The San Francisco call., 1903-01-17
TENNIS PLAYERS
INTERESTED IN
FUTURE GAMES
Clubs on Each Side Of the
Bay Are Arranging Matches
to Take Place Later On
= ENNIS players on both sides of the
bay are showing an unusual amount


bay are showing an unusual amount
of interest in the game and many
good matches are scheduled for the
future. The three clubs in Alameda
County are growing rapidly and some
good players are being developed. Ar
rangements are under way for intercluo
matches between Alameda and San Fran
cisco. The Alameda and Bellevue clubs
will join forces against the Golden Gate
TenLis Club in a scratch doubles meet.
The latter club met the Coeoquelicot Club
on the Oakland grounds last Sunday in a
round robin tournament. The local club
proved too strong for the Oakland club,
winning fifty out of the sixtyfour
matches played.
The Golden Gate Tennis Club will hold
its first tournament of the year on the
park courts tomorrow. 1t will be a hand
leap doubles event for the challenge cups
The trophies We're last won by the Hotch-
kiss brothers. who played from the -four
siXths" handicap mark Whitney and AL
len are the strongest team entered, being
set "four-sixths'' back of scratch. Dun
lap and Routh are the next strongest
team and play from scratch. Play will
be called promptly a O'Clock. Players
not on hand when their matches are call
&c will be defaulted.
The mixed doubles tournament to be
played on the park courts next Saturday
will be the first affair of the kind ever
held on the public courts. Ten teams
have already entered and more are eX-
pected next week Those who have en-
tered are William Allen and Miss Lulu
WegeEer, Harry Routh and Miss Eva
Varney, Charles Dunlap and Miss Maud
Earney. Harry Rofe and Miss Weed.
Clarence Griffin and Miss Karin Lind
strom, w. r. Josephson and Miss Rose
Josephson, Marius Hotchkiss and Miss
Hazel HotchlSiss, j. G.. Gibson Jr. and
Miss Gertrude Sampson, r. n. Whitney
and Miss Bertha Gardner and Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. C. BoZarth.
The mixed doubles event will be fol-
lowed by a class singles tournament. In
the first class William Allen has swept
all before him. He won the first cup three
times straight and has already won the
second cup put up for this class twice.
r. n. Whitney, the strongest player in
the club, has not been allowed to take
part in the class singles turnaments but
will figure in the next Grant Smith
of the California Club has joined the
Golden Gate Club and will also play iE
the next tournament. With these two
cracks in the class Allen will have a hard
time winning in future. The park play
crs are also endeavoring to get Drummond
tho tournaments. Should he do so he and
Smith would probably represent that club
in their matches against the Alameda
clubs.
Tennis is becoming popular at the two
universities and the preparatory schools
in the bay counties. The matches this
year will be unusually interesting. The
women tennis players of the two colleges
will hold their first intercollegiate match
this spring. There are several strong
players at Berkeley and the Stanford
hard for the coming matches.
The mems intercollegiate matches will
probably be closer than last year. Reu-
hen Hunt has graduated from Berkeley
and his place will be hard one to fill
MacGavin is the strongest player al pres
ent and should have difficulty in win
ming his match. OF the other players lit
tie is known, the strongest being Dibert,
who played for Oakland High School sew
e:al years ago. Stanford will again be
represented by Harry Weihe and Cleve
Baker. The former is out of practice,gbut
should be at his best in April Baker
made a good showing last year and will
he hard man to beat in the coming tour
nament.
The academic meet, which will be held
in May, will be productive of some good
tennis. Bates University School of. this
city has joined the league and will en-
ter strong team. composed of Herbert
| Schmidt and Jack Gibson. Schmidt is