Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-12
Will TAKE PART IN THREE TOURNAMENTS
Hopes co Meet Mrs. Chambers, the
Former Miss DOusIass-styIe OF
Play AnnIyEed-scheduIe
OF Matches.


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 Mrs.
Chambers will not be playing tennis when
Miss Sutton is over there. Mrs Chambers
has not played In any matches recently,
and II is not considered likely that she
will take part at ALI 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 says, 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-
ment over there and she would like espe-
cially to defeat Mrs. Chambers in order to
even things. It 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.
First Match In June.
Miss Sutton will arrive in England about
May a. The first tournament in which
she will take part will be at Manchester
This starts June 8. The all-Engand cham
plonshps at Wimbledon are 70 be held
June "a and following, and the Welsh
championships at Newport are to be played
July 10 and following. 1t Is likely that
in addition to these Miss Sutton will take
part in several other smaller tournaments
These other 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 great deal OF
attention. Miss Sutton herself believes
that she will have no easy task to defeat
the other players, even If Mrs. Chambers
does not take part. There are several
very excellent players among the British
women. Miss Sutton mentions as among
the 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 pros
pect of a beating at all.
Miss suttOn's style.
The game in which the American girl
excels-and she may be called an American
girl despite her English ancestry--is in
her driving Perhaps there are few play
ers. men or women, who put greater force
in forehand strokes. Miss Sutton plays
every ball very hard, and for that reason
only few players manage to stand before
her. Her service is fairly strong. She
puts a twist on the ball and serves from
the ends of the base line instead Of from
the middle, thereby getting longer angie
and making the twist more puzzling. Inc
ball does not come so very fast on her ser
vice, but 1t is not at all an easy ball TO
handle There is one thing that Miss SUIT
ton will have to correct If she Is going TO
be successful this year. She has hapt
of making foot faults.
She starts her service from behind the
base line. but almost invariably takes
step. This is contrary TO the rules ana
although, unlike many players, she does
not actually step into the court the way
IN which she serves constitutes violation
Of the rules This will have to be corrected
or II may lose her many points. when
went abroad two years ago." Miss Sutton
said recently, they made a great TODD
over this, but last year not so much was
said. However, 1 shall try not to make
foot faults"
Incidentally Il may be observed that
American players are very prone to foot
faultinR. That was one of the things said
about d. p Rhodes, the American who
took mart in the recent covered courts
championships in London. He was penal
tied often. Many Of our best men players
do II and are permitted to do 1t because
the odicials rarely watch for that sort of
thing. The average referee or lineman
does not nav particular attention to the
feet OF the players. He seems 70 belive
that ali that is required of him is to watch
the ball and be ready to Judge the ques-
tions OF outs and the like. II would be
better for the Americans In general II they
were held strictly to the rule. II there
Is a regulation in the game It should be
lived up to as long as 1t is in the rule
books.
Miss Sutton herself says that 1t makes
very little difference with a woman player
as TO how much start she gets toward the
net before the ball is served. That may
be all true, but 1t is 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 might well
be made If she were victorious
BaekhAnd Work Weak.
On the backhand MISS sutton Is not 50
strong In fact at the recent lawn tennis
tournament in the St. Nicholas rink, in
which Miss Sutton was prominent com
petitor, there were several players whose
backhand was better than hers. However
her forehand strength is so great that by
comparison any other feature OF her game
naturally would suffer. In Miss Eastlake
Smith Miss Sutton viii meet a 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 own favorite phrase
TO describe being beaten.
Her work overhead is exceptionally
good, and Miss Sutton also is not by any
means bad player at the 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
guarding the net and returns are difficult
II not impossible She shows good judg-
ment IN placing the bah when she plays at
the net, and that Is one reason why she is
so excellent a partner IN doubles. In mixed
doubles especially Miss Sutton is so capable
. ,faver that aha mora than takes her own