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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

m c. BUNDY took another clinch
in the Montgomery cup at the
Venice Country club yesterday
afternoon, by defeating Maurice Nc
Laughlin, Pacific coast champion, in
a fast four-set match
From the start the 1908 champion
solved the terrific serve of the north
ern champion and puzzled him re-
peatedly by his well-placed returns,
which always seemed to land in an al
most inaccessible spot in the corner
OF the court. Whenever one of these
came near him the northern boy was
always caught in a position that made
a spring for the ball impossible. Bun
dy's serve was magnificent and he in
Varibly won his game on it. He Sc
cured several love games on his op-
ponent's serve and in some instances
turned around and won his own.
The score was 6-2, 0-6, 6-1 and 7-5.
Mclaughlin drew the serve and
started in too strong, placing his
srores and returns alike outside of the
court Bundy took the game, score
10 Bundy won the serve. the cham
pion making only IS, score 20. Nc
Laughlin won the serve, Bundy hitting
to the net and falling short, score FL.
Bundy on the serve secured the game,
the score huctuating between deuce
and advantage five times, score 81
Laughlin won the deuce game on his
Bundy placing most of his returns out
of reach of the champion, score Al.
Bundy won the serve, score 5-l. Nc
Laughlin won the duece game on his
serve, score 90. Bundy won the game
and set on the serve, the score deuce
and advantage going back to deuce
eight times, score 6-2
Mclaughlin Wins Second Set
In the second set Mclaughlin Sc
1rrft u ~
trouble, score SO. Mclaughlin secured
the deuce game on Bundys serve
score 40. Mclaughlin made straight
love game on serve, score So and Sc
cured the game and set on Bundys s
serve, score IL, in sets.
In the third set Bundy took the first
two and Mclaughlin the next game
score 2-1. Bundy made the next on the
serve, giving his opponent but one
point, score 81 Bundy secured the
love game on McLaughlin's serve and
also the love game on his own, score
5-1 Bundy won the game and set on
McLaughln's serve, score deuce twice
score in sets. 2-1.
Mclaughlin opened the fourth with
love game on the serve, score 10
Bundy came back with a love game on
his own serve, score IL. Mclaughlin
won the serve, score 2-1. Bundy made
IL another love game on the serve score
2-9, and took the next in 4O-30 style
score 80. Mclaughlin won a long
fought deuce game on Bundy's serve,
score 3-3 Mclaughlin took the next
on the serve and Bundy evened the
score with deuce on the serve, score
"A. Mclaughlin won the love game
on the serve, bringing the score to
5-4, and Bundy again evened up on the
serve. taking the love game on the
serve, score 5-5. Bundy took the
game on McLaughlins serve and fol-
lowed up with a hard-fought deuce
game on his own serve, score 10
Players Given Ovation
During the last set the interest of
the spectators was so intense that one
could have easily heard the drop of the
proverbial pin, except when an eXcep-
tionally brilliant play was scored
bringing enthusiastic cheers. Both
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
CALIFORNIA WOMAN
WINS CHAMPIO IONSHIP
DEFEATS NEW YORK ENTRY AT
TENNIS
Miss Hazel Hotchklss Captures Title
at Philadelphia in Straight
Sets. from Last Years
Holder

