The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26
.LAWLOR LIKELY TO LOSE,
Result of the First Rub for the
Worlds HandbaIl Cham
pionship.
Several Closely Contested Games
Played in the Local Courts
Yesterday.

The principal topic of conversation in
the handball courts yesterday was the
news that reached the City on Saturday
night about the match for the world S
championship between Lawlor and Fitz-
gerald. The first rub OF ten games was
played in Fitzgeralds court in Tralee, Ire
land, on August Is, and Fitzgerald won
eight out of the ten.
This was a great surprise to handball
players here, as the general opinion was
that Lawlor would win easily. The Sec
ond rub was to be played in the Grattan-
street Racquet Court, Cork, on August 20,
but the result will not be known here till
Tuesday or Wednesday. Fitzgerald has
three games to win and Lawlor nine. Fitz-
gerald had the advantage of playing in his
own court in the first rub, and although
Lawlor had such odds against him it is be-
lieved here that he has won the champion
ship.
News Of another match played in the
Grattan-street Court on August 9 between
Phil Casey, champion of the world, and
James Dunno of Brooklyn, n. Y, on the
one side and James Fitzgerald, champion
of Ireland, and w. o Herlihy OF Cork, also
reached the City on Saturday. They
played the first four games out of seven.
games when Fitzgerald and o Herlihy had
only scored one.
The chief event in the local courts yes
terday was a match between Champion
Jones of Australia and j. Harlow, the
coast champion, and ]. Lawless, old-time
partners. 1t was keenly contested from
start to finish, and Jones won the fifth and
winning game by only one ace.
At the Union court the event of the
day was match between r. Lenihan and
Al Pennoyer against ]. Feeney and j..
Nelson. 1t was one of the closest games
ever played in the court, and the final was
won by Lenihan and Pennoyer by one ace.
Among the interesting games played at
the Occidental court was one between l..
f. Bonnet and Willie Jacobs against Den
mis- Daily, champion of Oakland, and y. j..
McGlynn. 1t was won easily by Bonnet
! and Jacobs. Two closely contested games
OF racquets were also played. Next
Wednesday night the first rub between M.
J. Kilgallon and T. F. Bonnet will be
played, and in the preliminary event John
Purcell and Al c. Hampton Will play
James Nelson and Ed Maloney.
Following were the games played at the
different courts:
San Francisco Court. Brown and 1: Levy
defeated W. Darius and Thomas Ryan, 2l-l2.
1871, 21-10. J. O'Brlen and j. Dodd de-
feated J. Emmett and Thomas Riley, 2I-l4.
defeated D. Mccarthy and ?; Barry, 2lmls,
1921, PLY. J. Brown and L.; Levy de1ea1ea
George Ward and Thomas Ryan and 911 Con-
9siIi2an 2d defeated NJ LnnaE Mcdonald u and
Phil Ryan and J. Brown defeated Dan @ Brien
hutchinson and D. Finnlgan defeated D; Con
molly and ]. Sweeney, 21-19, 12-21, Ill.
Pat Kelly and ]. Sweeney defeated u HnIch1n-
son and D. Connolly, bill, 1921. Gle
J. Jones, the Australian champion, defeated J.
Harlow, the coast champion, and J; Lawless,
2I~12, 17-21, 1921. 2f-,16, 21,2o; ,r
defeeted NJ. Doian and T. Clemmens, 21-14,
T Vaughn I defeated T. F. Mccormick and 6:
Bauer 21l7 1 2l q Y Mciv 5he sna
Condor a and Z Brown defeated ]. McEvely and
p = Condor 142ii d 2lS Ed Mssopey
and al C. Hampston, 21-10, 20-2l, PLY.
T. F. Bonnet and Willie Jacobs defeated Oak
lands champion, Dennis DAILY, ana o. =. o. ., Nc
At racauets Jacobs, the coming champion,
defeated John Purcell, 11-9, LIS, Gil,
8-11, 10-11. T. f. Bonnet deieateo ). NJ.
Union Court. McManus and j. Norriss
PLAYED a single-handed game, each side win
ming one rub, the final to be played next sun
and Jasper Lynch, 21-12, 1921. 21--20. O..
Hendry and P. Johnson defeated I. Lenihan
and j. McGulnn, 21-1S, I'D, III. M. M.
Millitt and Ed Nannay defeated NJ. Morton and
William Dunno, 21-12, Isl 2l-l9. Paul
Kelly defeated Frank McManus, 21-1o, 1921,
2iHi3. Ed Parkinson and NJ coughlan de-
feated Ed MeGlade and J. o'LeaTy, 2l-15,
1921, 21-20. John Riordon and I. McManus
defeated John Nelson and William Kelley,
SiN15, 1871, 2I-20. R. Lenihan and Al
Pennoyer defeated J. Feeney. and J. Nelson
21-19, 1871, PLY, 1921, 2l-20: John
Kennedy and Ed Fitzgerald defeated ]. C.
Hum phrey and Ed Graney, 21-17, 21-1S,
17-21, 21-19.