The morning call., 1893-10-02
TENNIS BY POINT.
Frank Robinson Wins the
Silver Plate
AT THE CONTINUOUS MATCH
A Lively Day at the Olympic Club
Grounds-Bert Coffin Lowers
the Haif-Mile Record.

One or two matches remain to be played
in the continuous tennis tournament
which has been in progress at the Olympic
Club grounds during the past two months.
but the general result was practically de-
cided yesterday.
The play has been for points estimated
from the majority of games won in the va
rious matches. At the beginning of the
tournament all the players were grouped
in classes. of which there were four. The
winner of a match could only challenge a
player rated above him. SO that those at
the foot of the list had a better chance
than the first-class players.
AS it has turned out. Frank Robinson.
rated in the third class, will undoubtedly
win the tournament and receive the piece
of silver plate offered for competition. AT
the end of yesterdays game Robinson had
67 points to his credit, F. Lane 50. Hairy
Wilber 2S, A. j. Treat is and the balance
OF the contestants a smaller humber. In
the order of position the arrangement is
very different. Treat and WILDER. the two
best players in the club. have always been
ranked as equal. but Wilber has wen three
matches out of five from Treat and there
fore stands at the head of the tennis an
mex.
The order of position of the players is
as follows: H. C. Wiber. A: j. Trent.
II. NJ. Johns. G. E. Butler, w. f. Lincoln,
j. +. Larken, j. T. Lane, Frank Robin
son. E. j. Elliott. j. A. Carroll, F. Waiz-
man, c. M. Roman, Fred Greenley, John
Christie, julius Morton. R. j. Shea.
A large number of ladies watched the
play yesterday morning. The best match
was that between Robinson and Elliott,
won by the former. with score of 6-3.
Go. o. The winner outplayed his op-
ponent al every stage. His best work was
at the net, his smashing proving very
effective. Elliott is left-handed player
and won the points to his credit by his
swift service.
The other sets played were as follows :
Wilson beat Code, 81, Cd. both ranking
frst-class.
Weideman defeated Larken. Ga, 6-2.
both second-class.
Greenley won from Stillwell, 6-3, Ga,
both fnurth-class.
McGlynn vanquished Webb. Ga. 7-5,
and atterward beat Boiling, 6-1. 6-3, all
third-ciass.
The entries for the quarterly tour ma
ment to be played next Sunday for the
club medal, with supplementary prizes
consisting of silver-mounted rackets, are
as follows:
First class-Wilber, Treat, Tobin. Alli-
son, Code. Collier. Stetson.
Other classes-Larken, Lane, Jardine,
Lincoln, Butler. Wilton, Johns. Stilwell,
Greenley, Wiseman, Carroll, Weideman,
gan. McKinnon. Sextnn, Barnett, Boiling,
John Allison, Shea. Mccarthy.
1t will be q handicap tournament. Each
class will give the next lower fifteen
points. The first will give the third class
men fifteen and will owe fifteen. and the
first will give the fourth thirty points. A
large numb of ladies will be entertained
on the occasion and an elaborate luncheon
will be served On the grounds.
The feature of the afternoon at the
grounds was the running race. when Bert
Coffin beat the coast record for a half
mile hitherto held by Robert Macarthur
at 2:3 3-5 Coffin made the distance in
% As, running from scratch. The entries
were: Bert Coffin, scratch; p. d. Skill
man. ex-wOrl6's champion, fifteen yards
}. A. Code, c. NJ. Yates and Howard
Coffin thirty yards. The race. which was
hotly contested. was won by Skillman in
% 2-5.
An interesting game of handball was
played between Abner and H0ughtOn.
The former won two games. Score: 21-10.
21-S. There was also practice game OF
football between scratch teams MADE up
fron the club membership.
Preparations are being made for ladies'
night, 20 be given in the club gymnasium
during the second week In November. The
entertainment will consist of music and
indoor tennis. A match will be played be-
tween T. ID. Driscoll, the present coast
champion, and Joe Daily, instructor st the
California Club.
}. S. ToDin and G. P. Hubbard will
play against Collier and Allison. The
Hardy Brothers will be matched against
Ste tson and De Long. and will atterward
face WILDER aud Treat The latter team
will also play against Larken and Lane.