday Sep
TENDER 8. The present champions are Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss and Charles Foley.
Junior singles-This event is open to
young men under 10 years of age who
have not won a championship in an open
tournament. Entries must he received
before o'clock p. m. on Wednesday.
September A. and play will begin on
Thursday, September 5. Melville H. Long,
the present champion, having won the
championships of the state and Pacific
coast, has lost his right to defend this
title.
Championship matches will be played as
follows: Friday, September G. 3 p. M,
mixed doubles; Saturday, September Z,
9 p. M, Women's doubles; Saturday, Sep
TENDER 7, 8 p. m, mems doubtless Mon
day. September g. 1890 a. M, junior sin
giles; Monday. September g. 2 p. m,
women's singles; Monday, September 9.
8 p. m, mems singles.
Local Players Enter
Many Southern California players will
be on hand to compete for the rich
prizes and high honors to be given the
winners of the Del Monte affair." and
unless all signs fail they will give the
northern racquet wielders hard fight in
nearly every event At least one cham
pionship, the women's, should come south
at the conclusion of the affair, as Miss
Florence Sutton has announced her inten-
ton of entering the open play and if
successful, challenging Miss Hotchlkiss
for the title.
Sinsabaugh and Browne, who won the
Southern California doubles champion
ship last Saturday, are also expecting to
make the journey north and trying their
luck on foreign courts. The pair are
playing in rare form now and should give
a good account of themselves. Hal Braly
has not decided about entering, but should
he do so the big fellow may have another
chance at Champion Melville Long, who
defeated the local expert in such spectac-
ular fashion at the Ocean Park tourney