The San Francisco call., 1904-02-20
RACKET WIELDERS
TO Be KEPT BUSY
Three Big Tournaments Will
Engage the Attention of the
Tennis Players About Bay

The next three days Will be lively
ones for the racket wielders of the
bay counties. Tournaments will be
held in San Francisco, Oakland and
San Mateo. The event in which the
most interest centers is the one for the
championship OF Alameda County AT
San Mateo there Will be an invitational
mixed doubles on Monday, given by
Miss Jewell on the Hotel Mateo courts.
There is handicap. doubles scheduled
to be played on the California Club
courts on Washington's birthday. The
fourth class players will complete their
tournament tomorrow at the park.
The Alameda County championship
tournaments are enhanced in both i'm
portance and interest by the fact that
for the first time they are open. 8"
Heretofore only residents of the coun-
~ have been allowed to compete. All
the cracks from this side OF the bay
have entered both singles and doubles
and some great tennis viii result.
Such men as Drummond MacGavin,
Win Allen, the Bakers and Murdock
brothers and r. Variel will furnish
hign-claSS matches.
All the clubs across the bay have
joined forces and the tournaments this
year VIII be more successful than any
of the kind held in the past.
Ihe great revival across the bay is
very pleasing to the players on this
SIDE. Alameda County ten years ago
turned out many champion players,
among them being the Neal and
Hardy brothers and Charles Hubbard.
During the last few years the game
mas not prospered across the bay.
There are now about six clubs in Ala
media County and the game is more
popular than ever. 1t was certainly
wise move when the tournaments
were thrown open to all comers The
presence of the cracks from this side
OF the bay Will help the sport greatly.
AS soon as the clubs across the bay
join the Pacific States Lawn Tennis
Association arrangements Will be made
lof annual tournaments for the cham
plonshlp OF the bay counties. There
are probably fifty clubs in the State.
put the only ones in the association
and therefore the only ones with the
right to hold championship tourna-
ments are the California and Golden
gate clubs of San Francisco.
Despite the fact that Southern Cali
fornla has carried off the coast cham
plonship for the Last two years, none
OF the clubs down south belong to the
association. There are many more
players in the State to-day than ever
before and all that is lacking is q lit
tie organization.
Ihe San Mateo tournament is a pri-
Nate and more or less of q social af-
fair. Ray Splivalo and Werner Stauf,
two prominent members of the Cali
tornia Tennis Club. viii compete. Miss
Ellen Page of the same club is the
champion of San Mateo County With
her IN the tournament are entered Miss
Beatrice Splivelo. Miss Cornell, Miss
Jewell, Miss Boyd and Miss c. Moyes
w. Moore and A. Selby will be among
the entries.
The handicap singles tournament
commenced by the women of the Gold
en- Gate Club Annex will be completed
this afternoon at the park. In the
hnals Miss Mabel Hotchlxiss viii meet
the winner of the match between Miss
Ethel Radcliffe and Miss Lulu Wegener.
Miss Ratcliffe has won the cup Twice
and the other two players will do their
utmost to keep her from gaining a third
and last victory
Miss Hotchkiss has won the trophy
once. She and Miss Ratcliffe are Is 3-6
behind scratch. Miss Wegener is Is
above scratch, and with these odds will
be hard for the other two to beat
Several matches were played by the
fourth class men at the park last Sun
day. This class will be finished to-