The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
TENNIS PLAYERS
IN ACTION WHILE
THE RAIN FALLS
lnclement Weather Does
Not DamPen the Ardor
of the Youthful Devotees

- HE unsettled condition OF the wea-
ther during the week has fnterfered
with play on the tennis courts, al
though the enthusiasts have been
abre to get some practice between show
crs. Twenty-six young players from the
Polytechnic High School were determined
10 hold their try-out for the Academic
League this week, rain or shine. Two
rounds of the tournament were played
Thursday afternoon in the rain. Despite
the fact that the rain was coming down
quite hard the youngsters kept right on
and played until darkness set in. The
tournament resulted as follows;
Preliminary round-J. Ryan won from G.
Kenyon by default: w Smith from GoerI
by default; \. Mcfarland beat NJ Hall. "a:
+. Knickerbocker beat P NIcAlexander. SIS:
S. Rumbaugh won from c. Coggin by default:
B. Mcfarland won from z. Saunders bv de-
fault: r. Thedy beat L. Brown. 6-3; p Saw
Dorr by default First roIndEF NI,Es-iaS E[o.1
beat 5. Rumbaugh. 6-1; W. RumbauEh beat
BOnefeld. 6-2, 81; F. Bass won from n
Marsh by default: r DeckeJm Jman beat NJ
by default
There is more interest being displayed
by the different preparatory schools this
year than ever before and the academic
matches, which Will be played in Nav
will be hotly contested affairs. The inter
scholastic matches played during the last
two months have developed some good
players. Polytechnic is the only school
that has not played in these matches, bur
that school will meet Lowell to-day on
the California Club courts. The latter
school will be represented by A Beyfuss
and John Cassen, while Polytechnic will
be represented by Horace Mann and
either W. Rumbaugh. W. Smith or A
Mcfarland. Mann will choose one Of the
latter TO play with him in doubles. Low
ell is a trife stronger than Polytechnic
and should win two out Of the three
matches.
The California School of Mechanical
Arts will hold its doubles try-Out this
morning. This school will be weakenss
by the loss Of Harry GOrham. the cham
piOn of the school In the absence Of
Gorham NJ. HOtchkiss and L. Cutler will
pre- badly represent Lick in both singles
and doubles. Ten teams will compete IN
the tournament to-day.
The open mixed doubles Tournament
scheduled to be played on the Golden
Gate Park courts to-day has been post
pOned two weeks on account of the VET
weather Most of the best PLAYERS on
both sides of the bay have entered ana
the affair, which is the first of its kind
TO he held on the public courts, will un-
Goubtedly be a success.
the handicap doubles tournament c,r,-
menced on the park courts last sunday
viii be completed tomorrow The strong
est teams left in the tournament are the
Hotchkiss brothers and Griffin and lanes
Should these teams meet in the final a.
they probably Will, a good match will re-
suit. The Hotchkiss brothers would give
Griffin and James 90 of 15." With these
odds the latter team should win. II
would make better match if they met
en- even terms. The following matches
will be played: Gayness and I,vtton 05
and SO Va. the winner of the match be-
tween Foley and Twiggs Us and 2-Sl and
Grir1n and James (4-6 of 15); Code and
Finch Cs Of l5 vs. the winner Of the
match between Black and Brady Us and
20 and the HOtchkiss brothers (2-6 Of 15l.
Tennis is becoming popular with the
army officers at the Preside. The cement
court used by the players is occupied
every afternoon. The club has some nifty
members Captain Rumbough the crack
golfer, Is president of the club and Cap
tam Farnsworth secretary. A clay court
IS being built by the club. The officers OF
the Nineteenth Infantry have built ten
MS court adjacent to their new quarters
= the hill and many players are out
daily.