The San Francisco call., 1903-01-26
TENNIS DOUBLES
ARE DECIDED
Hotchkiss Brothers Win
for the Second
Time.
Another Victory Will Make
the Challenge Cups
Their Property.

The Hotchkiss brOthers-Marius and
HOmer-carried off the tennis hOnors. YES
terday on the Golden Gate Park courts
They won the handicap doubles tourna-
ment commenced last Sunday This ia
their second victory in succession. One
more Will give them permanent possession
OF the handsome silver challenge cups
In the final. the Hotchkiss brothers
were pitted against Guy Lytton and c.
). GayneSS, who received the liberal
handicap of 10 and Is. This match was
somewhat OF a disappointment as Cay
ness and LyttOn, who had been playing
good tennis throughout the tournament.
fell off noticeably in their play With ths
odds allowed them they were thought To
have an excellent chance OF beating the
clever brothers, but they were completely
Outclassed
The winners played a steady game and
their victory was welI-earned one. Cay
ness and LyttOn eSsayed to play the tan
dem game and their defeat Is undoubtedly
due to this fact. With one man at the
net and the other in the back court il is
impossible to play a good double game.
Neither man was where he should have
been at the proper time
In the second set Gayness and I.ytton
had lead of 5-4 and 400, needing but Ons
point to even the set, but they were un-
able to do so. The complete score was
6-1, St, s-1.
Clarence Griffin and George James were
forced to default, owing to the illness Of
the latter
The Hotchkiss brothers gave Jules
Brady and T d. Black odds Of Is and
won, 81, $40, 6-3.
In the upper half of the semi-hnals.
Gayness and Lytton beat c. Foley and NJ.
Twiggs, 6-4. SIS. In the lower half the
Hotchkiss brothers gave James A. Code
and G. W Finch a handicap of 1-6 Of IS
and won. 6-S. 6-S.
The following practice matches were
played on the Park courts:
The Hotchkiss brothers beat Griffin and Fin
negan. 90. 81: l.. Bozart and j. Brady tied
4-G: George Bates beat T. >''tfs r Ieiicb 64 80 50
Bozart beat Adams. g.; Turner and Fl. Cro-
zier beat A. CrOzer and Grove. 6-2. 6-3; Guerin
and Hall beat Skaggs and Cogart. CT. 6-3
The California club men took ADVANTAGE
of the dry spell yesterday and many prac-
tice matches were played on their courts
The best matches were those between
Merle Johnson and Grant Smith ana
Frank Mitchell and Herbert Schmidt. The
former match resulted in a tie, Johnson
winning the first set, 6-4 and Smith taking
the second. go Mitchell was a tri1e too
strong for Schmidt. whom he beat in
straight sets The score was 6-2, 81, S.
The following other matches we're
played
J. G.. Gibson Sr. beat~J. G. Gibson Jr. c.
6-l: Gibson Jr- and L Baldwin beat A Bs.v-
fuss and Gibson ST. 6-3 81; Spencer Grant
beat Herbert Schmidt. 6-3. SO. rs: Holman
beat W. ;. Dole, 6-3, 6-3 So: @. x Armsbv
beat Sidney Salisbury. 6-3: Salisbury and Bald
win beat Beyfuss and Armsby. 6-} 6-3 AZ.
William Frost and Homer Parker beat q \
smith and John Cassell los, 81 6-1: smith
and Parker beat Cassell and Frost 7-5 81:
Salisbury beat Beyfuss 6-3; Casseu beat Sails
bury, los; Frost beat Parker G-8 90 6-3. a
W. WOrthington beat DR. Lovegrove. 60. go
6-1, SO 81, go; y. Hodgklnson beat W 3
MacGavin. 7-5. O-6 3-2; Gus Lisser beat Hans
Llsser, 10 SIS. Sc. 81: Z. w Twiggs tied
G. Foley. 6-4 SO. 11-I1.