The San Francisco call., 1908-07-12
Hundreds See May
Sutton Play
Hazel HOtchkiss Makes Good
Showing against Former
Worlds Champion
By Grant Smith

Nay sutton drew z full house At the
Hotel Rafael courts yesterday ana
standing room was At premium De-
spite the fact that Hiss sutton no
longer holds the Iilie OF worlds CHAM
pion, she has not lost her craving
powers. -Four lr I'VE hundred specta-
Tors forgot the sweluering heat, so tas-
rfnated were they with the clever play
of the little expert from the southern
uarr Of rre state. Il was MISS sui
toms frst appe srsnce On the san IA
faeI courts il three years. II was on
these same courts that Miss sutton
won her trst lsmpionship when a lass
~ bur u. Many Of the spectators pres
trr yesterday Witnessed her hrst sue
cess and 10 them her wonderful IN
Qroveleur was apparent
The match between Miss sutton and
state Champion Hazel Hotchklss re
suited about a. expected. The score
-n favor OF Mss Sutton was 6-L g.
Miss Hotchbiss cid her best but she
was outcIassed. and a. no stage had
even a seubIauce Of q chance 70 WIN
However, the match was much closer
shan the score would indicate Many OF
The games. particularly in the second
set. were Ioug and closely contested.
Miss Suttous poor condition was ap-
nsrent from the start, and she was vts-
+hly distressed IN the second set she
made a great deal more work Of her
game than in the past and only on cne
or two occasions did she take the net-
When she did so Miss Hotchkiss did
some beautiful Iobbing and forced the
eE-chauplon 70 take her faVorite Pc
Sf-fon in the back court.
Miss Hotchziss played brilliantly az
times but was not nearly so steadS
as Ler opponent Mss sutton made
very few errors and usually scored by
f.F 1-f FFlr1
she drew Miss Hotchkiss over 70 the
extreme sides Of the court and then
shot the bah into the uncovered terri
-orv Miss H0tchkiss made most o.
rer errors bv playing the balls too close
I'd the lines. a majority Of the balls
she nut out OF bounds missed the lines
lv q tew inches. The state champion
scored the few times she Went 70 the
-ct and had she taken that position
af-eler would undoubtedly have made
- better showing.
LIss sutton did not serve as well as
formerly. and while her driving was as
accurate as ever her strokes seemed 10
jack -lllr wonced speed. She showed
no rl better advantage IN the nrst
SET when she was fresh. and won most
0f rle games with the loss OF bUt one
roirt lLss Eotchkiss made q de-
-ern--ed stand in the last game OF the
Erzt SCI when the score stood So
-crrS- her she pulled Up TO vantage
i-- af--r going % deuce three times
1Lss sutton won The necessary 2 points
lIi- IIotchkiss appeared very ner-
l1-s iu~rLe opening set and seemed
unable 20 lose sight Of the fact that
-ne was opposed 70 the worlds great
est woman player Her nervousness
-tara Of 10 a certain extent in the sec
oud ser and while she won only one
t-orc game she made a very. creditable
showing
-l7 sutton VIII play today on the
Fotel Rafael courts An exhibition
mixed doubles match VIII be played al
co1 Miss sutton and Coast Champion
7l1-rice LcLQughliu VIII be opposed tc
A1rs- Bruce ana Carl Gardner- Mrs
Bruce is The eldest OF the four famous
rrtro1 sisters and is also a star. Sht
PLAYS especially wei in a mixed doubles
and The match this afternoon should
prove au Interesting one
l-ss Nay sutton and her sister viii
also Re seen in nixel G0ubes match
ia rho California club courts tomor-
row afternoon. just who win pIay
Vr them has nor been decided but II
f~ quite hhley eN-COast Champion l. r
Freeman and 1lcLCughliu wiz be the
other participants. The match viii be
PLAYED ~ --19, and ls ID viii be Miss
sutton first appearance in san Fran
cisco since she became world famous
tlerc VIII be a record crowd present