The morning call., 1893-10-16
the Olympic Boys
Called Booth.
"A DARK HORSE IN TENNIS.
Conclusion of the Tournament for
: Prizes and the Gold Medal-Ihe
=. California Club Match.

surprising kind Of q surprise. Dath AotSes
are not in it with him for minute. de
swept everything before him at the hnals
of the Olympic Club tournament yesterday
afternoon and carried off the gold medal
:. with great eclat
= Al the beginning Of this handicap con-
test Booth was placed at the bottom OF the
tb5rd class. He mad never played at the
el,ih courts. was known TO be out Of prac-
tice am, was considered by the committee
a s'dub." Many thought he should have
been entered as fourth-class player aud
.IookAd for his speedy extinction in the
tournament.
!: He won two matches on TIE previous
Sunday and evory one politely tried TO
conceal his astonishment. Yesterday he
=. defeated two other players Without much
effort and thereby won the silyer-tipped
racket for his class. The spectators had
been commenting on his luck hitherto, but
at the "dpb's" fourth victory they offered
d different explanation.
Booth is a ringer" was the by-word in
+every persons mouth. and all the defeated
MEN made an unsuccessful effort TO con-
.ceal their ehagrn.
:: When The final match for the gold medal
was called, Lane, the winner OF the second
class prize, faced the lucky Booth. Every
mem ber of the club desired Lanes vic
tory as a rebpke to the presumptious
Young player, who had recently joined the
tennis annex. Odds OF 3 10 l On Lane
were freely offered but found no takers.
=: Booth looked discouraged, but Lane was
.sanguiue of victory.
In. the first-set Booth made poor show
ing. He had played two previous matches
and. was exhausted. Lane tIiumphantIy
won :fhe set by a score of 6 to 3. In the
"a
fought point by point, neither gaining any
signal advantage. Finally BOath won, the
score standing 10 to s. This was regarded
as: OF no significance, and the onlonkers
counted upon two straight sets for Lane.
By this time. however. Booth had got his
second wind.
Il guess I'll show yon the city, Doe" he
said TO Lane, and was as good as his word.
He had scored SIX games 10 his opponents
tt zee in an incredibly short time. The
-ecure was Identical in the fourth and con-
-elading set. Every bOdy's Jaw fell except
Booths. He smiled eXpansiyely. referred
in cheerful terms to my medal" and
st{eateu the crowd TO mineral water.
-: The playing OF the new star In the tennis
firmament Is easy and effective, but il
lacks the decisive qulckneSs of a man in
good uractice. Booth has long legs and
extraordinarily long arms. Standing in
the: center of the court he can protect its
entire area. His lacrosse practice with
the Indians in Michigan has given him a
back-shoulder sIroke as effective as il is
surprising. He places the balls with rare
accuracy. and with little practice Will
rank with the best players Of The coast.
His training at Yale in football, base ball
and tennis stood him in good stead yester-
day and gave him a victory over an oppO-
nent who was in much better form
The matches were played during the
intervals 0f inrprDlittput
sh3 wers. 1t was typical Olympic C.nb
weather, so no one minded much. Even
the: girls showed no inclination 20 run
home. They contented themselves with
donning the overe0ats Of their attendan s
and r. iai<of until dark. N spite ct The
Arctic weather. All of the playing was
above the average. the weather having no
Geterior rating effect.
. In the first match Of the morning J. P.
Booth defeated Frank Robinson, the score
standing 6-1, "a Then Elliott faced
:, HoFTigan, who got hal fifteen. The first
set was the longest played in an Olympic
tournament and the game stood 15-I5
when Elliott won the final point. BOln
nieI had little energy left for the next SCI.
which was snort aud was won By Elliott,
s.
- very good match between Wedeman
. and Frederick Larken followed. The sets
were hard fought and the playing even.
.4Eeideman won by a score Of Go. 6-S. 7-5.
LaIken got even by predicting his VIC
tors speedy death as result of the ex-
*eEtion, and posted notice of the funeral
On the bulletin-bOar Weideman's triumph
! was shortlived. He fell victim to Lanes
superior tennis, beng beaten by score of
Ga. Go
!: :,l!he playing in the match between Booth
and Elliott was better than the count of
60. 6-1 would seem to indicate. Elliott
hasa lightning service and Is strong and
-steady. He was unused to Booths billiard
; Style Of caruming the tennis balls ia III
corners Of court, however, and although
. he struggled gamely to the end he ac-
kD1wledged his defeat after the first three
games of the opening set.
= The winners of the four classes were
:Stetson, Lane, Booth and Sexton, in the
order named. Each will receive silver
tipped racket. Stetson defaulted to Lane.
Sexton did not face Booth. The final was
therefore, fought out between the prize
winners in the second and third classes,
Booth capturing all the tournament hon
iors, the medal and the championship for
the; quarter. The winning score was:
So. 10-S, 6-3, 6-3.
: Tue following is summary of the tour
n nament:
=. First class-PriZa won by S.etson.
=; Second class-Weideman defeated Lar
: ken, 60. 6-S. IS. Lane won from
:.Weideman. 6-4, 60 Prize won bv Lane
:: Tnlrd elass-Booth vanquished Robin
son, 6-1. Sd. Elliott beat Horrigan,
1913. 6-3. Booth won FROM Elliott,
81, 81. Prize won by Booth.
. I:FOurth claSs-Prze won by Sexton.
iFinaIs-Bootb defeated Lane, Sc, 1913.
s. 6--3. - 6-3 Booth won gold medal.
: Harry c. WILDER, umpire and scorer
/: w. F., Lincoln, referee.
Only one match remained to be pIayed
:: yesterday at the quarterly tournament Of
the California Tennis Club. 1t decided
~the doubles championship Of the club aad
the ownership Of the silver cups. Con
sdering the weather. the attendance of
:: spectators was good and the interest
manifested gratifying to the players.
The contestants were cletson and De
Long against Allen and Allison. The
.Inatcb was for the hest three sets out of
five. Stetson and De Long wen handily
by score Of 7-5, 6-3. 10 In tae final
set Allen and Allison made hard fight
and the set was very close. Every game
was deuce-Yanfage, and many were long
drawn out. The result of the match was
generally anticipated.