The San Francisco call., 1906-09-11
SOUTHERN EXPERTS
NEVER FIGURE
IN TOURNEY.


Two new coast tennis champions
were developed yesterday on the Hotel
Rafael courts Melville Long wrested
the title .rom George James. while
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss OF Berkeley beat
Miss Gabriel Dobbins OF Los Angeles
in the finals of the ladies singles. Tae
championship title went &c Miss Hotch-
kiss through the default of Miss May
Sutton.
Both matches were won in straight
sets. b3t were rather interesting con
slderiRg the scores. The first match
between Miss IIotchlSiss and Miss Dob
bins resulted in an easy victory for
the former The little Berkeley girl
outplaved her opponent from start to
finish and IL was evideat from the
inception Of the match that she, would
win. Miss DObbins drove sple7didl5 at
times. but her opponents strong net
game proved too much for the southern
expert
Miss Hotchkiss more than held her
own IN the back court and played re
markeble tennis at the net for a wo-
man. Playing as she did yesterday the
new champion would have made
ereditable showing against Miss May
Sutton. In another year or so Miss
Hotchkiss VIII be right in Miss SUIT
tons class. II the new champion con-
tinues to improve her net game il
would not be surprising II she beat
Miss May Satton next year.
Miss Hotchkiss went into the lead
early in both sets and was never over
taken. Had She been up against a
stronger game Miss Hotchixiss would
have PLAYED much better Miss Dob
bins did her best. but il was not good
enough 10 win from so clever a player
as her opponent. The score was g.
6-3
The match between Long and James.
while rather one-sided, was closer than
the score. would indicate. Long won
the first set easily. He took the first
tuo games. but lost the next two
James failed 20 win another game. the
set going TO Long. So.
James had an excellent chance 70 win
the second set. but was overanxious at
the critical moment and fell down
miserably. He led a. 81 and 40-l5-
but instead Of taking chances as he
did at all other times during the match
he played cautiously and gave Long
two easy chances. After getting on
an even footing Long ran the set out
easily by score Of 10.
Long played good consistent game
and his superiority was at all times
evident. James used altcsether too
much speed and played the game in a
sort OF bull-headed fashion. When he
used his head 2 little in the second
Set and placed the balls instead of
trying TO knock the covers off them
he made lis best showing. While Long
outplayed his opponent ell the way
and could easily duplicate his perform
ance It is only fair TO James to state
that he PLAYED much below form. The
ex-champion can do much better than
he did yesterday. but he cannot begin
10 beat HIS successor.
Long used great head work. He
generally worked his opponent out Of
position and then Won. the point on
pass. Longs cross-court chop to
James back hand the latter followed
in won him point after point. While
the new champion did not play sensa-
tional tennis he played the whole game
well. and his victory was a well-earned
one.
He beat Bell, Bundy. Brown. Foley
and James. and all without straining
himself thereby proving his right TO
first place on the coast. Long now en-
joys the distinction of being both the
jCnior and senior champion of the
coast. This is probably the first time
this feat has ever been accomplished.
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss won three
events. Melville Long two and Charles
Foley two. At the conclusion of the
championship match the prizes were
awarded by r. Tracy Crawford Be
fore the tournament Ii was predicted
that q majority OF the titles would go
south. Strange to say. the visitors
failed TO win one of the six titles,
having TO content themselves with sec
ond prizes only. The south was strong
ly represented, but the players from
the bay counties easily demonstrated
their superiority.
The meeting was a great success in
every way and all credit is due the
tournament committee. r. T. Craw-
ford. the chairman. assisted by L. H.
Guerin and II. A Schmidt. ran off the
numerous events rapidly and handled
the whole affair in an able manner.
The ten days Of tennis came to a close
last night with a banquet and ball at
the Hotel Rafael