Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-28
STARS To MEET IN
. DOUBLES TOURNEY
Twenty-Third Annual Pacific
States Tournament Next
Tennis Feature
PLAY ON VIRGINIA COURTS
Long and Mclaughlin Are Favor
ties Though Opposed by
the Cracks
PLAY ON VIRGINIA COURTS
by E. v. WELLER

The Pacific States doubles tournas
ment, the twenty-third annual event
of its kind, is the next of the scheduled
tennis meetings to engage the atten-
tion of the artists OF the racquet. The
Virginia courts at Long Beach will
be the scene of the play, and the pre-
liminary round will start at . o'clock
Friday morning. Entries will be re-
ceived until 10 o'clock Wednesday
night by S. M. Sinsabaugh, S02 Ex-
change building, Third and Hill
streets, or DR.. Sumner Hardy, 406 Sut-
ter street, San Francisco.
Long and Mclaughlin will be the
faVorites for the week end tourney,
but they will have no easy time in
winning from some of the Southern
Californians. Three sets out of five
give little chance of winning by brill
liant flash, and endurance and steadi-
ness will count Just as much as spec
tacular racing and angle work. Bell
and Bundy in last years tournament
pressed the Pacific coast three-times
champions, Mclaughlin and George
James. to a five-set match and almost
kept the title among the southern
stars. Mclaughlin and Long are con-
sidered a better combination, but their
work in the Australian tournament
against Brookes and Wilding did not
give them very high mark as
doubles team. and players who have
seen both pairs In action declare that
the Mclaughlin James duet is moro
harmonious one than the Mclaughlin
Long.
STRONGER IN DOUBLES
McLoughlin's work in a doubles
match is much superior to his singles
play. He aces more steadily and his
great forehand kill Is given greater
range for action when he does not
have to play both a right and left
court game. Mclaughlin Is not a sin
giles player in the true sense of the
term.
Long, on the other hand, is not in
McLoughlin's class as doubles
player. His style Is freer and he re-
lies on a long sweeping stroke that
seeks the sdelnes rather than slam
ming forehand that brings the aces
more through its speed than its place.
Long as a singles player excels Nc
Loughlin In skill. but in the doubles
he is far outclassed by the whirlwind
racquet wielder from San Francisco.
Sinsabaugh and Browne are picked
to make a strong showing against the
internationalists and will not give in
easily.
These preliminary doubles tourna-
ments are played In four sections OF the
country, the eastern meeting being heid
at Longwood, near Boston, July IL, the
western being held at Lake Forest on
the Ontwantsia club courts, July %,
and the southern tourney at Atlanta
on the courts of the Atlanta Athletic
club, July 4. The four winning pairs
will be sent to Lake Forest, thirty
miles north of Chicago, where on
August will be held the preliminary
meeting of the United States title tour
nament in the doubles. The winners OF
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August 10 they will meet the unde-
feated champions, Harold II. Hackett
and Frederick B. Alexander for the
championship of the United States.
GET USED TO COURTS
Long and Mclaughlin spent yester-
day afternoon In getting accustomed to
the Virginia courts, lining up against
the Duarte pair, Will Bacon and Gerald
Young The courts have received a
coat of chemicals to darken them and
are in fine condition for fast play.
Bieachers are now in the course of con-
struction for the opening day and seats
will be reserved for 5000 people.
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss will be on hand
Monday, July 4, for another meeting
with Miss May Sutton, and she will be
fresh from her easily won contests in
the east. The meeting will be only an
exhibition affair.
The program OF events LOT Lne LHTeo
days play and the committee in charge
are as follows:
Friday morning. July Mems double,
preliminary rounds All three out Of five
sets
Friday afternoon-Continuation OF men 8
doubles Beginning of womens singles.
Saturday morning, July 2-Continuation
of mems doubles. Beginning OF women $
doubles,
Saturday afternoon Two semi-hnal
matches of mems doubles. Two semi-hnal
matches of women's singles.
Monday morning, July 4-Exhibition
matches in mems singles and mixed dou-
bIes Finals in women's doubles
Monday afternoon, July 4, O'Clock
Finals In women's singles Miss Hazel
Hotchkiss VS.. Miss May sutton. lmmedi-
| ateiy following the womens singles the
dnais in mems doubles will be played, the
winners of which will be champions of the
Pacific states for the year 1910, and will
| go to Chicago to play for the champion
SHIN of the United States in preliminary
| trials held there on August 2.
Tournament D9nnmittee-Sumner Hardy,
| Maurice McLoughlin, r. T. Crawford, S. r.
Marvin, t. C. Bundy, A. C. Way, S. M.
management of play-sumner Hardy R.
| H. F. Variel, Jr T. C. Bundy, Claude
| wayne s. M Sinsabaugh.
Umpires and linesmen-A V. Duncan, G.
| r.. Hopper, A. H. MacFarland.
| Publicity--A. C. Way Nat C. Browne, M.
Finances. R. Marvin, T. C. Bundy. s..
NJ SInsabaugh.
Entertainment--H. H. Braly. Eugene ov-
| erton, T. W. Hendrick.
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