Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28

The eastern tennis world has received
a shock during the past season from
winch 1t will not recover for some
time The best men of the Atlantic
coast have been beaten by the invading
stars from the Pacific coast and a new
worlds tennis center has been estab-
lished as a result.
Beals C. Wright, Whitney Colston,
lnman, Niles, Johnson, Palmer, Jones
all felt the weight of the western VIC
tories and have furnished the tennis
Fathers indisputable proof in the shape
OF their defeats that the west is capable
of holding its own against the world.
Tom c. Bundy and Trow Hendrick,
Los Angeles players who have been
coming for the past two or three
years, made a clean sweep, eastern
and western teams, putting the south
ern representative pair out of the
running and only lowering their colors
before the clocklike regularity and
sllillful placing of the national cham
pions, Hackett and Alexander.
The Pacific states have now two
successive victories to their credit
Mclaughlin and Jones being the chal-
lengers in 1900. The duplication of the
last years western triumphs by a diff
ferent team this season has awakened
q great deal of discussion in eastern
tennis circles as to the future. Tennis,
like everything else seems to be on the
move in the direction of the Pacific
and California is destined, in the opin-
ion of many of the experts, to be the
lawn tennis metropolis of the world.
Tom Bundy, a product of the local
tennis field. has been the leading over
turner of the dope sheets of the cas-
tern Journeys and his victory in the
Newport Casino tournament will rank
him among the top five Of the tennis
experts OF the world. Receiving no
defaults or making his way to the final
round by a series of luck streaks, Bun
dy is to be congratulated on his steady
winning play. He made his way
through the lineup of ex-champions
and coming stars by generalship of a
high order and in his match with Lar
ned proved himself a worthy contender
for the highest honor of the tennis
world today, the United States Lawn
Tennis association championship title.
McLOUGHLIN SECOND TO BUNDY
Maurice Mclaughlin, the twenty
year old San Francisco player, was
second only to Bundy IN the sue
cessful outcome of his eastern trip,
winning the LongWoOd tournament in
a brilliant match by defeating Beals
Wright in a closely contested match.
Melville Long, who represented the
United states in the challenge matches
in Australia for the Dwight f. Davis
cup, with Mclaughlin as team mate,
won the first clay court championship
of the United States at Omaha in brill
liant style, running through the final
match with the loss of only two games,
With the conquests of these three
local players the west may feel
rightly boastful and it is easy to forseL
that the national champions of the
future, after the veteran six-times title
holder, William A. Larned, has finally
fallen, will be western players and in
all probability Los Angeles or South
ern California stars.
Bundy and Hendricks and McLough-
lin and Long will join Sinsabaugh and
Duncan in an endeaVor to bring the
Salt Lake championship back with
them on their return triumphant, and
there is little doubt but that the final
players will be two of the seXtet from
the coast.
The Pacific states championship tour
nament which will start on the courts
of the Del Monte hotel the morning Of
September 5, will attract many Of the
Angeleno racket wielders and George
James, the last years title holder, will
have to play in top notch form to pre-
vent the southern stars from annexing
the coveted champions throne.
The west has produced the best in
the world at the womens department
of the game and now the men are COM
ing into their own by following the
ladies' example. The eastern nag is
furled in the tennis line and the Wes
tern players have just begun to play.