Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-04

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Special to The Herald.
OCEAN PARK. Aug. s.-Tennis history
that in the west has no precedent. and
that is declared by experts to be without
a parallel in the history Of the game,
was made this afternoon on the Country
club courts. Melville r. Long, the holder
of the coast and state championships,
defeated H. H. Braly, who defended the
Southern California title, by winning the
first, fourth and fifth sets of match
which took sixty-nine games to decide,
and of which the victor scored 80 to his
opponents "a.
Excitement that beggars description
carried the crowd of about 500 persons off
its feet time after time during the prog
ress of the contest. AT the conclusion
of the match, when Long, perspfring and
apparently on the verge of collapse
stepped to the net to grasp the hand of
his completely exhausted opponent,
grand dash was made by the huge as
semblage for the players, who were over
whelmed with the emotions of their
friends.
Prettily gowned women, whose summer
frocks had become wilted under the fur
nace-like sun that had blazed down on
the grounds throughout the afternoon,
divided equally with the men in extend
ing congratulations or words of sympa-
thy to the players.
Takes Honors ModestIy
Long, his boyish countenance fairly
beaming with joy, took his honors as
modestly as the spirit of his admirers
would admit. Braly took his defeat with
fortitude, saying that he had met bet
ter man and that he had never played
harder tennis in his life.
In relinquishing the title, Braly said
that he hoped to again be its proud pos
SCISSOR, and that he would in all prob
ability be a contender for the right to
meet Long at the Southern California
tournament next year.
In commenting on Longs play, Bert
Orlando Bruce. veteran follower of the
game and the husband of one of the SUIT
ton sisters, said: Longs strongest points
are in his placing and chopping He is
not as heady player as Freeman or as
Skillful at vollying as Braly. He has a
wonderful reserve of energy and is as
quick on his feet as the best men in this
part of the state. Mr.. Bruce stated that
Bralys defeat was not altogether un-
looked for by the southern players, as he
was known to have recently passed
through a siege of sickness.
Additional laurels to those which she
carried off in the womens open singles
were annexed by Miss Florence Sutton in
the finals of the women's open doubles
this afternoon, when with her partner.
Miss Scott the defeat Of Miss Peralto and
Miss Stirling was made a matter of rec
ord. Previous to meeting Miss Sutton
and Miss Scott Miss Peralto and Miss
Stirling had won an easy match in the
semi-finals from the Misses Browne and
Bundy.
Mace Wins Junior
The Junior singles resulted in Mace
beating Dawson after a spirited contest.
Mace played a cool, aggressive game and
his victory was a popular one.
In the consolation singles Gowan beat
Dwight Holmes in the final match of the
event. Holmes was outclassed by Gowan
and at every stage of the game appeared
to be at a disadvantage The second set.
which Holmes won, was clearly a gift,
as Gowan demonstrated by the easy man
ner in which he took the deciding set
from his tired opponent.
The concluding match of the tourna-
ment brought the two times winner, Miss
Florence Sutton to the fore when with
Sinsabaugh for partner the team beat
out Mrs. Bruce and Bundy for first place
in the open doubles. The match was a
nip and tuck affair throughout, the first
two sets, when the pace showed on the
Bruce-Bundy team and resolved itself
into walkaway for the opposing play
ers
In the evening the clubhouse was given
over to a reception and ball to the visit
ing players.
The summaries of todays play fol
lows:
Mixed doubles
Finals-Sutton and Snsabaugh beat Mrs
Bruce and Bundy 6-S. 7-5 6-2.
Ladies' Doubles
Semi -fnals-Miss Peralta and Stirling beat
Miss Browne and Bundy 62. 81.
Finals-Miss Sutton and Miss Scott beat Miss
Peralta and Miss Stirling 6-1 6-2
Junior Singles
Finals-Mace beat Dawson 6-9, 81, GA.
Consolation Singles
Finals-A. ]. Gowan beat D. Holmes 6-3, 81
Open Singles
II. H. Braly, defender of the Southern Cali
fornia championship, lost the title to Melville
r. Long, 7-5, AS. 3-6. TO. 14-l2.
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