The San Francisco call., 1904-02-01
PARK PLAYERS
ROUT CLUBMEN
Tennis Match Ends in Victory
for Former, Much to the Sur
prise of Their Opponents
EXPERT MEMBERS ABSENT
Another Contest Is Arranged
in Which the Losing Team
Expects to Change the Result

The members of the Golden Gate
Tennis Club won a notable victory yes
terday. Before a large number of
spectators their representatives de-
feated the teams of the California Ten
mis- Club on the latters courts. The
score was FIVE matches to four in
favor Of the Golden Gate Club.
All Of the matches were close and the
winners had nothing TO spare The
California Club men were expected to
win despite a rather weak lineup and
their defeat was a great surprise.
The California Club won four out Of
the first six matches played, which
stamps them as having the class. The
Golden Gate Cub took the last three
matches.
The surprise Of the day was the de-
feat of DR.. Hil and DR., McChesney,
the California Clubs third team. Carl
Gardner was substituted for c. Foley
and with Clarence Griffin for a partner
Just managed to win out. The medical
men won the first set handily and led
a'l the way in the second. The last
Two sets We're close:
Ray Cornell and Ray Splivalo, the
California Clubs seventh team, tossed
of the clubs best chance Of winning
the odd match. They led at So in the
third set with Ambrose and Clinch, but
lost, Sc --9
The Baker brothers, who played as
the Golden Gate Clubs second team,
beat f. s. Mitchell and W. B. Collier
in hollow fashion. The latter are con-
sideFed frst-class men at the club, but
played anything but a f1rst4class game
yesterday The Bakers won as they
pleased.
VIII Alien and J. D. MacGavin, the
-,
straight sets from r. n. Whitney and
Charles Dunlap, the first team of tie
Golden Gate Club. Whitney and Dun
lap led at 50 in the first set, but. Allen
and MacGavin ran out. rs, 6-3.
Frank Stringham and Sidney Sails.
bury, No. 4 team of the oCalifornia.
Club. beat George James and H Rus
sell IN a close match. All. three sets.
were ca .
W s. MacGavin9 the veteran OF the
courts, Joined, FORCES With Grant Smith
and beat the eof1Sth team of the Golden
Gate Club. The old-timer. played a
clever game and his acC0lrate strokes
won many points for his team.
Sherwood Adams did not put in an
appearance and the California Clubs
eighth team ws2s weakened greatly.
His place was taken by Charles Kaehn.
a third-class man. With Adams for a
partner Crawford could hardly have
lost 10 II. Mann ana J. A. Code.
The absence OOfO Taylcr, Tobin. Chsst
Sn1ith and Adams weakened the Caa-
forSfd Club omateriallS. A return
match viii be played shortly on the
California Club courts. The Golden
Gateo teams will Se about the same,
wf5le the California cab lineup will
be greatly Strengthened. With Grant
and Chester Smith as secorsl team and
STayloB and Tosin as third, the Golden
Gate Club will have hard time win
ming the odd match. % 90.
Q Following is a summary Of the
masches played:
Win Allen ano Drummond MacGavin CNo. 1
California; beet r. 81. VcAitney and Carl Card
ner' CNo. ! Golden Gate. 7-5, 6-3: Baker
brotheys tNo Golden Gate) beat F. S Mitch
sell and ". p Collier ((No California; So
6-aS Clarence Griffin and Carl Gardner CNce
Golden Gate) beat DR.. Hill and Dc McChesney
(No. California;. As IS IS: Frank String
ham and Sidney Salisbury (Nc California;
beat II. Russell ard George James no 4 Gold
"a Gate Ga. 4-G Ga; Grant Smith and Wal-s
'Brabsnt and H., Palmer (No. 5 Golden Gate)
81 81. So: Be,5,ert Schmidt and Harry
Rolfe (No 8 Calico nia) beat Hotchkiss broth-
ers 90 Golden Gate) G-3 los; Ambrose
anco C. cllnch (N5. Golden Gate) beat Ray
Cornell and Ray SIssivalo CNo California;
6-3. PC Sc: James Code and Horace Mann
(No. Golden Gate beat Re T. Crawford and
c. .. Kuehn (No. California; So. go: c. s.
]5a caess and Robert Drolls CNo Q Golden
6-l 1-6 6-3 sTotaf-Golden Gate g. Calif6r-
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