The San Francisco call., 1905-01-21
WELD RACKETS
ON The COURTS
Tennis Players of Golden
Gate Park to Meet in
a Handicap Tournament

The members of the Golden Gate
Tennis Club will hold their first tour
nament of the year tomorrow on the
park courts The event was scheduled
for last Sunday, but had to be post
poned on account of rain. AS there
are about eighty players entered 1t will
take several Sundays to complete the
tourney.
With the handicaps arranged as they
are the poorer players stand little
chance of getting far. 1t is safe to say
the men playing from scratch or be-
low will carry off the prizes. The
largest handicap allowed is Is 3-6. ;"
Seven players are on this mark, but
they are nearly all beginners. Several
of the first-class men are considerably
below scratch, but "owe" odds are
easier to give.
The most heavily Handicapped players
are George Baker and r. N. Whitney
These two men will play from 10 3-6
below scratch. They have little to fear
from the men above scratch, but there
are players at 'owe 15' and "owe 3-6
who will make them extend themselves
to win. George James, the clever young
player who has worked his way to the
top at the California Club, will receive
odds of "owe 3-6'' from either Baker or
Whitney, should he meet them. Many
are of the opinion that James should be
playing from the lowe 15 3-6' mark.
Melville Long, who has always played
above scratch at the park, has been
put down to lowe 3-6.' Long has i'm
proved considerably since the last
tournament at the public courts, and
even from this mark has a good chance
to win.
Harold Gabriel is another youngster
whose chances are excellent. He is as
clever as Long, but escaped the eyes
of the Handicapped and was placed at
scratch. Like Long, he has improved
wonderfully in the last two months,
and will prove hard man to beat.
There are some strong players on the
"owe 15'' mark. Aside from James
Herbert Long and Clarence Griffin.
Charles Foley and Charles Dunlap are
also on this mark, but are not playing
as strong a game as the others.
OF the men placed at lowe Is 3-6"
Baker looks to have the best chance to
win. His game is better suited to ham
dicap conditions than Whitney's, and
he has also the advantage Of youth.
Baker plays steady, safe game, and
looks to have as good chance to win
as any other player In the tourney.
There have been several changes in
the continuous tournament at the Cali
fornia Club during the week. In the
first class Carl Gardner has worked his
way from No. 8 to No. 4. OF the men
who started in this class he has ad-
vanced the most. He commenced at
No. 13 Harold Gabriel has graduated
from the second class and has gone
ahead of Adams and Smith in the first
class by default. Gabriel made an ex-
cellent showing against DR.. McChes-
ney in practice in the early part of the
week The medical expert had to play
his best game to dispose of the young
ster.
Changes are more numerous in the
fourth class than in any of the others.
Knowlton is still at the top. w. Muir
ply has advanced from No. TO No. 5.
DIR. Noble has gone back from No. to
No. and M. Little from to 6. Is.
Wallace has advanced from IL to IL.
Following is the standing of the play
ers:
First class-G James, w. Collier, r. Cornell
C. Gardner H Rolfe b. Nourse, r. Splivalo
G. Busch. M. Long. H. Gabriel. G. Smith and
s. Adams.
ter and DR.. Younger.
Third class-A. Kenyon. NJ. Warner. ..
Grant, DIR. Lovegrove. II. Punnett, S. Hopkins,
Judge Trout and C. @. Kuehn
Fourth class-W. Knowlton, H. Lund, H.
Sullivan B. Ivancovich, w. Murphy, NJ. Little
Dr. Noble. H. Spring. c. Ravlin, H. McAfee.
B. wallace. e. Robbins r. Daggett, e. Bacon,
w. Koehler. T. Black and H. Baker.