PHILADELPHIA, June 26-Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss of California today
won the woman's lawn tennis cham
pionship of the United States on the
courts of the Philadelphia Cricket club,
defeating Mrs. Barger-Wallace of New
York, who won the championship last
year.
The scores were SO, 6-1.
Capturing four cups, all emblematie
of the highest honors in the lawn ten
mis- world, Miss Hazel Hotchklss OF
Berkeley, Cal, made a clean sweep
today in the women's national tourna-
ment at the Philadelphia Cricket club
Miss Hotchkiss won her first cup
yesterday in her final round, emitting
her to enter the challenge round today
In the woman's national singles cham
pionship she defeated Mrs. Barger-
Wallach of New York. She and Miss
Rotch of Boston won the woman
doubles championship, and in partner
ship with Wallace f. Johnson she took
the mixed doubles title.
This is a record equaled not even by
Miss May Sutton, the other California
star. who won early the singles cham
pionships.
Miss Hotchkiss' victory over Mrs.
Barger-Wallach was a hollow one. She
allowed last years champion six points
in the first set and one game In the
second set.
In the mixed doubles the western
girl participated in a most striking
victory, for her formidable opponent
Miss Louise Hammond of New York
and Raymond D. Little. were beaten
g.. CO. In each case the victory
was due to superior placing. with no
flukes to mar it, and the consensus of
critical opinion is that Miss Hotchkiss
is the greatest woman player ever seen
here, with the possible exception of
Miss Sutton.
With a powerful back-hand and for
ward drive, she is a lightning volleyer
Summary:
Singles, challenge round-Miss Hazel
Hotchkiss, California, challenger. beat
Mrs. Barger- Wallach, New York, hold
er, Go, 6-1.
Women's doubles, final round-Miss
Hotchkiss and Miss Rotch, Boston, beat
Miss Green. Philadelphia, and Miss
Moyes, Canadian champion, 6-1, 6-l.
Mixed doubles, final round-Miss
Hotchkiss and Wallace F. Johnson.
University of Pennsylvania, beat Miss
Louise Hammond, New York, and R.
d. Little, New York. GO, Go.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
REDLANDS Y. M. C. A.
WINS FROM GRAFTON
Red Sox Are Defeated by Ball Men
from Orange City-Victors
Keep Hits Bunched

REDLANDS, June 26.-The Y. NJ. C.
A. defeated the Grafton Red SoX this
afternoon in an easy game by score
of u to g.
Trout for the Y. NJ. c. A. pitched a
for the defeat of the Y. NJ c. A. by
Bryn Mawr when the two pitchers op-
posed each other. He had excellent
control, not giving a base on balls or
hitting a batter, and he kept hits well
scattered, also getting five strike-outs
to Hasson's four. A feature was the
batting of the Y. M. c. A. boys, who
are rounding into good shape for their
game with Orange on July 5, which is
expected to be one of the best of the
season.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
oHIoAN WINS SHOOT

Columbus, Ohio, won the Grand Amer
lean handicap shoot today when the tie
of yesterday was shot off by the four
who made equally high scores. In the
miss and out shoot f. Shattuck made a
score of 20; j. S. Livingstone of
Springville, Ala, 10; c. E. Burns of
Cleveland, Is, and William A. Wettleaf
of Nichols. Ia. II.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

past month, some remarkable catches
Of surf, yellowtail and Corbina have
been made in Southern California wa
ters in large amounts. The largest surf
fish captured this season was reported
by motorman of the Pacific Electric,
the catch Weighing eight pounds and
six ounces. The fish was presented to
the manager of the transportation de-
partment of the Pacific Electric.
Roy Shaver, a natural born hsher-
man and secretary of the Southern Cal
ifornia Rod and Reel club, is shown IN
the accompanying photograph with
large nipper on his line. Charles Carr
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
GERMAN AMERICAN
scoRE RY INNINGS
SUMMARY

Three-base hits-Nlchols Andrews coov-
er (2). Two-base hits-Delhi, Plckerel "
Tnckv Sacrifice hits-Gilman Delhi, Staf-
ford Reinhart Rosenthal. First base on
errors-Merchants National, ,; German
American, l. Left on bases-Merchants Ma
tional, I; German American 3. Bases on
By Delhi. Is; by De Normandy I; by Nc
Ienzie Hits made-On Delhi, 8; off
Mckenzie. 6; off De Normandy T. Balk--
DeNormandy Passed balls-HQyt W MHG
nttches-De Normandy 90. Hit by pitched
balis-coes Mitchell. Time-l;5o. Umpire
Draper.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
BETHESDA WINS FROM
CONGREGATIONALISTS
CHURCH BASEBALL AGGREGA-
TloNS IN COMPETITION
Two Mines Play Excellent Ball and
One Match Arranged Is Net Pulled
Off Because Of Lack of
Material

