Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-09

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ney of the season will undoubtedly be
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successful gathering of the racket
WielderS.
Tourney at Ocean Park
While nothing definite has as yet beer
arranged, it is probable that the first
big open tournament of 1907 will be
held on the Ocean Park Country club
courts around the Fourth of July. AL
though the old club which held the
Journeys in former years has disband-
ed, the new organization which took its
place intends to carry on the sport OF
its predecessor, and the seaside courts
will be much in evidence this summer.
At a meeting to be held Tuesday
something of a definite nature in regard
to the Ocean Park tourney will be ar
rived at. According to the present plan
it is thought that the tourney will open
on July 2, and will continue to the
wind up scheduled for the Fourth. This
will be a preliminary to the big cham
pionship affair slated for the last few
days in July and the first three in
August, and as the Ocean Park tour
ney has always been most popular with
the tennis enthusiasts of the southland
in previous years, the approaching one
should prove as brilliant as those which
have gone before.
Where Will They Play?
Whether the championship tourney
will be held at the Central courts at
South Pasadena or the Ocean Park
asphalt has not yet been determined.
The Southern California Lawn Tennis
association, under whose auspices the
annual championship competitions are
held, will hold a meeting in the near
future and definitely fix place where
the big event will be played off.
Lesser Events Planned
Between the Fourth of July tourney
and the championship events at the end
of the month one, or may be two, small
er events will be held. At present both
Santa Barbara and Coronado are
of the racket wielders, and it is prob
BILE that whichever receives the most
support will have the hon.
or of being the scene of action.
Northerners Coming
There will be plenty Of northern tall
ent on hand when the championship
tourney is really on the boards. Ac-
cording to present indications Long,
Gardner and Percy Murdoch will all be
here to enter the lists against our own
experts, and that the northern contin-
gent will have to do their level best to
get away with any of the trophies is
not to be doubted for an instant.
Miss Sutton May Play
The fact that May Sutton may not
be back in time to appear on any of
the local courts will be a source of keen
to her many admirers.
Miss Sutton will be busily engaged
across the pond in trying for champion
ship laurels, and according to her pres
ent plans will not return to Southern
California before the middle of August.
However, Miss Sutton may be able to
appear in an exhibition against any one
Of her clever sisters at one of the late
summer tournaments.
Hendrick Making Good
Most of the tennis enthusiasts Of this
locality who followed Trow Hendricks
record on the courts before that popu-
lar player retired from the limelight to
engage in mining in Arizona will doubt
less be surprised to learn that the for
mer Berkeley champion is again in har-
ness and making more than good In
intercollegiate circles in the east.
Hendrick Is at present in Columbia
college, New York, and has already
shown the Morningside players how
they do things in Los Angeles. In a
recent tourney against Princeton Trow
upheld the blue and white colors
against the best that old Nassau could
produce, and although Columbia lost
the series it was in no wise the fault of
Hendrick. He won his sets against the
Princeton shark, but his team mates
did not fare so well, and as the cham
pionship was decided on total points
Hendricks good work went for naught
in the final summing up.
American Lawn Tennis, a periodical
devated to doings on the courts, re-
Gently published a brief summary of
Hendricks record, and adjudged him
to he in the foremost ranks of college
PLAYERS His work has retained all its
old-time vim and dash, and the most
exacting critics of the east are forced
to call Hendrick champion.