Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
ANOTHER SUTTON
BEATS CHAMPION
Miss HotchkisS Is Defeated by
Mrs. Bruce, Sister of the
Famous May
NORTHERNER IS TRAIN WORN
Second Day of Tournament at
Long Beach Marked by
Close Games
NORTHERNER IS TRAIN WORN
BY Il. v. WELLER.


met defeat at the hands of Mrs. 3. o.
Bruce in straight sets. GA, Ga yes
terday afternoon on the Virginia
corts. The crowd could hardly re-
strain it's enthusiasm when the south
ern player started out with the lead
and kept the inside track to the end.
Miss Hotchkiss played a plucky game,
D.. but had not the vitality to overcome
the handicap and lost through sheer
weakness in handling her strokes. At
the first warming up practice OF the
two players 1t was seen that Miss
Hotchliss was netting a great many
and prone to place them anywhere
but in the winning locations, but the
crowd did not realize the complete
overturning of the dope until the last
point had been played and the match
was over.
Mrs. Bruce played the best game she
has ever put up in the south, and the
victory may be accredited in a great
measure to her splendid driving and
accurate placing. She has always
been ranked next to May in the opin-
ion of the southern experts, and her
yesterdays victory will give her a
chance to again cross rackets with
her redoubtable sister Monday morn
ing and give her the game of her life.
Her game is far more versatile than
Mays, but she does not possess the
latters superhuman endurance and
backhand play, on the other hand, Is
much the superior of her sisters and
she Is always willing to take the net
and try the killing game. If Mrs.
Bruce plays in yesterdays form in her
match on Monday morning there may
be more surprises in store for the fans,
and the afternoons match, scheduled
as the great event and heralded
throughout the local tennis camps as
the tennis event of the season, may
only be a meeting for the consolation
prize in the womens singles while
Mrs. Bruce is taking the center of the
tennis stage and being invited from
east to west and back again to attract
the nimble dollar into the Golfers of the
tennis associations.
HAZEL AND MAY TO MEET
Although the finals in the women's
singles Will not be a match between
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss and Miss May
Sutton as scheduled, there will be an
opportunity for the tennis enthusiasts
to see these two In action together
again in the afternoon in a real eX-
hibition match with no title attached,
and If the expectation Of the northern
ers prove true the match will be a
closer one than the Bruce Hotchkiss
affair, and there will be little of the
erratic in the work of Miss Hotchkiss.
There will be good days treat for
leHlllS people III spite OF I1e OVerLurn-
ing of the expected results and the
days card will include everything from
women's championship play to the Pa
cific coast doubles match, and none
will go away disappointed
The second days program of the
twenty third annual tournament of the
Pacific States Lawn Tennis association
came to close last evening with some
of the finest matches of the meeting
Seldom have the fans had the oppor-
tunity afforded them yesterday to be
entertained with a succession of
matches the like Of which cannot be
equaled outside of the Newport and
Longwood Journeys Mclaughlin and
Long, as was expected, will meet Bun
dy and Hendrick in the finals of the
championship, and barring the wom-
ems event, there were few reversals Of
form severe enough completely to
change the dope sheets of the prophets.
HARD FIGHT IN DOUBLES
Mclaughlin and Long did not annex
their honors easily, as Freeman and
Holmes gave them a close fight, as did
the Rogers brothers In the match
with Freeman and Holmes the interna-
tionalists started out with a rush that
gave them the first set to love and kept
the southern team from coming any
where near the tally list. The Pasade-
ma players annexed three games in the
second set, Freeman getting the honors
in the net department of the game and
coming back into his old-time cham
pionship form in steady driving and
clever placing. The northerners played
to Holmes constantly and tired him
out with short drives alternated with
deep lobs that kept him on the run
throughout the set. The third set
opened with Freeman winning his serve
regularly, and his great work at the
net covering op Holmes service bring
ing in the games. The set ran 2-all,
sail, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, and Freeman finished
the set by taking his own service to
fifteen. The last set began with Long
behind the backline and dealing out
serves that brought love game. The
northerners increased their pace and
the Pasadenans seemed to tire. Free
man could not stand the grueling fray
and netted many of his shots. Holmes
showed up we'll in the final set and
brought in more aces than his giant
partner. Mclaughlin smashed consist
emily and Long played the major por-
tion of the set in the back court pre-
ferring to bring home the points with
long drives down the side lines and
cross-court. The final set was won
at 6-3.
ROGERS PLAY WELL
The Rogers brothers played match
with Wayne and Variel in the third
round that will live in tennis annals as
one of the closest fights in history The
Californians were playing much better
tennis than in the preliminaries the
day before, and Variel got his kill
drives in with more regularity. Harry
Rogers was the weak side of the
Rogers lineup and lost several games
by the double fault route. Balancing
this, however, he made some fine angle
shots and got good share in the ap-
plause by his backhand strokes. Char
lie Rogers was in fine form and drove
and killed with equal facility. He did
not seem to tire, and his strokes were
fast and sure. His were most of the
aces of the four, and he did not make
as many errors as the other three
Wayne fought steadily and was the
steadier of the two. He lost a number
of chances for ace smashes, however,
by too light work at the net and did
not serve as strongly as his partner.
The first set went to the Rogers
brothers by the score of Sc, the last
few games going to deuce a number
Of times and the teams playing almost
10 draw. Wayne and Variel started
with a rush in the second and had a
good lead before the other pair were
started. Two games were all the Rogers