Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
ALL READY
FOR TOURNEY
BIG TENNIS EVENTS TO BEGIN
TOMORROW
CRACK RACQUET WlELDERS ARE
ENTERED TO PLAY
Northern Experts Will Fight on Courts
for Local Championships with
Best the South Can
Produce

Entries to the tennis championships
which will be held at Ocean Park this
week closed last night, and when the time
was up the members of the Southern Cali
fornia Lawn Tennis associ~.tion who have
the big events in charge felt highly graft
fled with the results of their efforts
Not only ali the local cracks down
as competitors, but the champion of the
Pacific states, Melville Long, and his
team mate, Carl Gardner, will also per-
form. The visitors arrived from San
Francisco Friday, and since then have
been practicing on the seaside courts in
real earnest.
Both Long and Gardner are in rare
form, as they have been playing for some
time this season on the San Francisco
courts. Long is quite young for a cham
pion and has not yet reached the top of
his game. His present style will give him
no easy time when he hooks up with the
local experts, and. it is not improbable
that the northern players will be given
taste of the conquering spirit of South
| ern California.
Hal Braly will not be on hand to de-
fend his title as champion, which he won
last year from Nat Browne, and finals
of the tournament will decide the cham
pIonship This makes it a most open af
fair, and picking the winner is a task
which none of the local tennis enthusi
| asts care to tackle.
Will Defend Title
/ Mrs. B. o. Bruce will defend her title
as woman champion against the winner
of the tournament and it is probable that
| she will be forced to contend against her
| sister, Miss Florence Sutton. Miss Sutton
is playing in rare form, and those who
| follow the game predict that she will
successfully compete with Mrs. Bruce for
| the laures.
In the mems doubles Sinsabaugh and
| Browne will be on hand to contest the
| supremacy of the courts with the win
ners of the tourney, and it is possible that
| they will meet the northern cracks in the
| finals following the open play. Still, If
| Gardner and Long work their way to the
| finish it will be because they have dis
posed of such clever and well schooled
teams as Bell and Way, Bundy and Over
ton and several others whose efforts are
not to be despised
The mixed doubles will go by default
to the winners of the regular tournament,
as Miss Seymour and Bell, who hold the
| honors at present, will not be in the lists.
Miss Seymour has not returned from her
winter home in Mexico, and others will
share the title for 1907.
Every indication points to the success
of the tournament on the Ocean Park
clubs courts, and the fact that several
| players who performed on local courts
some years ago, but have been out Of the
| game for several seasons, will be back in
harness, adds interest to the event
Among the veterans who will make a
temperance are Robert A. Rowan, John
S. Cravens and Don McGilvray, and while
it is hardly possible that any one of the
| trio will play in his old time form, each
| is still capable of putting up more than
| usually clever game.
Prize List Large
The list of prizes is much larger this
year than formerly, and the additional
value of the trophies makes it we'll worth
| any players while to be successful. In
addition to the special awards, the regu-
| lar cups of the association will be given,
as we'll as the challenge trophies, which
are to be played for again next season.
Following is list of the special prizes:
| Gentlemens singles, first prize. solid silver
cup; second prize, travelling clock.
| Ladies' singles (open), first prize, solid silver
cup; second prize, jade brooch,
| Ladies' singles Especially, first prize, gold
bracelet; second prize, set pearl beauty pins.
| Junior singles, first prize, solid silver cup;
| second prize, PIN racket
! Consolation singles, first prize, cigarette and
match set second prize. Jade scarf pin.
| Gentemens doubles. first prize two black
jacks; second prize, two Ward G. Wright
rackets.
| Ladies doubles, first prize, two hat pins;
second prize, two Wimbledon rackets.
| Mixed doubles 0ady), first prize, coral neck
| lace, (man). cut glass pitcher; second Oady),
| Sutton racket, imam, Ward & Wright racket.
| Sem-fnal special. PIN racket.
| Play will begin tomorrow morning, the
| first event being junior singles which
have been called for $3.50 o'clock. Matches
| will be called as fast as the room on the
| four courts allows, and the tourney will
| be concluded next Saturday night with
| the regular tennis ball, at which the cups
and prizes will be awarded to the win
ners.
Entries in the big tourney will close at
4:30 this afternoon, when drawings will
| be made. Following is a partial list of
the entrants to date: Nat Browne, S. NJ
| Sinsabaugh, A. e. Bell, Tom Bundy, Bob
Variel Claude Wayne, Carl Gardner, San
Francisco; Melville Long San Francisco;
Ed DIETRICH, Arthur Gowan, Dwight
Holmes. R. A. Rowan, Eugene Overton,
| Clyde Jones, f. G. Henderson, H. Rogers,
e. Rogers Fred L. Wilson, H. l.. Roe
| hig, A. V. Duncan, S. b. Marston Cor
nell university champion; Harry Rising,
| W. G.. Mace, Paul Hammond, ]. A.
Holmes, Jack Cassell ]. Boland, Harlow
Frink, w. A. Mace, f. G. Fay, Will
Bacon, S. e. Simons and A, G. Galusha
| Women entrants will be announced to-
day at the club house.
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