Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08

of the ladies' doubles. The first set
was nip and tuck all the way, MISS
Florence Sutton and Miss Mary Browne
seemingly covering every square, foot
of the court and driving constantly
within a few feet of the back line.
Miss Alice Scott and Mrs. Farquhar
were also at their best. the network
of the latter being one of the prettiest
features of the closely contested play
Miss Scott showed up well and nego-
tiated her share of winning points
from the first serve.
Bell and Browne Winners
Probably the best match of the week
in the doubles division took place yes
terday afternoon when Bell and Browne
met Braly and Duncan In the contest
for the Southern California champion
| ship in this class. Braly, who is one
| of the most inconsistent players per-
forming at the present time, retrieved
his poor showing of Thursday, when
| he fell an easy victim to +. NJ. Doug
lass in the final play of the Junior sin
giles Douglass played in remarkable
form, winning his first set from Braly
e.. Braly found his stride for a few
minutes in the second set and handily
annexed the necessary six games by
another 6-2 score. Douglass repeated
his previous performance, and by VIM
ming the deciding series placed Braly
out of the running. When Braly re-
appeared on the courts yesterday he
showed himself to be the crack racquet
wielder which he really is, keeping the
spectators on the qui vive with a bril-
liant series of smashes and back-hand
returns, which for a time nearly
stemmed the tide of defeat which Bell
and Browne had started rolling in
their direction. Duncan played a fair
game, improving considerably in the
last set, but appeared to lack the speed
and accuracy of the remaining play
ers. The match was, however, one of
the best of the entire week, Bell show
ing up in great form, driving the ball
continually into the alleys of the OPP
poste court
Final Set Is Close
Bell and Browne easily took the first
set, making it a six-love affair, Browne
driving the ball with great force into
his opponents territory. Braly's service
was almost perfect during this set, but
was easily returned by both Bell and
| Browne, the formers net work calling
forth the cheers of the crowd as he
killed Braly's terrific smashes as
| though accustomed to that sort of
thing through long practice. Browne
whirlwind style, but were pressed to
their utmost endeavors to annex the
third and final SERIES
Braly and Duncan won the first game
of the final set from deuce, taking this
contest ON Bells serve. The second
game was also annexed by the losers.
Braly making beautiful return of
Bells smash The next game was won
by Bell and Browne, making the score
2-1, Braly and Duncan leading. Dun
can, who served the next game, APP
peared to be in much better form than
earlier in the series. and despite a dou-
BILE fault won his service, allowing his
opponents but two tallies. Both sides
played good tennis, running the score
in games up to five all, Duncan and
Braly making a final desperate bid for
the honors. On Brownies service the
score went from thirty love to deuce,
but through a brilliant series of
smashes by Bell the leaders annexed
the game, leaving the score 6-5, Browne
and Bell leading. The next game was
fought for by both sides as though the
contest were matter of life and death,
Duncan serving the best tennis of the
series and finally winning the game,
which went from fifteen and thirty
all to deuce and was finally won by
Braly and Duncan. Bell served the
next game, which again went to the
| service making the score 7-6.
5raIy's Brilliant Play
Braly took the next game on his
service, starting out with a forty-love
score and slamming the ball into every
part of his opponents territory in great
| form Although Browne made a nice
return at this point of the contest, he
was unable to make up the lost ground,
the game being finally won by Braly
| and Duncan on a well placed drive
from the former. From a seven-all
score Bell and Browne managed to
annex the next game. both players
working in unison and keeping Duncan
and Braly i'm every section of the court.
| With the score rs and Duncan serving
| the leaders again took up the pace
which they had set during the early
mart of the series and won the final and