The Bethesda Presbyterian Sunday
school baseball team at the Agrlcui-
tural park diamond yesterday after
noon defeated the Pico congregational
church club by a score of to 2. Spiess,
for the winners, clrcled the bases lot
a homer and sent over the rubber two
of his fellow players. Pitcher Barger
won his first game for the winners and
twirled an excellent game. Barger
struck out three of his opponents, while
Duckworth and Mitchell, the opposing
pitchers, struck out one. Jones and
Holcomb were chalked up with three
bagger each.
The Magnolia Baptists on the dia-
mond won over the Central Baptist5
by a one-sided score of 15 to 4. Those
who witnessed the last game went
away with the impression that the
players were in a game of marbles in
stead of a game of baseball.
The Temple Baptists and the First
Baptists did not play, owing to the
fact the Temple Baptists were short
of material and defaulted to the
former.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

is shown in the same picture ready to
land a four FOUNDER. Carr is one of
the best anglers in the south, and
would rather fish than eat. Edward
Musick is seen out in the breakers,
making a long cast for croakers, and
when Edward goes after any fish he
usually comes trotting home with the
limit. The best fishing pool in the
southern part of Southern California
has been found at Mateo, along the
Santa Fe in San Diego county, and
several hundred of the gamy tribe have
been taken out of this spot during the
last few weeks
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

TISHING in Southern California will
shortly come to a halt, for those
n who have been spending their
spare moments at the beaches and
mountain resorts will lay aside their
rods and reels to take up their
trusty gun in quest of doves, the sea-
son for which will open July 10. The
deer season will follow fifteen days
later.
From the various reports received at
the headquarters of the Southern Cali
fornia Rod and Reel club during the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
PuLLIAM RESUMES DUTIES

NEW YORK, June 26.-Harry Pull
liam, president of the National league,
who was granted a leave of absence
by the club owners last winter so that
he might regain his health, viii re-
sumo the duties of his position on
Monday
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
WESTON BEHIND scHEpULE

RENO, New. June 26.-One day be-
hind his schedule, Edward Payson
Weston. who is walking across the
continent, left Wells. New, early this
morning. He passed EllSo at $3.50 a.
m, and expects to reach Carlin, his
next stopping place, tonight. Carlin is
$50 miles from San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
GERMAN BANK DEFEATED

In an interesting game of baseball
yesterday afternoon on the st. VIM
cents diamond the Merchants Nation
al bank club defeated the German
American bank team by a score of
to >. Following is the tabulated result:
MERCHANTS NATIONAL
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
The StrangeSt
Thing
That Could Happen in This Town

That Could Happen in IhlsTOwn
If there were ever pub
lished an issue of this news
paper which did not contain
an advertisement which
OUGHT to interest YOU,
THAT would be about the
strangest thing that could
happen.
And it takes a stretch of
the imagination to think it
notwithstanding that
you have average needs and
tastes. At any rate, it
didn't happen with this is
sue of the paper.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
AMERICANS WIN AT POLO

LONDON. June 26.-The Meadow
brook G. I.) polo team defeated the
Wembley club to in practice
match this afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

It's as easy to secure bargain In used
automobile, through want advertising 10
used to be-and still is--tO secure q horse
and carriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27
Horses and Horsemen

