The San Francisco call., 1903-09-08
BELL TR|UMPHS
OVER MURDOCH
Southern Player Wins a
Spirited Match at
San Rafael.
May Sutton and A. G. Way
Are Victors in the Mixed
Doubles Contest.

Two tournaments were completed on
the San Rafael tennis courts yesterday.
A large crowd was in attendance in the
afternoon. In the finals of the mems
singles Alfonso Bell of Los Angeles beat
Percy Murdock of Alameda The mixed
doubles honors were carried off by Miss
May Sutton and A. c. Way also of the
south.
The BellMurdock match was exceed
ingly close and in doubt until the end.
Murdock had many chances to win. but
lacked the strength to do so at critical
times. As in the Bell-Snlith match, Bell
wore his opponent down and finally beat
him out on condition.
On strokes Murdoch was easily the
equal of his opponent In the first set
Murdock led at 6-5 and 300, but lost. Sc
In the second set he had a still bigger
lead and at % looked to have the set
won. In the next game Murdock led at
800 but again Bell pulled out
In the third set Murdoch played some
great tennis and won, 6-4 The effort in
this set, however, used him up completely
and the fourth and deciding set went to
Bell quite easily. The complete score
was Sc, rs. 40 6-2
Murdoch played the game of his life
yesterday and certainly made a great
hSht, Odl Dell Is uIlQOuDteQIy q nara man
to beat He plays steady game. excep-
tionally strong at the net and never
seems to tire. A peculiar feature of the
match was the number of games each
player lost on his own service. Murdock
outsmashed his opponent. but did not
volley as well. BY virtue of his victory
yesterday Bell will play Champion Free
man on Wednesday.
In the semi-fnals of the mixed doubles
Miss May Sutton and A. G. Way and
Miss Florence Sutton and j. d. MacGav-
in furnished the most exciting match of
the tournament. Miss May and Way
won the first set easily, 6-3 The second
set, after 25-5 had been reached, was very
close and went up to 11-9 Miss Florence
and MacGavin had a lead of 50, but were
unable to win out. Miss Florence sup
ported her partner excellently, but their
opponents were too aggressive at the net.
The score was 6-3, 11-9
The final match was one-sided affair,
the outcome of which was never In
doubt. Mrs. Seymour and L. r. Freeman
were opposed to Miss May Sutton and
Way The latter won, 60. 6-S. Freeman
tried hard to stave off defeat, but most
of the balls were played to his partner.
This afternoon the challenge match in
mems doubles which was postponed from
last Saturday will be played. L. r. Free
man and A. Z. Bell (hoiders) will be op
posed to Grant Smith and Drummond
MacGavin (challengers). This is the last
chance of a northern victory. as in both
the mems and women's singles the con-
testant3 are southerners. The northern
men are hardly in their best form, but
are considered to have an excellent
chance of winning The match will be
played 2:30.
consolation singles tournament for
those beaten in their first matches will be
played this morning. The drawing re-
suited as follows:
H. Schmidt VS.. Harry Routh. A. Bey-
fuss VS.. n. Ambrose. c. Griffin VS.. J.
Code, ]. Brady VS.. P. Jones.
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