The San Francisco call., 1904-09-13
TENNIS HONORS
COME TO NORTH
MacGavin Wrests the Title
From Champion AlfOnzO
Bell, Hero of Los Angeles
PLAYS ARE EVENTFUL
Excitement and Strikingly
Clever Work Furnish Sport
Long to Be Remembered

The tennis championship of the coast
after being held by a southern player
for two years has again come north
Yesterday on the San Rafael courts j.
Drummond MacGavin, the crack player
of the California Tennis Club, wrested
the title from Alfonzo Bell Of Los An
geles.
MacGavin won two sets Saturday aft
ernoon. and play was resumed from
this point. As was expected, Bell played
much better yesterday, and even with
his lead of two sets MacGavin had
close call.
The first set played this morning was
taken rather easily by Bell. The score
was 6-2. MacGavin did not play as
well in this set as he did on Saturday.
The fourth, and what proved to be
the deciding set, was the longest and
best ever played in a championship
tournament in the West. The final
score was 1913 in MacGavin's favor.
AS long as tennis is played hereaboutS
this set will be remembered and dis
cussed For excitement and excellent
play it has never been equaled here.
MacGavin won the first two games, but
Bell took the next two. MacGavin won
the fifth game and led at 80. In the
seventh game, when the score stood
3-3, MacGavin was serving and led at
800. BY clever placing Bell won four
straight points and the game. The next
game also went to the ex-champion,
giving him a lead of 5-3. With this
lead it looked as if Bell would make it
sets all. MacGavin, however, did some
beautiful playing and in the next two
games lost but one point MacGavin
also won the next game, but Bell
evened matters up in the twelfth game.
From 5-5 until the end Of the set first
one player was in the lead and then the
other, until the spectators were hardly
able to keep their seats. MacGav1n
broke in on Bells service in the f1f-
teenth game, which gave him a lead Of
81. Bell evened up matters by taking
the next game. MacGavin led at 9-S,
1O-9 and Ito, but Bell was strong on
service and each time evened up the
score.
With the score 12-11 and 4O-15 in
Bells favor and his service, it looked
like the set would go to him. MacGavin
again showed his nerve and won four
clean aces and the game. In the next
game MacGavin led at 40-15, but Bell
pulled the game out. The score read
deuce five times in this game
In the twenty-seventh game Bell led
at 40, but MacGavin by means of his
peculiar service took the next four
points and the game. In the twenty
eighth and last game Bell won the first
point, but MacGavin took four straight
and ended the greatest set ever played
on the coast
MacGavin did not play as we'll as he
did on Saturday, but proved that he is
the greatest player on the coast. He
also proved another thing-that he is
as good a sport as ever played the
game. He offered TO give up his lead
of two sets and start the match all
over, but the committee would not
have it. Bell would have given him q
close rub had the whole match been
played to-day. but MacGavin was play
ing a game that Bell cannot beat. The
new champion certainly deserves his
victory.
MacGavin will be banqueted at the
end of the week.