Ted Hays has come down from
Pleasanton and taken charge of w. A.
Clark, jr.'s 2-year-olds and will train
and drive them in their stake engage
ments this season.
Copa de ORC, 2:03A Carlol1in, 20SA !;
Del Coronado, 2:091a; zomatta, 2;0S1s
Almaden, 2:22N Gas a 3-year-old) trial
of 2:09%, and a green unnamed mare
by Del Coronado last Thursday to
Terre Haute. Ind. where he makes his
first start on July -. AS Durfee is
still laid up with his broken arm, the
result of being kicked by Carlokin. Ben
The new era., 1909-08-26

the umpire. you've broken a powderbas"
Indignant. protesting. the three quickly pick up
the scattered grains each big mans middle
finger They look carefully all about then rush back
quickly to their stations to continue They look
to the umpire with the expectancy of dogs asking for
crumbs. Every second is eating into their record This
rotten powderbag will cost them . penalty They may
not qualify; they may fall below the rate
rors! The ship may descend from trophy class-
The umpire IL inexorable. mol" says he. That's
all this Climb down there 60 corners
of that shutter; brush out every crack take
chance"
Grumbins. the go about the prevention that the
umpire thinks is worthy of post-mortems and
boards Of inquiry. But the men. With the Ansosaxon
light of contest in their remember only the ord
ohcer's dictlm-better killed than to
the trophy
HE wants to keep down." they muttsr.
Hes from the -. and we're their only rivals" The
gun captain out to protest the ofacsr
The weltrained resolves ITSELF with expert
denness. into mob Of balked Americans clamoring
fair play. An umpire's Job il popular .
battleship than it Is a baseball diamond
At last they count the powdergrains-S7 THAT bag
was half tn growls the loader. II could rammed
sr home an no one'd ever known II that - hadn't
been here Now We get 1.4s per minute an We might
q had 210. Rats" -
The new era., 1909-08-26

year-old boy and the powderbags look very much the
hundredpound sack Of flour. cylindrical In
protrude) The tripper pulls the lower lever from his
the rst powderbag falls another lever. and the
is in. The brass forces them behind the
she'll The pugman gives huge wrench to the breech.
and its mushroom head slides up the powder-bags.
loader slips primer in the touchhole, then folds
tiny piece Of steel that forms the electrical
nection
All 10 ready These the hard moments. You clasp
your cap tightly in your hand. You become ratified
Though you locked in the CONN there might be
heavy breeze blowing the nap against
your legs The has ground its way back tbs 3hut
closed; the at attention The ps @4s
a. clean and neat and silent at an inspection
1t is to the pointer. He grasps his unwieldy
mechanism: he closes and wrestles with the and
complicated steel. The ship moves her stately and
while the seconds n.y. and every
ond counts against the prize-money this pointer may
earn. against the trophy this ship win The barn
big buseye dances. fantastic his magnifed field
of vision. He twists the wheel hair and the muzze
of gun responds by inch he reverses and up
she surges slowly. mperceptibly. The ship is waiting
The new era., 1909-08-26


Now, until you hear again that command "Silence!"
you will hear only two words:
Commence fring!"
Rumbling from below. With grating crash the
tomato drops in the ammunitionhois and the
shecar climbs its grinding. steady to the top Sud
denly you realize that the machine IL working of is
accord You movement on the part Of any
it going Except for that umpire. who. like
the that the foolkier will doubtless some time
get really business there the contains but
officer midshipman. he is with the other gun;
all here enlisted men. The onicers aloft spot
ting the shells they strike below setting the
ranges intricaa instruments and delicate adjust
About the itself the and the machinery
automatically. drilled to precision. Their last
instructions ito take easy; consequently they
work like buttons in shirt.
The plugman pulls the breech; the hoistman
the the loader completes the
open breech with ring Of pounded brass; the boy
trpper jerks down his lever and the huge SHE'LL nearly
half in weight, drops to s all but final resting
place. The rammer holds down his long release,
q cable gripmar throws back his lever. and the
head forces the shell till its soft copper
takes" the rinng of the when shell IL not
properly "plsced" in this way-f its collar does
.ake"-it will surely be miss. And II the powder-bags
placed wrong end to there il grave danger Of
hangire and hang-fre Il than q mss- fire
almost bad nareback-and bareback. every.
Knows is what probably did up the Georsias tur-
One Of these shells 10 about the size Of three
The new era., 1909-08-26

.
sinister challenge to be hit But the
crossing black lines Of his telescope must place
bullseye before he presses the trigger They must!
THEY MUST!
He pulls-as easily child cracks toy revolv-
Look! the gun IL discharged. Yes: It went OF Just
now. swear it did. Sure enough! The great breech
sinks through the hoor the sleek shiny haunch slips be-
meath welches there in the glazed light
Of the ethal chamber. drops till Its crest is low
Its belly lay then poised, slips to its first 20
sition lies patiently modesy for the next charge
graceful spring . ugress made on moonlit
road feline with stealthy swiftness decisive oiled
piston strokes!
And your hand has been IL inches from the launch
ing of that thunderbolt Oh well. this 10 easy Who
need be afraid here? This 10 place for grand staud
here gather all lovers of royal sport Great sport
indeed 1t IL, for watch the precision and
swiftness Of that silent working against time
The plugman unlocks the breech and pulls 1t OPEN
The loader leaps the chasm, nips up the tiny
guard that breako the electric CONNECTION,
tracts the used primer Automatically the sir-blast
works. and hear the swift escape. of steam,
It cleans out the rife. blowing and stray
der grains The smell of the nitro comes and the
sweetness Of the ether.
Then the grind from the hoist the shutter opens
up springs again the Looking down. you
the that lies in all shps-the direct location
OF the gun-breech the powder magazines. burnt
grain falling down there. with inehcient the
only protection is constant danger Over the building
The new era., 1909-08-26

alton as this the turretcrew of the Georgia went to
DEATH and that no one has found out how 1t
happened; that in precisely the same way the Mis-
souri, burned to death 20 and not one in that
steel cage escaped.
Credit: ~ The face of the umpire. Stop-watch in
hand he stands behind the breech looking down into
the powder-magazines You know he is there to pre-
vent recklessness. Though these men are firing
against time he will let them do nothing foolhardy;
II he twill be the side of caution. (2) The
knowledge that thousands of times guns this have
been fred from turrets like this-and all came out
alive. You do not enter railway trains timidy be-
cause dozen people were killed a year before
turret Of 12-inch gun
They lock you up There is escape You stand
there nervously by the trunnion and it
like factory railway coach q any
things built to kill and presently fellows
going to touch electric spark which will loose
enough anxious and determined to drive $50
pound shell 10 miles and put It completely through
steel plate thick the that il supposed to
protect you.
Yet there you are. the Thing before you and you
reach out and pat 1t the shiny. cold haunch-
II Il wobbles spring breaks trunnion has mis-
takeny got itself rusted the ride barrel refuses to
accommodate the shell. you will be At brother for
detected cockroach II there il bareback you have
over your face don't breathe yourself the
barrel and fall into the handlinsroom. You may break
. few bones. but II the burning gets to
than 80 per of your skin you will lve that II
how the angle midshipman who escaped the
Georgia saved himself Yet tell how that
81 ests in it, work. Sometimes It burns away the
nssA touches the clothing; again. sinsss
on the hair and touches the nesh again. It
barns the clothing Of clean and leaves you Naked
safe.
30! They have locked you up in this steel cage
Ths othsrs have reason hero. With them 1t II
WORK dry. contest killed they die nobly, get brass
tablets "a the wan with their inscribed. PEN
ssuns 10 to THAR families, the newspapers call them
kssoss- die they will cut your obscure tomb:
The new era., 1909-08-26

