The San Francisco call., 1906-09-07
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HAZEL HOTCHklSS
TAKES MEASURE
OF A SUTTON.

The matches played in the coast
championship tennis tournaments on
the Hotel Rafael courts yesterday were
much closer and more interesting than
on the two preceding days. Especially
was this the case In the mixed doubles
event. Two matches were played In
the ladies' singles. and while they were
won in straight sets they were hotly
contested
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss. the State
champion. had the distinction OF beat
ing one of the clever Sutton sisters
This is the first time sutton has
been beaten. by any woman player other
than Sutton on this coast Mrs
Bruce. who was Miss Ethel sutton.
lost to.the clever little Berkeley player
in straight sets. Miss Hotchkiss ex-
pc renced considerable difficulty In
winning the first set, but took the sec
ond Easily. The match was an inter-
esting one and much closer than the
score indicates. Miss Hotchkiss' clever
work at the net was responsible for
Mrs Bruce's defeat
+ The other semi-final match of the
ladies' singles was won by Miss Dob
bins of Los Angeles. Her opponent was
ex-State Champion Miss Ethel Rat
cliffe. The southern player was a tribe
too strong for her opponent and won
in a close and well-contested match
Miss Ratclire made good showing.
but her strokes were not aggressive
enough. Miss Dobb!ns played In the
back court continually and did some
excellent driving. Miss Dobbins and
Miss Hotchkiss will meet in the finals
on the afternoon of September 10. Miss
May Sutton, the champion. will not de-
fe nd, and the title will go to the tour
nament winner by default.
While there were comparatively few
teams in the mixed doubles tourna-
ment the matches were unusually
close and interesting. The best match
of the day was that between Miss Dob
bins and Alfonso Bell of the south and
Miss Hotchkiss and Charles Foley Of
the north The latter started of we'll
taking the first set. Miss Dobbins and
Bell won the next two sets by a mar
row margin. Considering the fact that
Miss Hotchkiss and Foley had never
played together before, they made an
excellent showing.
The southern players have always
cGtclassed the local players in mixed
doubles, owing to the fact that the lat
ter seldom meet in mixed doubles COM
petitions Miss Dobbins and Bell have
played in many tournaments together
and owe their victory to superior team
work Bell is an unusually clever mixed
doubles player and was easily the star
OF the four.
Another close and interesting match
was that between Miss Mver and
George James and Miss Ratcliffe and
Fletcher Elliott. The latter after los
ing the first set by a narrow margin
took the second set handily. Miss My
er and James outplayed their oppon-
ents in the third set and lost only two
games.
Mrs. Bruce and Tracy Crawford won
easily from Mrs. Seymour and r. H
Guerin. The first set was close but the
winners took the second set without
the loss of a game
The finals of the mems singles will
be played this morning ct 10 o'clock
The contestants will be Melville Long
| of San Francisco and Tom Buldv OF
Los Angeles. Both played remarkably
good tennis in the semi-finGls and il
they display the same form today c
great match should result Few con-
ceded Long a chance to win the tour
nament before play commenced. but the
| easy manner in which he disposed OF
such high class players as Brown, Bell
and Foley has caused his stock 10 rise.
Long will be up against heacy and
clever player when he meets Bundy and
il would be a difficult matter to pick
| the winner. Yesterdays scores follow
Ladies' singles. semi-fnal round
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss beat Mrs; orlsn-
do Bruce, 9-7 S-1; Miss Gabriel Dobbtns
! beat Miss Ethel Radcliffe. "a, 7-5.
Mixed doubles-Miss Coda Myer and
George James beat Miss Ethel Rat
| cliffe and Fletcher Elliott, Sc: So. So;
| Mrs Bruce and R. T Crawford beat
Mrs Seymour and F. III. Guerin, Sd,
| SO; Miss Dobbins and Alfonso Bell
| beat Miss Hazel Hotchkiss and Charles
Foley, As. 7-5. 6-4.