The San Francisco call., 1906-11-26
Sckletfs Wet Ball Is Too Much for the Stockton Batters
TENNIS CHAMPION
LONG BEATEN
BY A BOY

eome interesting tennis matches
Wfre played on the courts YESTERDAY.
lilterest centered chiefly in the first
class singles tournament at the Cali
Lorila Club The event was finished
10 the nnals, the successful PLAYERS be-
Ing Maurice McLoughlin and George
James e'0 &C
Young Mclaughlin caused a genuine
surprise when he took Coast Champion
melville Long into camp. This makes
the second straight defeat for the
champion Mclaughlin deserves great
Sreolt Tor his victory over Long. He
lost the first set but pulled out the
next two cleverly. In the opening set
the champion was at his best, and
easily outplayed his opponent. winning
py score of So. McLoughliu Inn
proved materially in the, second and
third sets and played high class tennis.
he led at So in the third set and the
champion almost evened up the score
Long took two games, making the
score 5-4. but in what proved to be
the last game he fell down miserably.
making three double faults.
VICTORY A SURPRISE
McLoughiin's victory occasioned con-
siderable surprise. because of the fact
that Long beat him badly in the bay
counties championship tournament
Mclaughlin is improving steadily, and
II he beats James in the finals next
Sunday will rank right at the top.
James is playing the best tennis of
his career, and is almost unbeatable.
since he won the bay counties cham
pionship he has gained renewed con-
fdence and has been playing great
tennis. He uses fully as much speed
as ever but has much betts- control
over it than formerly.
James won three matches yesterday
to get into the finals. He first defeated
DR.. Bush. His next victim was Clar-
ence Griffin and the third to succumb
was Harold Gabriel. James accomplish
ed the feat without the loss of a set In
each match he got into a long set, but
in each case came out on the long end
Dr. Bush made a surprising stand
against James in the second set. The
medical man won only one game in
the first set, but redeemed himself in
the second. He forced his opponent
to the longest set of the day.
Griffin also made a good showing in
one set, but failed to win a game in
the next.
sLAM-BANG AFFAIR
The Janes-GabrieI match was slam
bang affair, the verdict going to the
former on account of his superior
steadiness. Gabriel did not play up to
his practice game, while James was at
his best. The score was 6-2, GA.
In the first round Melville Long
beat B. Z. Nourse handily. The cham
pien was much too strong for his op-
ponent
Only two matches were played in
the first class tournament at the park.
In one Fred Adams beat James Code
and in the other Charles Foley dis
posed Of Carl Gardner. The Foley
Gardner match proved close and ex-
in the first set, but made considerable
trouble for the ex-champion in the
second set. Gardner played much bet
ter tennis than he did last Sunday,
when he lost to Maurice Mclaughlin.
Foley also showed improvement over
his recent form, but is not playing the
game he did a year ago.
CODE PLAYS A GOOD GAME
Code made good showing against
Adams. but failed to win q set.
The scores follow:
California Club-Clarence Griffin beat
Harry Rolfe by default; George James
beat DR.. Bush. 81. 1913; Melville Long
beat Herbert Schmidt by default.
First round--Janes beat Griffin. 10,
SO: Long beat B. T. Nourse, 60. 6-4.
Semi finals-Janes beat Harold Ga
Golden Gate Park-George Bush
beat Herbert Long by default; Fred
Adams beat James Code. ga. So; NJ
Long beat Fletcher Elliott by default:
Charles Foley beat Charles Dunlap by
default
First round-Foley beat Carl Gard
ner, Sd l1-s.
The Thanksgiving Day events will
be a handicap doubles tournament at
the California Club and a resumption
of play on the first class singles event
at the park