Ing like quick of womans face. The
snap of the "Silence!" cuts like whip.
AS though paralyzed the action of the turret dess
in the of inserting the brass CO
necngay the hand Of the trpper falls from its evef
siehtseter slips from his headdress the hoistman
crowds up in front Of the umpre the open breech OF
the thinnest crEs froth like the first
wreath Of smoke from choice Pfnar del Rio
The umpire points sternly below. 1t is he who has
called The hoistman and the leaders climb down the
hoise and pick up come hghtbrown chunks that look
like broken sticks horehound candy. pierced with
The new era., 1909-08-26

ehal chamber They trainers pointers one
leaders, rammer and plugmah u
the other outsider H ln
umpire; stripe Of the ensign
ofcer keep tninss
straight sdestep the bursting OF
faith there; let this umpire '
skyplot of the turret! >,.,....
trpper lad boy of perhaps ls years Neitne
10 stand there ana
pull the shell and its following
undeshirt pair
waits the word He was caught
nv wear Minneapolis whittier he had come
from farm.
Far un on the left leather headdess
tha locked to the telescope that pro
iecs from him. He might be diver with that
speakingtube trail
chauffeur his seertnggear
and moves easily barbette the 1s0ton turre Below him.
huaon his sights. They might be
dn along the sleek
The new era., 1909-08-26

zines the navy has fought e3s4E2ESHn
of its sternest inter- GSIV
nal and the Is
still far from finished:
will 1t be until q sealed tube has been subst'
tuted.
The umpire is only too well aware of this danger N
he critically watches every of the crew. The utter
silence still prevails. The has been fired and
is being loaded for the second tme the nrst minute
has not passed. and still not word
The second shot is fred. Again the easy, unbeev-
able reco Less than anywhere In the ship do feel
It here at the trunnion of the Tis always In
storm-c -centers is the calm; In the of the
dwels the Disrae said the only Joy in being
prime minister lies in the certainty Of knowledge
that nothing IL happening the inside Here. in the
letha chamber at the center OF destruction pre-
vail only silence and quiet ~
third and fourth time the smooth recoil The cfs
works with the delight of Geneva clock vastly
complicated but Of single purpose and single
thought. You ocksd up with single gun. Sepa.
rated by skin Of steel is its mate When that speaks
the is jerked barbete and the unred gun
The new era., 1909-08-26

btGel uduhSh' -,
On the other side the
pointer, with his assistant.
also rides pickaback. Here
is the eye for which this
whole ship was built: here
the nerve and quickness for
which the 10000 tons. the
seven millions Of dollars.
the Ave years Of making.
have spread their august be-
ing. His accuracy may sink
a warship; his weakness
ruin a nation. To find him
and his like half a million
The new era., 1909-08-26
EXPLOSION ....!;.!
arr ZWEzNE-ANlz. .5HEzL.

The whsle Time begins stopwatch
the little book which defines to
this oolery
following will shots
through fmsy mile the
namehe bay Of the Masdalene
gdes along like steel through fesh
gun-captan of the leaders. speaks
precedes closes vital
In of
death
recruit to chan
given
blow the face with gnared
hand; erecruit welt a
The new era., 1909-08-26
ealed tube has been subsu.

ID pull6Q
fro m its
e q u l libri.
um. This
is the back
lash. After
every shot
the trainer.
W 1T b a
quick twist
of h is
W h 9 e /.
subtly ab-
serbs the
backlash.
For the
fifth time
the shutter
opens. the
grlhd as
cends. the
t r i p p 9 r
pauses to
flip his le-
yer. whom
Silence!"
The tone 10
raised. 1t
has anger.
C o ncealed
49,.
The new era., 1909-08-26

1SE The Fool
>1 Who Looked
on Forbid
den Things"
We are on the range. Some one
calls. "starting-buoy." and you know
that in another minute this double
twisted, original imitation of billy.
blue hell will commence. You reflect
that blast pressure Of IL pounds to
the square inch will kill . man. You
know that the pressure ON the air
near the muzzle of this gun whose
breech you are beside. when 1t is
fired, 10 several tons to the square
inch. You remember that only few
years ago a green sailorman stood OF
side 16 feet, that some one called to
him to lie down Just as the gun was
fred, that he was In the act Of lying
down when 1t was nred. but that the
suction of the air going with the
shell drew his head from his body
and broke his neck. This does not
add to the pleasure Of your situation.
for you can easily reach out there
nat that cold haunch.