The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Tournament Play on Tennis Courts
TENNIS MEN OUT
FOR FULLER
TROPHY.

Tournament play is keeping the ten
mis- players busy these days. The class
singles event and the scratch singles
commenced last Sunday will be COM
pleted today.
Interest centers chiefly in the Fuller
cup tournament being played on the
California Club courts Four players
remain in the competition and they al
have a good chance to win The semi
final matches win be Melville Ions VS.
Grant Smith and Maurice McLoughlir
vs. Herbert Schmidt. Both matches
should prove close and interesting
While Smith disposed of Coast Cham
pion George James last Sunday he play
ed far from his best game. Smith has
had little practice OF late. while Long
is in great form. Despite this fact
Smith is conceded an excellent chance
10 win Mclaughlin and Schmidt are
both young players and are about
equally clever. Schmidt has had more
experience than Mclaughlin, but the
latter is much steadier player.
In the class singles tournament
which will be completed at the park,
six players remain in the first class.
in the semi finals Herbert Long will
meet the winner OF the Fletcher ELI
ott-R n whitney match and Clarence
Griffin viii be opposed TO the winner
OF the Harold Gabriel-Melville Long
match.
Robert Drona and Guy Lytton will
meet in the hnais OF the second class.
They are evenly matched and II would
be a diflcult matter to pick the win
ner.
Six players remain in the third class.
James Strachan is in the semi-hnals OF
the upper half and viii meet either
Harold Getz or George Guerin- George
Hall will meet the winner of the Kahn
Coweu match in the semi-hnals of the
lower half.
Brookbank. Schwartz and Johnson
are in the semi-hnals Of the fourth
class. Michaelis and Levin will fight IL
out for the fourth place.
The tournaments being played are
furnishing excellent practice for the
experts who will meet in the coast
championship tournaments next month.
With such players as Charles Foley.
Herbert Long. Clarence Grimn, Mel
willie Long. Maurice Mclaughlin, Fred
Adams. Fletcher Elliott and Herbert
schmidt in the singles San Francisco
will be strongly represented From the
south will come such experts as Harold
Rrslv. simpson Sinsabaugh. Tom Bun
dv and Nat Browne. 1t has been fig
ured for some time that Charles Foley
would win the championship The lat
ter. however. has lost three of the last
peted and his chances are not considered
as good as they were. Foley is prae-
ticing hard and is determined to carry
on the highest honors.
The coast championship tournaments
will commence on the first of Septem-
her with the mems singles. This event
VIII be completed to the finals on the
1st and 3D.
The first annual Junior championship
event will bring together number OF
youngsters well up in the first class.
The strongest candidates are Maurice
McLoughlin and Melville Long. 1t is
expected one of the two will carry of
the honors.
The Sutton sisters, as usual will
compete in the women's events, and OF
course will win everything in sight
Champion May Sutton will defend her
title and there is every reason to be-
Meve she Will be successful. Miss Ha-
eel Hotchkiss. the State champion. is
practicing daily and expects TO make a
good showing aSainst the clever play
ers from Southern California. While
she hardly figures to beat Miss May
Sutton. Miss Hotchkiss considers she
has a good chance against the other
Suttons.
The women's events viii commence
Wednesday. September 5. The singles
will be started In the morning and the
doubles in the afternoon.
None Of the challenge matches will
go by default this year. Coast Cham
pion James Will be on hand TO defend
his title, as viii Harold Braly and
Simpson Sinsabough. the doubles cham
pions While Coast Champion May
sutton is at present in the East IL is al
most z certainty she viii be here in
time TO defend.