The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
TENNIS EXPERTS
HAVE new CAME
Rackets Will Be Welded
on all Indoor Court for
the First Time Here
BEST PLAYERS ENTERED
Innovation Will Be Tried
Under the Most Favor
able of Circumstances

The principal topic of conversation
among the tennis enthusiasts at pres
q ent is the indoor tournament which will
be held early in April In connection
with the Forest, Fish and Game show
at Mechanics Pavilion. The court has
been laid out and several Of the cracks
who have tBed it during the week say
The players Will be able to do fully as
Well on it as they do on the asphalt.
The game viii be somewhat faster, but
the cracks can easily &ccuSt0m them
selves TO this condition.
The committee in charge has decided
10 finish both events down TO the semi
fiuais tomorrow on the park courts.
The weather has made it impossible TO
accomplish much IN the last two weeks
and by playing bothNevents at the park
much time win be saved.
ONLY three matches remain in the
preliminary round Of the doubles while
one team has already reached the first
round. The default of Drs. Hin and
McCnesney is TO be regretted as they
were enc of the strongest teams en-,
tered. They would surely have reached
The finals where they could be depend
ed upon to put up a good exhibition
With Hill and McChesney out OF il
Foley and Dunlap are easily the best
team in the lower half These two
teams would have furnished an eXcit-
ing match.
The upper half contains an abund-
suce of good teams and il is a pity
some of them will have TO be weeded
out.
In the preliminary round the three
matches to be played are: Hall and
Sobey VS.. Long and Gardner, Otis and
Oliphant VS.. Powell and Lombard, ana
Dunlap and Foley vs.. Kenyon and
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no doubt be played tomorrow: The
first viii be between Whitney and Grit-
fn and Schmidt and Rolfe; the. second
between the Baker brothers and Gard
uer and Long and the third between
The winner Of this match and Long ana
James. II is almost sure thlng the
opponents of Long and James viii De
the Baker brothers, as many consiuef
them the strongest team in the tourna-
ment-
In the singles much more progress
has been made All the preliminary
round has been completed and only two
matches remain to be played in the
rirst round. in the lower half {. Grimm
has won one of the semi-flnal. matches
Griffin is a clever player and Will give
q good account of himself at the pavil-
ion. James defeat of Foley last Sum
day makes it look as if he would be
Griffin opponent in the semi-finals.
These two would furnish an excellent
match. James must, however. first dis
pose Of such cracks IS NJ. Long,
Hotchl1iss and Dunlap.
In the upper half J. A. Code is the
only man who has reached the third
round. His chances of reaching the
semi-finals DO not look good. as he will
be Ditted against Neil Baker or g.
Gardner in the third round. Baker is
expected to beat Gardner and get one
Of the semi-fnal places in his half. The
other place undoubtedly lies. between
Schmidt. Rolfe and Adams.
The California Club has sent out no.
tices for a class singles tournament. to
be played a week from tomorrow.
Play viii be confined to The second and
fourth classes. These events will be
the first of series of class tourna-
ments for the new Directors cups,
which must be won three times.
The Golden Gate Tennis Club will
hold handicap doubles tournament on
the same date.