The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-12
FINALS At DEL MONTE,
The Whitney Brothers Wir
the Doubles by Brilliant
Playing.
Driscoli and De Long, the Coast
Champions, Are Badly
WorSted.

| DEL MONTE, CAL, Aug. 1.-After q
short but hard fight this afternoon the
| Whitneys defeated Driscoll and De Long
the coast champions, in the finals of the
| Del Monte doubles. The court was crowded
with fair spectators, decked out in white
costumes, and every good strike was
applauded with impartiality. The players
came on the court at 2:30 and after some
short preliminary practice play COM
menced to determine who would take the
magnificent first prizes offered by the hotel
to the winning team.
| Driscoll commenced to serve and won
the first game handily; the next went to
the Whitneys, making it one game all.
Then the brother team took four straight
games, making it to l in their favor.
Driscoll and De Long braced and by
brilliant smashing on DriscolPs part won a
game, but 1t was the last they got in this
set, the Whitneys winning the next game
and set by to 2.
The playing on both sides of the net was
of very high order, the balls being kept
low and hit very hard. De Long and Bob
| Whitney did the best work from the back
of the court, while George Whitney and
Driscoll volleyed the strongest. The stroke
of the match was the return of lob which
|
similar manner by George Whitney, who
won the point.
| The players took a short rest and re-
ceived instructions from their hackers as
to what plan they should follow to come
out ahead. The Whitneys now had two
sets to their opponents none, as the set
which they had won on Saturday counted.
They looked sure winners, as they had won
the previous set in rather short order, but
still a tennis game is never won till the
last point is scored.
| Play commenced with Driscoll again
| serving He put much more speed into
his strokes, and consequently won the
game, scoring three aces on his service.
The Whitneys took the next game and
also the next two.
| The champions then grew desperate and
took many chances. De Long drove with
marvellous accuracy, placing the balls be-
| tween and around his opponents. These
| tactics brought the score to to in the
| Whitneys' favor. On De Longs service it
became 5 to 2, and things commenced to
look serious for the champions. George
| Whitney then commenced to serve and
showed marked symptoms of nervousness
throughout, finally losing the game, it be-
ing the first and only one he lost on his
service during the match. Driscoll and
DE Long took the next game, and it looked
as though they had struck winning gait
and would retrieve their lost ground, but
Bob Whitney soon dispelled this idea by
delivering some lightning services over the
net into their court
The score went to 40-15 where he made
the only double fault of the match, the
next shot making amends for all, however,
as it fairly took Driscolls racket out of his
hand and won the set and match for the
Whitney brothers by to 4. This gave
them three straight sets and the match
s to 6, 6 to 2, 6 to 4.
The winners were congratulated by
their many friends. This entities them to
the handsome prizes, which are silver
mounted Redwood pottery, one large
cup, the other tobacco bowl.
The mixed doubles will come off Mon
day morning, in which Miss Alice Hoff-
man and Tom Driscoll are the favorites.