Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08

with such a foe SIS Miss Hotchklss this
deficiency will be corrected. 1t Is by
no means as hard to play the game on
the quiet and suddenly blossom into a
champion of champions; It is much
harder to remain the "undefeated" and
maintain the laurels once gained.
The Mt Washington tourney is
scheduled to last but two days, Satur-
day. May 2S, and Monday. May 30 It
will be strictly an invitation affair
and the players will be picked from
the topliners of the coast. The courts
are In excellent condition and ii is
planned to darken them somewhat
with n newly invented substance which
is guaranteed against wear. This will
remedy the glare of the sun expert
enced a week ago, when the courts
were opened. Bleachers are now in
the course OF construction and will be
done In a few days. The court is so
constructed that spectators and players
will be separated. so as to lessen the
possibilities. too often experienced on
many local courts, of accidental inter-
ference by those coming and going
Seats will be so placed that an unin-
terrupted view may be had of both
courts at once, and, being located a
number of feet higher than the courts
themselves, spectators may haye the
best of chances to watch the sport
The courts are laid out longitudinally
northeast and southwest. thereby Sc
curing the best possible light for play
without inconveniencing either player
by having to serve with the sun in his
eyes
GREAT PROGRAM ARRANGED
Saturdays program at the tourney
will open with the first matches in
the mixed doubles event two rounds
being played in the morning, finishing
all matches up to the finals In the
afternoon the mems doubles will be
the feature, all matches being played
to the finals. Besides the mems event
there will be an exhibition event IL
the singles. with Bundy and McLough-
lin on the court This pair has see
sawed back and forth for the victory,
sometimes one winning sometimes an
other, and the Mt. Washington contest
viii be considered something of a
"nlay-off" between the two.
Monday will be the big day of the
program, the finals in the two doubles
events being played and probably a
singles exhibition between Long and
Bundy or Bell and Long. The latter
contest would be a whirlwind fray for
the spectators and a match of con-
siderable interest to the followers of
Southern California tennis. At their
last meeting Bell took Longs measure
in great fashion and the California
player is anxious to redeem his lost
1aurels with this return match. Mon
day will be the final day and in the
afternoon will be held the return match
between Miss May Sutton and Miss
Hazel Hotchkiss.
CRACK PLAYERS ENTERED
Players decided upon for the tourna
ment will in all probability include
Melville Long, Gardner. Maurice Nc
Loughlin. Sumner Hardy, ex-Pacific
coast champion; Misses Hazel Hotch-
kiss and Miss Coda Myer from the
northern part of the state. and among
the local players Tom Bundy. Alphon-
so Bell, Simpson Sinsabaugh, Braly,
Dawson, Mace, Herd, Young, Freeman.
Holmes, Duncan, Hopper, Variel and
Wayne. The committee have set them
selves a thankless and probably Sc
Verely criticised task when they set
to work to send out the invitations
There will probably be a little hard
feeling at first, but any of the fair
minded will undoubtedly come to the
conclusion that the association did,
that is, that first-class exhibition
tourney could not be arranged without,
of necessity, eliminating the open tour
nament idea. The plan at present IS
to have only eight teams in the mems
doubles, eight in the mixed doubles
and no singles contests except the two
exhibition contests previously mem
toned. Another feature which Is un-
der advisement is a Junior doubles
event between Dawson and Young and
Mace and Herd.
The tournament, as arranged by the
committee. should be one to attract
every "fan'' in the south, as there has
never been such an array of talent In
tournaments of any kind to date. Be
sides there will be nothing but the
finest kind OF tennis always on the
courts. and two Of the greatest days
in the history of Southern California
tennis are expected by the "wise ones"
among the followers of the sport. With
the Venice tourney following closely
after the Mt. Washington meet, there
should be- considerable of an uplift to
the NAV generally, and the disappoint-
ed ones on the bleachers will get into
the game with fervor when their turn
comes round.