The San Francisco call., 1903-01-10
TENNIS 1ATCH
WILL DEPELOP
CLEVER PLAY
Meeting of Drummond Mac
Gavin and Grant Smith
Interests the Enthusiasts
Alameda County Players Are
Putting New Life in the
Pastime on Their Courts
THE principal event on the tennis
courts this week will be the match
Il tomorrow between Drummond


courts this week will be the match
u tomorrow between Drummond
MacGavin and Grant Smith. These
players are two Of the most prom
ising on the coast and are evenly
matched. MacGavin has never beat
en- Smith in a tournament, but they
have always played close matches. Their
last meeting furnished one of the most
interesting matches ever played on the
club courts.
The match between Whitney and Smith
last Sunday, although fiercely contested,
was far from being a brilliant one. Both
were inclined to play safe game. Mac
Gavin plays a brilliant game and takes
many chances. His best work is done in
the back court, his swift drives being ef-
fective. Smith is rather weak in the
back court, but plays strong game at
the net MacGavin reached the final
without having to extend himself at all,
while Smith had to beat Allen, the park
champion, and then Whitney. The match
will be played at o'clock and will be
three sets out of five.
Tennis players in Alameda are unusu-
ally active at present. The two clubs in
Alameda and the one in Oakland have
almost reached their membership limit.
There will be an interclub tournament on
the courts of the Cocoquelicot Tennis
Club Oakland, tomorrow. Eight doubles
teams from the Golden Gate Tennis Club
OF San Francisco will cross rackets with
eight teams from the Oakland club. 1t
has not been decided whether it will be
a match tournament or round-robin az
fair. If the latter is decided upon the
matches will consist of but one set apiece.
This is the only way an event of the kind
could be finished in one day.
The clubs will be represented as follows:
Cocoquelicot-E. Ames and CT Cook, Jack
son and Weeks, Finkenstedt and Web
ster, Biddle and Hunter, Strauss and
Porter, Carltonsa sand Millwain, Hall and
Talcot and Heath and Wagner. Golden
Gate-Charles Dunlap and Harry Routh.
Homer and Marius Hotchkiss, N. Am
brose and Miller Hotchkiss, George James
and Clarence Griffin, ]. f. Brady and 7.
d. Black, ]. A. Code and George Bates,
J. Foley and E. Twiggs and c. Gayness
and G.. Lytton.
The Alameda Tennis Club has arranged
a continuous tournament for the gentle
men members of the club. The players
who will take part, with their numbers,
are as follows: / r. G. Hunt, Percy
Murdock, 8 Hamilton Murdock, O.. G.
Haslett, 5 DR.. E. A. Younger. H. NJ.
Landsberger, Lionel Sherwood, Stan
ley Gawne, 3. NJ. HaSlett, 10 a. ID. Har-
rison, II Warren Swayne, u j. w Nor
ton, 13 G. T. Wright, IA Warner Sher-
wood 10 Alfred Durney. 16 E. Averill, II
Harold Durney, IS c. f. Crosby 10 w.
Harrington, 20 DR.. L. Van Orden, q Dan
iel Bissell, % DR.. w. A. Whelan, %, DR..
r. l.. Taylor "a William Boland, % G.
Cunningham. Each player Is subject to a
challenge once in two weeks by the play
er who stands next below him. Each
challenge has q time limit of two weeks,
the time of the match to be arranged by
mutual agreement. Those not responding
to a challenge drop one number. 1t is the
first affair of the kind ever held by the
club, and the members are taking a great
interest in it. Several tournaments of
this kind have been held at the California
Club and have always been successful
They will meet with even more success
where the membership is not so large
The tournament committee of the diff
ferent clubs in the bay counties are plan
ming series of interclub doubles matches.
Each club will send one delegate to ar
range the details of the meet. Two rep
resentatiye teams will be sent from each
OF the different clubs.
The Golden Gate Tennis Club will hold
a handicap doubles tournament on the
park courts week from tomorrow. 1t
is the second of a series for the silver
challenge cups. The same club will also
hold open mixed doubles tournament
in two weeks. 1t has not as yet been de-