Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15
CHAMPION PLAYS
CAME FROM NET
San Francisco Wonder at Tennis
Has a Style Entirely
Different
WIDE INTEREST IN BATTLE
Southerner No Longer in Danger
of Going Into Courts with
0ver-Confidence
WIDE INTEREST IN BATTLE

Tennis is the constant theme in the
| Sutton home, as all the family are
urging on May to greater efforts that
she may achieve again the downfall of
Hazel Hotchkiss, the San Francisco
wonder, who took the local player S
measure at DIAL q few weeks ago.
Is tennis and tea, tea and tennis, and
Florence is fast becoming somebody
| herself as she measures up against her
champion sister. May has determine
ton, and tennis is the bulldogs game.
| Overcdnfdence certainly will not trou-
| bic her at their next meeting, for sine
| knows that she Is dealing with a pos
sible champion of champions, and will
take no chances.
The feminine modes of play will be
shown by these two stars in their next
match. Miss Sutton is gradually de-
| Veloping her game in the overhead
| work, and will make most of her shots
from the net department of the court
| Miss Hotchkiss, on the other hand, will
rely for the most part upon her fore
hand drive, that has stood by her so
| well in the past. The Sutton drive has
become byword with the eastern and
| British cracks, but the San Francisco
player possesses a drive all her own
| 1t does not have the top" that May
puts on all her strokes, but is more Of
| an underhand stroke of the Lawford
variety The speed of the ball, when a
| full swing is possible, is terrific, and
even an expert at the net game may be
passed repeatedly by the stroke. This
same stroke was the strong point
among the many and varied of II. l..
Doherty, the greatest player the tennis
game has ever known, and is more OF
| the English style than the overland
drive with the top in which Miss
| Sutton delights
Southern players are on the qui Vive
for the contest. A new star Is always
an interesting phenomenon in the ten
| mis- world, and although Miss Hotchkiss
has been winning tournaments for quite
q while, her championship streak did
not fully develop until the past season.
The odds are in favor of the local play
er, In the opinion of the fans hereabout,
and a victory by the northerner would
mean that Mays game Is not what 1t
once was that 1t has been on the down.
ward path since the little champion
first tasted defeat. May has added the
"kill" to her style Of play during the
past two seasons, and this Will be the
material for the dope" man when the
figuring commences. If those terrific
smashes are netward or a little too far,
Miss Hotchkiss will be bagging the
noints. for even the Suttons become er-
ratio at times.
PRICTTCE ON NEW COURTS
| Mount Washington was the scene Of
some brilliant exhibitions of the tennis
game Yesterday, when three members
| of the Sutton family-May. Florence
and Mrs. Bruce-together with Mary
Browne, Nat Browne, Simpson Sinsa-
baugh,. Trow Hendricks ana Iom
Bundy, made an afternoon of 1t on
the hotel courts. A round-robin prac-
tice tourney was held. May Sutton and
Bundy finishing In the lead, Florence
and Hendricks second, Browne ana
Mrs. Bruce and Sinsabaugh and Mary
Browne third and fourth, respectively.
May, although not by any means in
her best form, was much better tnan
her feminine opponents, and made
number of spectacular shots curing
the afternoon. Her great fault of at
times "going up into the air" was
noticeable at intervals, and this 1t is
which will give Miss Hotchkiss the
| chance of her life at their next meet
ing. The champions great trouble lies
| in the fact that she has seen too much
of the tennis boundaries OF late ana is
becoming ''stale'' in the game. A two
weeks rest would be mucn petter
nrenaration for the Decoration day
match than her continual training a'
the racquet game.
Hendricks looks like coming cham
pion. He Is gradually forging back TO
| his old-time form, and will be a factor
| to be seriously figured on in the com
ing championship meets. His overhead
work Yesterday was the best OF the
four. and his Lawford stroke was rar
more accurate than Sinsabaugh's un-
derhand drives. Browne was in fair
fettle. btu was somewhat erratic on
cross-court work. Bundy and Hen
bricks easily disposed of Browne ana
Sinsabaugh in a mems double event.
and May as easily took Florence down
the line to 6-3 score.
Miss Sutton was greatly pleased with
the new courts of the Mount Washing
ton hotel. and was profuse IN ner
praise of the speed possible on the
cement. She declared that although
she would go in to win with vim in her
match with Hazel Hotchkiss on Me-
mortal day, she would not like to nave
her friends count too much upon her
victory. "I'm either too lazy or some
thing. I cannot seem to getsover pelng
erratic, so don't bet on me. for l have
a hunch that may lose, and my
lunches are pretty accurate eoii0
! times"
A telegram was received by Manager
Sinsabaugh yesterday from Hazel
Hotchxiss at Berkeley, saying that she
would be down and ready for the Tray
Nav 80. The little national champion
will It no obstacles remain In the way
that will lead her to the head of the
feminine players Of the world, for, GER
tainly, although the Mount Washington
contest is not a championship affair. a
victory over May Sutton would almost
mean such a position.
The entire grandstand and extra
bleachers now being erected at the
courts will be free to the public with
| ol,t invitation, and from the. number
of letters and questions that have
been crowding in upon the managers
the attendance will be record-breaker