The San Francisco call., 1905-03-27
BAKER BROTHER>
MEET DEFEAT
Clever Tennis Team Loses
It's First Match on the
Golden Gate Park Courts

The qualifying rounds for the in
door tennis tournaments to be held in
connection with the Forest, Fish and
Game show were completed yesterday
on the outdoor courts at Golden Gate
Park. In the Singles three of the
four semi-fnal places went to Cali
fornia Club men. while the fourth was
won by Clarence Griffin of the Golden
Gate Tennis Club. In doubles each
club will have two, representative
The four successful players in sin
giles were Carl Gardner. George James,
Clarence Griffin and either Harry
Rolfe or Herbert Schmidt. The last
named players are both from the Cali
fornia Club and will probably meet
early in the week on. the club courts
or al Berkeley. Gardner will be op-
posed to either Schmidt or RoIfe at
the Pavilion while James will meet
Griffin. If the affair had been pre-
arranged. more evenly matched play
ers could not have been brought to-
gether- While they do not belong. to
the championship class, they are all
clever young players and among the
best in the first class.
The four remaining teams in
doubles are Herbert Schmidt and Har-
~ Rolfe, George James and Herbert
Long Of the California Club, and
Charles Foley and Charles Dunlap, E.
P. Finnegan and J. r. Lewis of The
Golden Gate Club Rolfe and
Schmidt viii be opposed to Long and
James. while Foley and Dunlap will
have Lewis and Finnegan for oppon-
ents.
Many spectators were on hand to
witness the matches and they were
treated to some good tennis.
The Baker brothers suffered their
first defeat on the park courts. Long
and James had the distinction of beat
ing the public court champions The
winners have been successful of late
and have only been beaten once in a
tournament since they joined forces.
Most of the credit of the victory be-
longs TO James, who did some remark
ably good playing.
After the first set it seemed the
Ba ker brothers would win easily.
They lobbed to perfection throughout
the set and Long and James could
make but little l1eadway. In the sec
ond set they broke up the steady safe
game of the Bakers and the Iobs they
missed so frequently in the opening
set they killed time and time again.
The third set was a repetition of the
second and went to Long and James.
The score was 2-6, 6-S. 6-4.
In the lower half Dunlap and Foley
had an easy time reaching the semi
finals. They won their matches as
they pleased. Lewis and Finnegan
also had an easy time. Code and
Norton made a good stand against
them, but lost in straight sets.
In singles Carl Gardner beat Neil
Baker and j. A. Code in the order
named. James likewise had an easy
time, beating both Kuehn and Hotch-
kiss in straight sets.
The scores follow:
Doubles-Dunlap ard Foley beat Kenyon and
Adams So. 81 First round. Schmidt and
Rolfs beat KnowIton and Lovegrove 6-4 So;
Baker brothers beat NJ. Long and Gardner
60 IS Long and James beat Lowell and
Lombard by default Dunlap and Foley beat
Van V1iet and Sayer 6-3 6-3: Hotchkiss broth
ers beat Brabant and Gayness, 81 6-3; Allen
brothers beat Edwards and Joseph 6-3 60
Second roun6-Schmidt and Rolfe beat
whitney and Griffin 4-5, 6-S, 6-S. Long and
lanes beat Baker brothers. 2-6. 6-3. Ga: Dun
lap and Foley beat Hotchkfss brcthers- So
6-3; F1nnessn and Lewis beat Code and Nor
sfuriee-van Vliet beat Gayness ga rs.
Marfus Hotchkfss beat NJ Long. 81. rs.
Second rouud-Gardner beat n, Baker 6-2
ga. Code beat Lombard, 6-3 Ga: Schmidt
beat van vlset Sd 60; Roife beat Adams
rs 81: Hotchklss beat DroIIa. e-2 rs: James
beat Kushn. 7-5 81.
Third round-Ga rdner beat Code, 6-2, 6-4;
James beat Hotchkiss. 6-3, Ga