The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
TENNIS At DEL MONTE,
Interesting Matches, in Which
Military Teams Take
Part.
Hobart and Magee and the Two
Whitneys Carry Off the
HonorS.

DEL MONTE, CAL, Aug. 9.-The Sec
ond annual invitation doubles and mixed
doubles of the Hotel del Monte COM
menced this morning. A large number of
spectators were in attendance, many of
whom were representatives of the United
States army, and the brilliant strikes of
the contestants were warmly applauded.
The first match of the day brought out
Lieutenants Bent and Wilcox against W.
S. Hobart and f. Magee. They were found
to be evenly matched and the result was
in doubt at all times. Hobart and Magee
finally won, after losing the first set to
their opponents. The score was: 4-6,
60, 8-6 and rs.
The second match was between Byxbee
and Boyden of Oakland and Lieutenants
Treat and Kuhn of the army. This was
by far the most holly contested and
cleverest match of the day. The match
opened very much in favor of the military
men, they taking the first set handily-2
to 6. During this set the Oakland boys
showed symptoms of ne rvousness, but
this wore off, and amid long and hearty
applause rallied. They took the next two
sets-6 to 2, 6 to 2. The army representa-
tives won the fourth set by to and bid
fair to win the match the way they
started in the final set. This it took over
an hour to play and it was anybody's till
the last moment. when Byxbee and Boy
den won it by Ii to IL, and the match.
Meanwhile in another court Walter Ma
gee and 5. Sanborn were trying conclu-
sions with Morris and Kinzie. The former
were considered sure winners, but Morris
and KinZie showed they were not novices
by forcing their opponents to work with
all their strength to best them. The fea-
ture of the game was Sanborn'S smashing,
which showed that he had not forgotten
that once he had the strongest service and
smash on the coast. The score was 6-2,
GO, So, Ga.
Driscoll and belong, the coast champions
in doubles, then played the winners of the
previous match. This brought out some
very brilliant tennis. Driscoll volleyed
with great strength and accuracy, while
De Long played, his usual strong game.
strike into play allite often with telling
effect on himself. Sanborn could not take
his favorite position at the net as often as
in the previous match, for the champions
fought for it from start to finish, which
accounts for their winning three straight
sets and the match. The score was to 4,
to 8, to 5.
The matches so far had been well at
tended by the guests of the hotel and
many of the officers in the army were also
present. After Byxbee and Boyden had a
short rest they came on the court to try
their skill against R. n. and George Whit
ney who had not played match yet. 1t
was getting rather late by this time and
the light was not very good but light.
enough, however, for Bob Whitney to play
some very brilliant tennis, serving the
balls with great speed and accuracy. Byx-
bee played some rather brilliant strokes at
times, but both he and his partner were
not match Tor their opponents, especially
in their tired condition.
George Whitney played his usual steady
game, which acted somewhat as flywheel
to his brothers not brilliant though cratic
play The Whitney boys won the match
easily in three straight sets. The score:
to 0, 6 to 2, 6 to 2.
Hobart and Magee, who were to play the
Whitneys, defaulted as Hobart was out of
condition and did not care to play two
matches in one day. This leaves Driscoll
and De Long, and R. N. and George Whit
ney to play off in the finals on Saturday at
2:S0 P. NJ. The mixed doubles will take
place in the morning, and promises to be
very interesting. The entries have not come
yet. but w. II. Taylor and Miss Hobart
will probably be the strongest team.