The San Francisco call., 1908-07-13
May Sutton TO Play
in City Today
Tennis Enthusiasts From Both
Sides of Bay Witness Her
Playing at San Rafael
By Grant Smith

Oy OTdHL SH7Itn
Tennis enthusiasts from both sides
of the bay again filled the grandstands
at San Rafael yesterday to see Miss
May Sutton in action. While the at
tendance was fully as large as that
Saturday. it was probably kept down
some by the announcement that Miss
Sutton would play on the California
club courts at Scott and Bush streets
today. The same players who >partici-
pated in yesterdays mixed doubles
match will meet again today, and the
match should prove even better than
that of yesterday.
Miss Sutton joined forces with Coast
Champion Maurice Mclaughlin, and
won two sets out OF three from Mrs.
Orlando Bruce and Carl Gardner. The
latter, considering that they were op-
posed to two such clever players, made
an excellent showing. The ex-champion
played better yesterday than she did
on Saturday. At home in a mixed
doubles and with nothing to lose, Miss
Sutton played with an abandon that
was lacking on her first appearance.
She played the net oftener yesterday
and put up a wonderful exhibition. In
stead of meeting the ball as is custom
ary in volleying she stroked it hard
and won many aces Miss Sutton and
Mclaughlin won by a score of 6-1, ST.,
6-3.
Miss Sutton and her sister were some
what handicapped by their partners,
who seldom play mixed doubles and
are not nearly so expert as the men
players from the southern part of the
state with whom the Sutton sisters
usually play.
The match, nevertheless, proved close
and interesting and the little ex-cham-
pion proved star both at the net and
in the back court. Mrs. Bruce outshone
her sister in the second set, which she
and Gardner won. May Sutton and Nc
Loughlin led at 40 and 5-3, but Mrs.
Bruce by brilliant play at the net pulled
out the set rs. The champion COM
bination proved too strong for their
opponents in the third set, and aside
from a little difficulty toward the close,
when Mrs. Bruce and Gardner made
last stand, won quite handily
1t was Miss Sutton's intention to re-
turn home tonight, but special effort
was made to get her to play. in this
city. and she was finally prevailed upon
TO do so. AS the wonderful little player
has never been seen on the local courts
since she won the title of worlds cham
pion three years ago, and as there has
been a desire not only on the part of
tennis enthusiasts, but also on the part
of the general public, to see her play,
the crowd at the California club today
should prove record breaker. The
match will be called promptly at 2:30
o'clock.
At the conclusion of the mixed dou-
bles a doubles was played by Melville
Long and Carl Gardner on one side of
the net, and Maurice Mclaughlin and
George James. coast champions, on the
other. The match attracted almost as
much attention as the mixed doubles,
as it brought together the two clever
est teams in this part of the state. Yes
terday's contest was in the nature of a
return match, as the coast champions
beat their opponents at the California
club last Sunday for the doubles cham
pionship of the state. AS Gardner and
Long had beaten their conquerors in
practice repeatedly they felt certain
that they could reverse the outcome in
a return match. They justified this
contention yesterday by turning the
tables on the champions. 1t was a fast
match, and while only one of the three
sets was close, it proved interesting.
The score was 7-5, 1-6, 60.
Despite the fact that the three best
players in the city did not participate
in the handicap singles tournament at
the park, the competition proved an
interesting one. In the absence of Nc
Loughlin, Gardner and Long 1t fell to
Charles Foley to bear the heaviest i'm
poSl. ne was cdlie0 upon to play from
40 behind scratch, and upheld the
honor of the championship division by
winning all his matches.
The committee made excellent prog
ress when it completed the preliminary.
first and all of the second round but
three matches. AS there were 40 play
ers in the competition and only two or
three defaults were recorded the con-
testants must have been kept on the
move. The tournament will be COM
pleted next Sunday.
The scores follow:
II. Pearson G5 3-6l. 80, 6-2; G. R. Perkins
rs 3-6) beat B. Miller Q5 so. Ga a.. q
Roberts Q5 3-6) beat G. B. Tuttle (30. Cd
So; Harold Getz (owe 30 3-6) beat G. E. Allan
H: g. yensano Q5). 3-6. rs. "a; G. sparrow
(l5 3-6) beat II. A. Turner (30). 60 go: n p
Martin Q5) beat W. R. Jacques (30) 10 g..
S-2; 9; G. Smith 800, beat E. S. jacob 800,
First round-w. Marcus (3-6) beat B. Brown
q5 so, 6-4, 81: n. P. Miller C3-el beat ].
Cahill 90, 6-3. GA: ". H. Hoyt $50 s-6J beat
L: E; r, Bqrss * go go 2,Sl By default; D, N, Cam
NJ NJ "A 4 a Peek 90 90 beat mhr F; c, Adams owe
% 80 beat Martin 90. 1I,s. 4.e. e-4; Gets
Sparrow u5 3-6l beat Still (3O 2-sj, 81, 90;
NJ. P. Martin Q5l beat Smith (30], 6-1, rs:
MeBeyle GSl beat Paul saul aarde%ap d lowe
40) beat h. P. Curtis (30l, 6-3 Ga: W. Smith
(30 beat w. G. Knowlton lowe 10 3-6), Go,
SO: f. E. Maggie (30) beat J. A. Buchanan
800. 80. "a; "a schwsrz Cs-el beat E. P.
Second round-Marcus beat Miller, SO, rs;
Cameron beat Hoyt, 6-2 90; Ambrose beat