The San Francisco call., 1904-02-13
TENNIS TOURNEY
CUP WINNERS IN
POSTPONED GAME
ClevereSt Women Players Are
to Compete for the Jack
man Trophy on Park Courts
HANDICAPS INCREASED
Poorer Players Are Given an
Opportunity to Have Their
Names Engraved on Prize

If weather conditions permit, two
tennis tournaments will be played on
the courts this week. Both will be
held at Golden Gate Park. The
women's handicap singles for the
Jackman cup. postponed from last
Saturday will be played to-day. The
men of the first and fourth classes of
the Golden Gate Club will meet to-
morrow.
Much interest Is centered in to-day's
event. owing to the fact that all three
of the cup winners are entered and
some lively games are expected. These
three pIayers-Miss Edwards, Miss
Hotchkiss and Miss Ethel Ratcliffe-
have always been rs" back of scratch,
but vii play from "15 36" behind it
to-day. No player receiving a handi
cap has her name on the cup and for
this reason the -handicaps have been
increased. If the cup again goes to
one of the scratch players she will
undoubtedly have earned it. Miss Bes-
sic Valleau and Miss Maud Narney,
getting is" every game, certainly
look to have an excellent chance of
winning. Miss Wegener and Miss Wat
son are also on this mark, and, al
though they are somewhat out of prac-
tice, have a good chance. All other
entries will receive go"
Rivalry between the Misses Hotch-
kiss, RatcIiffe and Edwards is keen
and the race for the trophy is an in
teresting one. Miss Radcliffe leads
with two victories, each of the others
have but one. Miss Edwards did not
play in the last tournament, which
Miss Ratcliffe won after hard match
with Miss Hotchkiss in the finals. All
three are evenly matched. with the
odds slightly in favor of Miss Hotch-
kiss.
The Golden Gate Club will finish
its class single tournament on Wash
ington's birthday. The first and fourth
classes viii be played tomorrow and
the second and thIrd classes on the
21st. The finals of the classes will be
played on the 22d.
The first class cup has been COM
peted for only once. J. D. MacGavin
is the holder. MacGavin should win
again, as he is playing a better game
than any of the others in his class.
VIII Allen has the best chance of beat
ing the San Francisco champion.
Allen was badly beaten by the Cali
fornia Club man the last time they
met. Next to Allen, George Baker is
considered the most likely candidate
for class honors. Although Baker is
not so good a player as Allen, he
usually plays MacGavin closer than
Allen does. Clarence Griffin, Charles
Dunlap and Carl Gardner are all play
ing well, but can hardly hope to win
the class.
1t would be well to have shake-up.
Several of the men who have always
played in the first class at the park
could not win the second class. The
following men should comprise the
first class: MacGavin, Allen, G. Baker,
Griffin, Dunlap, Gardner, n. Baker,
Routh, Whitney and Russell. Several
of the best men in the second class are
just about as clever as the poorest in
the first class.
In the second class the best play
ers are George James, Horace Mann,
the Hotchkiss brothers and c. Foley
A. Brabant, who won the third class
in the last tournament, will play in
the second class in future. Brabant
won the third by a narrow margin,
but has improved since then and has a
good chance of winning the second.
Palmer, his partner in doubles, will
probably go in the third.
With Brabant out of the third class
the honors should go to either Herbert
Long, Robert Drolla or Harold Ca
briel. Long is undoubtedly the best,
but is a poor tournament player. In
practice he would be among the best
in the second class, but falls down
miserably in a tournament.
The fourth class honors have been
| carried off by NJ. Long. c. S. Skaggs,
Guerin and Hall. 1t is expected one
of these four will prove the winner in
the coming tourney.
There will be no tournament on the
California Club courts on the 22d. The
committee will probably decide to hold
a handicap doubles on the 21st and
22d. The cup holders are Schmidt
and Rolfe.
The return match between Clarence
Griffin of the Golden Gate Club and
Herbert Schmidt of the California
Club will be held on the 28th at the
park.
There is some talk of return match
between teams of the two clubs, but
nothing definite has been arranged.
The California Club men will not play
on the park courts. The club courts
are much better than those at the
park, as are the accommodations. and
if the match is ever played it will be
at the Scott and Bush street courts.