The San Francisco call., 1905-08-27
TENNIS HONORS
FOR MISS MYER
Places the First Victory
to Her Credit for the
Artistic Van Vliet Cup


The sixth handicap singles tennis tour
on the Golden Gate Park courts yester-
day, resulted in an easy victory for Miss
Coda Myer. The handicapS were not as
wei adjusted as in the past and the
matches were nearly all one-sided. No
match required the full three sets.
s In the finals Miss Myer was opposed to
Miss Ida Mearns. The players met on
even terms, each playing from scratch.
Miss Mearns proved no match for the
6-2
The semi-flnal matches were the closest
Of the day. In one Miss Wegener. the
most heavily handicapped player, and
Miss Myer were the contestants. Miss
Wegener failed to win game in the
opening set, but forced her opponent to a
deuce set in Lie second. This was the
closest set of the tournament. Miss
Wegener did her best, but the odds were
heavy and. coupled with Miss Myers
skill, proved too much for her. Miss
Wegener allowed owe odds Of Is 3-6.s
Miss Ida Mearns and Miss Bessie Gully
met in the other semi-final match, and
two close sets resulted. Miss Cully's
handicap of 2-6 enabled her to make a
good showing against her opponent, but
she could not quite win out.
faulted. and the poor handicapping result
ed in tournament away below par. Miss
Myer scored her first victory by winning
yesterday. Her opponent in the finals
Miss Mearns, has her name on the. cup
once, while Mrs. Watson, who was beat
en- in the first round by Miss Myer. need
ed but one victory to annex the trophy
for all time.
The scores follow:
(oop tC1I
beat Miss NJ Crystal Q5), Co. 6-3; Miss
Coda Myer (scratch) beat Mrs. c. Watt
son (owe 3-6), 6-1, 6-2; Miss Lulu Wegener
(owe 15 3-6) beat Miss A. Vodden (owe 2-6).
7-5. 6-3; Miss E. Noble Q5) beat Miss M.
Unger Q5), by default; Miss A Sea Q5)
beat Miss Vera Beyfuss (4-6),, by default;
Miss Ida Mearns (scratch) beat Miss
Alma Greenberg GE6), 6-4, 6-2; Miss M
Worcester (scratch) beat Miss D. Unser
Q5). by default: Miss Bessie Gully f2-0
beat Miss E.. Crystal Q5) 6-1, S-6.
Second round-AIiss Myer beat Miss
Crocker, Ga, ga; Miss Wegcner beat Miss
Noble go. 642;- Hiss Mearna beat Mss
Seq BY Default: Miss Gully beat Miss
Worcester by default.
Semi-finals-Miss Myer beat Miss Wege-
ner. s-Os7-5; Miss Mearns beat Miss Gully.
Ga, ga. ~
FinaIs-Miss Myer beat Miss Mearns.
6-1, go.
Several interesting matches were played
on the California Club courts. George
Busch and Frank Mitchell played tho
best match in singles. The Northwestern
champion was at his best and beat Mitch
ell easily. The latter. won only -four
games in two sets. The score wass6-2 6-2.
AL Kenyon, winner. of the second match
last Sunday, proved no match-for 3. +.
Nourse. The latter won three straight
sets pretty much as he pleased. The score
was 6-1, 6-1, GA.
The veteran W. s. MacGavin had q
lead of So and 1920 on Ray Cornell. but
did not last long enough to win. Cornell
beat him, TO.
H.A Biddlc won two sets from H. E.
Punnett on even terms by scores OF 6-2,
81 Biddle then essayed to allow his
opponent odds of 10, but was beaten, 6-3.
In doubles Busch and Kenyon proved
easy for Nourse and Mitchell. The latter
won four straight sets, none OF which
was close The score was SO, 6-3, 60, 6-3.