The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-28
TENNIS AND HANDBALL.
Players Who Are Getting Ready for
Ionrnaments-The Ball Courts.

Players Who Are Getting Ready for
TOurnaments-The Ball Courts.
The great tennis tournament Of the Pa
ciic Coast viii be begun at San Rafael on
Thursday, the 30th inst. and will continue
until the afternoon Of July 4. The players
who will be represented in this tournament
have been practicing for seysral weeks for
the event, and according to those who are
In position 10 note the relative merits Of
tie players in practice games the struggle
for first honors will be sharply contested
between the champions Of this city, Oakland
and Alameda.
The tennis tournament which viii be held
at RedOndo July promises. in point Of
interest, 10 outclass anything in the way OF
tennis tournament that has ever been held
in Southern California. The events vii.
consist OF geutlemen'S singles and doubles,
ladies' singles and doubles and mixed d0u-
bies, making five in all The tournament
Is open to every player IN the country, and
as consequence some OF the best players
from this city and Oakland are expected 10
be among the numbers OF participants.
Messrs. Tufts of Los Angeles and Gilmore
of Pasadena are the committee in charge,
and viii furnish all Information desired.
Those from the Los Angeles club who
have signiied their intentions of competing
are Miss TUFTS, II. German, A. DumiieT,
W. Cushy, Coulter Chase, Manning, Flint
and Cochran. Santa Monica will be re ore
spnted by Cawst0n, Routh, Lester and
W0OdhouSe. AlhambTa Will enter Wallace,
Haisted, Rice, Lane. Noble and Shankland.
Pasadena viii find representatives. in Cir
ne~~c, Barry, Miss Shoemaker and q number
OF young ladies who have become quite
proficient players within the last year.
The Casa Blanca Club of Riverside will
be upheld by such sterling players as B-th-
knfNhar nd I'm
land and Wilkes.
The Los Angeles Athletic Club has iixed
up two fine tennis courts. and may in tie
near future put some Of Its players against
one or two OF the best Of this city.
Although the Olympic Club has two Of
the best arranged and we'll laid out hand
bail courts OF any club on the coast, there
seems TO be lack of interest among the
members in sport which should be now
more popular than track athletics.
Several months ago the officers of the
club talked Of getting up tournament, but,
like many other schemes projected, the
tournament never came 10 a head and MOTH
ing actually has been done by the club 10
induce the members who practice hand
ball 10 get together and play a series Of
games. Ii a few medals were offered for
competition among first, second and third
class players, who, of course, should o.
handicapped according to their known
ability, the sport would be given an im-
petus " hlch III the near future would de-
Vel0p Il into a very popular pastime.
The Sacramento Athletic Club has taken
to hGndball in great shape. Weekly the
athletes arrange series of games. which are
holly contested. a tournament is now
going on, and from all accounts it is one Of
the NEST interesting features that the club
has ever introduced. TIE score of last
Saturday night is AS follows: