Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-19
BY E. V. WELLER

with three dates blue penclleu dIhouB
the racquet wielders of Southern Cali
fornia in the next six weeks, and new
stars springing up in every direction,
the season of 1910 will be the best
ever" in the history of lawn tennis In
the south. The numerical strength OF
the local tennis following has in
creased threefod and with the greater
field to pick from the champions OF
this year will be champions indeed.
Unless the plans of the tennis faith
ers go wrong the Long and McLough-
lin pair will not be given chance to
represent the United States this year
on picked team basis. Either the
northerners Will have to win the pre-
liminary in this country before they
may rightfully expect to seek laurels
elsewhere or they will have to stay at
home and endeaVor to quench their
desires for honors in the tennis game
by annexing n few of the Southern
California titles which have been
bouncing from pillar to post and have
never settled down to a sure thing
chance for the dopesters. With Long
and Mclaughlin entering all three of
the local tournaments 1t looks bad for
the home champs. but the Angeleno
heroes have secured the Frisco scalps
before and perhaps with the boost of
a loyal fandom behind them may do
II again.
BUNDY AFTER MAURICE
Tom Bundy is determined to best
Maurice Mclaughlin at their next
meeting on Saturday of this week, and
the prophets are allowing the odds to
swing slightly in his direction. Bundys
style of play, however, is more in
dividual than is usually found in ten-
mis- championship timber and he viii
never be as strong a player in the
overhead work or with the forehand
drive as the whirlwind from the north
The local champion has a beautiful
backhand drive that is in evidence at
times. but he is too erratic in its use
to ever bring It into winning form
Mclaughlin, on the other hand, plays
the ideal tennis game. The real game
for a mans play is in the overhead
shots and, granting that the 1nterna-
tionalst is too erratic at present to
become a world beater. his style of
play will eventually be the downfall
of his last years victorious oppon-
ents when they meet again.
The work of Melville II. Long in the
International doubles, paired with Nc
Ioughln, in the Australia American
finals, was far ahead of that OF his
teammate and was only outclassed by
the brilliancy of Brookes, the Austria
liam wonder. Longs defeat of Bell in
showed clearly that he is in fine fettle
for the season and will be able to give
q great account of himself. A great
exhibition of high art tennis Is looked
for in this weeks tournament when
Long and Mclaughlin come together
to decide which of the two is to meet
Bundy, the present holder of the title
McLoughlin's style, more spectacular
than Longs, is nevertheless more liable
to net faults than the latter's sweeping
strokes which seem to shove the ball
along on the swing rather than by
striking il hard, snappy stroke.
MISS HOTCHKIss COMING
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss will not ar
rive in Los Angeles from her eastern
trip in time to enter the Venice event,
but will be on hand to keep the grand
stands humming in next weeks tour
nament at the Virginia. Miss Coda
Myer is expected for the Venice meet
and may be one of the chosen few at
the finish. Her play is the prettiest
of any woman player of the north,
east, or south, and 1t is always a de-
light to the spectators to watch
match in which she is a contestant.
Her ground strokes are finished and
she excCls in backhand shots. Her
weakness lies in the overhead game,
and through this deficiency the Sutton
family en- masse have been able al
ways to place her at the short end OF
the score
The San Francisco courts will be the
scene of several Journeys during the
hot months, but the attractions of a
trip to Southern California have proved
too strong for the best of the Golden
Gate artists and the cream of the north
will be seen upon the local courts
Sumner Hardy the greatest court gem
eral the Pacific coast ever saw and
an ex-coast champion, will be In Los
Angeles during the doubles tourney
and may arrive in time to compete at
Venice. He will probably pair with
Alphonso Bell in the Virginia doubles
and the team should give Mclaughlin
and Long some pretty strenuous warm
ing up practice, although there Is lit
tie hope for the former champions
bringing in the scalps of the younger
team
EASTERNERS LOSE
When c. S. Peters, western cham
pion, invaded the local camps last year,
there were great many fans who
confidently expected the invader to
make short shrift of all the local pick
ings, but they were sadly mistaken.
Peters was not only defeated by
straight, true tennis, but he was de-
feated by player who was still en-
titled to contest in the junior events,
although that same player developed
into a Southern California champion,
The time has come in Southern Cali
fornia when we neither fear invasion
from east or north and when we feel
perfectly secure against whoever takes
his record in his hands to pit against
the heroes of the Angeleno courts. M.
ID. whitman was in Los Angeles
month or so ago and did not do any
wonderful one-sided score playing with
any of the local players, On the con-
trary the score sheets show a strong
balance on the side of our own repre-
sentatives and the scores were not very
close, after all w. ]. Clothier, erst-
while United States champion and one
time conqueror of the peerless Lar
ned, made a forage around Southern
California racket haunts early in
March of this year and departed
sadder and wiser expert. There is no
need of harping back to the times of
old when we have the pick of the coun-
try's best within our borders.
Southern California has never had to
how to san Francisco or the east in the
line of tennis. On the contrary, the
eastern cracks are looking longingly
forward to the time when they may
stealthily escape their home admirers
and try their luck i'm California. They
do not look for a bushel of easily won
prizes-far from II. They have crossed
raclets already with some of the
Southern California talent, and have
learned something. The climate is
ideal for all-year-round play. and the
onnortunities for the sport are attract
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