Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-08
TENNIS EXPERTS
CONTEST HON0RS
Battle for the 1910 Champion
ship Brought to Semi
Final Rounds

DEL MONTE, Cal, Sept. THE
contests for the 1910 championship of
the Pacific States Lawn Tennis as
sociation in mems singles and in
mems consolation singles was brought
to the semi-final rounds on the courts
here today. In the upper half of the
championship singles Melville H. Long
beat b. Balkin in three straight sets,
60, 6-1, 6-3, and Perry Murdock,
after a most stubborn struggle won
from E. G.. Hunt, 0-6, 81, 81, 3-6,
ca. In the lower half w. Bacon de-
feated DR.. w. r. Lovegrove, 5-7, 6-3,
"a, 6-1, the doctor not being in SO
good condition as his opponent, and
Gerald Young won from w. c. Knowl-
ton, the score being 6-3, 81, 6-3.
In the serni-fnals tomorrow Long will
meet Murdock and Bacon will be
matched against Young. There is lit
tie doubt that Melville Long will win
the tournament and will challenge
George J. James for the championship
of 1910.
In the mems consolation singles W.
e. Davis won by default from Doug
las Grant, w. G. Hunter beat Roy V.
Holland, 6-3. 6-3; w. Johnston beat
Ella G.. Galusha, 6-1, 60; and J. r.
Edwards defeated Clinton de la Mon
tague, 6-1, 60.
In the semi-fnal round Johnston
won from Edwards, 6-3, 60, and will
meet in the final round the winner Of
the Davis Hunter match.
In women's doubles Miss Valleau and
Percy Murdoch, who had been down
against Miss Nora Brewer and r.
Splivalo, reached the first round with
out a contest, the latter couple not
having reached Del Monte. Miss Ha-
eel Hotchkiss and NJ. H. Long beat
Miss Mary Browne and S. M. Sinsa-
baugh, Ga 6-3. Miss Valleau and
Percy Murdoch are drawn against
Miss Coda Myer and George ]. James.
Miss Florence Sutton and r. G. Hunt
beat Mrs. H. Kearne and NJ. w. Red
mayne, 6-1, 81, and Miss May SUIT
ton and Gerald Young defeated Mrs.
Bruce and DR.. Sumner Hardy, ID,
6-1, 6-1. In the semi-f1nal round
Miss Hotchkiss and M. Long will
meet the winner of the match between
the Valleau- Murdock and Myer-Janes
teams, and Miss Florence Sutton and
r. G. Hunt will play against Miss
May Sutton and Gerald Young.
The match that attracted most at
tention was the one played in the
morning in ladies' doubles between
Miss May Sutton and Miss Mary
Browne as one team and Miss Flor
ence Sutton and Mrs 3. o. BRUCE as
the OtDer. Inc ldIler PAIR WuH lIlS
first set, CO, but lost the next two
and the match, 6-3, 6-3, the winners
having taken four games to the losers
twelve.
The winners will meet Miss Hazel
Hotchkss and Miss Coda Myer who
defeated Mrs. Kearne and Miss Vail
leau.
In mems doubles, byes were drawn
by Finnigan and Hotchlliss and Py-
burn and Sheldon in the upper half
and by Johnston and Knowlton, Ba-
con and Young in the lower half. Long
and Sinsabaugh beat Ball and Rogers,
60, 6-1; Lovegrove and Nourse beat
Redmayne and Holland, 6-3, 6-1;
FottrelI and Batkin are drawn against
Murdock and Hunt; Corrill and Hun
ter defeated Code and Davis, 6-3, Sc,
and Johnston and Knowlton are
matched against Bacon and Young.
In mems draw doubles Galusha and
Wilder defeated La Montague and
Redmayne, Cd, 6-1, and will play
against Code and HotchlIiss, while
Young and Finnigan are drawn
against the winners of Lovegrove and
Edwards versus Bacon and Pyburn.