Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-18
PLAYERS PREPARE
FOR BIC TOURNEY
South California Tennis Cham
pionShips Promise Keen Com
petition at Long Beach
MAY SUTTON WILL ENTER
Premier Woman Racket WieIder
Scheduled to Defend Her
UnCIouded Title
MAY SUTTON WILL ENTER

etH CdllIornla tennis year. the cham
pionship tournament of the Southern
California Lawn Tennis association to
be held on the courts of Hotel Vir-
glnla, Long Beach, August l, 2, 8, 4.
and 3. With an array of local talent
never seen before in a meeting here,
the weeks program promises some
thing out of the ordinary, and the en-
try list will exceed the last years
One of the attractions of the tour
nament will be the appearance of Miss
May Sutton, who will uphold her hon
ors In the women's events and keep
herself in form for the later state
championships on the Del Monte
courts in September. 1t is runored
that Mrs. Doeg, nee Violet Sutton, will
be a contestant in the Virginia event,
although her entry has not been re-
ceived as yet and no definite plans
have been made by the Suttons in
regard to the event. Miss Mary
Browne will not be contender in the
tournament, but there will be hosts
Of new ones and most of the old guard
will be on hand to uphold the honors
Of the ex-champion class.
Ward Dawson is picked to annex
the open singles in the August tour
ney and is slated for the challenge
match with Win Mace, the present
champion. If Mace is in the form he
Il
ment few weeks ago, the match Should
be good one and the winner will be
hard to select. Dawson plays a sure,
easy game and is always playing to
win. Mace on the other hand, is con-
tent to come out with a spectacular
pass now and then and net the easy
ones. Mace's name has been a sy-
nonym for erratic tennis for the past
two years, and ii the youngster would
get in and play the game straight
through there Is no telling how far he
might progress in the tennis rankings.
At the Venice event about month
ago Mace pressed Mclaughlin to the
limit and forced the internationalist
to drop set in the struggle. Nc
Loughlin gave Mace great credit foA
his work in the match and declared he
was almost gone in the final set.
The work of Mrs. Bruce in the last
Virginia tourney, when she entirely
upset the dope and forced the tennis
committee to add another match to
the schedule for the hookup between
Nav Sutton and Hazel Hotchkiss, has
turned the limelight on her play and
she is picked to be a serious contender
for the honors in the August event.
Second only to her redoubtable sister
in the overhead and driving game, she
possesses strokes that even May can
| not duplicate, and she alone of the Sut-
tons can drive May a hard battle for
a win.
The committee in charge of the
August tournament at the Virginia are
anxious to persuade the beginners to
come into the event and to learn the
trials and tribulations, the joys and
sorrows, of tournament play. There
is no doubt but there will be large
party of the new players, and there
is nothing that pleases the old stars
more than a goodly array of the new
talent in a tourney. 1t shows an IN
crease in the enthusiasm for the sport
and boosts the game of games in
Southern California camps. There will
be dub" matches in both the wom-
ems and mems events, and the Junior
singles will be open to all players
under 10. These three events will be
given prominent place on the weeks
program, and every chance VIII be
given the embryo champions to SHOW
the class of which they are capable.
One of the attractive points to the
coming tournament is the absence of
the "sure winners" at the eastern tour
naments and the introduction of the
"fair chance into the event. There
should be enough surprises in the
dope to keep the fans guessing and
there is little doubt but that the tennis
will be of a fine brand and the equal
of any of the seasons court events to
date.
Maurice Mclaughlin has decided to
become contestant in the prelim-
inaries for the selection of the Davis
cup team and should be one of the
duo who will participate in the event
full meeting. Brookes and Wilding
have held the cup long enough. in the
opinion of the American tennis cranks,
and 1t is high time that the Davis cup
Chn,11I ratnrn Int0 its
The Wimbledon results have revealed
a number of facts to the tennis dope
sters. 1t has conclusively proved that
A. F. Wilding is the best of the Eng
lish and Australian racquet wielders,
and Furthermore has shown that Mrs.
Lambert Chalmers, nee Douglas, is
still in championship form and able to
hold her own with the best of them.
There is a we'll founded rumor among
the English racquet camps that the
English woman champion will make a
tour of the American tournament
events during 1911 and make another
attempt at Wrestling the honors from
"Our May as to the who's who" in
feminine tennis.
The rivalry between Brookes and
Wilding, the two Australians, is almost
as keen as between the two American
players, Mclaughlin and Long, and a
match between the two is as sure of
a. record crowd as between the local
tennis experts. Brookes has been
slumping a little during the last month
and Wilding seems to be rounding into
form, His victory at Wimbledon has
placed him among the "big five" in the
tennis world and there are many who
are placing him next to Larned as the
worlds greatest"
The first annual dub" tournament
will be held on the courts of the Hotel
| Mt. Washington shortly after the
Southern California championships and
has been promised the support of the
| Southern California Lawn Tennis as
| sociation, as we'll as the enthusiastic
| boosting of all the local players. There
has been need of just such a scheme,
| and its maturity will bring number
of the new players into prominence.
| There Is any amount of talent hidden
| around the Southern California courts
and a tournament of this kind will
mean the Finding" of such material.
That the west will have the ma
tional woman's championships is the
| belief of everv Pacific coast tennis en-
| thusiast and the belief of many of the
| easterners as we'll. The coast has a
right to the tourney and could arouse
| more ethusiasm than the same event