Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-08
AMATEURS PLAN
TO PLAY TENNIS
COLLEGE BOYS PREPARE FOR
RACQUET CONTESTS
INTERCOLLEGIATE STRUGGLE
SOON TO COME ON
Various Institutions Get Ready for
Spring Annual Championship
Games-Occidenta Stands
in Excellent Stead

Tennis is now on in full sway at
Occidental college and the nome tour
nament which is to decide who Will
be the representatives in the lntercol-
legiate contest this spring will be
played the last of next week. From the
present outlook it seems almost GER
tain the honors will lie between Mer-
rill and Lowry of last years team, and
Herb Lockwood of Pasadena high last
year. All three of these men are fa5t
and consistent players, and should
capture the intercollegiate champion
ship for the Highlanders for the fifth
time if the dope holds good.
In the women's events Miss Flora
Clark, Miss Riggens and Miss Osmond
seem to be playing the best game at
present, and from all present indica-
tions will come out on top. The inter-
collegiate tournaments do not start un-
til the last of this month, and u. S. c.,
Pomona and Occidental will likely be
the only contestants, as the Whittier
contingent have never put out a repre-
sentative team yet.
At Pomona the prospects for win
ming tennis team are not very bright,
as Bryant for years the schools best
man, was graduated last year, and
Gally, a varsity man last year, is busy
with baseball and will not be able to
get into good condition in time for the
Intercollegiate contests. Jennings and
Jones are the best men left, unless
some new protege from the freshman
class springs into the limelight. Jen-
nings at present is busying himself on
the diamond, along with Gally, and will
find it difficult to get into good shape.
Miss Squres should have little diff
Guilty in winning the women's events
if she plays as she did last year, and
she seems to be steadily improving.
Last year she won from both Miss
Merrill and Miss Clark of Occidental
after some hard sets, and she looks
forward to duplicating the performance
again this year.
Tennis will be started in full force
this morning on the Hollywood high
school courts and their competitors
will be the fast Glendale high school
team, which made such good show
ing in the recent Suburban meet.
Among the entries for the singles
for Hollywood are Atthur Hill, Arthur
Let's jr, William Candee, Mildred
Pond and Margaret Maple. Hill, Can
dee, Let's and Slaughter will enter in
the doubles, Hill and Taft in the mixed
doubles and Taft and Maple in the
single and doubles.
Prizes will be awarded the winners
in all events and it is expected that
the tournament will take up the en-
tire day of the students attention.
At the Occidental academy the ten
mis- outlook is extremely bright for this
springs contests, with the high schools
and prep departments of the South
ern California colleges. Although Win
ME Mace lost out in the Ojai tourna-
ment this spring after some hard sets,
he was not in the best of form at the
time and should give a better account
of himself in the dual tournament
Miss Merrill is a host in herself with
the racquet and is playing a great
game already. She is particularly
strong in the mixed events, and along
with Mace expects to capture this
event from all comers.