The San Francisco call., 1905-04-22
TENNIS CRACKS
AFTER HONORS
Championship of San Fran
cisco County Brings Out
the Keenest of Rivalry

The next tennis event Of importance
will be the annual event for the cham
pionship of San Francisco. 1t will be
played as usual on May 80 at the Cali
fornia Club. This will be the first
championship event of the year and
each and every tennis crack in the city
is anxious to win the title. j. d. Mac
Gavin. the present champion. will not
defend. Unless Percy Murdock de-
cides to play the championship will
probably go to George Baker.
The latter is a trifie stronger than
any of the other players and will, be
IN little danger of losing unless some
Dody like Murdoch decides to enter.
Inc others who would have a chance
against Baker are George James. Her
pert Long, Charles Foley, Clarence
Griffin, Harry Rolfe. Neil Baker. Her
bert Schmidt and Carl Gardner.
The Academic Athletic League ten
MS tournaments are scheduled for the
18th inst. and for May 13. The singles
viii be played a week from next Sat-
urday and the doubles two weeks
later. Some of the schools are anx-
1ous to hold the doubles across the
bay, but the players from this city
are opposed to this plan. AS most OF
the school represented are in this city,
the doubles. as well as the singles. will
probably be played, as in the past.
on the California Club courts.
There will be an unusual number of
high-class players in both events this
year, judging from the entry list on
this side or the bay Lowell High
School will be represented by HerberF
Long and Melville Long in doubles and
by the former in singles. Lick will
have Marius Hotchkiss and Harold Ga
in h. al
in singles. probably Hotchkiss. Poly.
technlc will also have a strong repre-
sentative in singles. 1t will pin it's
faith TO Charles Foley. The latter iss
one of the cieverest players at the
park. That the singles championship
Will go to either him or Herbert. Long
is almost certainty. In doubles Poly
technic will not be so strong. Foley
Will have rather a weak partner. The
doubles championship will in all prob
ability go TO either the Long brothers
or Gabriel and Hotchkiss.
The players from across the bay
have not been heard from, but it is
safe to say none will turn up that
Foley and Long need fear much
Although active players are more
numerous in the California Club than
ever before, there seems to be less in
terest in tournaments than formerly.
Especially is this so among the So
CdueO IISJ CtdSS anu second class
players. Both of these classes are COM
paratively small and the players show
little or no inclination to try conclu-
sions with one another
A state of affairs entirely different
exists in the third and fourth classes.
These sections are both large and
rivalry Is keen among the lower class
men. The players are evenly matched
and go into a tournament with a de-
termination to win If possible
Arrangements are under way for a
tournament TO settle the grammar
school championship. A cup has been
donated and the first annual tourna-
ment will be played probably during
the month of May. Many of the boys
In the Junior Club go to grammar
school and they are anxious to settle
the question Of supremacy among
them.
Two tournaments will be completed
to-day and tomorrow. This morn
ing on the park courts Miss Lulu
Wegener and Mrs Watson (owe
15 1-6) and Miss Weed and Miss Van
Vliet (1-6) will meet in the nnals of
the handicap double tournament for
the Olds cups.
The finals Of the third and fourth
classes will be played on the California
Club courts tomorrow. In the third
class Moulten Warner and George Cut
Ter will oppose each other. Daniel
Volkmann and Ed Bacon will meet in
the fourth class