The San Francisco call., 1896-08-03
MEDALS FOR HANDBALL,
Games in the Tournament Now
Going On and More to
Follow.
Several Exciting and Close Finishes
in the Three Courts Yes.
terday.

| Handball Is on the boom and many
| players who were comparatively unknown
few months ago are coming rapidly to
the front. The tournament at the Occi-
| dental court is responsible in a large
measure for bringing this fact into notice,
and it is doing good work for the manly
sport.
| At the San Francisco court yesterday NJ.
Mcneil and Phil Ryan, the proprietor,
had another tussle for supremacy. Each
chose new partner, Ryan having R. Shea
and Mcneil NJ. Manning. Three games
were played and they were possibly the
most exciting seen in the court, the final
being won by Mcneil and Manning by one
ace. Mcneil eschewed French dinners,
which put him in better condition than
! on the previous Sunday, but Ryan was
foolish enough not to do any training for
| the event, imagining that the Nicasio air
| would have a permanent effect.
| Another clever game was played, the
| participants being ]. Riordan and G. Dahl
against P. T. Donnelly and D. Connolly.
| The former team won in three straight
games, but they were close and exciting.
| Phil Ryan, in order to encourage the
| sport among juveniles, has offered gold
medal and a silver medal to be competed
| for in his court. The medals have the ini-
| tials of the court on cross-bar. Eight
| boys have already entered for the compe-
tition, which will commence in two weeks.
They are: ]. Collins r. Murphy, I. Fay,
| w. Stansbury, M. Edwards, G. Mcclure,
]. White and T. Ryan.
| At the Union court an exciting game
was played between Terry McManus, one
| of the proprietors, and ]. Wren. Each
won a rub after some brilliant play, and
the final will be played next Sunday. The
event of the day was game between ]. J.
| Feeney and r. Lenihan and ]. Harlow,
ex-coast champion, and M. j. Kilgallon.
| 1t was rafting game, and was won after
close finish by Feeney and Lenihan.
Following were the games played in the
courts:
San Francisco COURT. White and 7. Ryan
defeated G. Dahl and NJ. Edwards, 21-l4,
| l7-21, 21-20. W. Darius and J. Brown
defeated C. ., Butterfeld IT 6e "a and T; Barry
NJ Mcneil defeated P. Ryan and Bob
Shea, 21-15, 1871, 21-20. ". Stansbury
and ]. Collins defeated R.: Murphy and
NJ Edwards and W. Stanbury defeated G. Nc
Guire and T. Fay, 21-15. 1871, 21-19. j.
Lawless and ]. McEvely defeated D. Connelly
and ]. Slattery, 21-14, 1871, 21-19. P.
Kelly and G. Hutchinson defeated A. Pennoyer
and j. Kearney, 21-15, 1921, 21-19. J.
Riordon. coast champion, and G. Dahl defeated
nelly, 21-17, 2O-21, 21-14.
Union court-R. Murphy and M. Nally de-
feated P Prunty and J. Driscoll, 21-11, 16-
21, 21-12. w. P. Doran and F. ]. Freeman de-
feated w. Heffernan and C. Doran, 21-17,
15-21, 21-1S. Terry McManus and j. Wren
played and each won rub. Tim Sullivan and
+. Crane defeated j. Burns and P. ]. o. Brien,
21-16, 14-21, 21-11. James O'DonnelI and
Tim Jordan defeated Professor Lynch and O..
Henry, 21-9, 1921, 21-3. j. Howard and
George Mcclure defeated NJ. Basch and J. Ho-
gan, 21-16, 14-21, 21-S. William McManus
and J. Freeman defeated r. Patterson and o.
Rowan, 2l-1S, 17-21, 21-15. ]. J. Feeney
and R. Lenihan defeated j. Harlow and NJ. J.
Kilgallon, 21-1S, 1871, 17-21, 21-19,
21-16.
The tournament for the General Wall
medals was continued at the Occidental
Court yesterday. The place was well
filled with spectators VINO applauded
some of the exciting finishes to the echo.
In the first class Lenihan's overland
swiping fame advances him another peg
toward medal honors by defeating Ed
Maloney-51 to 40. In the same class John
Purcell defeated AL Hampton-51 to As.
The other games were in the third and
fourth classes and resulted as follows
r. O'Connor defeated B. Clements, 81 to
4S; w. Collins defeated f. Haynes, 81 to
As; W. Cronan defeated P. F. Dunno, 81 to
46; c. Kane defeated G. Green, 81 to A.
The regular meeting of the club will be
held next Friday evening. After the
meeting there will be exhibition games.