Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-31
TENNIS PLAYERS
TO WIN HONORS
LOS ANGELES WlELDERS OF
RACQUET EAGER
oJAI CLUB TOURNAMENTS CON-
TEST is POPULAR
Southern California to Be Represented
by Experts in Games Across the
Court Net Between
Poles
BY RED PERKINS

The Los Angeles players who VIII
strive to maintain the tennis prestige
of the Angel city at the fourteenth an
nual tennis tournament of DIAL Valley
tennis club, which begins at Nordhoff
Thursday morning, left Los Angeles
this morning,
Although the outcome of the tourna-
ment will not decide the tennis cham
pionship of California, the players
that signified their intention of enter
ing are among the best racquet ex-
perts on the Pacific coast.
Southern California will be represent
ed by the best tennis players in this
section, but will be weakened, as the
Sutton sisters have not entered the
tournament. they being at present in
Mexico, where they will participate IN
the Mexico City tennis tournament
which begins April 5.
The fact that Miss May Sutton has
not entered the women's singles CHAM
pionship event has caused large en-
try list, as the other contestants real
iZe they have n rare opportunity OF
taking the honor which undoubtedly
would have gone to Miss sutton mad
she entered.
Northern California will be repre-
scented at Nordhoff by Maurice Nc
Laughlin, Carl Gardner and Melville
Long. and Southern California will be
cared for in the mems events by Tom
Bundy. the Southern California singles
champions, A. e. Bell and Freeman.
Miss Hotchkiss of Berkeley will con-
tend in the Ojai Valley championships
against Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Farquhar
of Southern California.
The events to be contested are: Elev-
enth annual Southern california inter-
scholastic championship in singles and
doubles. third annual invitation DIAL
championships for girls attending pri-
yate schools in California, and the Ojai
Valley championships, open to all ten
mis- opponents.
The interscholastic championships,
for which the Farnum cup will be con-
tended, is attracting the most interest
in Los Angeles, and Charles Rogers or
Los Angeles high school, WHO won the
singles event last year, and Ward
Dawson his teammate, are expected
to carry off the prize.
Paul Radir and Kenneth Smith will
carry the colors of Polytechnic high in
the singles and doubles.
Miss Elizabeth Ryan of the Marl-
borough school, last year winner of the
invitation championships for girls IN
private schools, will compete again
and is anxious to duplicate her VIC
tory.
Miss Mary Brown will be the only
girl who will go from Poly, but she
is entered in the open events and not
as a representative of her school. Har-
ward school will send as their repre-
sentatives Arthur Cawston and Doug
las Fyfe, and Winifred Mace will try
and bring honor to Occidental.
Seven courts will be used during the
tournament instead of four, as has
been the case in past years. and this
will facilitate the playing and allow
the contests to be carried through
without delay.
Tennis followers are also waiting for
the opening of the Alameda tourna-
ment, which opens at Berkeley April
II and continue until April "a, under
the direction of ting Berkeley tennis
association.
The club intends to have the events
run off on schedule time, and morn
ing play will begin at o'clock, and
any player not on hand when play is
called will be declared a loser by de-
fault
Entries for the tournament will close
April 16 and will be received by D. T.
Willer, 213 Vine street, Berkeley.
II. T. Miller, G.. Winter. j. c. Rohlf,
H. H. Kennedy and d. K. Shanks will
he in charge of the tournament