The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-22
CHALLENGES IN ORDER.
Exciting and Closely Contested
Games in the Handball
Courts.
Feeney and LInehan Of the Union
Court Prepared for All
Corners.

The handball courts were crowded yes
terday and several exciting and closely
contested games were played. One of the
best was at the Union court between ]. J.
Feeney and r. Linehan and ]. J. Nelson
and J. j. Dillon. The two former won
after game contest by three games to one.
Feeney and Linehan are out with a
challenge to play any amateur or profess
sonal team on the Pacific Coast, Jones
and Riordan excepted, for a valuable
trophy. Harlow of the San Francisco
court and Paddy Cahill, recently from
Chicago, are preferred. w. McManus,
proprietor of the Union court, is prepared
to bet any amount on the success of Feeney
and Linehan, who are members of his
court.
The attraction at the San Francisco
court was a match between Champion
Jones Of Australia and j. Harlow and j.
Kearney. They played the best three out
of five games and Jones won three and his
two opponents one.
A rafting game was played at the Occi-
dental court between Champion P. T..
Donnelly and G. ]. McGlynn and John
Purcell and Gus Elmer, the latter of the
Olympic Club. Donnelly and McGlynn
were the victors. T. +. Bonnet PLAYED Ed
Maloney and Al Collins and won after an
exciting struggle by three games to two.
On Wednesday night Champion Riordan
and Dennis DAILY, champion of Oakland,
will play T. F. Bonnet and Champion DON
nelly at the Occidental court, and John
Purcell and Al Hampton will play Ed Ma
loney and Thomas Fennessy, the latter of
the Acme Club, Oakland.
Great interest has been aroused among
handball-players by the challenge of J..
Harlow of the San Francisco court to play
Champion John Riordan. or any other pro-
fessional or amateur on the coast, for $50 q
side, and the acceptance of the challenge
is awaited with anxiety.
Following were the games played at the
different courts:
At the San Francisco = W. Darius and J..
Brown played J. Morris and C. Butterfeld,
each winning a rub. T. ]. Mellott and D. Nc
earthly defeated w. Fitzgerald and w. Hogan:
H. Moffett defeated NJ. Mcdonald and D. Nc
earthly: 21-14, 1921, 21-15. D. Mccarthy
and c. Kelleher defeated J. Hurley and Matt
and r. Barrett defeated II. Moffett and Jean
Vogelsang: 2l-12, 1871, 21-17. J. Condor
and NJ. Dillon defeated Al Pennoyer and James
Dillon: 21-12, 1921, 21-16. J. Jones de-
feated ]. Harlow and ]. Kearney: 1871,
21-12, 21-l6, 21-19.
AT the Occidental P. H. Goessel and NJ.
Schaetzlein defeated A. Schneider and Ed Ly-
q, L . IL
feated A. Schneider and NJ. sehaetzlein, 21-2O,
15m21, 21-I9 % Ben en- Clements CT defeated O
George Lowe defeated c. C. Kelleher and NJ.
polan 2ln16 9om2d 2lna2 Al Collins and
Ben Clements, 21-14, 1921, PLY. P. T.
Donneliy and c.; J. MeGlynn defeated John
Purcell and Gus Elmer, 21.19, 14-21, Pills.
r. F. Bonnet defeated Ed Maloney and Al Col
Inns, 2I-19, 17-21, 21-17, Ill, 21-20.
At the Union court Terry McManus and P.
ID Il Hl,or1 Tchr
Lynch, 21-1S, 1871, 2I-14. Dan Doherty
and H. Batzner defeated Charles Long and
H. McKenny, 21-10, 14-21, 21-19. C. But
terfield and G. Brown defeated M. Morton and
w. Barry, 21-16, 17-2l, 21-1O. G. Johnson
and Austin Hendy defeated Jean Williams and
Ed Toy, 2I-15, 1871, 21-12. C. Butterfeld
and ". Barry, defeated &c G. Ward and J. Brown,
Toy defeated j. Fennigan and Matt Coughlin,
Oils, 1921, GLIB. G. Long and w. White
defeated Ed McGlade and Barney Hughes,
21-15, 1921, 21-12. J. ]. Feeney and r.
Linehan defeated ]. J. Nelson and ]. J. Dillon,
21-l9, 1921, 21-15. 21-7.