The San Francisco call., 1906-12-24
College OaTSIcn Arrange tor Aquatic Contest
TENNIS CHAMPIONS
CONTEST FOR
TROPHY

The tennis courts did not dry uni &
noon yesterday, and the two even
scheduled were not completed In Ut
inter-class play of for the Harmon
cup at the California Club play wa
completed TO the finals in one nalr. l.
the other half the semi-hnal match was
not finished In the upper naiI- ln
which the winners of the lower classes
figured the matches consisted OF two
sets out Of three. The lower naLi
matches were three sets out OF hvo.
which accounts for the comparatively
poor progress made.
Gustav Lisser, the fifth class cham
pion. won one Of the fnal places. In
the semi-final match of the other haiI
D. K. Shanks, winner OF tne o,pa Ssconu
class had won two sets from Charles
Foley. the championship class winner !
when darkness put stop TO play Ha
the match been completed Foley Woua
surely have lost He was rat1gued
a previous match with Harold Gabriel
and Shanks would have taken MS meas
ure. The score in Shanks' favor was
7-5 6-2
Shanks played a remarkably clever
game and was much steaoier than
Foley. The latter did not play with
his usual dash and lost the two sets
by playing IN the back court Shanks
played fully as we'll as his opponent IN
the back court. and his net game was
excellent. Foley allowed Shanks 20
take the net position, and the champion
was forced to do most or the runnlnF
Had Foley been fresh and taken =
net the result would probably nav
been different. Shanks played with re-
markable accuracy and his errors were
few and far between he received
handicap of owe 40. which was ABOUT
right with these odds IL is toss up
between the two when both are pla' I
ing their best Shanks played better
than ever before. while Foley did not
do himself Justice. The ex-champion
has a big lead to overcome ana can
hardly expect to do so IL Shanks plays
as well tomorrow morning as ne did
yesterday. Foley must win all three
sets, while Shanks needs only one Tor
a victory.
The semf-ffnaI match between Lisser
and Thirkel the fourth-class winner,
was extremely close. Lisser had han
dicap of 2-6 and his odds came at the
right time near the end of the final
set Thirkel did not play nearly as
we'll against Lisser as he did against
Arthur Watson, winner of the third
class. He played an easy, careful
game and would probably have pf6fn
Lisser had he used more speed Ip
corkserew stroke proved most enteHe
and won him many aces The tfore
was 81. SIS, 7-5.
Foley and Harold Gabriel. winner OF
the first class. furnished the best ten
mis- Of the day Gabriel had handi-
cap of owe 3-6- He played his best
tennis insthe second set. the only one
of the match he won He played MS
usual brilliant but erratic game. Foley
played a careful. steady game and made
fewer errors than his opponent. The
score in his favor was 6-3. 9-11. 6-3. 6-4-
Thirkel with odds OF Is 3-6, beat
Arthur Watson in straight SETS Wat
son was Off in his play and missed
everything in sight The score was
rs, So.
shanks and Foley will finish their
match tomorrow morning. The nnal
match will be played next Sunday =.
Only one match was played In Il
handicap doubles tournament on t3
Golden Gate Park courts yesterd II
George Baker and Charles Dunlap be-
Fitz Guerin and George James in I'll
semi finals. The latter had a handiceU
of owe 3-6 and won the first set easil
In the next two sets Baker and DunlsI
kept the balls away from James az
won handily. Guerin was outclassed
the other contestants. and although II
did his best could not handle the ba
played to him. The score was III
6-2, 6-3.
The tournament will be complsH N
two weeks from yesterday. Baker a.
Dunlap are in the finals. In the other
half Martin and Cowell will meet the
winners of the match between Carl
Gardner and Melville Long and Harold
Gabriel and Clarence Griffin.
handicap singles tournament will
be played on the California Club courts
tomorrow. 1t will be the third of a
series of events for a cup which has
been won twice by Coast Champion
Melville Long All OF the best players
in the city will be in the competition.
which should prove unusually interest
ing
The following have already Affixed
their signatures to the entry list: Mel
vile Long, George James. Maurice Nc
Loughlin. Charles Foley. Clarence
Griffin. Harold Gabriel, George Busch.
W. G. Knowlton. DIR. Lovegreve Ken
meth Monteagle. Herbert Long, Will
liam French, Harry Rolfe, George Cut
ter, Charles Kuehn. ID. X. Shanks. B. r
Nourse. Henry Mills. Nj. Fl. Jones and