The San Francisco call., 1905-03-06
BAKER LEADS
OUT GABRIEL

The balmy weather attracted many
spectators to the Golden Gate Park
tennis courts yesterday to witness the
semi-f finals and finals of the handicap
singles tournament. George Baker and
Harold Gabriel were successful in the
semivfinal matches and came together
in the final late in the afternoon. Two
sets were played, both of which went to
Baker. The latter allowed odds of owe
Is S-6. The match was started too late
in the afternoon to be completed.
Baker had a hard match in the morn
ing and was rather tired when the
final match was started. He freshened
up later and managed to pull out the
first set from a lead of 5-1. Gabriel
started with a rush and played a re-
markably good game for such young
ster. He drove and chopped past his
opponent continually. He soon ran the
score up to 81 in his favor and he
hardly looked to have a chance to
lose the set from the way he was play
ing. Baker fought hard and was as
steady as a clock. He stuck gamely
to his task and time and again won the
point which would have given his op-
ponent the set. Gabriel led at 5-3 and
4015 and at "a and 1926, but could
not get the point which meant the set
to him. He again led at 6-5, but Baker
won the next three games and set..
Gabriel was discouraged after losing
the first set and fell down in the sec
ond. On the other hand, Baker played
better as the match progressed. This
set went to Baker rather easily, the
score being 6-5. The match will be fin
ished next Sunday.
In the semi finals Baker had an ex-
ceedingly hard match with l.. Howell.
The latter had handicap of owe Is 3-6
and 3-6 and made good use of it: He
won the first set. Ga, and came danger
ously close to winning both the second
and third sets. These went to Baker
by scores of 8-6 and 81
The other semi final match resulted
in an easy victory for Gabriel. He re-
ceived the small handicap of owe 3-6
from A. H. Brabant.
Gabriel, who is only 15 years of age,
played a remarkable game throughout
the day. His lack of experience un-
doubtedly counted against him in his
match with Baker, who is a veteran
and an exceedingly hard man to beat.
The following matches were played
for the indoor singles tournament on
the park courts:
Preliminary round-G. Baker beat c. Skaggs
by default; Major Van Vlist beat r. C. Noble
SO. rs; Gayness beat Getz by default Nc
I.oughlin beat Haynes, SO, T-5; Schmidt beat
FInkenstedt by default; Brabant beat H Long,
ell 81; Lemon beat Lowe by default: DrolIa
beat Captain Jewell. 3-6. GA. 6-3; NJ. Long
beat Powell by default; Foley beat Miller
Hotchkiss by default; Sobey beat Hall by de-
First round-Gabriel beat N. Baker by de-
fault; Van vllet beat Gayness 90. rs; Drolla
beat Lemon. 6-2. 2-6. 6-3 Griffin beat Fin
nagan 6-2 6-3
The California Club courts were well
patronized yesterday. In the morn
ing the Hotchkiss brothers. Marius
and Miller, defeated Fred Adams and
Guy Lytton in the preliminary round
for the indoor tournament. All four
players are from the park. The Hotch-
kiss brothers were much steadier than
their opponents and won mostly on the
latters' errors. Adams played good
game for the losers. Lytton was a
trifie wild and fell down at critical
times. The score was GA. 0-6. GA
One match was played in the contin-
uous tournament The contestants
were Paul Jones, the only man in the
second class, and w. G.. Knowlton.
who is number one in the third class.
The latter has come up from near the
bottom of the fourth class and had only
suffered defeat once. This was at the
succumbed to the iron man." Knowl-
ton did his best yesterday to break
into the second class, but Jones was a
trifie too strong for him. Knowlton
fought desperately all the way and
Jones best efforts were required to
win. The score was 1913. TO.
Some good practice games were play
ed on the club courts. The best was
q singles between George Busch and
Grant Smith. The latter played q
strong game and won in straight sets.
Busch played a good game. but his op-
ponent was too fast for him at the net
The score was 7-5. GA.
/ Harry Rolfe and Herbert Schmidt
played three fast sets. Ro1fe is In
splendid form at present and won two
sets out of three. The score was As
7-5. GA
Gring and Chesebrough won two sets
out of three from Kenyon and Jones
The score was GA. So. Ga.