The San Francisco call., 1905-04-17
TENNIS TROPHY
FOR THE BAKERS

Some extremely interesting tourna-
ment tennis matches were played yes
teroay on the courts. On the California
Club courts the first of a series of class
singles tournaments for the new cups
was played. On the park courts the
nnais OF. the handicap doubles tourna-
ment, commenced two weeks ago, were
completed As a result Of this match
the Baker brothers, George and Neil
become the owners of the cups. which
have been competed for during the past
three years.
The match yesterday was declared by
many TO be the closest and most inter
esting played on the public courts for
some time TIE Baker brothers lowe
10 S-61 were opposed to Guy Lytton
and Fred Adams lscratch) and the
handicap proved just about right. The
Bakers, as usual, played a steady. ac-
curate game and We're declared winners
after I'VE sets had been played. Adams
and Lytton played a fast game in the
opening set and took all kinds of
chances. They won this set easily, and
II seemed they would break up the safe
game Of their opponents. The Baker
brothers adopted more aggressive tac-
tics in the second set and won il hand
lily.
The third set was the closest Of the
i've, and the outcome hung in the bal
made. The Bakers finally won by a
score Of 1913. The winners seemed
tired from their exertions, while Adams
ana Lytton were getting stronger all
the time. They took the fourth set
without the loss of a game The Baker
brothers, realizing that only one set
was between them and the trophies.
made a determined effort and captured
the fifth set quite handily. The COM
plete score was Sc, 60, I0-S 0-6, 6-2
y. Baker was the star of the four Lyt-
ton also played a surprisingly good
game.
The tournament at the California
Club furnished an unusual number of
close matches The first class was rath-
er unsatisfactory owing to several de-
faults in the lower half. Herbert Long
won the class honors. He first beat
Carl Gardner and then disposed of his
brother Melville Long. In the lower
half Frank Mitchell beat George Busch
and then defaulted to George James.
who drew in the first round. The latter
did not put in an appearance, and the
final match went to H. Long by default
No second class players were on hand
and play was postponed until next SUM-
day.
Every match played In the third class
required the full three sets to settle the
question of supremacy. The matches
postponed. Moulton Warner and George
Cutter were the successful players and
Will meet In the finals next Sunday.
The surprise in this class was the de-
feat OF Albert Kenyon at the hands Of
". G. Knowlton. The Iron man" sur
prised even his most ardent admirers
by downing Kenyon in an extremely
close match. Knowlton also won the
first set from Cutter. The latter proved
too strong for him in the next two sets
In the fourth class Daniel volkrnan
and Edwin Bacon reached the finals.
Volkman and William johnson fur
nished the best match Of this class. All
three sets were close and Volkman won
by the narrowest Of margins.
The scores follow:
First clsss-7s Long beat C. Gardner "a
g. 6-3s NJ Long beat g. F. Nourse go Ga
90: F. s Mitchell beat G II. Busch. s-6.
60 e-a
@ Jares beat Mitchell by default
FfnaIs-Long beat James by default
Third class-M Warner beat DT- Lsoveeroye
Sc 81. 81. G.. O. Kuehn beat A Beyfuss
4-e. % 7-5; ". Knovlton beat A. Kenyon,
orni-fnsls-Warner beat Kuehn, e.. 81.
Ga: G. Gutter beat Knowlton, 3-e e-4. 6-f
Fourth ciass-W johnson beat H McAfee
e. o. First round johnson beat Thorne
BY default; d. VolSnan beat A. Watson by
defzuit: z. Bacon beat Dr. Noble g. 60: w
semi -fnals-Volkrnan beat Johnson, ST. 6-4,
Tla rrv beat Murrhv 40 a