Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-31
TENNIS CONTEST
IS SENSATIONAL
ROGERS AND BELL EXCITE
SPECTATORS
Forty Games Required to Get Results
Between Them, Veteran Finally
Winning Out over High
School Phenom
Special TO The Herald.

Special TO The Herald
LONG BEACH, July 3o.-Charles
Rogers, the Los Angeles high school
boy. who has been startling the Cali
fornia tennis world by his phenomenal
playing in the tournament on the Hotel
Virginia courts lost his chance for the
finals today in the most sensational
contest ever seen in Southern Califor-
mia. 1t took forty games to decide the
honors in favor of A. e. Bell, and about
third Of those games We're deuce
matches.
The players fought back and forth
for vantage until the struggle devel-
oped into an endurance contest, pure
and simple. There was only one time
up to within the last four games that
the advantage of the serve was not in
Rogers favor. At one time he was
within one point of winning the con-
test The score for the three sets was
60, 1912 SIS.
Rogers, as the score shows, started
off in the same astonishing manner
with which he defeated Ralph Noble
| yesterday. In the second set he had
piled up score of five games against
Bells two and had made score of
40-30 in what looked like the finish of
another veteran Then Bell pulled him
sell together. llO lilOh5liIo u lilD bobll-
ner of the old guard being trailed in
the dust in the hands of this young
philistine reused him to the most des-
perate tennis struggle this section has
known BY the end of the second set
the strain began to tell on the Won
derful young player. Even the mature
and seasoned Bell was dragging his
feet. Both men began to content them
selves with reaching for balls instead
| of running.
| The gallery. generally, was for en-
couraging the younger player, who I'M
til now had always been classed as a
| junior. Never before has so strictly
refined an audience as appears at the
Virginia courts shown so great an
amount of enthusiasm. The ovation
given the players at the finish was
dangerously similar to the unbridled
demonstrations of the bleachers at
ball game. The neglect to have ref
erees stationed along the side lines was
a serious mistake and caused much
criticism of the umpire. who did his
best by calling on the grand stand to
assist him in his decisions and accept
ing the verdict of those who shouted
| loudest.
Although overshadowed by the match
! of the day, there were several other
contests which ordinarily would have
excited unusual interest. Early in the
morning Wayne and Overton set the
ball rolling in a three set contest which
resulted in favor of the former by a
score of As, 6-3, So. The match was
so fierce struggle that Wayne was
probably overtaxed, as he later went
down easily before Bundy, 6-1, GO.
Even the champion, Miss May SUIT
ton, was forced somewhat out of the
nmelight by the dramatic swan song of
the youthful Rogers, but nevertheless
she honestly did appear twice during
the day In stirring contests. The cham
p1on and Sinsabaugh started the after
noon play in match against Mrs.
Farquhar and Duncan. Duncan plain
ly sunered from the handicap of
glasses. Miss Sutton and Sinsabaugh
We're also in excellent form, and the
manner in which Sinsabaugh SCARED
up over an on-coming ball and beat it
remorselessly down on the cement kept
several caddies busy chasing the
spheres on the other side of the 2O-foot
MEETINGS. The score was 6-3, ga
| Miss Myer and Miss Browne was an
other high school combination that was
a general faVorite. If they could have
| had a handicap according to weight in
| their contests they would have won
without a struggle. When these two
frankly faced such a team as Miss May
Sutton and Miss Bunny" Ryan there
wasn't a soul in the grand stand but
rejoiced every time the famous world
champion and Southern California ia
vorite reached for one of those swift
returns from Miss Myer or Browne and
missed. That those two took six games
in the two sets gives an idea of their
fast work Score, 6-3, 6-3. In the
morning Miss Browne and Miss Myer
defeated Miss Martyr and Miss Rowan,
60. 60.
Miss Florence Sutton and Bell de-
feated Miss Ryan and Mace, 6-S, 6-1.
Miss Scott and Hopper won a closely
contested match against Miss Scott and
Noble by a score of Us, 6-3, 60. Bell
and Way defeated Dawson and Dun
can, GA. 7-5.
The closing match of the day was
another unusual display of tennis and
another unusual number of deuce
! games in a contest between Miss Flor
ence Sutton and Miss Scott and Mrs.
Bruce and Mrs. Farquhar. The result
was rs, 60 in favor of Mrs. Bruce and
Mrs. Farquhar
Wayne finally won his way into the
| fifth round today, defeating Overton,
I 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, but a few minutes later
went down to defeat before Bundy, who
won easily, 81, 6-2.
On Saturday these two past mast
ters, Bundy and Bell, will compete for
the honor of meeting Melville H. Long,
state champion in 1907, for the 1908
championship.
In the mems doubles today Bell and
Way won from Duncan and Dawson,
! Ga, TO, and Robb and Shook defaulted
to Cawston and Donnell. In the mixed
doubles Miss F. Sutton and Bell beat
Miss Ryan and Mace, 6-3, 6-1. Mrs.
Scott and Hopper beat Miss M. McVay
and Noble, 81, 6-3 6-2. Miss May SUIT
ton and Sinsabaugh beat Mrs Farqu-
har and Duncan, Ga, GA, and Mrs.
Bruce and Bundy beat Miss Rogers
and Rogers. 6-1, 81.
| The women's doubles commenced to-
day and in the matches Miss May SUIT
| ton and Miss RYAN won from Miss
Myer and Miss Browne, 6-3, SO. Mrs.
Bruce and Mrs. Farquhar won from
Miss Florence Sutton and Miss Scott,
7-5, 6-3, and in the preliminary match,
the only one played, the others being
byes in that round, Miss Myer and
Miss Browne beat Miss Martyr and
Miss Browne. 60. Ga.
The first round winners in the mems
consolation singles were Lodge, john
son, Stanton, Nebeker, Mace, Gastrick,
Galusha, Holmes, Anderson, Dietrich,
F. Rogers, L. NJ. Rogers, Dawson, dob
nell, Radir and Shook.
Mace and Holmes won their matches
in the second round, and in the third
round johnson won from Nebeker, 20
6-3, 81, and Dawson won from Radir
6-3. 5-3.
Simpson Sinsabaugh, who is direct
ing the matches stated today that UNI
! less CONFLICTS unforeseen arise all the
hitch on Saturday. On that day 1t is
expected the courts will be crowded all
day.