The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-06
the many pretty girls assembled to see the
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the many pretty girls assembled to see the
combat.
Samuel Hardy lost the toss, and. as his
brother chose sides, commenced to serve.
Sumner Hardy took the first game without
losing stroke and served so well in the
second that he repeated this dose, winning
eight strokes in succession. Samuel, how
ever, did some very pretty volleying in the
third, taking the game, and continued his
success in the fourth, but here Sumner
took another game, only losing one stroke
and making the game 80 in his favor.
Samuel by continued good volleying tied
the score, but his success only lasted for a
moment, as his brother secured the next
three games after some very brilliant
rallies, winning the first set at 6-3. Time,
% minutes.
The second set was not as exciting as the
first, and both players appeared a trifie
over anxious, often making very tame
strokes instead of putting their usual gin
ger into the pace of the balls. There were
only two really close games in this SET both
of which were won by Samuel, after deuce
had been called numerous times. In the
ninth game Sumner ran up to smash a ball
and being too sure, missed it altogether,
giving his brother a love game, and this
seemed to annoy him to such an extent
that he lost the next game after bringing
the score from forty-love to deuce, giving
the set to Samuel at Ga. Time, % min.
One set all.
The third set was the most exciting of
the afternoon and both players seemed to
| realize that the winner of the cup would
be the one who could take this set. They
each played excellent tennis, eliciting
| great applause from both galleries. The
games were not long, deuce only being
called twice in this set, but each player
put more vim into the pace, and if they
missed a shot they missed 1t well, as it
| was a well-intended shot.
The excitement grew as the score con-
| tinued to even up, and great applause
marked the time when Samuel, after max
ing three fine volleys, made the games six
all. Summer, however, only allowed his
brother three points in the next two games,
winning with eight games to six in thirty
one minutes plays, having the advantage
of two sets to one.
Both brothers here INDUCED in shower
and started in the fourth set at eight min
uteS past 4.
Sumner seemed to be the surer of the
two and took the first game after deuce
had been called once. Samuel next took
two games, but after that did not have
chance, as Sumner began to drive and
voIley as if he was just freshly starting in,
and won the next four games in seventeen
minutes-the shortest set played-making
game, set, match ana cham pionship amid
prolonged applause.
After this Mr. Wilberforce, the outgoing
president, presented the cup with few
appropriate remarks, and the meeting OF
1895 was thing of the past.
Taking the match as a whole, it was slow
to the onlookers, as the tennis played was
too skiliful for them to appreciate, and it
was only when a brilliant smash was in
dulged in or when a game was added to
one of the players score that the applause
was general. There was, however, during
the match an excellent display of eye and
wrist skill, and many of Sumner Hardy's
back hand drives have never been equaled
on this coast.
1t was the old idea of a back-court game
against the volley, and to day it is doubt
full whether the volley game is the stronger
after all. Experts on this coast have held
that it is, but it has been proved in this
tournament that a good drive, comb ined
will beat any kind of volley game, when
the volleyer cannot drive successfully. The
game put up by Taylor was at that time
the best seen here, but Sumner Hardys
game is the style to adopt.
The match lasted exactly one hour and
thirty-three minutes, and as it was in
tensely hot both players had to be in ex-
cellent trim to be able to keep up playing
their game all the time. The exact score
was as follows:
Sumner Hardy. Samuel Hardy.
Games Points. Games. Points
"a l43 II 1913
Double faults Double faults
Samuel Hardy was questioned after the
match as to how he had lost and said: "It
is a delicate subject to speak of, and a use
less one, as this score shows. Ny brother
simply outplayed me in every sense of the
word, and kept me guessing as to where he
would put the ball. Where man once
gets his opponent off his legs the result
Is always the same, and so it was with me.