Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08

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BY CHARLES JERNEGAN
When H. Braly smashed the ball
into the backstop yesterday afternoon
at the tennis courts of the Hotel Vr
snia, Long Beach, making Bell and
Browne the amateur tennis champions
In gentlemen's doubles of Southern
California, he closed what has been
without q question the most success
ful tournament ever held in the history
of the Southern California Lawn Tennis
association. The entire tournament,
which opened Monday, August :. has
been characterized by brilliant playing,
not only on the parts of the old-tlmefs'
who have been welding racquets in
the vicinity of Los Angeles for several
years and whose prowess has already
achieved world wide renown, but also
on the parts Of several new players,
amateurs whose names were not
E known outside OF the locality in when
they lived, but who showed themselves
TO be the peers of many players with
whom it was believed they stood no
Notwithstanding the fact that Tom
Bundy and simpson Sinsabaugh con-
sidered by many the premier players
nearly every other star of the local
tennis armament was present and such
a marked improvement was noted IN
MANY Instances that the results hung
out were entirely unexpected.
Mace in Great Form
Notable among the latter was Winnie
Mace, to whom is due, notwithstandlnS
the fact that Bell defaulted and that
Freeman, owing to dislocated shoul-
der was unable to compete, great
credit for defeating Ralph Noble in
three one-sided sets yesterday after
noon and for winning the mems singles
tennis championship of Southern Cali
fornia. Mace has been playing through
out the week the most sensational ten
mis- of his career. working his back
hand strokes overtime and placing the
ball with case into every corner of the
court. Although Noble played good
game, he was continually on the de-
fensive and was kept running from one
end of the court to the other. Although
the general sentiment was that Noble
would give Mace one of the closest
contests of the weeks series, after
the boys had been playing for short
time the result was seen to be ineVita-
BILE Mace winning his three out five
sets g. 81, 6-3 Mace started in
strong and was applauded again and
again for his remarkable net work.
Time after time he would pick Mobiles
drives out Of the air, dropping them
into impossible places in his opponent
court. Mace took the first two games
of the onening set. but allowed the
third one to go 40 love in his opponents
favor, before pulling out of bad hole
and making the score in games
love Noble won the fourth game by
a small margin, but Mace came right
back and annexed the next two IN
great form, making the score, 5-1-
Mace also took the last game and set.
throughout the entire set Mace APP
peared much more at case than Noble
and far eXcelled his opponent In his
placing OF the ball.
In the second set Mace appeared to
he more confident and started out In
whirlwind style, winning five straight
games. never allowing Noble a look in.
Noble, however, annexed the sixth
game of the set by narrow margin
hut lost the next. making the score
81. In the last set Noble made rail-
living effort to check the marvellous
work of his opponent and managed to
take three games. Mace broke away
i'm the lead, winning the first game or
the set. but losing the second, Whicn
went to Noble by the love route. Mace
took the next one, but Noble showed
up slightly stronger and won MS SER
vice. making the score two all. From
this point Mace ran the score up to
4-2 before Noble again got on the long
end of the figure column. Noble won
another game, putting the score at 5-S,
with Mace leading, but Winnie won
the last game, and incidentally the
amateur championship of Southern
California in great form and was
heartily cheered.
Miss Browne Conner
Prominent among the woman play
ers of the weeks tourney ana the
racquet. who is undoubtedly one OF
the near champions of this end of the
state is Mary Browne of Pasadena,
who has been playing some of the most
sensational tennis of the week ana VINO
will probably, with practice, prove TO
be a second May Sutton. Miss Brownies
defeat of Miss Dora Rogers proved
her to be no mean contender, as Miss
Rogers has been considered one or the
best racquet wielders among the -falr
sex in California del Sur. The playing
of Mrs. Farquhar and Miss Florence
Sutton likewise shows a decided inn
movement, while Miss May is still
driving the sphere with her old time
accuracy and speed. One of the pret-
test matches of the day, took place
Yesterday afternoon when the Sutton
sisters, May and Florence, met In two
fast sets Miss May Sutton success
fully defending her Southern Cali
fornia title. Although Miss Florence
Sutton played a good game OF tennis,
she appeared fatigued from her eff
reach many returns which, had she
been fresh, would have been negotiated
without difficulty. Both of the girls
nlayed in good form and some of the
hest volleying of the day was wit
messed. Miss May Sutton took the first
four games in the first set by fair
margins but allowed 40 love score
to be run up against her in the fifth
game before, by a series of difficult and
brilliant backhand drives. she annexed
this as well as the next game and
set, 60.
May Defeats Florence
In the second set Miss Florence SUIT
+on appeared somewhat stronger and
drove her returns over the net with
remarkable accuracy, but was unable
IN cover as much of the court as did
her Younger sister, the set being taken
by the champion, another slx-love af-
fair.
The best match in ladies' doubles
Of the entire tournament was held yes
terday morning when Florence Sut-
ton and Alice Scott and Mary Browne
and Mrs. Farquhar met in the finals