The San Francisco call., 1905-01-28
rain PREVENTS
TENNIS PLAY
Causes POstpOnement of the
Various Tournaments on
Schedules of the Clubs
LADIES AGAIN ACTIVE
Sixteen Clever Racket Weld
ers Will Compete To-Day
in Golden Gate Park
LADIES AGAIN ACTIVE

The weather during the last three
weeks has permitted but little play on
the tennis courts and the tournaments
scheduled have had to be postponed.
The annual handicap singles tourna-
ment of the Golden Gate Tennis Club
was to have commenced two weeks
| ago. Wet weather has caused two
postponements and the third attempt TO
start the affair will be made to-mor-
row. Owing to the large entry list it is
expected at least three Sundays will be
necessary to complete the event The
entries closed two weeks ago when the
handicaps were arranged and the
drawing held. The Handicapped has
given the poorer players less considera-
tion than usual and a majority of the
eight prizes will be carried off by the
better players. The men who look to
have the best chance to win are the
Baker brothers, George James, Carl
| Gardiner, M. Long, II. Gabriel and Z.
Griffin.
The handicap singles tournament to
be played to-day on the park courts by
| the members of the Ladies' Annex
looks to be the most promising event
held since the clubs reorganization.
Sixteen of the clevereSt players will
compete and the handicaps look to be
better than usual. 1t is the fourth
| tournament for the Cochran Cup.
Miss Crocker has won the trophy
once and Miss Nan Vliet twice. Both
players have been set back by the
| Handicapped. Despite this fact, those
| in position to know figure the only
player Miss Van Vliet has to fear is
| Miss Wegener. The latter is the most
heavily handicapped player IN the
tournament. She will play from "owe
l5 3-6" as usual. Miss Van Vliet will
be on the ''owe Is 2-6' mark. Both
players should have been put on the
| same mark, as "owe 1-6'' Is practically
no handicap at all.
Besides the Cochan Cup there will be
a tnree-tIme cup for the runner-up.
Cups of this kind will also be put up
| in the handicap doubles events.
The six cups which the directors of
| the California Tennis Club authorized
DIR. Lovegrove and DIR. Hill to purchase
have been bought and the tournament
| committee will meet tomorrow and
draw up a schedule. Four Of the troph-
les are for class singles tournaments
| and two for handicap doubles events.
The latter will probably be the first
tournament played. The class tourna-
| ments will be played one class on each
Sunday until completed.
The tournament COMMITTEES will have
considerable trouble classifying the
PtdJCAS- IL tie CONTINUOUS tournament
had been running longer this task
would be much easier. The first class
will probably be split up and some of
the players put in the second class. At
present there are but four players in
this class.
The only match played during the
week in the continuous tournament
was an unfinished one between Herbert
Long and Harold Gabriel The latter
won the first set easily and led at So
and 40-15 In the second, but Long took
five games straight and set Long has
gone back considerably Of late, while
Gabriel is improving.
Following is the standing Of the play
ers:
First class-1. George James: 2 W. B. COL
$ 6 +. Busch; g N Long: 10. R.Soid SSi'oia: CO:
Second cla<s-l. Du Val Moore: ? Paul
Jones: 5. GeOrge Cutter; :. Dr.. Younger.
Warner: 5. Spencer Grant: 4 DR. Isovexrove:
e Punnett: Samuel Hopkins. !. W.
G. F,,T,s hnSsiton; s1 5 G Knshn; Judge Trout
; 3 lvaneovicn; 4. William Murphy; s. DR..
Noen: e II sp5ing; :; claEsaGs Ravlin: s.
P. Robbins; IL, r. B. D&ggett: Il wiilis1a
Baeon: lS W Koehier; Il. T. D. Biaek: Is.
Miss Alice Hoffman and Miss Miriam
S--o--k-C- me coast
played fast mixed doubles match on
the California courts Thursday with
Harry Rolfe and Grant Smith Miss
HOFFMAN Gid some remarkable voiley-
ing for woman She is considerably
out OF practice, but played surprisingly
wen at the net. Aside from the Sut-
tons Miss Hall Is easily one OF the best
three players on the coast She was
unoefeated until she met Miss Nav
sutton. who outcassssd her Miss Hall
lacks Miss Sutton's physical strength,
out - oy no means short On skill