The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
Mss SUTYON'S THIRD TRIP
LAWN TENNIS PLAYER LEAVES
THIS WEEK FOR ENGLAND.
She WIN Take Part IN Three Tournaments
Hopes 10 Meet Mrs. Chambers. the
POrmeF Mise DouEisss - Her style Of
PIAyARalyzed Her Schedule OF Matches

FINt NiulyAEu-NbNN DtttNAA1tC VI
Miss May G. Sutton sails next Friday for
England on the steamer Cedric TO take
part In three lawn tonnls tournaments on
the other side. This will be Miss sutton's
third trip. In 1905. she first went abroad.
winning the championship Of all-En0land
in singles and also winning in the Northern
tournament end Welsh championship. In
the English ohamAionships she defeated
Mrs. r. l.. Chambers. then Miss d.. K.
Douglass. the holder, in the final round.
Miss Douglass then was suffering from a
sprained wrist and h was explained that
that very likely was the reason that Miss
Sutton defeated her.
The following year Miss Sutton returned
to England and there met defeat at the
hands OF Miss Douglass In the Northern
and all England championships. Miss SUIT
ton won the Welsh championship again,
Miss Douglass not playing there. Miss
Sutton and Mrs. A. Sterry won the English
championship In the women's doubles.
The chances are that this year Mira.
Chambers will not be playing tennis when
Miss Sutton Is over there. Mrs. Chambers
has not played in any matches recently
and Il is not considered likely that she
will take part at ell. Her retirement is not
expected to be final. as she is too good at
the game TO want to stay out. 1t will be a
great disappointment to Miss Sutton, the
California girl y II Mrs. Chambers is not
going to play this summer.
Miss Sutton believes that she could give
a good accounting Of herself in the tourna-
ments over there and she would like espe-
cially to defeat Mrs. Chambers in order to
even things. 1t hurts rather to have per-
sons say that Miss Sutton beat Miss Doug
lass when she had an injured wrist and
could not defeat her the following year
when she was in good condition.
Miss Sutton will arrive in England about
May "a. The first tournament in which
she will take part will be at Manchester
This startsJ une 8. The All England cham
pionships at Wimbledon are to be held
June "a and following, and the Welsh cham
pionships at Newport are TO be played
July 10 and following. II is likely that in
addition to these Miss Sutton will take
part in several other smaller tournaments.
These others will be OF the variety known
as garden party tournaments.
In view Of the fact that the chances for
the American Davis cup team look any
thing but bright the fortunes Of the girl
from the West will attract a great deal Of at
tention. Miss Sutton herself believes that
she will ave no easy task to defeat the
other players, even II Mrs. Chambers does
not take part. There are several very ez-
cellent Players among the British women.
Miss Sutton mentions as among h best
Mrs. Sterry, Miss Eastlake Smith and Miss
Coles. Miss Sutton says that she does not
relish the possibility Of getting beaten by
any except Mrs. Chambers, and she can
hardly be said to relish the prospect Of a
The game in which the American girl
axcels-and abe NAV be called an American
1frl despite her English ancestry-is in
her driving. Perhaps there arc few players,
mon or women. who put greater force in
forehand strokes. Miss Sutton plays every
ball very hard, and for that reason only a
few players mansge>to stand before her.
Her service 10 fairly strong. h puts a
twist on the ball and serves from thee ends
OF the base line instead Of from the middle,
thereby getting a longer angie and making
the twist more puzzling' Inc Dali does
Il is not AT all an easv ball to handle. There
In one thing that Miss Sutton will have TO
correct IL she is going TO be successful this
wear. She has a habit OF making foot
faults.
She starts her service from behind the
base line, but almost invariably takes n
stem. This is contrary TO the rules. and
although, unlike many players, she does
not actually step into the court, the wav
in which she serves constitutes a violation
OF the rules. This will have TO be corrected
or II may lose her many points, When j
went abroad two years age Miss Sutton
said recently, "thcy made a great TODD
over this, but last year not so much was
said. However. shall try not to make foot
faults"
American nlavers are verv nrone TO foot
faultinp, That was one Of the things said
about u. P. Rhodes, the American who
took part in the recent covered courts
championships in London, He was penal
ized often. Many OF our best men players
the officials rarely watch for that sort OF
thing. The average referred or lineman
does not paw particular attention to the
feet OF the PLAYERS. He seems to believe
that all that il required OF him Is to watch
the ball and be ready to Judge the cues
better for the Americans in general II they
we're held strictly to the rule. IL there
Ia a regulation In the game. IL should be
lived up to as long as II is in the rules.
Miss Sutton herself says that 1t makes
very little difference with a woman player
HA 10 ID lIC q cilt kSNu " u ~ hhAN
net before the ball is served. That may
be ali true, but Il Ia better to be perfect in
the technique Of the rules OF the game, so
that winning may not be attended by any
unfavorable comment such as might vol
b, made II she we're victorious.
On the backhand Miss Sutton is not 90
strong. In fact at the recent lawn tennis
tournament in the st. Nicholas Rink in which
Miss Sutton was a prominent competitor,
there were several players whose back
hand was better han hers. However
her forehand strength Is 90 great that by
comparison any other feature OF her game
naturally would suffer. In Miss Eastlake
Smith Miss Sutton will meet q player whose
effectiveness on the backhand is one OF her
greatest assets, and that may bother the
American girl somewhat. Miss Eastlake
Smith may tar and feather Miss Sutton.
in the California girls W favorite phrase
to describe being beaten.
Her work overhead is exceptionally
good, aud Miss Sutton also In not by any
means a bad player at then net. She showed
that in her work against many OF the men
players in the mixed doubles In the ST.
Nicholas tournament. She slams the ball
down at the feet Of the player who is guard
ing the net, and returns are difficult II not
impossible. She shows good judgment
in placing the ball when she plays at the
net, and that Ia one reason why h Ia 60
excellent a partner in doubles. In mixed
doubles especially Miss Sutton is 30 capable
A player that she more than takes her own
part. The opposing maj who plays the
ball at her in the hope OF getting a needed
point Is very apt indeed to he sadly mis-
taken.