The San Francisco call., 1904-02-15
RAIN SPOILS
TENNIS PLAY
Experts Find Opportunities Be-
tween Showers for Inter-
esting Tournament Matches
MACGAvIN IN THE LEAD
Is 0utpOinting George Baker
on the Park Courts When
Competition Is Stopped

The wet weather yesterday interfered
seriously with the plans of the tennis
players. The Golden Gate Park en-
thusiasts enjoyed few matches be-
tween showers. but the tournament
was not nearly completed. In the
first class only two matches were
finished. a third being stopped in the
second set.
The contestants in the latter were
DrummOnd MacGavin and George
Baker. two of the best men in the class
The first set was a close and a prettily
played one MacGavin played a reck-
less game and took chances. while
Baker got the balls back The Cali
fornia Club man took the set and led
at 4-S in the second, when the rain in
terfered.
In the other matches Carl Gardner
beat James Code and Clarence Griffin
disposed of George Bates. Code made
much better showing than was ex-
pected against Gardner. The veteran
took the second set and made his
younger opponent extend himself 10
win. Bates was no match for Griffin.
The latter won two straight sets.
In the fourth class ten of the thirty
two players entered we're weeded out.
Of the ten matches played only one re-
quired three sets. The only match that
was at all close was that between DR..
Lovegrove and d. Darns. The doctors
daily practice put him in good shape
and enabled him to pull through. The
first two sets were close, but LOvegrOve
wen the third easily.
The following matches were played IN
the fourth class:
]. K. Turner beat E. G.. Bigelow. 81 SO;
C A 6-4. M Martin
beat c. Quick, 60. 81; T. Allan beat e
Price 81, 60: Dr. LOvegrovs beat d. Dsrns.
6-4 81. 90; G. Guerin beat NJ. Edwards
60, o.; w. Hall beat ". Teller, 81. 60
NJ Long beat w. Wilson. so rs. II Cietz
beat NJ. Little, 6-1. 6-3; NJ. Howell beat H.
Miller, as. Ga
On account of the big tournaments to
be played at Oakland on the 21st and
22d inst. the Golden Gate Club has post
poned play in the first. second and
third classes to the 2Sth. The fourth
class, however, will be completed next
Sunday. Most Of the cracks from the
park will compete at Oakland, and are
also desirous of playing in the first
class.
The suggestion from across the bay
to hold bay counties championship in
singles and doubles is a good one, but
could not be accomplished until all the
clubs on both sides of the bay join the
Pacific States Lawn Tennis Association.
The California and Golden Gate clubs
on this side of the bay are members.
but several of the Alameda County
clubs are not. When all are in the as
sOciatiOn 1t will be an easy matter for
them to arrange for cups emblematic
of the championships. An annual event
of this kind would meet with the ap
prOval of the tennis enthusiasts on
beth sides of the bay.
On the California Club courts yeSter-
n Of Ho arfc MT hrff
most Of the matches were either short
or unfinished. The shOwery weather
made it impossible to play for any
length Of time.
In singles Frank Stringham won a
close set from Frank Mitchell A. w.
Worthington played a fine game when
he won the first set from Stringham.
The latter won the next three. Pro-
fessor Crawford beat Ray Cornell cas-
In doubles Grant Smith and Harry
Rolfe won the first set from Frank
Mitchell and Chet Smith The score In
the second set was also in their favor
being 20.
Gus Lisser showed great improve
ment in his matches with Charles
Kuehn and Cornell. He almost won
set from the latter. Scores:
z. Robbins tied G. Lsser 6-4, 1-e; y.
stringham beat F. S Mitchell. Sc; String
ham beat A. w. Worthington, 1-6. %, %, o.;
Mitchell, 81. 20; L. Wood beat B. Wood.
Ga TO; r. T. Crawford beat r. B. Cornell.
e-1, "a; n Gabriel beat r; Drolla, 81. s-s'
60 ST. 60: W Blaisdeu beat Gabriel, 6-4.
ST. 6-4: c. G.. Kurlin beat Lisser. 6-1i Drolla
beat Dr. Lovegrove two sets to one: Cornell
beat Lisser, So, 60; Drolla beat Lisser,
Sc 6-2.
The California Club will hold hand
leap doubles tournament for the d.
rectOrs' cup on the I'D