The San Francisco call., 1905-05-13

championship of the Academic Athletic
League will be held on the California
Club courts this morning. Tomorrow
the second of series of handicap dou-
bles tournaments for the three-time
played on the club courts.
The Academic League tournament
will be unusually interesting owing to
the fact that each school will be rep
resented by two players as in the inter
collegiate meets. Heretofore each
school has been limited to one entry.
Another innovation will be the play
off between the two tournament win
ners to determine the championship.
Ordinarily this plan would be a poor
one and would result in a one-sided and
uninteresting match. But this year
there are two No. 2 players who will
have an excellent chance to beat the
winner of the No. 1 tournament
Six schools have entered players,
three from each side of the bay. That
the championship, as in the doubles,
will go to San Francisco player is a
certainty. Lowell High School will be
represented by Herbert Long, No. 1,
| and Melville Long, No. 2. Lick's rep
resentatives will be Marius Hotchkiss,
No. l, and Harold Gabriel, No. 2. Poly
technic will rely upon Charles Foley,
No. l, and Harold Getz, No. q The
schools across the bay will be repre-
sented as follows: Oakland High. But
Ter, No. 1; Alameda, Sherwood, No. /;
Berkeley, Howell, No. /, and Cheney
No. 2. The players drew as follows
(hrst tournament): Herbert Lons
| (LowelD VS.. Charles Foley (Poly-
Butler (Oakland); Howell Berkeley, a
bye. plays winner Of Long-Foiey
match.
Second tournament-Melvill Ions
| (LowellC a bye; Cheney (Berkeley) VS.
Harold Getz (Polytechnic); Sherwood
(Alameda) VS.. H. Gabriel Qick).
| OF the No. players Long and Foley
are the best and 1t is almost a GER
tainty one of the two will win. Hotch-
kiss has chance, but either player
| II at his best. should dispose Of the
Lick representative. The other three
| players entered are outclassed Foley
! and Long will meet in the preliminary
4 round and the best match Of the meet
should result Foley Is steady play
er. while Long is brilliant but erratic.
/ OF the No. 2 players Gabriel and
M. Long easily outclass the rest ano
one or the other is sure to win. They
difficult matter to pick the winner
They are considered the most prom.
ising young players Of the California
Club. In the Lowell try-out M. Ions
played his brother, H. Long,. an ex.
ceptionally long five set match, and los
by the narrowest of margins. On sew.
eral occasions he needed but one poin
to win. Many consider Gabriel a bet
ter player than Hotchkiss and he Ger
| tainly locks to have a better chanc,
to beat either III. Long or Foley thar
| has his Schoolmate
There is little to choose between
Foley, Hotchkiss, M. Long, Gabriel ant
III. Long, and it would not be surpris
! ing to see a No. 2 player champion O.
the Academic League. An occurrenc,
! Of that kind would be unprecedented
in the history of tennis.
Notices have been sent out for 8
| handicap doubles tournament to b,
played tomorrow on the Californi;
Club courts. Harry Rolfe and Herber
Schmidt are the cup holders and vii
endeavor, to score a second victory
! The trophies have been played for bu
once. In the last tournament Long ant
Jones and Gardner and Long did no
compete and Schmidt and Rolfe wo1
easily.