The San Francisco call., 1901-12-21
PARK CHAMPIONS
TO PLAY TENNIS
ON CLUB COURTS
Will Measure Skill With
the California Players in
the Christmas Tournament

The Christmas tennis tournament to be
commenced tomorrow on the California
CIuD courts promises to be by far the
largest and most important held during
the year. 1t will be an open class singles
event, and heavy entry list is expected.
AS much of the tournament as possible
Will be played off tomorrow The finals
between the classes will be finished on
Christmas. The players will be divided
into five classes unless George Whitney
decides not to play, in which case r. N
Whitney will probably go into the first
class at half fifteen" below scratch.
Z. Dunlap, eX-champion of Tennessee
and present champion of the Park; Harry
Young and Twiggs, who are easily the
best players in the park, will enter the
tournament. Their presence will add
greatly to the interest in the event. Dun
lap has beaten all the crack PLAYERS in
the Park with ease, and they figure he
will stand good chance of beating many
of the cracks of the California Tennis
Club.
1t was the intention Of the tournament
committee to place these players in the
second class. Dunlap and Routh prefer
will be interesting to note how they COM
pare with Grant Smith, Drummond NC
Gavin, Brown ana Collier.
Dunlap is not accustomed to playing on
asphalt courts and consequently will be
handicapped in his play. He employs a
cut stroke that is wonderful for it's ac-
curacy. This style of game is more suit
ed to turf, which causes the ball to
bounce faster.
Harry Routh. the other Park expert
VINO will play in the first class, has had
though somewhat out of practice plays
a good game. In the championship of
1899 he played close match with Paul
Selby, the runner-up.
10 of
go in the second class and should give a
good account of themselves Walker of
Chicago is probably the best of these and
should come near winning class honors
The class in which the best playing will
be brought out and in which most of the
interest is centered is the first class. The
4-rown, ]. D. MacGavin, W. B. Collie
ii. w. Crowell, Merle Johnson, c, Dun!
lap, Harry Routh, S.. H. Adams. Harry
Wiehe and Grant Smith. The honors in
Brown Smith. Those who stand tbe
best chance in the second class are Franz
Stringham, Ray Cornell, Chet Smith and and
Sidney Salisbury. In the third cia ass
Charles Kuehn, Harry Gorham JscL
Gibson and Herbert Schmidt are easiIY
the best.
Oakland, has entered the tournament anj
will be in the second or third class
There Is a possibility of Robert Fatio
playing; He is the champion of Santa
SSlaA q oiIN - WIN De ulInCult for
the best OF the second class men to dis
pose of him.
The most talked of man in the tenr,s
world at present is Will Taylor. the eT9
champion of the coast. who for wears was
in a class by himself Taylor mada his %Ss
reappearance last Sunday with GeorsIs r.ls
Whitney against Collier and Crowe1l
Taylor was out of practice. but shovel
flashes of his former skill He is olOea ca
rate and has good headwork. b,,t aOIa- Li-
game is slower than that of the presans ails ;
day.
timers, are playing again and are t oIu
proving rapidly. Taylor has been nh IN
ticing regularly of late. At present ~ az. ~
is playing stronger game than HE
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