The San Francisco call., 1905-03-18
TENNIS STARS
TAKE A REST
Rainy Weather Compels the
Racket Wielders to Wait
for the Courts to Try
MANY GAMES SCHEDULED
intercollegiate Meet Be
tween Stanford and Cali
fornia ArOuSes Interest

The unfavorable weather of the past
week necessltated lay-off on the part
Of the tennis players. Many of them
were in need of a rest and viii do much
better when play is resumed. Numer-
Gus events are SC 1uled and the
cracks win be kept busy for some time.
The indoor tournaments must be
completed down to the semi-finals be-
fore the end of the month. Only one
match has been played in the doubles
and many remain TO be played in the
singles. When the weather clears both
Of these events viii be run of as rapid
ly as possible.
The Ladies Annex had a tourna-
ment for the Olds cups scheduled for
last Saturday. but wet weather caused
A pOstpOnement. 1t will be a handicap
doubles event and if the weather per-
mits Viii be played to-day. Miss Lulu
Wegener and Mrs c. Watson, the
clubs strongest team. hold the tro-
phies which must be won three times.
The juveniles viii also meet in a
tournament on the public courts to-day.
The competition viii be a handicap
doubles event for the three-time Man
ayers cups. The holders are Getz and
LeYinson.
Tomorrow the singles tournament
ago viii be completed. The only re-
naming match is the unfinished one
between George Baker and Harold Ga
briel. The former has two sets to his
credit and is looked upon as almost a
sure winner. He viii be in better
shape than he was two weeks ago
when he pulled Cut Of a bad hole. Ga
briel has a good handicap and may
make il interesting for his opponent
0pSnirp the f2ffpTfS Dipr lead
The annual Intercollegiate meet
which comes up next month viii prob
ably be played as heretofore on the
California Club courts. The matches
viii prove more interesting than they
have for several years. California has
won so easily that the outcome as a
rule has not been in doubt MacGavin
viii not represent the blue and gold
this year and the chances Of the col
leges are about even.
Stanford has already picked its rep
resentatiVeS. while California viii do
so before the end Of the month The
players representing the cardinal will
be George Hodge and A. r. McSwain
IN singles and Hodge ard John Cassell
in doubles Hodge is a clever player
and his college mates relied upon him
for at least one point He met with an
accident during the week which if il
does rot prevent his participating, will
at least cause a lay-Off of a couple of
weeks. Hodge is a player who needs
long and constant practice to get into
form. He has an excellent style, but
is rather wild. A couple Of weeks
practice would put him in good shape
AID he unquestionably would have a
good chance TO beat any man at Berle-
ley.
California viii be without champion
MacGavin. but the players from across
the bay viii make ii interesting for the
Stanford n-en. Will Baker, who play
ed ] st year, viii get one Of the singles
places probably. The other place will
70 to either Herbert Schmidt. Claude
Wayne, Harry ROlfe or r. H Variel.
In doubles Schmidt and Rclfe and Va
riel and Wayne win fight it out. They
are evenly matched and either one
would probably be a trifie stronger
than the cardinal team. On the whole,
the chances Of California again look
little better thar those of Stanford.
The annual interclass doubles
tournament for the championship of
the University Of California has been
completed. Neil Baker and Harry
Rolfe Of the Junior class easily carried
off the hOnors.
The Golden Gate Tennis Club has
sent out notices for 2 handicap doubles
tournament to be played April 2 The
cups for the event have been up for
two years. The Cnly team now in ex-
istence that has won them more than
dice is the Baker Brothers Homer
and Marius HOtchkiss also won them
twice, but they no longer play together.