The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
MELVILLE LONG IS
TOO MUCH FOR
Mr.. BROWN.

Inc annual coast championship ten
mis- tournaments commences on tha
Hotel Rafael courts, at San Rafael. YES
terday The meeting opened with the
mems singles. As usual on the first
day majority of the matches we've
won in straight sets. The attendance
was fair, the weather ideal and the ten
mis- above the average.
AS usual there were couple of s,,r
prises. One was the defeat of Nat
Brown, of Los Angeles, at the hands Of
Melville Long, of San Francisco. Brown
was runr1er-up in the Southern Califor-
MIA championship Tournaments and II, a
local players who had seen him in ac-
tion down south figured he would heat
Long easily. The latter played great
tennis and at no stage of the game wa G
ne in any danger. Brown did not do
himself justice but Long deserves great
credit for his victory. He outplayed
the Southern California expert from
start to finish and never left the ont-
come in doubt
Another surprise was the defeat of
Ex-State Champion Fred Adams /,
straight sets. Adams was in poor forn,
and proved no match for Busch. The
latter is playing good tennis at present
and will he hard to beat.
The closest and most interesting
match of the day was that betwaen
VI
Both played good tennis and the ont
come was in doubt up to the yery end
The hrst two sets were long deuce ones.
Griffith took the first set ct and lost
the second by a similar score. In the
third set Wayne overcame a lead of
~. put Grif1in took the next two games
and match.
Ex-Coast Champion Alfonso Bell in
his match with Maurice McLoughIin,
the juvenile champion, showed that he
had not gone back any. Bell is plavinp
about as well as he did when he won
the title and majority expect to see
him carry off the honors Young Nc
Loughlin would have made much bet
ter showing against Bell IL he had had
more self-confidence. He did not NAV
nearly as well as he can but couId
hardly hope to beat as clever a man as
Bell
Tom Bundy, one of the Los Angeles
cracks. of whom much is expected took
State Champion Herbert Long into
camp in straight sets. The match was
good one and closer than the score
would indicate. Bundys reverse ser.
vice proved mystery to Long and un-
doubtedly encompassed his defeat. Long
did not play his best game. but the same
can be said of Bundy. The latter PLAYS
good net game, but he is comparative
ly weak in the back court.
OdteWoou Oh mare Island made
good showing against Simpson Sinsa
baugh Although the latter won in
straight sets he had no walkover. Gate
woods head work was excellent, but he
was little short on strokes
Richworth Nicholson, also of Mare rs.
nd, put up great finish in his match
nth B. f. Nourse. The latter looked
TO have the match won, but Nicholson
struck his gait at the finish and pulled
out the match. Nicholson at one time
was one Of the cleverest players on the
coast.
Some of the best matches of the week
will be played tomorrow. Foley and
Sinsabaugh will come together in the
first round and the winner will meet
Schmidt. Melville Long will meet
Nicholson in the first round and the
winner will be pitted against Bell. It
is expected Long will dispose of Mich
olson. If Long plays as well against
Bell as he did against Brown he will
make trouble for the ex-champion.
George Busch will play the winner
of the Bundy- Rolfe match. Rolfe is not
in good form and probably will be TAX
en- into camp by Bundy. The latter will
go up against hard game when he
meets Busch.
Griffin and Fletcher Elliott will meet
In the second round in all probability.
This match should prove good one.
Griffin always plays well at San Ra-
fael and will prove no easy man to
beat.
Yesterdays score follows:
Preliminary round--Sinsabaugh heat
Gatewood GA, S-6; Foley beat Gerrin g.
2,7-5; Shanks beat Hobson 81, 6-1: Bell
beat Mclaughlin 6-3, 6-2: M. Long beat
Brown 6-3, Sd; Nicholson beat Nourse
2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Bundy beat H. Long TX.
6-S Rolfe beat Davis 1868, 6-1; Busch
beat Adams 6-3, ga: Gayness beat
Knowlton Ga. 6-3, Drolla beat Code rs.
1-s s-3; Griffin beat Wayne 81, 1864.