The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Motoring
TENNIS PLAYERS HOPE
FOR CL0UDLESs SKIES
Alameda County Champion
ships May Be De
cided Today

Both singles and doubles tennis
tournaments for the Alameda County
championship will be brought to a
close on the courts across the bay to-
day, II the rainfall ceases The events
this year have been more interesting
and have possessed moro class than any
OF the kind held in the past.
Three players remain in the singles
Charles Foley. who won the champion
ship last year, looks to be in line for
1t again this year. He has been sue
cessful up to the final round and one
more match is all he needs to win 70
retain the title. Foley will meet in
the finals either Carl Gardner or Percy,
Murdock.
These two players are evenly
matched and a good contest Is expected.
Murdock is generally considered the
stronger and a majority look for him
to win. The Alameda crack has played
in remarkably good form throughout
the tournament Els easy victories
over such classy players as George
James and Maurice Mclaughlin make
his chances against Gardner look very
good. Several years ago Gardner low
cred Aiurdocks colors in the San Fran
/ cisco championship event when ne
/ looked TO have little or no chance TO
win. The local expert as rule does
not play his best game in tournament
He is at all times dangerous and while
Murdoch will probably win, the out
come is far from being certainty.
If MurdOck plays as well as he did
| last Sunday against Mclaughlin he
probably will beat both Gardner and
Foley. The latter played a great game
against Reuben Hunt. whom he beat
by a small margin. A match between
Foley and Murdoch would draw well
and would prove as interesting as any
/ that could be arranged
The finals of the doubles tournament
will bring together two teams from
San Francisco. Charles Foley and Carl
Gardner will be opposed to George
/ James and Maurice Mclaughlin. Neither
team has been in existence very long
and picking the winner is a difficult
matter. Foley and Gardner have never
played in a tournament together be-
| fore. Not long ago Gardner and Mel
vile Long beat James and Mclaughlin.
! For this reason many look TO see
\ Gardner and Foley win, as the latter
is considered a better man in doubles
/ than Long On the other hand James
4 and Mclaughlin beat Hunt and Muir
/ dock In the tournament being played
and on the strength of this victory
cannot be denied an excellent chance
1 to win. When they pull together they
/ play a fast and brilliant game, but
when things go wrong then errors are
numerous and they are easy TO beat
! Now that the Alameda events are
/ drawing to a close. it will be possible
to hold the two events scheduled for
the local courts. A handicap singles
tournament was commenced on the
Golden Gate Park courts two weeks
\ ago, but poor progress has been made.
The Pendleton trophy Is at stake. and
4 as 1T has to be won only once the
cracks are all out after it. One-tims
/ cups are so few and far between that
the experts are not overlooking them.
Only five matches have been played,
the winners being Schwartz. Martin.
Hardeman. Adams and Lytton. The
/ following preliminary and frst-round
matches have still to be played:
Preliminary round leming (15 $50
VS. Mann (scratch); Levin 15 S-6) vs.
James (owe 800; Foley lowe 500 vs.
Allan us 3-6); Fl. Guerin (15) VS.. Mer-
guire Q5); Coweu (3-6) vs. Griffin
/ ,owe 800; Marcus C15) VS.. H. Long
! (owe 3O).
| First round-Finnegan (3-6) VS..
Drolla (scratch): KOrbel (15) vs. Fen
sano G5); Hall (scratch) VS.. Jacobs
| (15 3-6);. Miller G5) VS.. G. Guerin
(scratch); NJ. Long lowe 800 VS.. Gard
ner lowe 3Dl; Huecelot us $50 VS..
Gabriel lowe Is $50; F. Guerin
/ (scratch) VS.. G. Baker lowe Is So;
Whitney lowe Is $50 VS.. Code lowe
The handicap doubles tournament set
for two weeks ago at the California
Club will again be postponed.